South America is in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, with the Equator running directly through the continent. The Tropic of Capricorn also runs through South America. The Pacific Ocean ...

During the 1830s alone, the migration of slaves to the lower South increased the slave population ... freedom as citizens of the United States of America. 1830s: Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal ...

1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston. Many stay in South Carolina to work on rice plantations. 1739: The Stono rebellion breaks out around Charleston ...

The University of Colorado has special strength in land and water resource issues in the American West, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Students concentrating on environment-society relations are ...

Google announced on Monday that its online mapping platform, Google Maps, will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the ...