The Long and Short-Term Causes of WW2

We are able to provide free content to you every single day because of ads like this.

Beginning in the later half of the 18th century, the Industrial Revolution in America was a major shift to machine-aided, assembly-line production in factories. The Industrial Revolution saw wealth accumulate in the pockets of industrialists, while working conditions and wages remained low for the majority.

Established by an act of Congress on March 3rd, 1865, the Freedmen’s Bureau was conceived as a temporary agency to last the remainder of the war plus one year to follow. The intent of the act was to help the four million newly-freed blacks transition from slavery to a free-labor economy.

Educated as a lawyer, Thomas Jefferson would soon enter the political arena. A delegate to the Continental Congress, Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence at 33 years of age. He would go on to serve as Vice President and President of the United States.

The Battle of Saratoga was the result of the British intent to control the Hudson River, a crucial supply line for the Continental Army. Fought between September 19th and October 17th, 1777, the U.S. would win the battle—a major turning point in the Revolutionary War.

Tornadoes, also known as twisters, are made up of a violently rotating column of air that makes contact with both Earth and a cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud. A tornado can take many forms and are common in the Central United States in springtime.

Considered a crucial position for operations, the U.S. base at Khe Sanh was fiercely defended when attacked in January of 1968. The 66-day siege saw the U.S. deliver 100,000 tons of bombs and 158,000 artillery rounds to North Vietnamese belligerents.

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, or W.E.B. for short, was educated at Fisk University, Harvard and the University of Berlin. Du Bois would publish many influential studies, essays and books on the subject of racism in America before he joined the communist party and moved to Ghana.