-
-
April 25, 2025
The Long and Short-Term Causes of WW2
The causes of World War II can be categorized into long-term and short-term factors. Long-term causes include unresolved issues from World War I, the Treaty of Versailles, economic instability, and the rise of totalitarian regimes. Short-term causes involve aggressive expansion by Germany, Italy, and Japan, along with events like the invasion of Poland in 1939, which directly triggered the war.
-
Today's Sponsor
Brought To You By
We are able to provide free content to you every single day because of ads like this.
-
October 6, 2022
Ho Chi Minh Trail
During the Vietnam War, The Ho Chi Minh Trail was a network of roads that ran from Communist North Vietnam to American-backed South Vietnam, transecting the kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia in a sparsely populated mountainous region of dense tropical rainforests.
-
-
October 5, 2022
Yellow Journalism: History of Scare Tactics in News and Tabloids
Yellow Journalism is the strategy deployed by tabloid news magazines and more, Intending to excite public opinion using scare headlines of minor news events, the reliance on pseudoscience data and testimonies from questionable sources.
-
-
October 4, 2022
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is the Jewish holiday culminating the Ten Days of Awe and celebrates atonement and repentance through prayer, fasting, and abstinence.
-
-
October 3, 2022
Wilmot Proviso: Bill to Prohibit Slavery’s Westward Expansion
The Wilmot Proviso was a bill that failed to become law prohibiting slavery in new U.S. territories west of the Mississippi River. Despite its three-time failure to pass, It did successfully provoke a nationwide debate over slavery.
-
-
September 30, 2022
Ho Chi Minh: Life, Communism, and Freedom for Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh was a proponent of communism to liberate Vietnam from the imperialist west and would organize the Viet Minh Party or League for the Independence of Vietnam.
-
-
September 29, 2022
Aztecs of Mesoamerica
The Aztec Empire of Mesoamerica culminated in Tenochtitlán, a civilization that employed sophisticated irrigation and agriculture practices. In 1519, Hernan Cortés would eradicate the city with superior weaponry and foreign disease.
-
-
September 28, 2022
Dred Scott Decision
In March of 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision on the Dred Scott case of slavery status within free-states, citing African American exclusion from the Constitution and its unalienable rights.
-