Friction between the US and France led to fears of foreign spies and sedition in the Adams administration resulting in the Alien and Sedition Acts, a collection of four laws.

During President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first term in office he enacted drastic legislation to stimulate the economy during the Great Depression.

In 1969, an industrial-era Cuyahoga River fire in Cleveland ignited environmental activism and ultimately the birth of the EPA and environmental policy act.

In the face of racial discrimination and bigotry, 9 African American teens stood up for their civil rights to attend Little Rock Central High, a historically whites-only school.

From Native Americans to migrant workers, the history of immigration in the US includes precedent-setting policy, social pushback, the establishment of Ellis Island and continues to evolve daily.

After WWI, the US experienced a decade of decadence known as the roaring 20s. The twenties were a period of rising prosperity but also rising indebtedness, which led to the stock market crash of 1929.

From 1892 to 1924, Ellis Island welcomed over 12 million immigrants to America but not before medical evaluation and interviews of intents.