Soon after the Civil War ended in eighteen sixty-five, thousands of Americans began to move west to settle the land.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

The union leaders said they were willing to have the president appoint an independent committee to settle the strike.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

They found it easy to settle in a country that, until seventeen seventy-six, was a collection of British colonies.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

He arrived in Washington in the spring of 1842 with the power to settle all disputes with the United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

The cattlemen finally had to settle land of their own, putting up fences and cutting the size of their herds.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

In these private talks, Brown said it was too late to settle the slave question through politics or any other peaceful way.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

Most southerners believed that Clay's proposals were a reasonable way to settle the difference and protect the union.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

He is sent to Transylvania to help a man named Count Dracula settle a property purchase in Britain.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

The purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska bill reportedly was to settle differences among opposing railroad interests in the area.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

The people who used them were some of the first populations to arrive in and settle in Europe.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

There were some who thought the earlier Missouri Compromise could be used to settle the issue of slavery in California,Oregon,and New Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

They are worried that some students will settle for vocational education when they could go to college and possibly earn more money.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

He said the Senate was a political body that was being asked to settle a political question.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

He plans to work to improve the legal system so that competing groups can settle their differences in court instead of the battlefield.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

He has called for an outside negotiator to settle the crisis, an idea the government rejects.

VOA: special.2010.05.22