Read an electronic edition of Ulysses Grant's famous Personal Memoirs, a 19th-century bestseller.Â
Take a look at the world of Grant's early life.
The Chinese Exclusion Act was unlike any law enacted since the founding of the republic.
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On May 6, 1882, President Chester A. Arthur signed into law The Chinese Exclusion Act.
In 1925, the State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes pit traditional Christian beliefs against evolution.
Max Schmeling convinced the U.S. Olympic Committee to attend the 1936 Olympic games.
Get an inside look at the making of The Chinese Exclusion Act.Â
The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act remained in force for more than 60 years.
In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that Wong Kim Ark had acquired U.S. citizenship at birth.
FDR tells Americans the only thing they have to fear is fear itself.
The Dust Bowl got its name on April 15, 1935, the day after Black Sunday.Â
Leaflets dropped on cities in Japan warning civilians about the atomic bomb, dropped c. August 6, 1945.
