1. Act Of 1798
The Second Great Awakening was a religious impulse that swept through the nation post-1790s. The churches of the nation began to reject the Calvinistic belief of, "Pre-Destination," – the belief that one's salvation or damnation was predetermined at birth. Rather than preach "Pre-Destination" they...
Throughout the 1800s and early 1900s the amount of Irish people immigrating to America increased greatly. The peak of the immigration occurred between 1845 and 1855 due to the spread of famine in Ireland which took the life of near a million people. The Famine was caused from a virus that infected t...
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America by Steven M. Gillon brings to attention the ten days that the History Channel believes to be some of the most influential days in America. Gillon purposefully avoided obvious days, such as the bombing and Pearl Harbor or the signing of the Constitution in o...