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"What happened to the U.S. economy beginning after the second world war is an extraordinary record of economic growth."
"Those three ships, and what at the time were called incidents, represent a nearly forgotten part of US history, and that is the undeclared war that came before the Second World War. It is history that deserves to be remembered."
"The U.S. involvement in World War One had been costly, and the national attitude, and the attitudes of powerful members of Congress, was that the U.S. must be prevented from being dragged into another European war."
"It was the USA's colonial frontier and its constant expansion west into indigenous land that had been the most overwhelmingly important driver of the nation's progress."
"The history of the colonization of the United States, clearly the biggest colonial endeavor the world has ever known, had as its first act the complete annihilation of its native peoples."
"This will be a stain on our country not so easily washed away, the final terrible indelible legacy of the 45th president of the United States, undoubtedly our worst."
"The US Bill of Rights was the first modern attempt to articulate the fundamental human rights enjoyed by all peoples."
"The longest war the U.S fought in its history wasn't in Afghanistan or Iraq, but against the Seminole Natives of Florida."
"President Washington began this tradition in 1790 after reminding the nation that the destiny of self-government is finally staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people."
"Determined to never be second to any other power in the world, the US began to nurture what would become one of the most professional fighting forces in earth's history."
"I think you can simultaneously criticize the BLM riots and the damage cost in cities while also acknowledging that January 6 was a uniquely horrible event in U.S history."
"The US has been through periods of pretty intense political violence"
"Nixon had no choice but to admit his guilt and resign, making him the only president to do so."
"No other president of the United States, sitting or former, got into this kind of trouble."
"The U.S is closer to Civil War than any of us would like to believe."
"The philosophy of the US rests on three basic principles: first, the reality of natural rights pre-existing government..."
"This is the most dangerous era in U.S. history since the Civil War."
"A crisis is not coming. It is already here, and it will be as defining a moment in the history of the US as the Great Depression, World War Two, or the American Civil War."
"Roosevelt drew America closer to embattled Britain."
"The day we left Afghanistan... was something inconceivable in the United States that I grew up in."
"This operation was one of the most significant operations in U.S history."
"The focus of this is actually focusing on the first 150 years of United States history. It is our mission to share the history and the cultures of the American people."
"The 14th Amendment enhanced the civil rights of all citizens."
"The United States was a dangerous enemy and had to be defeated."
"Theodore Roosevelt’s transformation from sickly child to master of the bully pulpit and the ultimate symbol of American strength and vitality is an inspiring story of the power of self-determination."
"The story of how only 0.001% of the 1890 U.S. census remains is a story of mismanagement that resulted in literally forgetting our history."
"The United States has never seen a war it doesn't like..."
"Systems of oppression have been entrenched in U.S. institutions since time immemorial."
"Democracy did not start with the United States."
"The Roe v. Wade decision is legitimately one of the worst judicial decisions in the history of the United States."
"It's been an economic backbone of the United States in many ways, plays a core and central theme in American history and particularly the state of the economy."
"The American public deserved a better explanation." - Gerald R. Ford
"The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were passed."
"I think one of the things that you see in US history is that people do become as big as the circumstances need them to be."
"Remember the record of the cold war: the U.S. successfully stood for freedom in multiple countries."
"The United States is one of those rare countries that's been at war almost every day since its founding."
"In response to these conflicts, the U.S. Congress passed a series of Neutrality Acts."
"America is founded on slavery and rooted in slavery."
"Expansionism wasn’t rare either in the early history of the US."
"That renewed hostile actions against United States ships on the high seas and the Gulf of Tonkin have today required me to order the military forces of the United States to take action in reply."
"These vaults here in the United States, they had been coming over here since the 1200s."
"Presidents of the United States were slave owners... it is brutality and it's evil any way you look at it."
"For us to understand the major demographic shifts that have happened in the 20th century of the United States, which is in particular the browning of America, we have to go back to the Porfirio Diaz regime."
"Latinx histories are critical, central, and pivotal to the U.S. story."
"George Washington, the first president of the United States, the only president to be unanimously elected to the office."
"Andrew Jackson, the war hero who had dramatically expanded America, was elected president in a landslide."
"January 6 was one of the worst assaults on the U.S. Capitol in American history."
"This is now the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history."
"Boston Marathon bombing, a tragic terror attack."
"Hamilton is Secretary of the Treasury and Jefferson as Secretary of State."
"Area 51 has for decades been one of the United States biggest secrets."
"U.S presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day."
"Tennessee's history: A battleground during the Civil War."
"Tennessee was the last state that ratified the 19th amendment."
"July 16, 1945 was a monumental day for the United States."
"The vote in the U.S Congress to allow statehood ran along party lines, but the formation of West Virginia was approved."
"President Trump was inaugurated and became President of the United States of America, the 45th person to be President."
"Unity has a deep and important root in the American fabric until it was replaced with In God We Trust by Congress in 1956 the phrase e pluribus unum was widely considered the de facto motto of the United States."
"There has never been a major social justice movement in the United States that did not arise from the voices of the heart and spirit."
"The first president of the United States was John Hansen... There were 14 presidents before George Washington."
"There's no reason to litigate this really and there is nothing wrong historically with the United States of America welcoming refugees and immigrants to our shores."
"In the time it took others at the party to drink a couple more beers, the gang had committed the largest armed robbery in U.S history."
"One of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history was finally over."
"Empires don't last forever, and people have said they usually last 250 years or so. Now, the U.S. may be just about that old."
"January 6th was an attempt to overthrow the US government by force and that's bad." - Rachel Maddow
"This is the biggest political scandal in U.S. history."
"The first city in what would become the United States to surpass a population of 40,000."
"This is our shared history; this is not the history of black people, it's the history of America."
"The United States declared war on Japan the day after Pearl Harbor."
"The end finally came when the still young US was provoked into action by repeated pirate attacks."
"For anyone who thinks recent US history has never been as crazy as it is right now, allow me to present to you the 1960s."
"The US made a fortune not just in World War II but in World War one because they were out of World War One up until 1917."
"The US itself pioneered negotiations for naval limits."
"Canonized by Pope Francis in 2015, Saint Junipero Serra stands out as the greatest missionary in U.S. history."
"Preemptive War by its very nature is something that is entirely new to the United States of America."
"We have adopted a plan... for the complete withdrawal of all U.S. combat ground forces."
"This is the first time in U.S. history a U.S. president has been in criminal trial."
"One of the most amazing things that has ever happened in U.S. history."
"Operation Northwoods was a proposed false flag operation developed by the United States Department of Defense in the early 1960s during the Kennedy administration."
"How can history inform a discussion of US policy?"
"This church was actually the oldest parish in United States history, 1697. Pretty cool."
"Over the next six months, the United States would produce an outrageous number of tanks, jeeps, and stuff."
"It was the deadliest volcanic eruption in the history of the United States."
"This is the story of the CFL's wacky expansion into the United States and a quick history of both leagues."
"September 11 stands as the worst loss of first responders in a single event in United States history."
"To combat the Nazis, the U.S. assembles a team of superheroes."
"The United States has dealt with far greater crises: the Civil War, the Depression."
"This third stimulus check package could lead to the fastest economic recovery in U.S. history."
"The Industrial Revolution in the US began in 1760 and lasted all the way until 1840."
"The main purpose of this is to give you an idea of the scale of U.S. building efforts."
"The United States Constitution is the rules by which the government can act and operate."
"Notable Supreme Court cases that had a significant impact on life throughout America."
"The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is inclined to impact the U.S. for generations to come."
"This is a moment we have not seen ever in U.S history."
"Black Mafia Family was the biggest domestic narcotics trafficking organization in U.S. history."
"The declaration of war against Spain... marked a decision by the US government to expand the scope of US foreign policy."
"I love studying like US territories during the age of Imperialism."
"Containment is a great U.S. card because it lets them boost all of the cards in their hand."
"The US versus Richard Nixon... Nixon must turn over the tapes."