History Now Essay Born Modern: An Overview of the West Richard White Geography, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ The present American West is a creation of history rather than geography. There has never been a single West; American Wests come and go. At various times places now considered as thoroughly eastern as western Pennsylvania, western... Appears in: 9 | The American West Fall 2006
History Now Essay “In the Name of America’s Future”: The Fraught Passage of the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act Maddalena Marinari Government and Civics Senator Patrick McCarran (D−NV) was seething after Congress renewed the 1948 Displaced Persons Act in 1950. Incensed, McCarran wrote to his daughter: “I met the enemy and he took me on the DP bill. It’s tough to beat a million or more... Appears in: 52 | The History of US Immigration Laws Fall 2018