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  Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst

  In 1974, a militant, fringe political group kidnapped teenage newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst from her Berkeley apartment. In the months that followed, Hearst, the Symbionese Liberation Army (S.L.A.), and their constant, paramilitary audio messages dominated headlines globally.

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  Chicago: City of the Century | Article

  Chicago on Fire

  October 1871: Chicago is a tinderbox. In three months, only an inch of rain has fallen. For days a strong, hot wind has blown in from the southwest.

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  James Monroe

  Upon his inauguration, Monroe chose to make a presidential tour of the states, the first such tour since Washington's. 

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  Death and the Civil War

  The staggering death tolls of the Civil War permanently altered the character of the republic and the psyche of the American people.

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  Earth Days

  A meditation on man’s complex relationship with nature and an engaging history of the revolutionary achievements and missed opportunities of eco-activism.

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  Coney Island | Article

  A Century of Screams: The History of the Roller Coaster

  The roller coaster has its origins in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a simple slide that took thrillseekers down an icy ramp past a variety of colored lanterns.

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  My Lai

  What drove a company of American soldiers to commit the worst atrocity in American military history?

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  Ansel Adams | Article

  The Closing of the American Wilderness

  In 1893, Frederick Jackson Turner presented his thesis, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" at  Columbian Exposition in Chicago. 

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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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  Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World | Timeline

  The History of Whaling in America

  For hundreds of years, whale oil lit up the world and powered industry. Explore a timeline of major events. 

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  America 1900 | Article

  Summing Up, Looking Forward and The Paris Exposition

  Read about proclamations and warnings made by prominent figures and institutions going into the 20th century, and the American innovation and boosterism present at the 1900 Paris Exposition.

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  A Midwife's Tale

  An innovative dramatic film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning story of Martha Ballard, a midwife and mother living in the wilds of Maine during the chaotic decades following the American Revolution. In a sparsely written diary, Ballard recorded her daily struggle against poverty, disease, domestic abuse and social turmoil. Two hundred years later, her world is painstakingly recreated by a historian seeking to understand eighteenth century America through a woman's eyes.

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  Roads to Memphis

  On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot and killed Dr. Martin Luther King. This is the fateful narrative of the killer and his prey, set against the seething, turbulent forces in American society.

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  Patriots Day | Article

  The Reenactments

  The first known reenactment of the battles took place half a century after the actual event.

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  The Kennedys | Article

  Teacher's Guide

  The Kennedys offers insights into American history topics.

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  God in America | Article

  People and Ideas: Early America's Formation

  How some of the Founding Fathers and their experiences with religion have impacted American social, political and cultural life.

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  The Great War

  Discover how WWI transformed America through the stories of those whose participation in the war to “make the world safe for democracy” has been largely forgotten.

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  Jesse James | Article

  Allan Pinkerton's Detective Agency

  Scottish emigrant and abolitionist Allan Pinkerton founded America's first detective agency and brought down some of the country's most ruthless criminals.

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  A Brilliant Madness | Article

  Game Theory Explained

  Prof. Avinash Dixit, John Nash's colleague and friend explains game theory and its impact on situations we encounter every day. 

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  Nazi Town, USA (español)

  Nazi Town, USA cuenta la desconocida historia del Bund, la Federación Germano-Americana, un grupo pronazi de la década de 1930 con divisiones en suburbios y ciudades por todo el país. Muchos creen que el Bund representaba una amenaza real de subversión fascista en Estados Unidos.