Nagasaki: The U.S. dropped the world’s second atomic
bomb, used in war, on this Japanese city
Normandy Invasion: The story of D-Day
Penobscot Expedition: Worst American Naval disaster
before Pearl Harbor
Pentagon Papers: Deception in the federal government is
uncovered, then reported
Pilgrims - Plymouth Rock: Who were these early settlers
- and - what happened to their ship, the Mayflower?
Plessy v Ferguson: In its “separate but equal”
decision, the U.S. Supreme Court legalizes racial segregation
Political Cartoons: Poking fun at American
presidents
Posters of World War II: America’s government creates
propaganda posters during the war
Presidential Desk: How a ship (whose wood was later
used to make the president’s desk) avoided war between America and
Britain
Puritans: Early settlers in "The New World"
Reagan, President Ronald: In Berlin, the American
president urges the Soviet Union to “tear down this wall” which divided the
city
Revere, Paul: Legendary American hero, immortalized by
poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who also stood trial for treason
San Francisco Earthquake: A massive earthquake,
followed by a great fire, decimated the city in April of 1906
Schenck v United States: Free speech, in
America, does not include “falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a
panic”
September 11: America Attacked - includes videos of
both planes striking the World Trade Center
School Busing: A chapter in the struggle for American
civil rights
Shoot-out at the OK Corral: Story of Wyatt Earp, the
Cowboys and the Clanton brothers
Slave Rights: Not allowed a defense at trial
Slave Voices - Narratives: Stories from slaves, and
former slaves, who worked in the American South
Spanish Flu: "The worst epidemic the United States has
ever known"
Star-Spangled Banner: The story of Francis Scott Key
and the poem which became a national anthem
Statue of Liberty: The story of America’s most famous
statue
Suffrage: Highlights of the American women’s struggle
for the right to vote
Trinity Test: America detonates the world’s first
atomic bomb on July 16, 1945
Truman, President Harry: Decision to use nuclear
weapons against Japan
Truman, President Harry: Participates in the Potsdam
Conference
Underground Railroad: A way for people to escape the
life of American slavery
Vietnam War: Highlights of America’s divisive
war
Virginia Tech - Campus Massacre: The worst mass
shooting in American history
Westward Expansion: Scenes from the American West
during a time of expansion
Whaling Industry: In the nineteenth century, oil from
whales provided fuel for America’s lamps
World Wars - Impact on American Children: Learning how
to buy with a ration card was just one way children were affected - especially
by World War II
Wright Brothers - First Powered Flight: The world
changed on the 17th of December, 1903, when two brothers from Ohio flew an
engine-powered plane
