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AP U.S. History Diagnostic 10. What led to the splintering of the political parties shown in the image?

AP U.S. History Diagnostic 11. The election results shown in the image led to...what?

AP U.S. History Diagnostic 12. How did the Reconstruction Acts open up political opportunities for former slaves?

This video explores the Columbian Exchange, which involved the interchanging of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the America...

Not everything was as gravy as Thanksgiving decorations make it seem. Get the real scoop (of mashed potatoes) here.

Newspapers… heard of 'em? They’re those things you use to line the inside of your gerbil’s cage. Well, believe it or not, there is actual new...

After the Arms Race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, Cuba was housing a lot of the USSR's missiles. They had enough missiles to destroy most...

An Underground Railroad sounds like a great idea. No standing out in the cold. A respite from the rain. A fun little journey toward the center of t...

The Trail of Tears was just as depressing as it sounds.

John Hawkins was may have been the most interesting man in the world. He doesn’t always hijack ships, but when he does... he prefers for them to...

Betty Frieden was one of the leading influences (arguably the starting one) in women's rights. She argued for gender equality everywhere— from th...

Who was Dred Scott? He was the former slave who took his case for freedom to the Supreme Court but sadly lost the case. (Although here's a bittersw...

For years, the government has tried to deal with drugs in the United States. Unfortunately, many historians agree that the War on Drugs was great i...

We just love turning our Presidents’ names into other things. Reaganomics. Obamacare. Nixonopoly.

This video summarizes the history of women’s rights movements, discussing notable women’s rights figures like Angelina Grimké, Elizabeth Cady...