Discover the ramifications of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

What were the origins of this infamous controversy?

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?

Slavery in colonial America was not an exclusively Southern institution.

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

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

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

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