In 1861, facing bankruptcy and a...
Despite fierce opposition, France...
In 1864, the Union armies were...
Having consolidated in Georgia,...
Facing political instability, rising...
The defeat of the Confederacy...
Following the Civil War, the US...
While the British worried about the...
US expansionism, its purchase of...
In Japan, the instability which had...
Canada quickly expanded as Britain...
The threat posed by the Alaska...
