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Which Era Embodies Your Personality?

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Find out why you gravitate toward vintage styles, modern mannerisms or a cool mix of both. Maybe your true era has yet to exist? No matter what your best time span may be, we help you sort it all out!

Can You Match the Event to Its Historical Era?

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This quiz is history ... literally! Do you have what it takes to travel through time (virtually, of course!) and identify some of the world's most impactful events? See if you can match these events to their eras. Just don't mix up Renaissance and Reconstruction!

Can You Pass This High School U.S. History Test Without Googling?

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Since earning its independence from Britain in the American Revolution, the United States has been a part of — and made — many big moments in history. Do you think you could pass this high-school level U.S. history quiz?

The Legacy of African American Spirituals in Today's Gospel and Blues Music

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Gospel and blues music and songs of the civil rights movement have roots in slave spirituals, songs of sorrow, but jubilation at the idea of freedom.

Penn Center: A Little-known Haven of the Civil Rights Movement

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The Penn Center was critical to the American civil rights movement. HowStuffWorks takes a look at this overlooked piece of history.

7 Key Questions in the U.S. Slavery Reparations Debate

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HowStuffWorks looks at the issue of paying reparations for slavery, including the case for and against, as well as how would the amount be decided.

Railroads During the Depression

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Railroads struggled during the Great Depression, as did the rest of the nation. Read about railroads of the Depression era and the New Deal.

Bass Reeves: Baddest Marshal in the Old West, Original 'Lone Ranger'

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Over his three-decade career, Bass Reeves arrested more than 3,000 individuals and survived countless skirmishes with armed outlaws. In short, he was a real frontier hero.

Protoceratops

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Protoceratops means "first-horned face" and it is one of the most well-known. Learn about Protoceratops, Late Cretaceous era and dinosaurs of all eras.

America's Black Holocaust Museum Reopens After 14-Year Closure

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The newly reopened America's Black Holocaust Museum traces more than 400 years of Black American history, from the era before enslavement to the present.

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