This Day in History. On this day in 1830, 195 years ago, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act.

Explore the incredible story of how President Andrew Jackson survived a slash to the head. Abbott's 'death penalty' comment on jet ski crash prompts Houston civil rights nonprofit to respond ...

Sometimes, popular history has a way of turning the dead into heroes or villains. In the case of Andrew Jackson, the current narrative leans towards the latter. And yet, for nearly a century ...

Editor's note: H.W. Brands is the author of “Andrew Jackson” and other works of American history. He is a professor of history at the University of Texas-Austin and is a two-time finalist for ...

Andrew Jackson wrote home to his wife ... One is the this-muddies-the-water view of history. The National Park Service puts it this way in a brief informational biography of Lyncoya: “The ...

While Andrew Jackson’s name looms large in American history, many might not be aware of one of Jackson’s greatest foils, a mixed-race politician named John Ross who “passed” for white or ...

When he’s talking about history, Trump often leaves the impression ... Trump just because of a few strange remarks about Andrew Jackson and probably care little that he eschews the ...

In Part 3 of our journey, we continue searching for Andrew Jackson’s 1813 military encampment deep in the Alabama woods. With each relic we find—from pewter musket balls to buttons and coins—we piece ...

This edition of History In A Nutshell briefly elaborates on the history of President Andrew Jackson's "Indian Removal Act", and the hardships on the "Five Civilized" Native American tribes it caused.

I think history is critical to understanding the present and confronting the future," Foote said. "Andrew Jackson was flawed, but still an important historical figure. He founded the Democratic ...