The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C, 1865. (Credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

A migrant worker with his wife and four small children, resting on the back of a car in Marysville, California, 1935. (Credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

(Credit: KT Design/Science Photo Library)

Lindsey Konkel is a freelance journalist based in southern New Jersey. Her focus is science and health. She loves when these topics intersect with history.

Lindsey Konkel

Lindsey Konkel is a freelance journalist based in southern New Jersey. Her focus is science and health. She loves when these topics intersect with history.

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America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian—the U.S. president—would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.

U.S. Presidents

World War I pitted Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan. New military technology resulted in unprecedented carnage. By the time the war was over and the Allied Powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.

World War I

Legacy Unpublished

During the 1920s (often referred to as the "Roaring Twenties"), a surging economy in the U.S. created an era of mass consumerism, as Jazz-Age flappers flouted Prohibition laws and the Harlem Renaissance redefined arts and culture.

1920s

The U.S. government, with its three branches of government and a system of checks and balances, is responsible for governing the 50 states and all districts and territories of the United States.

U.S. Government and Politics

The Civil War was America's bloodiest and most divisive conflict, pitting the Union Army against the Confederate States of America. The war resulted in the deaths of more than 620,000 people, with millions more injured and the South left in ruins.

Civil War

The Middle Ages, the medieval period of European history between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance, are sometimes referred to as the "Dark Ages."

Middle Ages

Landmarks and monuments, the physical record of human civilization, include spectacular structures like the Eiffel Tower, Mount Rushmore, the Panama Canal, the Brooklyn Bridge and more.

Landmarks

The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. Explore topics on the era, from the stock market crash of 1929, to the Dust Bowl, to FDR’s response to the economic calamity—the New Deal.

Lindsey Konkel ‑ Stories

When the Golden Gate Bridge Flattened by 7 Feet—and Other Facts About the San Francisco Icon

How the First 10 U.S. Presidents Helped Shape the Role of the Nation’s Top Office

The Hunt for Abraham Lincoln’s Killer: John Wilkes Booth

Why Was the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Called the ‘Spanish Flu’?

How Did the Gold Standard Contribute to the Great Depression?

How Presidential Assassinations Changed U.S. Politics

Life for the Average Family During the Great Depression