Why did seven years pass between the Lewis and Clark Expedition and their [...] »
What might you have owned in Maryland or Virginia in 1740-1810? (Lesson [...] »
Examines 19th-century children in America: what they read, what was written [...] »
Johnson, Goldwater, and the politics of fear.
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Should you leave your hat on when you talk on the telephone?
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Think the mudslinging in modern campaigns is bad? Campaigns have always been [...] »
The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 reflected the voices of [...] »
Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted [...] »
Controversial issues are often simplified in textbooks. Discover the facts [...] »
![Lithograph, [Patent medicine label for unnamed. . . ], 1830-1870, LoC](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/Patent432x240.jpg?itok=QLJLh39q "Lithograph, [Patent medicine label for unnamed women's hair tonic which \"restores gray hair ... cures dandruff and prevents baldness], 1830-1870, Library of Congress")
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has images of patents online [...] »
Why did George Washington start gathering national data on agriculture?
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How did recreational drug use grow into a U.S. drug culture? How did it [...] »
Linear battle formations date at least to the early 17th century.
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