History Now Essay Getting Ready to Lead a World Economy: Enterprise in Nineteenth-Century America Joyce Appleby Economics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ When Jefferson won the presidency in 1801, his victory had an economic impact as great as the political one. The establishment of the new government under the Constitution twelve years earlier had laid the foundation for an integrated... Appears in: 24 | Shaping the American Economy Summer 2010
History Now Essay A Place in History: Historical Perspective on Martin Luther King Jr. Day James Oliver Horton Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ In the late fall of 1983, the US Congress passed a bill declaring the third Monday of January each year as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law on November 2, 1983, fifteen years after King’s... Appears in: 4 | American National Holidays Summer 2005 57 | Black Voices in American Historiography Summer 2020