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Scientific Election Polling - 1936: A Crucial Turning Point in Presidential Political Polling

In: Modern US History

By: Dennis Jamison

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Anya Laurence

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Clara Barton: Civil War Battlefield Nurse

In: US Civil War

By: Megan L. Oakley

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

In: American History (general)

By: Megan L. Oakley

Major Mistakes in Political Polls: Despite Serious Errors, Presidential Election Polls Survived

In: Modern US History

By: Dennis Jamison

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: S. Elliott

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Anya Laurence

Women of the American Revolution: Taking Up Arms

In: Colonial America

By: Megan L. Oakley

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Mercy Warren: Propagandist's Powerful Pen

In: Colonial America

By: Jeannie Delahunt

Political Polls in the Early 1900s: Early History of Political Polls in Presidential Elections

In: Modern US History

By: Dennis Jamison

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Jennifer Harrison-Konz

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

In: American History (general)

By: Jeremy Perkins

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Scrimshanting and Gamming: Creative Idle Time at Sea

In: Colonial America

By: Jeannie Delahunt

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Abigail Adams: The Incomplete Revolutionary

In: Colonial America

By: Megan L. Oakley

The CIA and Latin America: Operation PBSUCESS and US intervention in Guatemala, 1954

In: Modern US History

By: Michael LeFlem

Roots of U.S. Political Polls: Presidential Polls in Colonial America and the Early 1900s

In: Colonial America

By: Dennis Jamison

Sperm Whales Ram Whalers: The Sinking of the Anne Alexander and the Essex

In: Colonial America

By: Jeannie Delahunt

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: James Hogan

Moby Dick--Mocha Dick: White Terrors of the Pacific

In: Colonial America

By: Jeannie Delahunt

America's First Government: Balancing National and State Powers in the Articles of Confederation

In: Colonial America

By: James Hogan

What is a Chautauqua? The Secular Education Movement

In: American History (general)

By: Jennifer Harrison-Konz

Phillis Wheatley: The First African American Published Female Poet

In: American History (general)

By: Jennifer Harrison-Konz

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

In: American History (general)

By: Jennifer Harrison-Konz

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

In: American History (general)

By: Lori L. Orser

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

In: American History (general)

By: Jacqueline T Lynch

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

In: American History (general)

By: Jennifer Harrison-Konz

Deborah Samson: The Life of a Female Soldier During the American Revolution

In: Colonial America

By: Jennifer Harrison-Konz

Colonial Williamsburg: A Planned Community in Early America

In: Colonial America

By: Jennifer Harrison-Konz

Colonial Whaling: A Risky Business: Catching the Denizens of the Deep

In: Colonial America

By: Jeannie Delahunt

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

In: American History (general)

By: Jeremy Perkins

Notorious Woman: Rachel Wall: Woman Pirate of Massachusetts

In: Colonial America

By: Jeannie Delahunt

The Theology of Jim Jones: Peoples Temple Patriarch Preaches "Divine Socialism"

In: Modern US History

By: Aaron D. Pendell

The Feminine Mystique: Women's Liberation and Betty Friedan

In: American History (general)

By: Jennifer Harrison-Konz

The Articles of Confederation: The Conflict Between National Union and State Independence

In: Colonial America

By: James Hogan

New England Maritime: Northeast Ports and Legends

In: Colonial America

By: Jeannie Delahunt

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

In: American History (general)

By: Jacqueline T Lynch

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Mai Lai and its Legacy: The Vietnam War Massacre, its Effects, its Heroes and Villains

In: Modern US History

By: Laurence O'Sullivan

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Karen Lotter

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Jeremy Perkins

Women Warriors: Deborah Read Franklin and Deborah Sampson, Colonial Heroines

In: Colonial America

By: Jeannie Delahunt

The 2000 Republican Primary: McCain, Bush, and the Nadir of American Politics

In: Modern US History

By: Aaron D. Pendell

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Should the U.S. Have Taken Berlin? Second Guessing FDR and Ike

In: Modern US History

By: David Hornestay

First Women Pilots! Early Female Pioneers of Aviation

In: American History (general)

By: Jim Osborn

The 1814 Pemmican War: How a Traditional Native American Food Started a War

In: Colonial America

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Election of 1960: One of the Closest and Most Dramatic in United States History

In: Modern US History

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

Colonial St. Patrick's Day: America's Irish Holiday has Protestant and British Roots

In: Colonial America

By: Jacqueline T Lynch

1968: Chaos in America: RFK, the Democratic National Convention, and the Election of Nixon

In: Modern US History

By: Wade Olsson

Truman's Numbers Hit a New Low: How Truman Found Himself Facing the Lowest Approval Ratings Ever

In: Modern US History

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

General George Pickett: The Story of the Man Behind the Famed "Pickett's Charge"

In: US Civil War

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

The Pre-Washington U.S. Presidency: Presidents of the United States in Congress Assembled

In: Colonial America

By: Feature Writer Isaac M. McPhee

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

In: American History (general)

By: Jeremy Perkins

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

In: American History (general)

By: Feature Writer Carroll Trosclair

Could Hitler Have Won? Keeping America Out of World War II

In: Modern US History

By: David Hornestay

Peoples Temple Moves to California: Cold War Influences Jim Jones to Relocate Church

In: Modern US History

By: Aaron D. Pendell

American Colonies Book Review: History of the United States

In: Colonial America

By: Christine Musser

Leap Day Deerfield Massacre: 1704 Raid on on the Massachusetts Frontier

In: Colonial America

By: Jacqueline T Lynch

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