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Poking fun and puncturing pomposity—how can you interpret political cartoons [...] »

Learning about the life of a midwife in 18th-century Maine through her diary [...] »

The direct and indirect impacts of various trade routes during the 16th [...] »

Raising "the terrible weapon of self-defense" during riots in 1917 Illinois [...] »

Spain sent several expeditions to find the Lewis and Clark Corps of [...] »

Explore the fine line between Captains of Industry and Robber Barons and how [...] »

How do you go back and find "the first draft of history"?

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Trying to build a New Jerusalem on the coast of Massachusetts.

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Hour by hour account of how Union Generals moved on the battlefield at [...] »

Examination of counterfactual questions and how they are used in historical [...] »