To protect against piracy in the 18th century, the U.S. made payoffs to this group of north African states
Black Friday, September 24, 1869, resulted from Gould & Fisk's attempt to corner the U.S. supply of this
In 1943 Georgia became the 1st state to lower the voting age to this
At the Battle of San Jacinto, Sam Houston took this Mexican leader prisoner
Some 25 years before our Civil War, this country freed the slaves on Jamaica
Swedish-born John Ericsson designed this 1st of the ironclads with a revolving turret
This mystic ate his last meal at the home of Prince Feliks Yusupov, one of the men who killed him
He was the last Dutch governor of New York, which was New Netherland at the time
4 days after this battle, Napoleon signed his 2nd -- & final -- abdication
This tribunal flourished in Spain for centuries until it was finally suppressed in 1834