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."

Poe writes "Annabel Lee" after the death of his wife and in the midst of severe drinking binges.

Anna and Douglass help escaping slaves on the Underground Railway and publish his abolitionist newspaper North Star.

Mary Dyer defies Puritan authorities and leaves Massachusetts with Hutchinson, but makes the mistake of going back to England.

Mary Dyer defies Puritan authorities and leaves Massachusetts with Hutchinson, but makes the mistake of going back to England.

On March 3, 1887, Helen Keller's life changed. Anne Sullivan, a teacher in the art of "finger spelling," agrees to help the Keller family. Perhaps the...

The Deepwater Horizon was a large and safe oil rig with little risk of an oil spill.

During the Tampa Bay Devil Rays tryouts, thirty-five year-old Morris throws 98 mph pitches.

Warm water helps the "Perfect Storm" gain intensity as the low pressure deepens; this creates massive waves of 70 feet and higher.

Blacks are in favor of forced busing to get educational equality, but whites protest.

Fisher authors his own life's story and screen play.

If there is a threat against American interests in Southeast Asia, are we too cautious to invade North Vietnam?

This group of English citizens break the law by moving and forming their own church in Holland.

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