U.S. History - to 1945

The end of WWII and beginning of the Cold War are not clearly defined. It became clear to American military intelligence during the war that...

The "Wild West" earned its name - a shortage of women, children, and old people set up a social dynamic which could only lead to t...

Alexander Hamilton authored a number of those newspaper articles which we now call 'The Federalist Papers' - although many of them w...

Not only in American history, but in the histories of all different parts of the world, there is a curious connection between the freedom of...

History books usually use the phrase 'New Deal' to refer to a bundle of legislation and programs initiated by FDR during his first t...

Who was the man who killed President William McKinley? Born in Alpena, Michigan, he also spent part of his childhood in Detroit, and on a fa...

The original residents of North America, after suffering losses in property and rights, gained back those lands and freedoms in a series of ...