Learning Exercises

The site depends exclusively on Harper's Weekly for the material relating to the impeachment and trial of President... see more

The events at Haymarket are a major event in the movement for Unionization. This site examines the positions for both... see more

The shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona is legendary. This trial attempts to set the record straight based... see more

Susan B. Anthony was a leader in the movement to get women the right to vote. She was placed on trial because of her... see more

Andrew Johnson was impeached for breaking laws established by a Radical Republican Congress that opposed Johnson as... see more

William Dean Howells and Mark Twain were two of the Gilded Age authors of the greatest importance. Howells was related to... see more

Most of the focus on the administration of President Rutherford B. Hayes has been on the election of 1876. This... see more

One of the most disputed elections in United States History was the Rutherford B. Hayes versus Samuel Tilden race of... see more

This assignment explores the role of the Puritan religion in the new colonies. Course: US History I see more

The Spanish American War began over Cuba and ended with the United States becoming a world power with colonies as far... see more

The circus was once a cultural icon of the United States providing an entertainment for both large and small communities.... see more

Lowell, Massachusetts was the site of the first textile mills constructed in the United States in the first half of the... see more

The site depends exclusively on Harper's Weekly for the material relating to the impeachment and trial of President... see more