Die Belagerung von Petersburg (auch Richmond-Petersburg-Feldzug) war eine militärische Operation während des amerikanischen Sezessionskrieges, die vom 9.Juni 1864 bis 25. März 1865 östlich, südlich und westlich von Petersburg, Virginia stattfand. Der Begriff Belagerung von Petersburg hat sich eingebürgert, obwohl Petersburg weder von den gegnerischen Truppen …

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974.A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.His five years in the White House saw reduction of U.S. …

Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Great Depression in the United States.A self-made man who became rich as a mining engineer, Hoover led the Commission for Relief …

Le XIV e amendement à la Constitution des États-Unis, ratifié en 1868 sous l'impulsion de John Armor Bingham vise à protéger le droit des anciens esclaves afro-américains émancipés par le Treizième amendement de la Constitution des États-Unis, en particulier dans les États du sud.Il garantit la citoyenneté à toute personne née aux États-Unis et affirme la nécessité de garantir ...

Stephen Edward Ambrose (January 10, 1936 – October 13, 2002) was an American historian, most noted for his biographies of U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon.He was a longtime professor of history at the University of New Orleans and the author of many bestselling volumes of American popular history.. There have been numerous well documented …