With the surrender of Japan in World War II, the Korean peninsula, occupied by the Japanese since 1910, was divided at the 38th Parallel:the north occupied by the Soviets and the south by the Americans. The prevailing tension exploded when North Korean troops invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. Th
The Big Stick Policy is a reference to US President Theodore Roosevelts (1858 - 1919) style of resolving diplomatic conflicts. In a speech that took place in 1901, during a fair in Minnesota, the president used an African proverb that says:with smooth speech and a big club, you go far . This was t
Around 15,000 BC Arrival of the first humans in North America: During this ice age , much of the earth is covered in ice and snow. Land and ice bridge connects America to Asia . The first American Indians cross Asia on foot or along the coast. They wander in pursuit of large animals:mammoths, horse
I think Im a big world history enthusiast, but I first learned the name Martin Van Buren when I wrote this blog. It seems that the era from the American Revolutionary War to the Civil War is called the Jackson era, but the president from Jackson to Lincoln actually has little achievement to say th