This resource provides a short description of the Second Bank of the United States. It contains a part of President Andrew Jackson's veto of the renewal bill for the Bank's charter.

This essay describes the purposes and effects of the National Bank Acts of 1863 and 1864.

Describes the structure and powers of the Second Bank of the United States.

After the re-election of Andrew Jackson in 1832, he began the process of having government deposits removed from the Second Bank.

An essay that looks at issues affecting Americans leading up to the Civil War. These included economic changes that led to new ideological, social, cultural, and political issues that further divided the nation along moral and regional...

This site from the University of Groningen provides a description of the Specie Circular, a decree that only gold and silver could be used when purchasing public lands.

President Andrew Jackson was concerned about the powers of the Second Bank from the beginning, and suspected there was a hidden political agenda, which Nicholas Biddle, head of the bank, denied.

Women gained the right to vote and began to become active members of Congress as the United States faced many challenges. Early congresswomen served during the Great Depression, WWII, and the start of the Cold War. They had a voice in...

The Embassy of Venezuela in the United States presents a detailed biographical essay on Simon Bolivar, from his early days and family life to his military days and role as a liberator.

This resource is an overview of the relationship of the Dutch West India Company and the settling of New Netherlands under the "patroon" system, which brought many Dutch colonists to the New World.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This essay, borrowed from the full text located at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, provides biographical information about Martha Washington and her role as the First Lady of the...

The goods and services brought to the frontier by the railroad improved the quality of life. Read about the construction and route of the Northern Pacific Railroad in this companion essay to the PBS series, Frontier House.

This site from Whaling Library offers essay on "Small-type Coastal Whaling in Japan". Good history of whaling in Pacific waters. Mention of influence of United States in 1820.

This essay from The Oxford Companion to American Military History goes into the causes of the Vietnam War and shows how the United States became embroiled incrementally from the 1950s up to 1965. An interesting section explains how the...

Explore the life of George Washington (1732-1799 CE) through this site.