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  Suffragist Alice Paul Clashed with Woodrow Wilson

  A combative and outspoken leader in the women's suffrage movement, Alice Paul broke away from the National American Woman Suffrage Association to form the more radical National Woman's Party.

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  Woodrow Wilson | Article

  Wilson and WWI

  When Europe plunged into war in 1914, Wilson saw America's role as that of peace broker.

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  Woodrow Wilson | Article

  The League of Nations

  Though Wilson championed the League of Nations, the United States would never join.

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  Eyes on the Prize | Article

  Politics and the March on Washington

  At the age of 23, civil rights leader John Lewis helped organize the 1963 march on Washington.

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  Amelia Earhart | Timeline

  Amelia Earhart, 1897-1937

  Learn about Earhart's life from her childhood spent roaming the outdoors, to her first flying lessons, to her disappearence over the Pacific in 1937.

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  Bataan Rescue | Article

  Two Nations

  Stanley Karnow, journalist and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines, discusses the United States and the Philippines.

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  Oswald's Ghost | Article

  Press Coverage the Kennedy Assassination

  Professor Barbie Zelizer spoke to American Experience about the media coverage of President Kennedy's assassination.

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  Taken Hostage | Article

  First the Iran Hostage Crisis Happened—then Fame Followed

  As one of the hostages' wives, Barbara Rosen was thrust into the biggest media event of its era. 

   

   

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  The Living Weapon | Timeline

  A History of Biological Weapons

  This timeline recounts the history of biological weapons, from 1763 to 2003.

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  Woodrow Wilson | Article

  Carrie Chapman Catt

  A dynamic speaker and tenacious organizer, Carrie Chapman Catt was a powerful force in the women's suffrage movement.

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  Ulysses S. Grant | Article

  Red Cloud

  Red Cloud, chief of the Oglala Sioux, fought unsuccessfully to save his people and their land from being seized by whites.

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  The Rockefellers | Primary Source

  Letters Requesting Donations

  Here is a sample of the appeals (with original spelling and grammar retained) that drove Rockefeller to seek more organized and efficient ways to donate his money.

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  FDR | Primary Source

  New Deal a Square Deal for the Negro?

  An African American journal, Opportunity, examines New Deal policies and calls for fair treatment for blacks.

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  Truman | Primary Source

  Leaflets Warning Japanese of Atomic Bomb

  Leaflets dropped on cities in Japan warning civilians about the atomic bomb, dropped c. August 6, 1945.

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  LBJ | Primary Source

  Inaugural Address, 1965

  LBJ cites the covenant of justice, liberty and union that formed the nation and calls upon Americans to look to the future with hope.

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  Tupperware!

  In the 1950s, American women discovered they could earn thousands — even millions — of dollars from bowls that burped.

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  Race to the Moon | Timeline

  The Space Race

  Key events that shaped almost two decades of a race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. 

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  Jesse James | Timeline

  The Life and Death of Jesse James

  Jesse James is born in Clay County, Missouri, son of Baptist minister and slaveholder Robert James and his wife Zerelda.

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  The Fight | Article

  Nazis in the News: 1933

  Hitler won supporters by speaking out against the post-WWI terms that had punished Germany.

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  Robert E. Lee | Timeline

  The Life of Robert E. Lee

  Robert Edward Lee was the fourth child born to Colonel Harry and Ann Lee, prominent members of the Virginia aristocracy. Explore a timeline of his life.