This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1930 to 1949 1930s. Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover. Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother, an iconic image of ... History of the United States (1945–1964) This page was last edited on 17 October 2022, at 13:43 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...

1906 – San Francisco earthquake 1907 – Oklahoma becomes a state 1907 – Gentlemen's Agreement 1907 – Coal mine explodes in Monongah, West Virginia, killing at least 361.Worst industrial accident in American history. 1908 – Ford Model T appears on the market 1908 – Root–Takahira Agreement 1908 – Federal Bureau of Investigation established 1908 – …

Voting rights in the United States, specifically the enfranchisement and disenfranchisement of different groups, has been a moral and political issue throughout United States history.. Eligibility to vote in the United States is governed by the United States Constitution and by federal and state laws. Several constitutional amendments (the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, and …

This section of the timeline of United States history concerns events from before the lead up to the American Revolution (c. 1760 Antiquity. c. 27,000–12,000 years ago – Humans cross the Beringia land bridge into North and then South America. Dates of earliest migration to the Americas is highly debated. c. 15,500 year old arrowhead; oldest ...

In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the candidate who gains the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote.However, the popular vote is not used to determine who is elected as the nation's president or vice president.

18th century 1780s. 1789. The Constitution of the United States grants the states the power to set voting requirements. Generally, states limited this right to property-owning or tax-paying white males (about 6% of the population). However, some states allowed also Black males to vote, and New Jersey also included unmarried and widowed women, regardless of color.

United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands in the United States Department of Defense.Headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, USSTRATCOM is responsible for strategic deterrence, global strike, and operating the Defense Department's Global Information Grid.It also provides a host of capabilities to support …

Responsibilities. The Department of the Navy (DoN) consists of two Uniformed Services: the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. The secretary of the Navy is responsible for, and has statutory authority (10 U.S.C. § 5013) to "conduct all the affairs of the Department of the Navy", i.e. as its chief executive officer, subject to the limits of the law, and …

The copyright law of the United States grants monopoly protection for "original works of authorship". With the stated purpose to promote art and culture, copyright law assigns a set of exclusive rights to authors: to make and sell copies of their works, to create derivative works, and to perform or display their works publicly.These exclusive rights are subject to a time limit, and …

The drafting of the Constitution of the United States began on May 25, 1787, when the Constitutional Convention met for the first time with a quorum at the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to revise the Articles of Confederation.It ended on September 17, 1787, the day the Frame of Government drafted by the convention's …

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest-ranking judicial body in the United States.Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the chief justice of the United States and eight associate justices, any six of whom constitute a quorum. Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution grants plenary power to the President of the United …

In the United States Armed Forces, the ranks of warrant officer (grades W‑1 to W‑5; see NATO: WO1–WO5) are rated as officers above all non-commissioned officers, candidates, cadets, and midshipmen, but subordinate to the lowest officer grade of O‑1 (NATO: OF‑1). This application differs from the Commonwealth of Nations and other militaries, where warrant officers are the …

The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.The vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch, as the president of the Senate.In this capacity, the vice president is empowered to preside over ...

The 2000 United States presidential election was the 54th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000. Republican candidate George W. Bush, the governor of Texas and eldest son of the 41st president, George H. W. Bush, won the election, defeating incumbent Vice President Al Gore.It was the fourth of five American presidential elections, and the first …