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  The Telephone

  The telephone was first introduced at the Centennial Exposition in 1876 and was an instant success. Although first rented only to "persons of good breeding" and seen as an expensive luxury for doctors and businessmen, the telephone soon transformed American life. Trees gave way to telephone poles as operators known as "hello girls" began to connect a sprawling continent.

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  D-Day | Timeline

  World War II in Europe

  In 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt convinces a largely isolationist Congress to pass the Lend-Lease Act, allowing the U.S. to sell or lend war materials to "any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States."

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  John and Abigail Adams | Article

  The Alien and Seditions Act

  John Adams called the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 "war measures," but to opponents, they were unconstitutional and indefensible.

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  Eisenhower | Article

  Opinion: John Eisenhower and Historians

  Eisenhower's son, John Eisenhower, and historians shed light on allegations and politics.

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  Reconstruction: The Second Civil War | Primary Source

  Southern Violence

  Faced with the growing threat of African American political, economic and social power, white Southerners put aside their differences to unite. With rough politics and terror they seek to restore their supremacy.

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  America 1900 | Timeline

  Timeline

  View a selection of events from 1900.

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  The Crash of 1929 | Timeline

  A Selected Wall Street Chronology

  By the turn of the 18th century, the British have taken over the colony and dismantled the barrier, turning it into a paved lane called Wall Street.

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  Grand Coulee Dam

  At once the story of an astonishing engineering achievement, and a cautionary tale about arrogance, our relationship to the natural world, and the price of progress.

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  Voice of Freedom

  Explore the life of singer Marian Anderson and her triumphant 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial.

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  Ulysses S. Grant | Image Gallery

  Grant and the Issues of His Time

  Browse these pro- and anti-Grant political cartoons, spanning his military and political careers, and investigate the range of popular opinions about Grant and the major issues of his time.

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  America 1900 | Article

  Rise of Anarchism

  For some individuals-a loose affiliation called anarchists-only the complete elimination of the state would pave the way for a more just world.

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  The Kennedys | Article

  Kennedy Women

  The five Kennedy daughters were not exempt from the competitive spirit and ambition that ran through the family.

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  The Duel | Article

  The United States Creates a New Capital

  The cornerstone of the Capitol was laid by George Washington in September, 1793. 

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  War of the Worlds

  Shortly after 8 p.m. on Halloween Eve, 1938, a panicked radio announcer broke in with a news bulletin that Martians had landed in the tiny town of Grovers Mill, New Jersey.

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  Taken Hostage | Article

  How a Small Band of Students Set off the Iran Hostage Crisis

  Who was behind the U.S. embassy takeover in 1979?

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  Cold War Roadshow | Timeline

  Khrushchev's Trip Itinerary

  Khrushchev said he was “curious to have a look at America” and had been trying to get an invitation from President Dwight Eisenhower for several years.

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  The Mine Wars | Timeline

  Labor Wars in the U.S.

  As the pace of industrialization quickened, and profits accumulated in the hands of a few, some workers began to organize and advocate for unionization. The workers wanted more safety regulations, better wages, fewer hours, and freedom of speech and assembly. 

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  Truman | Primary Source

  Letter from Albert Einstein to FDR, 3/25/45

  Letter from Albert Einstein to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt about nuclear physicist Dr. Leo Szilard, 1945.

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  Hoover Dam

  During the Great Depression, Americans built the Hoover Dam, overcoming technical challenges to erect one of the greatest engineering works in history.

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  Hijacked!

  For more than 30 years it would be known as "the blackest day in aviation history." On September 6, 1970, members of the militant Palestinian group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (P.F.L.P.), hijacked four commercial airplanes. They commandeered a fifth aircraft three days later. Wanting to attract attention to the Palestinian cause and secure the release of several of their comrades, the P.F.L.P. spectacularly blew up four of the planes.