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."
In order to sever all ties with Great Britain, Congress unanimously approves the Declaration of Independence.
The U.S. provides 5 million men to the war and begins an income tax to help pay for it. To encourage war support, the government uses propaganda poste...
Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that permits the use ofmilitary force in Southeast Asia without a formaldeclaration of war.
The greatest amphibious invasion in history will take place under unexpectedly good weather conditions.
With a full scholarship, Nash attends Princeton and is surrounded by other geniuses.
John Wilkes Booth, an actor, enters the Ford's Theater Presidential box welding his derringer and a knife.
Before her death in 1968, Helen earns the Presidential Medal of Freedom and joins the Woman's Hall of Fame.
Threatening the Earps with a rifle, Ike Clanton breaks Tombstone's law against having guns in town.
Lizzie harms herself during her inquest by giving multiple answers to simple questions, which indicates a lack of truthfulness.
Who was "Stonewall" Jackson, how did he get his nickname and why did he become so famous?
Read a poem about people not involved in the massacre but who grieve with the rest of the world.
102 passengers, 41 of whom are Pilgrims, set out in the Mayflower on a late-fall journey across the sea to Virginia.
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