Skip To Content

Search Results

95 results found

  • Film

    We Shall Remain

    From the award-winning PBS series American Experience comes We Shall Remain, a provocative multi-media project that establishes Native history as an essential part of American history.

  • Golden Gate Bridge | Timeline

    Golden Gate Bridge Chronology

    In 1848, San Francisco's population swells after a carpenter named John Marshall discovers gold in northern California.

  • Streamliners: America's Lost Trains | Timeline

    Streamliners of America

    Read the history of Streamliners in America.

  • God in America | Article

    People and Ideas: Confronting Modernity/Progressive Era

    The 19th century marked a shift to modernity and progressive ideas in America. Read how religious ideas and individuals' spiritual experiences during this time have impacted American social, political and cultural life.

  • Film

    FDR

    Engendering both admiration and scorn, FDR exerted unflinching leadership during the most tumultuous period in U.S. history since the Civil War and was the most vital figure in the nation during his 13 years in the White House.

  • Interview: Bryan, Darrow, and Great Speeches poster image
    Monkey Trial | Article

    Interview: Bryan, Darrow, and Great Speeches

    In 1999, Stephen E. Lucas surveyed his peers to compile a list of the top 100 American speeches of the twentieth century. Here he discusses good speechmaking, and the speaking skills of William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow.

  • Alexander Hamilton | Article

    Take the Citizenship Test

    See how you do with some of the questions a petitioning citizen must answer.

  • Emma Goldman | Timeline

    Anarchism and Emma Goldman

    Learn about the life and times of anarchist Emma Goldman.

  • God in America | Article

    God in the White House

    From Washington to Obama—the presidents' religious beliefs and their impact on politics.

  • New York: A Documentary Film | Timeline

    Timeline (1609-2001)

    Learn about some important events in New York history, from 1609 up to 2001.

  • Film

    The Circus

    The Circus explores the colorful history of this popular, influential and distinctly American form of entertainment, from the first one-ring show at the end of the 18th century to 1956, when the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey big top was pulled down for the last time.

  • Goin' Back To T-Town | Article

    Red Summer: When Racist Mobs Ruled

    How a pandemic of racial terror led to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

  • Film

    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.

  • Film

    Clinton

    A president who rose from a broken childhood to become one of the most successful politicians in modern American history and one of the most complex and conflicted characters to ever stride across the public stage.

  • Film

    Jimmy Carter

    One of the greatest dramas in American politics, President Jimmy Carter was overwhelmingly voted out of office in a humiliating defeat in 1980, only to become one of the most admired statesmen and humanitarians in America and the world.