• Why did the Pilgrims leave home?
  The Pilgrims were a group of English families with strong religious ...

• Who competed in the Space Race?
  The USSR and the USA. Each tried to rival the other's achievements in ...

• Did Native Americans live in big cities?
  Yes, some of them. The people who lived in the Mississippi valley ...

• What was the Cold War?
  A time of dangerous tension from 1947 to 1989 between the USA and the ...

• How did nomads move their teepees?
  First, they unwrapped the skin covering of the teepee, and bundled it ...

• Did new industries make people rich?
  They made some inventors and factory owners very rich. This angered ...

• Who went to the Boston Tea Party?
  European settlers in America attended this famous demonstration. In ...

• When did the first trains run?
  Horse-drawn railroad cars had been used to haul coal trucks in mines ...

• When did the USA become independent?
  On July 4, 1776, 13 English colonies (the land where most Europeans ...

• Did children lead better lives?
  No. Many worked 16 hours a day in factories and down mines. Large ...