The Rutherford B. Hayes Quiz The American nation found itself in a peculiar place following the Reconstruction. With a newly reintegrated South trying to regain its political influence, tensions that had flared to cause the Civil War were once again beginning to glow. There were multiple grim examples demonstrating the schism that still split America … Read more
The American Progressive Era Quiz The days of the late 19th Century brought no shortage of hardship to the American people. Unchecked business practices were strangling the free market while also flooding society with stock of less and less quality items. People were suffering in poverty while a new breed of elite oligarchs ascended to … Read more
The Simon Bolivar Quiz The Americas largely began as colonial societies. It is true that the first peoples to inhabit the continents were the tribes now collectively called the Native Americans. However, the history of the powers that control modern America are the products of imperial conquest. As the United States of America won its … Read more
History by the Decades Quiz: The 2000s After the general stability of the 1990s, many nations seemed to be on the path toward building a better tomorrow. Economic growth and humanitarian progress were hallmarks of the 90s that happened to be punctuated by sudden and dramatic tragedies. Much of that optimistic hope for the future … Read more
Mao Zedong Quiz In China’s history, regimes have been most often built upon the backs of tradition and powerful military leaders. Yet, in the case of Mao Zedong, he took control of the nation in a radical way removed from the expected ways of China’s cultural past. The entire world was being forced to debate … Read more