You write that 1898 was a momentous break from the past in our history. Why? In going to war with Spain and claiming some of Spain’s territories after its defeat, the United States starts ...

Here’s a brief history. Twenty years later, the Louisiana Purchase marked the country’s first major expansion, with the United States buying the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million ...

By any measure, it was one of the most colossal land transactions in history, involving an ... to sell the entire Louisiana Territory to the United States. He had always seen Saint Domingue ...

In 2014, the USGA celebrated its 120th anniversary as the national governing body for golf in the United States, its territories and Mexico. A lot of history has been made in the first 120 years, and ...

It can look surprising only at first glance and it would be wrong to believe that this is some sort of extravagant talk by ...

Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his case was finally brought before the United States Supreme Court. In what is perhaps the most infamous case in its history ...