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Millard Fillmore, Thirteenth President of the United States
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Millard Fillmore, Thirteenth President of the United States

Millard Fillmore, Thirteenth President of the United States, lithograph by Nathaniel Currier based on an 1856 photograph by Mathew B. Brady. The lithograph here shows Millard Fillmore, the thirteenth...
Creole Mutiny
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Creole Mutiny - The Most Successful Slave Revolt in US History

The Creole Mutiny/Creole Rebellion (1841) was an insurrection aboard the brig Creole on 7 November 1841 during which 19 enslaved men (of the 135 men, women, and children held as slaves on board...
Korean War
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Korean War - How the Cold War Became a Hot War

The Korean War was a Cold War conflict that took place between North and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. It pitted US-led United Nations (UN) forces against the communist bloc supported by the Soviet Union...
Aethelwulf of Wessex
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Aethelwulf of Wessex

Aethelwulf (r. 839-858) was King of Wessex, a region in modern-day Britain, son and successor to Egbert of Wessex (r. 802-839), who had unified and expanded his kingdom with Aethelwulf's assistance. Aethelwulf fought at the...
Fourteenth Amendment
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Fourteenth Amendment - Defining Birthright Citizenship

The Fourteenth Amendment is one of the most important and consequential additions to the United States Constitution. Ratified in 1868, it defines American citizenship as belonging to "all persons...
Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States
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Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States

A scene at the signing of the US Constitution, oil on canvas painting by Howard Chandler Christy, 1940. United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.
Legion of the United States at Fallen Timbers
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Legion of the United States at Fallen Timbers

Legion of the United States at the Battle of Fallen Timbers (20 August 1794). Painting by H. Charles McBarron, Jr. Center for Military History.
The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
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The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America

The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, July 4, 1776, oil on canvas by Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq, c. 1873. White House Cabinet Room, Washington, D.C.
Constitution of the United States
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Constitution of the United States

Constitution of the United States, 17 September 1787. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.
Weapons in Ancient Egypt
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Weapons in Ancient Egypt

The ancient Egyptian military is often imagined in modern films and other media as a heavily armed and disciplined fighting force equipped with powerful weapons. This depiction, however, is only true of the Egyptian army...
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