Talk:History of the United States
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Talk:History of the United States(Archive 1)
Talk:History of the United States(Archive 2)
I've restored the ancient text from November 2002 from the US history page. This text is going to form the bulk of a main page for the US history series, modeled after the main page of the History of Germany series. Mav and I will work on this summarized main page further from this point. 172
- Sweet! I'm booked until the weekend though (day page updates takes up almost all my week day Wikipedia time). --mav 06:57 22 Jul 2003 (UTC)
There is a new school-wide program at the High School where I teach that allows me to assign outside reading to students. I am amassing a reading list of fiction and non-fiction books that relate to U.S. history. If you have any recommendations, if there are books you think *all* U.S. teens should read, please post them at my Reading List. Kingturtle 18:20, 6 Sep 2003 (UTC)
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The series table needs to be fixed - it is getting confused. Only articles that are daughters of this one should be in the table. Thus the Civil War entries need to be removed and a proper U.S. History daughter article needs to be created that covers that time period. The reason is simple: The Civil War is a topic onto itself, it is not a daughter of this article (which covers time periods not events). We need an article that deals with all U.S. history in that period - not just the Civil War. --mav 10:23, 28 Jan 2004 (UTC)
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This page can be edited
I have removed comment by user on computer 67.126.203.79 from article page to this discussion page. That editor wrote: "Did you realize you can EDIT all of this information?" at 17:50 on 17 May 2005. -Acjelen 19:07, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
Could someone clarify "sectional?"
I'm not a history major, so maybe sectional means something that I'm unaware of. In the last sentence of History of the United States (1776-1861)we have "the territories ceded by Mexico became the focal point of sectional tensions over the expansion of slavery." Did the author mean "secessional" or is the word sectional, as used here, a synonym for regional?
- A synonym for regional. --Alex S 03:07, 16 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Why the hell are there two U.S. history MediaWiki messages on the same page?
With one or two tiny variations they cover the same thing!! That's crazy! jengod 19:01, May 19, 2004 (UTC)
WWII Homefront
I seem to remember Wikipedia having an article on the U.S. homefront during World War II, but I can't seem to find it. Anyone seen it? -- Infrogmation 22:54, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Wikipedia:WikiProject History/Status
I have created Wikipedia:WikiProject History/Status, which has some notes about what needs to be done to make this article featured. Please add other suggestions and see what you can to help. Tuf-Kat
Hoover/Roosevelt economics
This is a talk heading connected to my recent edit of the interwar america/world war two section. In the interest of maintaining apolitcalness, i edited the paragraph describing Hoover and Roosevelt's economics.
pre-edit:
In response to the depression, Congress and the Hoover administration enacted a somewhat isolationist Smoot-Hawley tariff and, with its public works acts, tried to fix prices for farmers, and enacted a public works program based on the belief that the federal government was obliged to maintain high employment levels. These efforts were unprecedented, but the Depression overwhelmed them: indices of prices, profits, production, and unemployment worsened.
post-edit:
In response to the depression, Congress and the Hoover administration enacted a somewhat isolationist Smoot-Hawley tariff and, with its public works acts, tried to fix prices for farmers, and enacted a public works program based on the belief that the federal government was obliged to maintain high employment levels. These efforts were unprecedented, and economists today have still not come to a consensus over the appropriateness of these policies. While some feel that these efforts did not go far enough, and were overwhelmed by the magnitude of the depression, others believe that these policies were destructive and contributed to the worsening of the depression.
Cedric Dwarf 6:45 PM UTC, Dec 28, 2004
World War I
Notice: there is no world war I, this should be remedied immediately.
Cedric Dwarf 7:00 PM UTC, Dec 28, 2004
Copy Vio?
Anyone notice that the entire wiki-History of America is based almost entirely from this site?[1] (http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/history/index.htm)
- Not entirely-- most is mine. I filled in the gaps from the LOC handbook, which is public domain. (You can also use the material from that site to fill in any gaps where you see them.) 172 04:34, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Maps, Pictures, etc.
Hi, It seems that there are few if any images on most of the History of the United States pages (this page has no images whatsoever). I just recently added a ton of png's of historical US flags at Flag of the United States. What do people think of my idea of sticking a few of them into this page (like one per main section to illustrate the expansion of the nation).
These pages (and most of Wikipedia history articles and articles about countries really) desperately need some maps showing what's being talked about. When I have (lots of extra) free time I may make some maps of US historical expansion. In any case, in the interrim it seems that at least some famous images of historical events (even semi-fictitious images like the signing of the declaration of independence or the crossing of the delaware) could be added (lots of the most famous images should be already on Wikipedia I would expect). Just because this is a page about history doesn't mean it must be completely devoid of color and shape.
Alright. if someone likes my idea of adding some flag pictures to this page, let me know at my talk page, please (I might not remember to check back here).
--Jacobolus 11:31, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- The article needs a lot of work in general. The flag pictures should stay in the articles on the U.S. flag. Note that there is a series of subsidiary articles, which have pictures. 172 11:42, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Why the hell is there a history of Islamic Terrorism link at the top of this page
Are we trying to suggest that the history of the United States and the history of Islamic terrorism are two parrallel movements. If so, then why not add a link at the top to the history of Mormonism or the history of people with really big ears. My point is that a naive reader would see this and thing that the Islamic terrorism was the only major movement to shape this country. --Stasa Mar 2, 2005
Start Date of Colonial America
I wasn't sure what the 1493 date was referring to in the section title Colonial America (1493-1776). I changed it to 1497, the year of Cabot's landing, possibly in Maine. Other possible dates might be 1513 (Ponce de Leon in Florida) or 1524 (Verrazano off the eastern seaboard). -Acjelen 21:57, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
Typo?
Under "History of the United States (1849-1865)" there's the word "anti-aboloitionist" - is that a valid word at all or meant to be anti-abolitionist? (clem 20:27, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC))
- No such word. I fixed it. Be bold. --Eric Forste 23:16, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- as non-English native speaker I was reluctant - I don't want to accidently skew content; if I had been sure it was incorrec I'd have changed it on the spot. (clem 18:18, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC))