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President Benjamin Harrison: The Single Term of America's Last Bearded President

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Rise of Benjamin Harrison: Civil War General, Indiana Senator, President of the United States

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

John Quincy Adams's Last Crusade: A Review of His Post-Presidential Life in Congress by Joseph Wheelan

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By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Grover Cleveland's Second Term: Return to Office after a Four Year Retirement

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

President Cleveland's First Term: A Mixed Agenda of Reform and Passive Legislation

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Rise of Grover Cleveland: From Lawyer, to Mayor, to Governor, to President in Three Years

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

New York's Sherry's Restaurant: Manhattan's French-Inspired Society Cafe of the Gay Nineties

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By: Anya Laurence

Chester A. Arthur in Office: A Stalwart Republican-Turned Civil Service Reformer

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Politics of Chester A. Arthur: A Stalwart Defender of the Spoils System in Government

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Slow Death of James Garfield: Shot by a Stalwart, though Murdered by His Doctors

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Politics of James A. Garfield: From Preacher, to Teacher, to General, to President

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidency: The Dark Horse Republican Who Ended Reconstruction

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Controversial Election of 1876: Choosing a President by way of Congressional Compromise

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Rise of Rutherford B. Hayes: The Ohio Lawyer and War Hero Who Would be President

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Mary Wollstonecraft: Her Influence on American Women's Rights Activists

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By: Megan L. Oakley

The Politics of Ulysses S. Grant: A Successful General Becomes an Unsuccessful President

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Presidency of Andrew Johnson: The Battle with Congress for Southern Reconstruction

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Rise of Andrew Johnson: The Growth of Abraham Lincoln's Embattled Successor

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln: Governing the Nation During the Civil War

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Rise of Abraham Lincoln: America's Sixteenth President Arrives in Washington

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Local Politics of Lincoln: A Future President and the Rise of Republicanism

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The History of Scrabble: The Anagram and Crossword Board Game That Almost Wasn't

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By: S. Elliott

The Presidency of James Buchanan: A Failed Presidency and the Beginnings of Civil War

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Rise of James Buchanan: The Making of the President Who Instigated the Civil War

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

New York Society's Four Hundred: Ward McAllister, Social Arbiter of the Gay Nineties

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By: Anya Laurence

The Politics of Franklin Pierce: Handsom Frank and the Road to Civil War

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Politics of Millard Fillmore: The Last of the Whig Presidents in America

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Politics of Zachary Taylor: Another War Hero in the White House

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Politics of James K. Polk: One of the Most Successful Presidents in American History

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Solving the Aroostook War: The Webster-Ashburton Treaty and the Lumberjack War

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Presidency of John Tyler: The President Who Helped Destroy the Whigs

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Ascent of John Tyler: The Tumultuous Politics of America's 10th President

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Curse of Tecumseh: The Deadly Legacy Left by William Henry Harrison

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

President William Henry Harrison: The Short-Lived Ninth President of the United States

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Panic of 1837: The Onset of America's First Depression

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Politics of Martin Van Buren: An Important Voice in Early American Party Organization

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Presidency of Andrew Jackson: The Democratic Politics of Old Hickory

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Andrew Jackson's Early Politics: America's First Frontier President

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Mary McLeod Bethune: African American Activism: A History of "The First Lady of Struggle"

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By: Jennifer Harrison-Konz

History of Crude Oil: Refining the Uses of Oil and Supply and Demand

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By: Jeremy Perkins

The Presidency of John Quincy: The Many Difficulties of America's Most Intelligent President

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

John Quincy Adams' Early Years: The Political Shaping of America's Sixth President

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Politics of James Madison: The Fourth President's Commitment to His Predecessor's Legacy

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Panic of 1819: The Downturn of America's First Economic Cycle

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Politics of James Monroe: Ideological Leanings During the "Era of Good Feelings"

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Politics of Thomas Jefferson: The Ideology of America's Third President

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Presidency of John Adams: The Controversial Federalist Polices of the Second President

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Early Politics of John Adams: America's First Politician-President

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Politics of George Washington: The Fickle Ideology of America's First President

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Framers and the Sovereign: Debates on Sovereignty in the Constitutional Convention

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By: James Hogan

What is a Chautauqua? The Secular Education Movement

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By: Jennifer Harrison-Konz

Phillis Wheatley: The First African American Published Female Poet

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By: Jennifer Harrison-Konz

Margaret Sanger: The "Founder" of the Birth Control Movement

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By: Jennifer Harrison-Konz

More than Sacagawea's Husband: Toussaint Charbonneau Was An Interpreter For Lewis and Clark

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By: Lori L. Orser

President Harrison Dies in Office: Harrison Presidency Ends After One Month

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By: Jacqueline T Lynch

Ida Wells-Barnett: An African American Crusader for Equal Rights

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By: Jennifer Harrison-Konz

History of Hops in Vermont: New England Hops Production and Early Importance as Cash Crop

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By: Jeremy Perkins

The Feminine Mystique: Women's Liberation and Betty Friedan

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By: Jennifer Harrison-Konz

Nellie Bly - Stunt Reporter: 19th Century Woman Journalist Risks Personal Safety

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By: Jacqueline T Lynch

The Twenty-One Gun Salute: Practical Origins of a Rarely Understood Modern Ceremony

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The First Breakfast Cereal: Dr. Kellog and the Invention of Cornflakes

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Dr Martin Luther King Jnr: 40th Anniversary of his Assassination in Memphis, Tennessee

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By: Feature Writer Karen Lotter

The Embargo Act of 1807: Thomas Jefferson’s Failed Foreign Relations Policy

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Origins of Syrup: An Overview of Karo Syrup, Maple Syrup, and Other sticky Histories

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By: Jeremy Perkins

America's Independence Day: The Arbitrary, yet Symbolic, Nature of the Fourth of July

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

First Women Pilots! Early Female Pioneers of Aviation

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By: Jim Osborn

A Review of the New Year's Holiday: History of January 1 Celebrations through the Ages

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By: Jeremy Perkins

Manifest Destiny: 54° 40' or Fight: 1844 Presidential Campaign Slogan Outlines Oregon Territory Position

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By: Feature Writer Roger Saunders

Charming Bay St. Louis Mississippi: Gulf Coast Artist Haven Slowly Recovering from Hurricane Katrina

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By: Feature Writer Carroll Trosclair

Buried Treasures Found In Oregon: Winter Storms Unveil Historical Artifacts

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By: Laura Smith

Jane Austen and the Americans: Austen's Knowledge of Britain at War with the US and France

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By: Jacqueline T Lynch

Opposition to the Bank of the U.S. Did Slavery Motivate Resistance to Hamilton’s Fiscal Policies?

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By: James Hogan

A History of Hatboro: The Story of a Small Pennsylvania Town

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By: Allan M. Heller

The American Know-Nothings: The Nation's Most Popular Nativist Party

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Finley Peter Dunne Biography: Mr. Dooley Spoke-and America Listened

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By: Michael Rowland

United States Destiny: From Columbus to the Telecommunication Age

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By: Christine Musser

Jefferson and the Aristocracy: How Cicero’s Writing Influenced Jefferson’s View of Hereditary Power

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By: James Hogan

Senator David Rice Atchison: The Real Twelfth President of the United States

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Silver Kings of the Comstock: Four Irishmen Discover the Comstock Load in Nevada

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By: Michael Rowland

The Candidacy of William Wirt: The Ironic Candidate of the Free Mason Party in 1832

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Walt Disney Biography: King of The Happiest Place on Earth®

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By: Michael Rowland

The Short Life of the Pony Express: America's Quickest Trans-Continental Mail Service

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Mother Jones Biography: The Grandmother of All Labor Agitators in 19th Century America

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By: Michael Rowland

Gene Tunney Biography: The Man Who Beat Jack Dempsey in the "Long Count" Fight

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By: Michael Rowland

The Story of Typhoid Mary: A Human Incubator of a Dreaded Disease

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Steam-Powered Fire Engine: Cincinnati's Noble Contribution to Fire-Fighting History

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History

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By: Christine Musser

Top 5 US History Diorama Ideas: Suggested Historical Scenes for Hobbyists and History Students Alike

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By: Feature Writer Brian Tubbs

Charles Parkhurst, Vice Cop: Prostitution’s Foe in Gilded Age New York

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By: Kat Long

Causes of the War of 1812: The Reasons Behind the Second American Revolution

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By: Feature Writer Brian Tubbs

HUAC and the New Deal: The Federal Theatre Project Controversy

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By: Aaron D. Pendell

The Early Trade Societies of NY: Labor Politics in 18th Century New York

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By: James Hogan

Connie Mack Biography: Philadelphia Athletics Hall of Fame Baseball Manager

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By: Michael Rowland

March 13th Stock Market Crash: Panic of 1907 Begins with Credit Crisis

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By: Jacqueline T Lynch

Who Was Isabella Beecher Hooker? Suffragette, Daughter of Lyman Beecher

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By: Anya Laurence

Uncle Sam: A Brief History of America's Greatest Symbol

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798: America's Quasi War with France, pt. 2 of 2

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The XYZ Affair: Events Leading up to America's Quasi War with France

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Titles of Nobility Act: The Original Thirteenth Amendment

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By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Prostitution and White Slave Films: Moral Dangers in the Most Popular Genre of Early Cinema

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By: Kat Long

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