American History Chapters

America - still a young country by world standards - began as an experiment in self-government. This collection includes stories of America's people as they follow a path of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

Bruce "Snake" Crandall, one of the heroes of LZ Albany, has command of 20 helicopters.

Confederate and Union soldiers fight for the first time at Bull Run on July 21, 1861.

King George III is unwillingtocompromise with the colonies in order to avoid a long and costly war.

After the Civil War ends, the desire to forget slavery almost causes the stories to be lost, but the government steps in.

During WWII, a limited federal budget fuels a successful poster campaign for war bonds and stamps.

Read a poem about the life of Caitlin Hammaren, a 19 year-old sophomore in International Studies and French.

Learn what it is like to be a soldier during the Civil War through pictures from the National Archives.

Many Japanese Americans go to Camp Manzanar, receive vaccinations, and live in desert conditions.

Camp Poston was situated in the Colorado River Indian Reservation.

Photographs, documents and drawings show the appalling life in prisoner of war camps O'Donnell and Cabanatuan.

The Wright brothers, and other flight pioneers, study how birds fly and use that understanding to design the first gliders.

Capone is convicted on federal charges of tax evasion in 1931 and sentenced to federal prison; he is released on parole in 1939.

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