HISTORYflipped into StoriesLouisiana The 1868 Louisiana Massacre that Reversed Reconstruction-Era Gains history.com - By Farrell Evans In September 1868, a dispute over a column published in an Opelousas, Louisiana partisan newspaper provoked one of the bloodiest incidents of racial …
HISTORYflipped into StoriesUniversity of South Florida How St. Augustine Became the First European Settlement in America history.com - By Patrick J. Kiger Even before Jamestown or the Plymouth Colony, the oldest permanent European settlement in what is now the United States was founded in September 1565 …
HISTORYflipped into StoriesCuba The Mariel Boatlift: How Cold War Politics Drove Thousands of Cubans to Florida in 1980 history.com - By Karen Juanita Carrillo The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 was a mass emigration of Cubans to the United States. The exodus was driven by a stagnant economy that had weakened under …
HISTORYflipped into StoriesAbraham Lincoln Vote by Mail Programs Date Back to the Civil War history.com - By Jessica Pearce Rotondi Voting by mail can trace its roots to soldiers voting far from home during the Civil War and World War II. By the late 1800s, some states were …
HISTORYflipped into StoriesAl Gore How the 2000 Election Came Down to a Supreme Court Decision history.com - By Lesley Kennedy Five hundred thirty-seven votes. That's all that separated Democrat Al Gore and his Republican challenger George W. Bush when, on November 26, 2000, …
HISTORYflipped into StoriesHistory Lying in State: The History Behind the Solemn Tradition history.com - By Lesley Kennedy Since 1852, 35 individuals have received the high honor of lying in state: 12 presidents, two vice presidents, plus members of Congress, unknown …
