Milestones in American History – serie
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
An End to Racial Segregation
Inbunden, 2007
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Considered the most important U.S. civil rights law, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was proposed by President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and passed by his successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, the following year. The landmark law prohibiting discrimination in public facilities, government, and employment based …
Alexander Graham Bell and the Telephone
The Invention That Changed Communication
Inbunden, 2009
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In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell uttered the words that would inaugurate a new era in human communication: 'Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you'. Bell was speaking through his new invention: the telephone. Though his name is the first to be associated with this now ubiquitous device, Bell was …
Manifest Destiny
Westward Expansion
Inbunden, 2009
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As the population of the 13 colonies grew and the economy developed, the desire to expand into new land increased. Nineteenth-century Americans believed it was their divine right to expand their territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. 'Manifest destiny', a phrase first used in 1839 by …
Emancipation Proclamation
Ending Slavery in America
Av Adam Woog
Inbunden, 2009
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In 1863, during the Civil War that had torn the United States apart, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves would be freed in the Confederate states at war. Considered Lincoln's most direct action to hasten the end of slavery, the proclamation …
Algerian War
Inbunden, 2012
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An insult. A diplomatic crisis. A French king eager to cement his power. Many different factors led to the French invasion of Algeria in June 1830, but the result was the establishment of a French colony in North Africa that would last 132 years. For more than a century, Algeria was marked by sharp …
Transcontinental Railroad
The Gateway to the West
Inbunden, 2007
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In May 1869, the U.S. railroad network unified when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads came together in Promontory, Utah. ""The Transcontinental Railroad"" discusses this important milestone in the expansion of the United States and its impact on the nation, both positive and negative. …
Monroe Doctrine
The Cornerstone of American Foreign Policy
Inbunden, 2007
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In 1823, President James Monroe expressed his opinion to Congress that European powers should not be permitted to interfere in the affairs of the sovereign states of the Americas. However, in a bit of a twist, the United States did not follow the terms of its own policy. In 1904, President Theodore …
Stock Market Crash of 1929
The End of Prosperity
Av Brenda Lange
Inbunden, 2007
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On October 29, 1929, more than 16 million stock shares were sold at the New York Stock Exchange, and by the end of November investors had lost more than $100 billion in assets. With the crash, the prosperity of the Roaring Twenties came to a close and a dark era of financial despair dawned in the …
Wright Brothers
First in Flight
Inbunden, 2007
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In December 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made history by embarking on the first controlled airplane flight among the dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, thus opening up an era of aviation throughout the world. Readers' historical perspective will reach new heights thanks to features such as the …
Prohibition Era
Temperance in the United States
Inbunden, 2008
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With the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1920, the United States became a 'dry' nation. For the next 13 years, a period now known as Prohibition, the amendment forbade Americans from manufacturing, selling, or transporting alcoholic beverages until its repeal in …
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The United States Enters World War II
Inbunden, 2008
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When December 7, 1941, dawned in Hawaii, no one expected that by the end of the day, the U.S. Pacific Fleet would lie in ruins and the United States would be at war. That morning, in just over an hour and a half, the planes of the Japanese First Carrier Striking Force sank or severely damaged 18 …
Erie Canal
Linking the Great Lakes
Av Tim McNeese
Inbunden, 2009
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When it was completed in 1825, the Erie Canal caused a great sensation. Though plans for an artificial waterway to link the Great Lakes with the eastern seaboard were underway as early as 1783, supporters of the project experienced difficulties in finding federal funding. With New York State …
California Gold Rush
Transforming the American West
Inbunden, 2008
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In 1848, a carpenter found gold in a river in California. The news spread quickly, and soon prospectors from across the country were arriving to pursue their fortunes. This mass migration, known as the Gold Rush, reshaped the United States by drastically accelerating the immigration to the far …
Louisiana Purchase
Growth of a Nation
Av Tim McNeese
Inbunden, 2008
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Though the present-day United States stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, the shape of the nation has shifted many times over the course of its history. The year 1803 marked one of the greatest changes, when President Thomas Jefferson purchased 828,000 square miles from France's …
Outbreak of the Civil War
A Nation Tears Apart
Inbunden, 2008
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On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on federal troops stationed at Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina. With that, the Civil War had begun. For nearly four years, the conflict that divided the United States into North and South would engulf more than 3 million Americans and claim …
Alamo
The Battle for Texas
Inbunden, 2009
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On February 23, 1836, general and dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and a Mexican force of more than 2,000 men launched an assault against Colonel William B. Travis of Texas, his army of 155 men, and 15 civilians who were living in the fort known as the Alamo. The Texans, who were reinforced by …
Ellis Island and the Immigrant Experience
Gateway to America
Av Tim McNeese
Inbunden, 2019
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Declaration of Independence
The Colonies Stand on Their Own
Av Tim McNeese
Inbunden, 2020
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
The American Discovery of the West
Av Tim McNeese
Inbunden, 2021
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