The McKinley Tariff of 1890 raised import duties to nearly 50% on average, up from around 38% previously. As the House Ways and Means Committee chairman, McKinley argued that high tariffs were ...

The U.S. was once the world’s most geographically mobile society. Now we’re stuck in place—and that’s a very big problem.

TROY MEDIA To the south, “Manifest Destiny.” To the north, “Peace, Order, and Good Government.” These constitutional principles define ...

The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land from the grasp of others.

It was the American Frontier, known also as the “Old West,” or the “Wild West” – a place that encompassed the folklore, geography and culture associated with the wave of American expansion ...