U.S. History
All the major chapters in the American story, from Indigenous beginnings to the present day.
World History
History from countries and communities across the globe, including the world’s major wars.
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From prehistory, though antiquity and into the 21st century, all of history’s biggest chapters.
Culture & Tradition
The stories behind the faiths, food, entertainment and holidays that shape our world.
Science & Innovation
The pivotal discoveries, visionary inventors and natural phenomena that impacted history.
America was ready to expand westward, even if it meant going to war. Learn how and why the Mexican-American War happened.
No-nonsense commander Andrew Jackson cleverly defended New Orleans against the threat of an overwhelming force.
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met on the dueling ground one fateful day, but their story started much earlier.
Following the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan emerges to suppress and victimize newly freed slaves.
Learn key facts behind Bleeding Kansas, a series of violent confrontations between pro- and anti-slavery forces during the settling of Kansas, from historian Matthew Pinsker.