U.S. History
Many abolitionists saw slavery as a stain on the image of the United States. These abolitionists were people who wanted to end slavery in...
Many abolitionists saw slavery as a stain on the image of the United States. These abolitionists were people who wanted to end slavery in...
In the 1930s, the Southern Plains region of the United States went through a dry period of severe drought and dust storms. The name...
In 2001, on September 11th, 19 militants related to the Islamic extremist group known as Al Qaeda hijacked four separate airplanes to carry out...
The ‘Konfrontasi’ as those in Indonesia called it, was a confrontation between the British Commonwealth forces and Indonesian forces. The dispute was over whether...
Greece is the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy. The country has produced some of the most famous and influential philosophers...
Thomas Alva Edison was a genius. He holds to his name a record number of 1,091 patents! The phonograph, the lightbulb, and early motion...
Liberal military officials who were against the conservative ideas and views of Tsar Nicholas I organized a revolt that they thought would pave the...
Anton Chekhov is considered one of Russia’s greatest playwrights and is called the master of modern short stories. But who was Anton Chekhov really?...
Serfdom is the term to describe the institutional system that forced peasants to provide labor to landlords to let them occupy the land. Serfdom...
The dictionary describes an atheist as a person who does not believe in the existence of a higher power or God. But when did...