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  TR | Primary Source

  Letters to His Children

  Read some of Theodore Roosevelt's letters to his children.

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  Nixon

  The enigmatic nature of the Nixon presidency combined comparatively progressive legislative initiatives with a flagrant abuse of presidential power and the public trust.

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  The Secret of Tuxedo Park

  Meet Wall Street tycoon Alfred Lee Loomis, who led a double life as a scientist and whose secret lab in upstate New York developed radar technology that altered the course of World War II.

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  The Great Fever | Article

  Scourge of the Spanish American War

  On February 13, 1898, the USS Maine exploded in a Havana harbor, killing 268 U.S. seamen. Blaming the country that controlled Cuba, the United States on April 25 declared war against Spain. U.S. troops then prepared to descend on an island where tropical diseases would prove to be their greatest enemy.

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  Emma Goldman | Article

  Alexander (Sasha) Berkman (1870-1936)

  Learn about anarchist Alexander Berkman, known by the Russian diminutive "Sasha."

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  The Transcontinental Railroad | Article

  Jack Casement (1829-1909) and Frances Jennings Casement (1840-1928)

  The letters Jack and Frances Casement exchanged illuminate the experiences of a "railroad widow" and her hard-working husband.

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  God in America | Article

  God in the White House

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

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  Walt Whitman | Article

  Walt Whitman and the Civil War

  While in Washington, D.C., Whitman discovered that he had something to contribute to the war effort — himself.

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  Alone on the Ice

  Admiral Richard E. Byrd became an American hero for his daring expeditions to the North and South Pole.

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  God in America

  Inside the tumultuous 400-year history of the intersection of religion and public life in America — from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and FRONTLINE. This six-hour series examines how religious dissidents helped shape the American concept of religious liberty and the controversial evolution of that ideal in the nation's courts and political arena.

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  The Duel | Article

  The Burr Conspiracy

  Aaron Burr had traveled West just six months before to carve out his own empire. Now, he would return East to stand trial for treason.

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  Vietnam: A Television History

  A six-year project from conception to completion, Vietnam: A Television History carefully analyzes the costs and consequences of a controversial but intriguing war. From the first hour through the last, the series provides a detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues.

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  Summer of Love | Article

  The San Francisco Oracle

  Published in 12 issues from 1966 to 1968, the the newspaper spoke directly to young people's imaginations and concerns.

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  Race for the Superbomb | Article

  Scientists and Mathematicians in America

  Learn more about the major players and occurrences that led to the development of the Hydrogen bomb. This feature details scientists and mathematicians who worked in the U.S.

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  The Great Famine

  The American effort to relieve starvation in Soviet Russia in 1921 during the worst natural disaster in Europe in 500 years.

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  Dinosaur Wars

  In the late 19th century, paleontologists Edward Cope and O.C. Marsh uncovered the remains of hundreds of prehistoric animals in the American West, including dozens of previously undiscovered dinosaur species. But the rivalry that developed between them would spiral out of control, permanently damaging their careers and threatening the future of American paleontology.

   

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  John and Abigail Adams | Article

  The Continental Congress

  The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts.

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  A Brilliant Madness | Article

  Cold War Hysteria

  In 1953, while Nash was at M.I.T., FBI agents went after three members of the university's math department who previously had been members of the Communist Party. 

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  Daughter from Danang | Article

  Heidi Bub

  Heidi Bub was named Mai Thi Hiep at her birth in Danang in southern Vietnam.

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  Two Days in October | Article

  Vietnam: One Soldier's Story

  Twenty-year-old Mike Troyer had taken some college classes, but fell below the minimum threshold for a deferment. He was drafted in 1967.