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… Illustration of the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr (1887). On July 11, 1804, … War , dueling became another distinction between North and South. Northern states began to outlaw the practice while it remained an important part of Southern culture. Southern congressmen used the threat of …

… or extricate themselves from an increasingly expensive and unpopular war. Meanwhile, on the home front, partisan … to war. Polk sanctioned war to annex California and the Southwest, believing American exceptionalism would make this … the splits between Whig and Democrat and North and South that triggered America's slide into civil war in the …

… David Edmunds' "Something Useful for a Change: Historians and Modern Tribal Communities" Wednesday, March 26 at The  … , a nation aboriginal to the Wabash River valley in the southern Great Lakes, has a strong claim to a broad swath of … signed between 1795 and 1840, Edmunds shows that much of southeastern Illinois is still legally myaamionki—Miami …

… Israeli blockade of the area. The ships ignored Israel's demands to inspect the cargo they carried, and Israeli navy … the 1973-2010 phase of the conflict has sprawled north and south, from Lebanon to the Gaza Strip, and involved an array … launch dozens of missile attacks against towns in Israel's southern Negev region. In retaliation, Israel launched its …

… some core Republican principles, including free trade and fiscal responsibility. Environmental Protection Agency … plants. Detergent suds overflow from aeration tanks at the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant in Cuyahoga Heights, … it made no ecological sense. The Colorado River irrigates Southern California’s agricultural Imperial Valley in 2007 ( …

… there really was a "first" American Thanksgiving. But a handful of documents give us a hint at what might have been … in Uganda in 1999, has now spread across Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, and the Middle East. Scientists … The CGIAR gene banks are located primarily in the global South but their funding and guidance comes primarily from …

… voters in the United Kingdom stunned the British political and media establishment—and the entire world—by voting to … in which he says the winds of change are blowing through Africa, which is traditionally seen as marking the beginning … it possible to abolish the border between the North and the South and to create a situation where Northern Ireland could …

… H. W. Brand's new book The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, … who tried to tread a fine line by maintaining the rights of southern whites to own slaves while continuing to appeal to … Arguably this polarization led directly to the secession of southern states following Lincoln’s election as president. …

… The roots of the WHO can be traced back to the 19th century and the first European International Sanitary Conference in … ideally with the support of the WHO. Nevertheless, the  African  regional office of the WHO was the slowest to … through public-private partnerships. Her successor, the South Korean physician Jong-wook Lee, continued to call on …

… 1920 ratification, women's suffrage was now the law of the land. Theoretically all women should have been able to vote … Amendment was ratified. Most American blacks lived in the south, and their voting was inhibited by all kinds of … after white women could vote, only 5% of all blacks in the south were able to cast a vote. Sarah Paxton Citizenship and …

… idea of the "modern" War on Drugs waged by Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan in the 1970s and 1980s.  As we will see, … heroin or later on Mexico or Afghanistan or cocaine from South America. I think that's one really big reason for an … communist or leftist insurgencies in places like Asia and Africa and Latin America—some of them do turn toward greater …

… lives of the "greatest generation" in two. On the one hand, American men were upset at Friedan's suggestion that … the experiences of working class women of any race, and African American women of any class. At the beginning of her … by dismissing the sixty-four percent of middle class African American women workers, "Friedan missed the …

… a haphazard operation, but rather a skilled practice. A Neanderthal cave discovered above the Rhône River, for … evidence of Homo sapien s fishing comes from Central Africa where catfish were captured using barbed spears, a … takeaway. For instance, Fagan notes that “Central and southern China offer a great contrast to the experience of …

… by Colin Woodard, David Cordingly's Under the Black Flag and Ed Kritzler's Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean have all … instead of the Muslim Barbary pirates of North Africa famous to students of American history from the … of Portugal actually led Crusader-style campaigns to North Africa. That being said this was also a century which saw …

… debates about how to achieve moral consistency in the fight and where to use federal government powers. A common myth … the Nazis raised questions about racial tensions and Southern segregation. How can we fight for democracy, it was … Sherman Dorn teaches history at the University of South Florida and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… by bringing to light Yale’s involvement with holding and trading slaves in the nineteenth century. Many of Yale’s … and Mary, proposed the gradual abolition of slavery in the South. The power of the idea of liberty was strong and could … required northerners to return fugitive slaves to their southern owners, orators at Yale, Harvard and Brown argued …

… Perry recently denied any interest in being vice president, and that’s understandable.  To be taken seriously, a … projects, and bilateral commissions with Russia, Egypt and South Africa.   Perry's own predecessor as Texas governor, George …

… Last week, Ryne Sandberg and Wade Boggs joined the more than 180 players who … to the minor leagues at Little Rock, making him the first African-American ballplayer in Arkansas history. There, … has become the convenient excuse for not promoting African Americans, whether in the ranks of the players or of …

… On August 6, 1962, the island of Jamaica became an independent nation, making it the … intensified in the 1900s. Notably, Jamaican-born Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey appealed for improved living … the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and African Communities League in Kingston in 1914. Though …

… Reagan’s great aspiration seems far off today. Both Russia and the United States hold thousands of nuclear weapons … Diplomacy among the United States, Russia, Japan, China, South Korea and North Korea is setting a path toward … it comes to dealing with Iran. Great danger also exists in South Asia with nuclear weapons owned by rivals India and …

… Church has been buffeted by a series of sexual abuse scandals. High-profile investigative reports have uncovered … Zealand, Canada, and countries in Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. What makes the Catholic Church such a rife … happened in Irish convents and monasteries you read about South America or Malta, Germany, it's always the same story …

… Leticia Wiggins interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Taylor Branch on the contentious yet … college football and basketball are disproportionately African American, and so you do have an awful lot of African … was established, when it was in the constitutions of southern states, when there wasn't a single elected official …

… The Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq , centered in the central and northern part of the country, is a place where leaders … Islamic dynasty, one that would rule territories in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Shi'is continue to decry this Battle of … city. Map of Mesopotamia. Basra was in the coastal south, and this was where the population was—and still …