Throughout the 19th century, during the period known as the Antebellum Era, Congress, and American society as a whole, was tense. Northerners and Southerners, who never really got along anyway, were engaging in a White-hot (see what we did there?) debate over the issue of slavery — specifically, whether or not it should be permitted …
In 1767, the king of England, George III, found himself with a situation on his hands. His colonies in North America — all thirteen of them — were terribly inefficient at lining his pockets. Trade had been severely deregulated for many years, taxes were not collected with consistency, and local colonial governments had been left …
The name Jacques-Yves Cousteau is synonymous with the history of scuba diving, and you are forgiven if you’re under the impression that the story started with him. In 1942, Jacques, along with Emile Gagnan, redesigned a car regulator to function as a demand valve, and a device that provided divers with a supply of compressed …
In the mid-19th century, the American frontier became the crucible for one of the most tumultuous episodes in the nation’s history, setting the stage for the Civil War. This period, known as Bleeding Kansas, unfolded against a backdrop of fierce ideological battles over the fate of slavery in new territories. As the Kansas-Nebraska Act of …