The 19th Century
The 19th Century
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Africa, 1801 to 1860 Britain and other European powers outlaw the slave trade, guns, war and slavery among Africans, the British, French, Omani Arabs and Ottoman Empire in Africa, Africans, the Moroccans in the far north to the Boers and Xhosa in the far south.
History of the Erie Canal The Erie Canal had an enormous impact on New York and America in the nineteenth century.
Napoleonic Wars A history of the Napoleonic Wars from 1800 to 1815.
The Age of Imperialism Learn about "The Age of Imperialism," an on-line history of the United States exploring the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The United States 1865 to 1900 The economy in the 1860s, reconstruction, America Indians versus expansion, economic development in the 1870s and 1880s, reforms, labor unrest and more.
The US Becomes a World Power Learn what lead up to the US becoming a world power.