Special Features
- Teacher's Resources: Teacher's Guide
- General Article: Work Site Safety and Accidents
- Further Reading: Related Books and Websites
- Biography: Amadeo Gianini
- Primary Resources: The Common Sense Answer
- Interview: 1930s Engineering
On May 27, 1937, 200,000 people thronged to the newly-completed Golden Gate bridge and walked, climbed, skated or cycled across. After 18 years of struggles to complete the bridge, San Francisco's jubilance was unrestrained.
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From the Empire State Buiding to the carvings on Mount Rushmore, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Space Needle, the U.S. has dozens of impressive, important, and iconic structures. Which ones have you been to? Which has had the biggest impact?
Influenza 1918
The worst epidemic in American history killed over 600,000 Americans during World War I.
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Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
A personal story of one family's dramatic effort to hold onto their family farm in Iowa as massive foreclosures sweep the nation in the 1990s.
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The Living Weapon
The international race to develop biological weapons during the 20th century.
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Panama Canal
The most daring and innovative accomplishment at the turn of the 20th century.
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Building the Alaska Highway
The Alaskan Highway stands today as one of the boldest homeland security initiatives ever undertaken.
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Silicon Valley
Robert Noyce's invention of the microchip launched the world into the Information Age.
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The Great Fever
Major Walter Reed's discovery in 1900 that mosquitoes spread yellow fever halted an outbreak and led to the disease's eventual eradication.
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Transcontinental Railroad
The remarkable story of how a railroad was built connecting California to the East.
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