A report on History of the United States

The Reconstruction era was a period in American history following the American Civil War (1861–1865); it lasted from 1865 to 1877 and marked a significant chapter in the history of civil rights in the United States.

The Civil War is one of the most studied and written about episodes in the history of the United States.

In United States history, the term scalawag (sometimes spelled scallawag or scallywag) referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.

In the history of the United States, carpetbagger is a largely historical term used by Southerners to describe opportunistic Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War, who were perceived to be exploiting the local populace for their own financial, political, and/or social gain.

Historical assessments have often ranked Grant as one of the worst presidents in American history.

The term Five Civilized Tribes was applied by European Americans in the colonial and early federal period in the history of the United States to the five major Native American nations in the Southeast—the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek (Muscogee), and Seminole.

The result of the convention was the creation of the Constitution of the United States, placing the Convention among the most significant events in American history.

In the United States, the Great Depression began with the Wall Street Crash of October 1929 and then spread worldwide.

It was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its aftereffects.

It was also the first presidential election in United States History in which both major party candidates (Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas) were registered in the same home state, and would stay the only election to achieve this feat until 1904.