Nicholas Biddle

Lewis and Clark's influence on a nascent American literature.

Trump’s war against elite academia has created an uncanny parallel to the most dramatic fight in Jackson’s day—the attack on the 2nd Bank of the United States.

The panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that triggered a multi-year economic depression.

It started with a hatred of crony capitalism.

19th-century Americans abandoned the English phrasing of "standing" for election and begin to describe candidates who "run" for office. The race was on.