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  Emma Goldman

  A notorious lecturer, fearless writer, and merciless publisher, Goldman was one of the most controversial women in America. 

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  RFK | Article

  RFK and Cesar Chavez

  RFK was so impressed with Chavez, that all doubts about getting involved with the farmworkers were erased.

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  Streamliners: America's Lost Trains

  Although fleets of these high speed trains crisscrossed the country by the 1940s, their success was short-lived. The dramatic story of the streamliners is one of remarkable achievements and opportunities lost.

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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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  The Civilian Conservation Corps

  One of the most popular New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps put three million young men to work in the nation's forests and parks at the height of the Great Depression.

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  Las Vegas: An Unconventional History | Article

  The Culinary Union

  In the early 1970s, the Las Vegas dreamland began to clash with the real world. Las Vegas' Culinary Union, in particular, felt the change.

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  Chicago: City of the Century | Article

  Eight Anarchists

  Despite their different beliefs, the trial, convictions and sentencing that followed would unite these "Haymarket Eight" in history.

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  Triangle Fire | Article

  Anne Morgan: Advocate for Women and Workers

  Anne Morgan used her family's wealth and connections to bring attention to the women's suffrage movement and the plight of immigrant workers.

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  Henry Ford

  The story of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century.

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  The Mine Wars | Article

  Industrial Democracy

  Scholars reflect on decision-making and influence in an industrial context during the early 1900s.

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  The Transcontinental Railroad | Image Gallery

  Building the Transcontinental Railroad

  The transcontinental railroad's construction touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Some desired it, some built it, and some did everything in their power to stop it. Browse a photo gallery of settlers, Native Americans, and workers whose lives were affected by the railroad as it traversed the West.

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  Fly With Me

  The story of the pioneering women who changed the world while flying it. Maligned as feminist sellouts, “stewardesses,” as they were called, were on the frontlines of a battle to assert gender equality and transform the workplace. 

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  Reconstruction: The Second Civil War | Timeline

  Reconstruction Timeline

  Follow a chronology of post-Civil War nationbuilding efforts.

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  The Gold Rush

  The sight of gold in the rushing waters of the American River sent a ripple around the world and set the stage for an event that would forever change a city, a fledgling state, and the nation.

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  Truman

  An unknown politician from Missouri who suddenly found himself president, Harry Truman was the least prepared of all the men who had held the highest office, but he would prove to be a surprise — the unlikely rise of a gritty American original.

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  Secrets of a Master Builder

  A self-made man and one of America’s greatest engineers, James Buchanan Eads led a life inextricably intertwined with the nation’s most important waterway, the Mississippi River. He explored the river bottom in a diving bell of his own design; made a fortune salvaging wrecks; in the 1870s built the world's first steel bridge over the Mississippi at St. Louis; then deepened the river at its mouth, turning New Orleans into the second largest port in the nation. By the time of his death in 1887, Eads was widely acknowledged to be one of the most influential men of his day.

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  The Chinese Exclusion Act

  The 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens.

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  Woodrow Wilson | Article

  Legislative Victories

  President Wilson's domestic program, called the New Freedom, sought to extend opportunity to all, and wrest power away from entrenched interests.

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  The Transcontinental Railroad | Timeline

  Transcontinental Railroad Timeline

  Travel back time and learn about key events surrounding the Transcontinental Railroad, from 1769 to 1889.

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  America 1900 | Article

  Other Notable People

  Learn about some other notable figures from 1900.