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Discover the ramifications of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

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What were the origins of this infamous controversy?

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American is built upon immigration. However, attitudes about immigration [...] »

Historians often consider Puritan New England a model for the development of [...] »

Why did Little Wolf, a Cheyenne leader, go to Washington in 1873?

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Slavery in colonial America was not an exclusively Southern institution.

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Discover the motivations fueling the 19th-century temperance movement.

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Why did some colonies in the New World succeed while others faded away?

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Discover how the concept of a "Manifest Destiny" shaped American perceptions [...] »

Why is colonial written English so different from the version we use today [...] »