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Wandering through time into our ancestors' attic.

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Isolated and expansive at the same time.

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The peculiar power of the press in America . . . what is the role of the [...] »

Fratricide and allied questions. In the heat of battle, mistakes happen.

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Forcing the issue in Bleeding Kansas. The Lecompton Constitution, slavery, [...] »

How many presidents have applied for and received patents?

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T Roosevelt: "Let us pay with our bodies for our souls' desire."

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How did the Alamo happen?

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How did women suffer no suffrage through the 14th Amendment?

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Old Hickory's hard currency—what are useful focal points in Jacksonian-era [...] »