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  The Great Famine | Timeline

  United States Foreign Aid

  United States efforts to combat a severe food shortage internationally starting with Europe in WWI.

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  Eleanor Roosevelt | Article

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  A look at the life of the United States' 32nd president. 

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  Film

  Panama Canal

  In 1914, the Panama Canal connected the world’s two largest oceans. American ingenuity and innovation had succeeded where the French had failed disastrously, but the U.S. paid a price for victory.

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  Emma Goldman | Article

  She Fought the Law

  Emma Goldman was arrested often and harassed innumerable times.

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  Article

  The Ballad of Pancho Villa

  The mostly-true story of a rogue Mexican general who crossed the U.S. border and raided a New Mexico town is immortalized in this corrido. 

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  Article

  Madame Muckraker

  In a 12-part series, journalist Ida Tarbell took on one of the most powerful men in the country, John D. Rockefeller. Her work incited the breakup of a major monopoly, and set a new standard in journalism.

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  Chicago: City of the Century | Article

  World's Columbian Exposition of 1893

  America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus' voyage to the continent four hundred (and one) years earlier.

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  LBJ | Primary Source

  The Great Society, U. Michigan, 1964

  Johnson describes his domestic agenda and vision for a better America.

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  Film

  The Mine Wars

  At the dawn of the 20th century, the struggle over coal — the material that fueled America — led to the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War and turned parts of West Virginia into a bloody war zone.

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  Influenza 1918 | Article

  The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and COVID-19

  Much has changed since the influenza pandemic of 1918, yet our responses to COVID-19 must still rely on many of the century-old lessons.

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  Partners of the Heart | Article

  Living with Segregation

  African Americans were confined to the least paid, least desirable, most dangerous and unstable jobs. 

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  Article

  Rhetoric Revisited: FDR’s “Infamy” Speech

  A speechwriter dissects Franklin Roosevelt’s famous Pearl Harbor address.

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  TR | Article

  David McCullough on TR

  Historian and biographer David McCullough discusses Theodore Roosevelt.

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  America 1900 | Article

  Notable People: Military/Government Officials and Politicians

  Read about some notable politicians and officials from this time period.

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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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  Kinsey | Timeline

  Alfred Kinsey's Life, and Sex Research and Social Policies in America

  A timeline of events relevant to Alfred Kinsey's life, and sex research and social policies in America.

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  The Telephone | Article

  The Development of the Telephone

  Joseph Henry lays the groundwork for the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone and the telephone goes national.

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  Film

  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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  Article

  Democracy Way, Part 2

  A two-part series about Pennsylvania Avenue and its place in our nation’s capital and in American history. This is the second and final part. Read Part One here.

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  Building the Alaska Highway | Timeline

  Alaska from Russian Colony to U.S. State

  Learn about Alaska's history from 1932 up to 2010.