On February 5, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt shocked America by introducing a plan to expand the Supreme Court, to gain…
On February 2, 1848 the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in Mexico without President James K. Polk’s knowledge. The United…
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On December 14, 1799, George Washington died at his home after a brief illness and after losing about 40 percent of his blood. So…
On December 12, 2000, the Supreme Court ended a Florida vote recount in the presidential election contest between George W. Bush…
It’s quite possible that many Americans have seen the art work of Gilbert Stuart more than any other painter. But what do you…
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On November 6, 1860, voters in the United States went to the polls in an election that ended with Abraham Lincoln as President, in…
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