As manifest destiny pushed the American sense of entitlement further west, John Fremont entered California inspired by the Republic of Texas and seized an opportunity in Sonoma County, leading to the Bear Flag Revolt of 1845.

An ongoing refusal to increase USPS pay led to a boiling point when Congress proposed a 41% pay increase for themselves and a 5.4% increase for postal workers; resulting in the great postal strike of 1970, the largest walkout of federal employees in U.S. history.

As superpower nations vied for outposts in the Americas, the English King James I chartered another attempt to colonize North America, which resulted in the Jamestown Colony being settled on May 13th, 1607.

Woodrow Wilson was lauded for his leadership during WWI but his views on race, slavery and segregation halted progress towards racial equality during the early 20th-Century.

In March of 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire burned the New York City building, trapping many due to fire prevention misconduct and ultimately taking the lives of 146 mostly young immigrant women.

Deemed America’s most commercially successful artist during the late 19th- and early 20th-Centuries, Howard Chandler Christy illustrated his Christy Girls, setting the tone for the idealized feminine form and fashion.

In 1830, President Andrew Jackson gained congressional passage of the Indian Removal Act which by 1837 had forced some 46,000 Native Americans from their homeland to free up 25 million acres for resettlement by European immigrants.