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An Introduction to American History
Discover the people, events, and philosophies that forged the America of today.
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America Moves Westward
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The Most Important Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
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Civil Rights Activist and Folk Hero, Cesar Chavez
Key Facts About America's Stunning Mount Rushmore
How the Spoils System Came About and What It Really Meant
The 10 Best Books About Early Colonial History
5 Major Utopian Movements in the US
How the New Hampshire Colony Was Founded
Top 10 New Deal Programs of the Great Depression
A Brief Summary of the Second Great Awakening
Andrew Jackson's Informal Advisers Inspired a Term Still in Use
Nullification Crisis: Precursor to Civil War
How and Why Was the Colony of Georgia Founded?
What was America's Reaction to the French Revolution?
History and Impact of High Quality Steel in the 1800s
How King Cotton Influenced American History
The Civil War and the Promise of Forty Acres and a Mule
Founding of Connecticut Colony
How the 12th Amendment Helps the US President and VP Get Along
How the Massachusetts Bay Colony Was Founded
Explore the History and Origins of the Term Robber Baron
How Andrew Jackson's Bank War Resonated for Decades
Why is the Magna Carta seen as a key document in US history?
Monroe Doctrine - Definition and Background
The Cranky History Behind the Settlement of Rhode Island
War Hawks and the War of 1812 Explained
Why Couldn't Congress Discuss Enslavement Between 1836 and 1844?
Bloody Beating In the U.S. Senate Inflamed America Before the Civil War
The Civil War Created Paper Money with a Name That Stuck
Strip of Land Purchased In 1853 Completed the Mainland United States
The Wade-Davis Bill and Reconstruction
The Secret Six & the Financing of John Brown's Raid
The Free Soil Party Had a Lasting Impact on American Political Life
How the Border States Created a Special Set of Problems for Lincoln
Privateers Legally Raided Enemy Ships During War of 1812
How an Economic Plan Pushed By Henry Clay Helped Shape America
Facts About the Maryland Colony
Why the "Era of Good Feelings" Was a Misnomer
The Female Mill Workers Who Changed How Americans Viewed Employment
Mercantilism and Its Effect on Colonial America
White people, Black people, and Native Americans in the South Carolina Colony
What Was the Motivation for Founding the New Jersey Colony?
The Civil War Strategy That Was Likened to a Gigantic Snake
7 Facts About the Dutch Colony Now Known As New York
The Founding of North Carolina Colony and Its Role in the Revolution
Founding and History of the New York Colony
The Declaration of Independence: Study Guide
The Compromise of 1877 Ended Reconstruction, Ushered in Jim Crow Era
The Reconstruction Era (1865–1877)
A Tariff Threatened to Split America Decades Before the Civil War
The 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa Opened Japan to Trade With Americans
What Was President Truman’s Fair Deal of 1949?
How Did Thomas Jefferson's Punitive Law Backfire?
What You Should Know About the Notorious Plessy v. Ferguson Decision
10 Tips for Passing the AP US History Exam
How Newspapers Grew Into Major Institutions in 19th Century America
Significant Events of the Delaware Colony
How a Private British Company Came to Dominate India
The Treaty That Brought Florida Into the United States
Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society Brought Sweeping Social Change
How British Ships Seizing American Sailors Led to the War of 1812
How the Abolitionist Movement Became a Force In America
Civil War Photography Used Tricky Chemicals on Glass Plates
Barnburners and Hunkers, Significant Political Rivals of the 1840s
Learn About the Trial That Helped Set the Idea of Freedom of the Press
The Lyceum Movement Sparked Curiosity and Learning in the 1800s
How Three Powerful Senators Dominated Capitol Hill in the 1800s
Pennsylvania Began as a Quaker Haven in the American Colonies
Ink Used In the Comics Gave Sensational Journalism a Colorful Name
19th Century Law Was First to Restrict Immigration of Specific Group
A Kentucky Senator's Last Desperate Attempt to Prevent the Civil War
Transcendentalism: the Importance and Equality of the Individual
American Politicians Who Proposed Returning Enslaved People to Africa
The 50 States and When They Were Admitted to the US
Alphabet Soup? - New Deal Acronyms
A President's Murder Spurred a Law That Changed the Patronage System
How Raucous Frontier Oratory Gave Us the Political Term Stump Speech
What Was Sharecropping?
Clippers Ships: What They Were and How They Got That Name
How Attacks on Russian Jews In the 1880s Spurred Immigration to America
Americans Who Fervently Believed the World Would End in 1844
Everything You Need to Know About the St. Louis Gateway Arch
Salutary Neglect Overview
The Reality of the Enslaved People Who Built the White House
President Truman’s Order to Remove Communists from US Government
Luddites Smashed Machine to Protect Their Way of Life
Impressment and the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
Dark Horse Candidates Have Raucous Roots in 19th Century Politics
Controversial Yet Essential: The Freedmen's Bureau During Reconstruction
The Prairie Schooner, the Covered Wagon That Symbolized Westward Travel
National Parks Were First Suggested By a Painter of Native Americans
Victorian: Word Fraught With Meaning, All Related to a Queen's Reign
Astounding Story of Freedom Seekers Who Fought Back In Rural Pennsylvania
Cheaply Produced Novels Captivated Americans In the Late 1800s
The Lively Political Origins of the Term Gerrymander
Startling Price Cut to a Penny Made Newspapers Available to Everyone
How a Constitution for Kansas Inflamed Passions Before the Civil War
Humbug, a Word Made Immortal by Two 19th Century Geniuses
Violent Precursor to the Civil War Was Fought in Kansas
What Was a Transcendentalist?
Tenure of Office Act: Early Attempt to Limit Presidential Power
What You Need to Know About U.S. Territories
What Was Secession and Why Did It Matter?
Leaving Port on Schedule Marked a Revolution in Sailing Ships
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