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For us at Shmoop, dramatic change means eating something other than a bologna sandwich, 4 carrots, and a juice box for lunch. Taco Tuesday is a big...

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?

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

Jazz, dance, and the Harlem Renaissance—three things Shmoop can really get behind.

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...

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

After the Arms Race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, Cuba was housing a lot of the USSR's missiles. They had enough missiles to destroy most...

Republican President Richard Nixon was up for re-election, so he decided to tip the odds in his favor by paying people to break into and wiretap th...

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

Susan B. Anthony led the Women's Suffrage Movement—but there's more to her than that. Watch the video to get all the deets.

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...

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

Who was Dred Scott? He was the former slave who took his case for freedom to the Supreme Court but sadly lost the case. (Although here's a bittersw...

The Bill of Rights was made to protect Americans from too many restrictions and regulations in addition to ensuring our well-being under our govern...