In the opening struggles for control of Europe, the United States used economic aid to support the democracies of Western ...

After the Civil War, thousands of Americans poured into the Great Plains on a collision course with western Indian tribes.

In the late 1950s, Soviet and American scientists and engineers raced to develop long-range ballistic missiles with payloads ...

America went to war against Great Britain to assert its rights as an independent, sovereign nation, and to attempt the ...

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Following his victory at Manila Bay, Commodore George Dewey became an overnight sensation in the United States. His picture ...

For years the colonies had flourished in a state of “salutary neglect.” Britain had been content to leave the day-to-day ...

America went to war against Spain to free Cuba from Spanish domination. But the war provided the United States an opportunity ...

This Congressional Gold Medal was awarded on December 17, 1863 to General Grant after his victory at Vicksburg. The battle of ...

The following month, British forces attacked Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. After twenty-five hours of bombarding the fort ...

On September 17, Lee met General McClellan in the bloodiest single day of fighting in the war and in American history. Union ...

The Battle of Bull Run, the first major clash in the Civil War, ended in a Confederate victory. It shattered illusions that ...