Ulysses S. Grant |
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The column of mourners who accompanied Grant was seven miles long. Among those mourners were three presidents.
Ulysses S. Grant |
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When Grant left with his family for a world tour in 1877, he had more than rest and relaxation in mind.
Ulysses S. Grant |
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When the banking firm of Jay Cooke and Company, a firm heavily invested in railroad construction, closed its doors on September 18, 1873, a major economic panic swept the nation.
Ulysses S. Grant |
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On September 24, 1869, the U.S. gold market collapsed.Â
Ulysses S. Grant |
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Determined to acquire the land, Polk sent American troops to Texas in January of 1846 to provoke the Mexicans into war.
Ulysses S. Grant |
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Custer led little more than 200 men in an attack on the Sioux Chief Sitting Bull's camp on Montana's Little Bighorn River.
Ulysses S. Grant |
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When war broke out in 1861, kids across the North and the South said goodbye to their fathers, brothers, uncles, and cousins — or joined the military themselves.
Ulysses S. Grant |
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A hefty inheritance — and a desire to do good — helped Annie Turner Wittenmyer become one of America's foremost female reformers.
Ulysses S. Grant |
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Seasoned war veteran Zachary Taylor emerged from the Mexican War a hero, and won election to the presidency.
The Island Murder |
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The first white Americans to settle in the Islands arrived in the 1820s.
The Island Murder |
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The Hawaiian people had done everything in their power not to be annexed by the United States.
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