Our Government has repeatedly asserted the necessity for the canal, and that it would look with extreme hostility upon its being built or owned or
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Reaction to Roosevelt’s Panama Policy
The building of the canal, the bringing of Panama under an American protectorate, the tacit acquiescence of all the world in American action, the
USA Acquires Rights to Build the Panama Canal
This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Panama Declares Independence from Columbia.IntroductionWhen the United
Contemporary Views of French Canada
The existence of slavery in Canada dates from the end of the seventeenth century.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France
The Golden Bull “Hungary’s Magna Charta” Signed
IntroductionThe reign of Andrew II, King of Hungary, which began in 1205, in a time of great confusion in state and church. He joined the
In the Pacific Northwest
Today's installment concludes Life on the Oregon Trail,our selection from The Busy Life of Eighty-Five Years of Ezra Meeker by Ezra Meeker published
Crossing the Snake River
They converted the wagons into makeshift boats.Continuing Life on the Oregon Trail,our selection from The Busy Life of Eighty-Five Years of Ezra
The Human Cost of the Oregon Trail
It is certain that history gives no record of such great numbers migrating so long a distance as that of the Pioneers of the Plains, where, as we have
Encountering American Indians
We did not, however, have much trouble with the Indians in 1852.Continuing Life on the Oregon Trail,our selection from The Busy Life of