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By Suketu Patel

America is another name for opportunity

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Introduction

Hey all! I am Suketu Patel, a senior at West Essex High School with an interest in American History. I realized from a young age that I had a never-ending curiosity for history and as such have been reading history for many years. After a while, I created a blog so I could have a place to channel my curiosity and share my wealth of information. I am always reading and researching on my own, trying to find glance over new sources of information about history. I tend to focus on the Progressive era whenever within my posts but sometimes I will post other interesting pieces I find pertaining to American History. Enjoy your stay!

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  • 1892 Election

    Due to the 60th presidential election in 2024, New Jersey’s only president seems to have lost his most memorable attribute: The fact that he was the only president to have had non-consecutive terms. As such, let us discover how Grover Cleveland made history in 1892 and held this record for 132 years. The article, made…

  • The New Freedom

    Woodrow Wilson, 28th President Woodrow Wilson, president during the transition from the Progressive era to the roaring twenties, wrote a book outlining goals for his presidency by the name of The New Freedom. He exemplified many of the progressive ideals of the time such as wanting to regulate businesses and break up monopolies, a trend…

  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Albert Fall – Instigator of the Scandal Teapot Dome: A widely forgotten scandal that nearly took down a president. Through history, it has been forgotten yet during its time it was one of the most major events going on. The corruption ran through the administration of Warren G. Harding. Essentially the Secretary of the Interior…

  • Grover Cleveland Presidency

    As the second part in this series, this post will be covering the presidency of Grover Cleveland. He was unique in that he served two nonconsecutive terms from 1885-1889 and 1893-1897. Although that detail may be the only thing he is remembered for by many people, his presidency was eventful and was a reflection of…

  • Grover Cleveland Pre-Presidency

    Grover Cleveland is a very interesting yet very forgotten President of the United States. He is most often remembered for having served two non-consecutive terms as the 22nd and 24th President of the United States from 1885-1889 and 1893-1897. However, his story goes much further than that and encompasses far more as show in this…

  • The Square Deal

    Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal is a topic I learned had heard about in the past but only learned about in great detail in my AP US History course at school. This article titled “The Square Deal: Theodore Roosevelt and the Themes of Progressive Reform” by Kirsten Swinth covers this topic extensively by talking about the…

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