In the modern world, developed countries build militaries using voluntary recruiting practices or laws requiring service. Before the acceptance of such practices, many countries relied on the forced tactic of…
Imperialism is the extension by a government of power or authority over areas outside the controlling nation. It results in the imposition of one nation’s ways on another, creating an…
Immigration, the leaving of one’s homeland to build a life in another country, was not a new concept by the late 1800s. Foreigners had been leaving their homelands for the…
Illinois, also known as the Land of Lincoln, was the twenty-first state to join the Union, when it was admitted on December 3, 1818. It lies in the eastern north-central…
Idaho joined the Union as the forty-third state on July 3, 1890. Situated in the northwestern United States, Idaho is the smallest of the eight Rocky Mountain states and thirteenth…
Anne Hutchinson was a member of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1634 to 1637. She was an active community leader whose religious views differed from those of the leaders of…
[Dolores Huerta is cofounder and first vice president of the United Farm Workers union. She has dedicated much of her life to the struggle for justice and dignity for migrant…
Henry Hudson was an English navigator and explorer. North America has a bay, a strait, and a river named for him. In his short life, he sailed at least three…
Edwin Hubble made two major contributions to American science. At a time when it was believed that the universe ended with the Milky Way, Hubble proved the existence of other…
Sam Houston was the first president of the Independent Republic of Texas, and he later served as governor of the state of Texas. Houston was born on March 2, 1793,…