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AP U.S. History Diagnostic 10. What led to the splintering of the political parties shown in the image?

AP U.S. History Diagnostic 11. The election results shown in the image led to...what?

AP U.S. History Diagnostic 12. How did the Reconstruction Acts open up political opportunities for former slaves?

Newspapers… heard of 'em? They’re those things you use to line the inside of your gerbil’s cage. Well, believe it or not, there is actual new...

Muckrackers are news journalists who change the actual information to fit what the public wants to read. Are muckrakers cashing in on the public's...

This video explores the Columbian Exchange, which involved the interchanging of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the America...

We're hoping what happened to Roanoke doesn't happen to this video.

Time for some heavy stuff. The Valladolid debates took place in the 16th century, right around the time Spanish were coming over to the New World,...

Let us tell you about the Korean War. It was this war where...well, what happened was...huh. Isn't that the craziest thing.

Honest Abe—what a nickname. Abraham Lincoln was the president who led the country through the Civil War and abolished slavery. And he rocked that...

John Hawkins was may have been the most interesting man in the world. He doesn’t always hijack ships, but when he does... he prefers for them to...

Betty Frieden was one of the leading influences (arguably the starting one) in women's rights. She argued for gender equality everywhere— from th...

For years, the government has tried to deal with drugs in the United States. Unfortunately, many historians agree that the War on Drugs was great i...

We just love turning our Presidents’ names into other things. Reaganomics. Obamacare. Nixonopoly.

This video summarizes the history of women’s rights movements, discussing notable women’s rights figures like Angelina Grimké, Elizabeth Cady...