In 1857, the Supreme Court determined that Dred Scott was not a U.S. citizen because he

Andrew Jackson did not annex Texas in 1836 because he was concerned it might start a war. What had changed by 1844 to make annexation worth the risk?

Why did middle-class white women lead the crusade against alcohol?

What was placed at the center of Lowell’s mill that heralded the age of mechanization?

Americans blamed the British for causing conflict with Native peoples on the frontier. However, the more likely cause for trouble between whites and Natives was

What prompted a constitutional crisis in 1800?

Andrew Jackson founded which political party?

How did the cult of domesticity empower women?

What did Nat Turner, David Walker, and Maria Stewart have in common?

During which decades did the art of photography begin to take off?