Throughout the late 1700s to early-to-mid 1800s, with the stability of the union being frequently challenged over every, occasionally petty, disagreement, somehow, both the north and south have found a common ground. Yet, it was only a matter of time when all these so-called compromises revealed th...

Have you ever wondered how the United States came to be? How it became so big? At first it was only New England. Then we expanded, expanded, and expanded. The first expansion of our country came from the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. President Jefferson wanted to buy New Orleans and have control of...