Ethics Chapters

Congress passes a draft law to recruit men to fight for the Union, but it allows wealthy men to buy their way out of service.

For nearly a week in July 1863, New Yorkers riot against the Conscription Law.

Near the end of the 19th century, some Americans believe that the U.S. should become an empire similar to Britain.

Oliver Powers, father of the downed U-2 pilot, first conceives the idea that his son could be exchanged for Rudolf Abel. In other words: Exchange a sp...

Penn goes "against the crown" and must defend himself in London's Old Bailey.

Iwo Jima is directly in the flight path of airplanes trying to reach Tokyo from the mid-Pacific; it is crucial territory for both Japanese and America...

Jacob Abrams and fellow Russian socialists suffer arrest and trial for speaking and writing against US-government actions.

Caddies help golfers with advice to improve their game in a similar way that spiritual advisors help others to improve life.

Caddies help golfers with advice to improve their game in a similar way that spiritual advisors help people to improve their lives.

Oliver Wendell Holmes writes a Supreme Court decision which allows people to say what they think but not necessarily avoid punishment.

Britain's "high society" is closed to all who are not born into the upper class.

The submerged Titanic is located in 1985.