AP US History

In the closing years of the nineteenth century, William Marsh Rice was a name that demanded respect. Widely known as…

The Battle of the Little Bighorn is one of the most famous clashes in American military history, a moment when…

In the summer of 1943, the Eastern Front paused on a jagged line that curved outward around the city of…

In the summer of 1759, the global Seven Years’ War reached a decisive moment above the St Lawrence River. Britain…

Between 1911 and 1912, Atlanta was stalked by something unspeakable, a killer who crept through the humid Southern nights, targeting…

Aileen Wuornos was a woman whose story blurs the line between victim and killer. Between 1989 and 1990, Wuornos murdered…

In the early hours of 13 March 1964, a young woman named Kitty Genovese was attacked outside her apartment building…

In the autumn of 1922, in a quiet corner of New Jersey, two bodies were found lying side by side…

Solomon Northup was born free, likely in 1808, in New York State. He worked as a skilled carpenter, landowner, and…

On a September afternoon in 1901, President William McKinley stood inside the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition in…