The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed popular sovereignty in newly created territories, effectively repealing the Missouri Compromise and sparking conflict over the expansion of slavery. It was a major catalyst for the American Civil War.

The Mayflower voyage was a trip from England to America in 1620, by Pilgrims seeking religious freedom. The journey was challenging, but the Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony and played a key role in shaping American history.

Robert Kennedy’s funeral train traveled from NYC to Washington, DC on June 8, 1968. Mourners lined the tracks to pay their respects as the train carried Kennedy’s body to his final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery.

Having no European contemporaries to emulate a democracy around, the founding fathers looked to Native American governance for ideas, most notably the structure of the Iroquois Confederacy.

The Whig Party was a short-lived political party rising to power in the United States in 1834 and affiliations included Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and Abraham Lincoln.

The Founding Fathers’ early split into two opposing political parties culminated in the Election of 1800 with the Federalist incumbent John Adams against Republican Thomas Jefferson.

The Opelousas Massacre was a politically-charged racist attack on Black residents and republicans in Louisiana in 1868, resulting in the deaths of more than 250 people, mostly African Americans.