The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first significant crackdown on immigration in American history. We explore the factors that ...

Early presidents used the spoils system to staff the paid positions in government. As the saying goes, “to the victor, go the spoils,” assuming erroneously that instead of knowledge and competency, ...

Jamie Lynn Spears' daughter Maddie—who she gave birth to at 16 years old with ex Casey Aldridge—has committed to attending ...

On Aug. 27, 1874, President Ulysses S. Grant stepped off the River Queen at Steamboat Wharf. It was the first time an ...