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May 27, 2025
Worst Recessions & Depressions in American History
Recessions and depressions in American history are marked by significant economic downturns, with the Great Depression (1929-1939) being the most severe, causing widespread unemployment and hardship. Other notable recessions occurred in the 1970s, early 2000s, and the 2008 financial crisis, each influencing policy responses and economic recovery strategies, shaping modern economic frameworks and interventions.
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August 18, 2020
Yellow Fever: Causes, Symptoms, Vaccine, and History
Yellow Fever is one of the deadliest killers in infectious disease history. Learn the cause, symptoms, and discovery of a vaccine.
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August 17, 2020
Salem Witch Trials: When, Why, and How Many Victims
The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 pitted neighbor against neighbor as long-simmering jealousies and resentments were given a thinly-veiled outlet for revenge.
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August 14, 2020
Ben Franklin’s Virtues
The thirteen virtues of Ben Franklin, a founding father, inventor, and thinker, which established moral codes for people to live by.
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August 13, 2020
The Barbary Slave Trade
Barbary Slave Trade where an approximate 1.2 million white Europeans were enslaved in Africa.
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August 12, 2020
History of Malaria
Malaria was one of the worst killers of mankind until its etiology was figured out by scientists in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
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August 11, 2020
Hitler’s Olympic Games
The 1936 Berlin Olympics were used by Hitler and the Nazi’s propaganda machine to show Germany as a kinder, gentler people after German aggressions of World War One.
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August 10, 2020
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis stands to this day as the closest time the United States ever came to nuclear war.
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