America went to war against Great Britain to assert its rights as an independent, sovereign nation, and to attempt the ...

1792-1821: 6 new slave states enter the United States: Kentucky (1792), Tennessee (1796); Louisiana (1812), Mississippi (1817), Alabama (1819), and Missouri (1821) Territory north of 36 degrees 30 ...

Andrew Jackson had a long history with the Indians. During the War of 1812, he led militia forces in a war against Creek ...

Gerrymandering’ was coined in 1812, and the practice has grown to such an extent that political representation is severely ...

Taking advantage of the cooler weather, Patricia McLemore of the United States Daughters of 1812 located, marked and ...

The War of 1812 between Britain and the United States was fought on many fronts: single ship actions in the Atlantic; a US invasion of Canada, which the Canadians heroically resisted; the burning of ...

To see how people around the country voted for the next United States president, NBC News' live election map is below. Results will appear as each state is called.

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The United States satellite images displayed are infrared ... of gaps in data transmitted from the orbiters. This is the map for US Satellite. A weather satellite is a type of satellite that ...

The Current Temperature map shows the current temperatures color ... In most of the world (except for the United States, Jamaica, and a few other countries), the degree Celsius scale is used ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 41 °F (5 °C). Sunny with a high of 60 °F (15.6 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 12 mph (9.7 to 19.3 kph). Sunny ...

Night - Partly cloudy. Winds WSW at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 58 °F (14.4 °C). Sunny with a high of 73 °F (22.8 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 10 mph (9.7 to 16.1 kph). Sunny ...