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| Title | Date published | ||
| Was Lee Harvey Oswald a Lone Gunman? | 2025-11-06 | ||
| Bleeding Kansas: Start of the Civil War? | 2025-11-03 | ||
| American Origins of Halloween | 2025-10-30 | ||
| Was the American Revolution a World War? | 2025-10-27 | ||
| What If George Washington Became King? | 2025-10-23 | ||
| What if the Cuban Missile Crisis Sparked WW3? | 2025-10-20 | ||
| What If There Were No CIA? | 2025-10-16 | ||
| Origins of the US Navy: America's Revolutionary Pirate | 2025-10-13 | ||
| Who was the Best President Ever? | 2025-10-09 | ||
| America's Invasion of Canada | 2025-10-06 | ||
| Who Was the Worst President Ever? | 2025-10-02 | ||
| Origins of the Second Amendment | 2025-09-29 | ||
| What Caused the Civil War? | Secession | 2025-09-25 | ||
| USA & Cuba: A Brief History | 2025-09-22 | ||
| What Caused the Civil War? | John Brown's Raid | 2025-09-18 | ||
| The Origins of California | 2025-09-15 | ||
| What Caused the Civil War? | Politics | 2025-09-11 | ||
| How to Amend the Constitution | 2025-09-08 | ||
| What Caused the Civil War? | Slavery | 2025-09-04 | ||
| Who Designed the American Flag? | 2025-09-01 |