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Protestant or not? Baptist practices have differed from those of other Protestants and from Catholics.

The pronunciation devil is in the historical details.

During the 1840s, Manifest Destiny remained an effusive, bumptious spirit rather than a clearly articulated agenda for empire.

Sifting through books for college courses about historical inquiry.

Apportionment in the House of Representatives and pay raises for Congress fell by the wayside—at least temporarily.

How can I find out about the number of home sales per year during the Great Depression?

Three significant changes affect how we teach history and who is teaching it.

Is it all right to make up stories about real people to teach children about honesty? In the 19th century, some people thought so.

From South Carolina to Maine, colonists protested the Tea Act of 1773.