Abolitionists: Individuals who opposed slavery and
worked to abolish American laws allowing it
American Revolution (A-G)
American Revolution (H-Z)
Amistad Incident: The case of kidnapped slaves
pushed America closer to civil war
Anthony, Susan B. Advocate for women’s
rights
Apollo 1: A disastrous fire killed three
astronauts during a training session
Apollo 11: The first manned mission to the
Moon
Apollo 13: Aborted mission to the Moon during
which Jim Lovell reported: “Houston, we’ve had a problem”
Arnold, Benedict: American traitor during the
Revolutionary War
Atomic Age: Albert Einstein’s letter to President
Franklin Roosevelt ushered in the atomic age
Balance of Power: The “rough and tumble” world of
American politics
Bataan
Death March: After surrendering to Japanese forces, American and
Filipino soldiers marched to prisoner-of-war camps in The Philippines
Boone, Daniel: Legendary American hero who also stood
trial for treason
Borden, Lizzie: Accused of killing her father and
stepmother with an axe, she was freed by an all-male jury
Braddock, James J. - Cinderella Man: Story of a rising
star when boxing was America’s national sensation
Bull Run: First land skirmish of the civil war, fought
near Manassas Junction
Challenger Explosion: Seventy-three seconds
after the launch of Mission STS 51-L, the space shuttle exploded
Chancellorsville: Famous civil war battle, won by the
Confederates, in which Stonewall Jackson was fatally wounded
Child Labor: Unregulated until the 20th century. With
pictures from national archives, see the working children of America
Child Slavery: Life as a child slave in the American
South
Civil War: Highlights of the war between the
states
“Color Line” and Baseball: Segregation in America’s
major league baseball
Columbia Disaster: Heading toward a Florida
landing, the shuttle disintegrated over Texas
Constitution, U.S. The story of America’s constitution
(and the convention which created it)
Cuban Missile Crisis: America comes close to war with
the Soviet Union
Darrow, Clarence: Prominent American lawyer
(1857-1938), he defended “lost-cause cases” like Leopold and Loeb.
Declaration of Independence: The story of America’s
decision to sever ties with Great Britain
Douglass, Frederick: Defying the “no education for
slaves” rule, he sees education as the path to freedom
Dred Scott Decision: U.S. Supreme Court rules that
Congress cannot prohibit slavery in any American territory
Dyer, Mary: First woman executed in the American
colonies, she sought religious freedom
Eighteenth-Century Politics: Unsettling laws, imposed
by the British Parliament against American colonies, led to a revolution
Election of 1800: One of the most bitter presidential
elections in American history, Thomas Jefferson considered it the country’s
second revolution
Executive Order 9066: President Franklin Roosevelt’s
order to send Japanese-Americans to internment camps during WWII
Federalist Papers: A collective effort by
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay (writing as Publius) to persuade
New York voters to ratify the proposed American constitution
Fredericksburg: Famous civil war battle, won by the
Confederates
Freedom of Speech: A brief look at America’s early
cases on the right of “free speech”
Galveston: America's worst natural disaster
Garfield, President James: The story of the President’s
assassination
Great Depression: A world-wide financial crisis
descends on America, creating economic chaos which lasted until the second world
war
Great Fire: On the 8th and 9th of October, 1871, three
American cities burned: Chicago (Illinois), Peshtigo (Wisconsin) and Holland
(Michigan)
