LNGenZ News for Kids: 21 – History

In 1692, the people of Salem, Massachusetts, thought they were surrounded by witchcraft. In just one year, 19 women and one man were executed after courts determined they were witches, which was a crime during that period. The trials were… Read More

The history of Cuba has included many foreign actors. In 1492, Christopher Columbus became the first European to step foot in Cuba. He claimed the island for Spain, even though a native population already lived there, called the Taíno. Spain… Read More

The French and Indian War, as it was called in the Colonies, was also known as the Seven Years’ War as well as the Second Hundred Years’ War in Europe. Later, Winston Churchill termed it the first world war since… Read More

In the 1300s, the Italian scholar Petrarch came up with the term “dark ages” to describe European society between the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of the Renaissance. He was comparing the “dark” centuries of society in… Read More

Did you know Mother’s Day was originally intended to celebrate just one person – hence the apostrophe after the “r”? In 1905, Anna Jarvis wanted to commemorate her own mother, who died that year. Mama Jarvis, or Anna Reeves Jarvis,… Read More

Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon forever changed the United States and international financial systems. U.S. economic conditions in 1971 were not great. The national unemployment rate topped 6%, money supply growth exceeded 10%, and the inflation rate was 4.38%…. Read More

From Beachgate to Russiagate, every government scandal now ends with a “gate” suffix. This comes from the historic 20th-century Watergate scandal that took down President Richard Nixon and forever altered the state of U.S. politics and America’s perception of its… Read More

When the thirteen colonies of British America declared their independence from King George III, it sparked the Revolutionary War. The American leaders wanted to be free from rule of monarchs and create their own fate. We know what happened to… Read More

The Great Depression is perhaps the most studied and talked about economic event in the nation’s history. It was a terrible time for the country. But the question is: Will the United States ever see this level of depression again?… Read More

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” ~ Gettysburg Address / Abraham Lincoln The Battle of Gettysburg… Read More

In two decades, the United States suffered two economic depressions. While most people are aware of the Great Depression, the 1920-1921 depression is hardly discussed. This was an 18-month downturn that happened soon after the end of the First World… Read More

The last time the United States suffered an economic depression was in the 1930s. Since the nation has not suffered one in nearly a century, does this mean the country is safe from such a significant collapse? First, it is… Read More