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."
NASA designs four "abort methods" in case the space shuttle has a problem during its ascent, following launch..
Iwo Jima is directly in the flight path of airplanes trying to reach Tokyo from the mid-Pacific; it is crucial territory for both Japanese and America...
Jefferson, the third child in his family, is born in Virginia in 1743.
Jacob Abrams and fellow Russian socialists suffer arrest and trial for speaking and writing against US-government actions.
In a speech, Bobby announces the killing of his friend, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Truman decides that instead of invading Japan, the U.S. will use its new atomic weapons to force Japan's surrender.
The U.S. landscape changes from a place of peaceful, comfortable living to a land destroyed by warfare.
Slave children like Fred had little clothing or food, no bedding, no education, and saw frequent and bloody beatings.
A lesson plan to make your school's elections presidential.
On October 22, 1962, JFK tells the American people about the Cuban missile crisis.
Oliver Wendell Holmes writes a Supreme Court decision which allows people to say what they think but not necessarily avoid punishment.
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