Truman Authorizes the Seizure of United States Steel Mills
On June 24, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations Council called on all U.N. members to help repel the invasion. Under his …
Executive Order/EO
Lt. General John L. DeWitt issued “Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry” that they “Will be Evacuated
On Wednesday, April 1, 1942, Lieutenant General John L. DeWitt issued “Instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry” that they “will be evacuated from the above designated …
President Roosevelt Issues Executive Order 9066 to Evacuate and Detain in Concentration Camps over 120,000 Japanese Americans
In the days and weeks following the attack on Pearl Harbor, pressure mounted from politicians on the West Coast. They demanded that “something be done” …
Executive Order 6102 – The Great Gold Robbery of 1933: FDR and the Federal Reserve Confiscates All Gold in Exchange for Depreciable Fiat Dollars
It’s been 75 years (2008 article) since the federal government, on the spurious grounds of fighting the Great Depression, ordered the confiscation of all monetary …
The Emancipation Proclamation Goes into Effect
In the 1857 Dred Scott decision, the U. S. Supreme Court – disregarding the constitutionally-authorized ban – declared that Congress could not interfere with slavery …