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U.S. History and Historical Documents

American History

The history of the United States is vast and complex, but can be broken down into moments and time periods that divided, unified, and changed the United States into the country it is today:

1700-1799

• The American Revolution (sometimes referred to as the American War of Independence or the Revolutionary War) was a conflict which lasted from 1775-1783 and allowed the original thirteen colonies to remain independent from Great Britain.
• American politician and soldier George Washington became the first President of the United States in 1789, serving two terms.
• Beginning in Great Britain in the late 1790s, the Industrial Revolution eventually made its way to the United States and changed the focus of our economy and the way we manufacture products.

1800-1899

• In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson agreed to the Louisiana Purchase, successfully adding 530 million acres of land to the United States. The area was purchased from France for $15 million. The following year, President Jefferson assigned Meriwether Lewis (who asked for help from William Clark) to head west and explore the newly purchased land. It took about a year and a half for the duo to reach the west coast.
• The American Civil War divided the United States in two – the Northern States versus the Southern States. The outcome of the four year battle (1861-1865) kept the United States together as one whole nation and ended slavery.

1900-1999

• On December 17, 1903, brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright became the first people to maintain a controlled flight in a powered, heavier-than-air machine. The Wright Flyer only flew for 12 seconds for a distance of 120 feet, but their technology would change the modern world forever.
• On April 6, 1917, the United States entered World War I by declaring war on Germany.
• After nearly 100 years of protests, demonstrations, and sit-ins, women of the United States were officially granted the right to vote after the 19th Amendment was ratified on August 26, 1920.
• The worst economic crisis to happen in the United States occurred when the stock market crashed in October 1929 resulting in the Great Depression.  
• World War II officially begins in September 1939 after Germany invades Poland. The United States didn’t enter the war until after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
• On August 6 and August 9, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, effectively ending World War II. 
• After World War II, an agreement was reached to divide Korea into two parts: a northern half to be controlled by the Soviet Union and a southern half to be controlled by the United States. The division was originally meant as a temporary solution, but the Soviet Union managed to block elections that were held to elect someone to unify to the country. Instead, the Soviet Union sent North Korean troops across the 38th parallel leading to the three-year-long (1950-1953) Korean War. 
• From 1954-1968, the African-American Civil Rights movement took place, especially in the Southern states. Fighting to put an end to racial segregation and discrimination, the movement resulted in the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and the 1968 Fair Housing Act.
• The Vietnam War was a nearly 20-year battle (November 1, 1955–April 30, 1975) between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam won the war and Vietnam became a unified country.
• The Apollo 11 mission (July 16-24, 1969) allowed United States astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin to become the first humans to walk on the moon’s surface.

2000-Present

• The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, changed the United States forever. Less than a month later (October 7, 2001) the United States began the War in Afghanistan, which is still happening today.
• On March 20, 2003, the United States invaded and occupied Iraq. The war lasted for more than eight years before it was officially declared over on December 18, 2011.
• In 2008, Barack Obama became the first African-American to be elected President of the United States.
• Operation Neptune Spear was carried out on May 2, 2011, resulting in the death of long-time al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Library of Congress Resources

The Library of Congress has compiled a list of historic events for each day of the year, titled "This Day in History." The website is updated daily and visitors can view the previous day's history as well as whatever documents, pictures, or outside information is available for each historical event. 
The American History section of the Library of Congress is separated by time period or subject and offers an in-depth look at the history of the United States.

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Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents in the history of the United States.

Fast Facts

• It took Thomas Jefferson 17 days to write the Declaration of Independence.
• On July 2, 1776, Congress voted to declare independence from Great Britain.
• On July 4, 1776, Congress voted to accept the Declaration of Independence, marking July 4 as Independence Day.

To learn more, you may want to:

• Read the complete text of the Declaration of Independence.
• Order a printed copy of the document.
• Contact the National Archives and Records Administration.

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U.S. Constitution

The foundation of the American Government, its purpose, form, and structure, are in the Constitution of the United States. The Constitutional Convention adopted the Constitution on September 17, 1787.
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. It guarantees greater constitutional protection for individual liberties and lists specific prohibitions on government power. There are 27 Constitutional Amendments in all. The 27th Amendment, which was originally proposed in 1789, was not ratified until 1992.

Where to View the Constitution

You can view the original, parchment copy of the Constitution at the National Archives Building. You can also view an online copy of the U.S. Constitution or order a printed copy of the Constitution.

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Military History and Museums

Military History

The United States Armed Forces date back to 1775, when America needed a defense force to protect the original 13 colonies from a British invasion. Today, there are five branches:

• The United States Army is the oldest (established June 14, 1775) and largest of the five branches. Soldiers are responsible for performing land-based military operations.
• The United States Navy mainly operates from the waters (seas and oceans) providing protection both in the water and in the air.
• The modern-day United States Air Force is the youngest of the five branches (established September 18, 1947). Before the modern-day Air Force was created, it was an arm of the U.S. Army, dating back to 1907. Airmen are responsible for carrying out aerial military operations.
• The United States Marine Corps is the smallest of the four branches under the Department of Defense. Marines provide both land and sea support to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and, in times of war, Coast Guard.
• The United States Coast Guard is the only branch that falls under the Department of Homeland Security. The Coast Guard is multi-functional, with many peacetime missions. Coast Guard missions include: maritime search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, marine environmental protection, and ports, waterways, and coastal security. 

 

Military Museums

Military museums offer visitors insight into the history, defining moments, and current status of the branches of the United States Armed Forces:

• The United States Army does not have an official museum but there are interactive exhibits available online as well as smaller, more focused museums located across the country.      
  • There is a plan in progress to develop a national museum in the Washington, DC, area. 
• The National Museum of the Marine Corps is located next to the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia, and features exhibits on the actions of Marines during World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
• Located in downtown Washington, D.C., the National Museum of the U.S. Navy has exhibits on different navigational tools used by the Navy as well as artifacts captured by the Navy.
• The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and features a collection of aircraft used throughout the history of the Air Force.
• The United States Coast Guard Museum is located on the campus of the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and features artifacts from the nearly 230-year history of the Coast Guard.

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Military Memorials and Monuments

Across the United States, military memorials and monuments commemorate wars, battles, and those who lived and served during those times. Popular points of interest by each major war include:

American Revolution:

• Valley Forge National Historical Park is located in Pennsylvania and is a reminder of the sacrifices made by soldiers at one of the best-known locations from the American Revolution.
• Adams National Historic Park is located in Massachusetts and offers visitors a chance to see the birthplace of John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
• Morristown National Historic Park in New Jersey is a memorial to those members of George Washington’s army who survived an unusually cold winter.

War of 1812:

• The USS Constitution Museum, located in Massachusetts, provides interactive exhibits on life on the frigate as well as how the ship handled different battles.
• Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland is the location associated with the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner. 

Civil War:

• The African American Civil War Memorial & Museum in Washington, D.C. has collections and exhibits to help visitors remember the African Americans who fought in the Civil War.
• The National Park Service has an online Civil War database which contains information on the men who fought in the Civil War.
• Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park in Virginia reminds visitors of some of the Civil War’s most devastating battles.
• Gettysburg National Military Park is located on the site of the Civil War’s deadliest battle – and is often referred to as the turning point of the entire war.
• The National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Maryland has exhibits on those who volunteered to take care of the sick and wounded during the Civil War.

World War I:

• The National World War I Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri has various artifacts from the war – including uniforms, tanks and weapons, and illustrations, political cartoons and soldiers' drawings created during the Great War.

World War II:

• The US Marine Corps War Memorial, also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial, is located in Virginia near Arlington National Cemetery.
• The World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, near Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, most notably includes the USS Arizona Memorial but does contain exhibits on all the events that occurred in the Pacific Theater during the war.
• The National WW II Memorial in Washington, D.C. is a tribute to those who served during the war – both in battle and at home.

Korean War:

• The Korean War Veterans Memorial includes 19 stainless steel statues depicting those who fought in the three-year war.

Vietnam War:

• In Washington D.C., the Vietnam Veterans Memorial has the names of the 58,000 Americans who died during the conflict etched into the walls of the monument.

Visit the National Park Service to search for more military memorials and monuments located throughout the United States.

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National Cemeteries

There are 135 national cemeteries maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) across the United States. Typically, military personnel who died on active duty, veterans, and their spouses and dependents are eligible to be buried in a national cemetery. The VA also has a gravesite locator if you need to find the burial location of a veteran.
The most famous national cemetery—Arlington National Cemetery—is maintained by the Army and has different eligibility requirements from those maintained by the VA.

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The U.S. National Anthem

The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States of America. To celebrate a victory over British forces during the War of 1812, U.S. soldiers raised a large American flag at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 14, 1814. Inspired by those events, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem called "Defence of Fort M'Henry," which eventually became the Star Spangled Banner and the United States national anthem.

 

United States History

American History

American history extends farther into the past than the name "America," and we add to it every day. Below are some of the highlights to help you begin your journey of exploration. 

TIME PERIOD	HISTORICAL ERA
To 1630	Early America Pre-contact. Native American Origins and Cultures. Early Exploration. The Spanish The French The English.Roanoke Island. Jamestown. Christopher Columbus. John Cabot. Sir Francis Drake. Jacques Cartier. Henry Hudson.

1630-1763	The Colonial Period King Philip's War. Bacon's Rebellion. Mayflower Compact. Marquette and Joliet. Plymouth Colony. Massachusetts Bay Colony. Benjamin Franklin. French and Indian War.
1763-1783	Revolutionary America Stamp Act. Boston Massacre. Boston Tea Party. 1st Continental Congress. Common Sense. American Revolution. 2nd Continental Congress. Paul Revere's Ride. War of Independence. Yorktown.
1783-1815	The Young Republic Articles of Confederation. Constitutional Convention. Washington. Hamilton and Federalists. Jefferson and Republicans. Whiskey Rebellion. Battle of Fallen Timbers. Alien and Sedition Acts. Louisiana Purchase. Lewis and Clark. War of 1812.

1815-1860	Expansion, Political Reform, and Turmoil Era of Good Feelings. First Industrial Revolution. Henry Clay's Missouri Compromise. Monroe Doctrine. Andrew Jackson Nat Turner Rebellion. Panic of 1837. Manifest Destiny. The Alamo. Frederick Douglass. California Gold Rush. Compromise of 1850. Dred Scott. Lincoln-Douglas Debates.
1830-1876	Sectional Controversy, War, and Reconstruction Slavery. Underground Railroad. Bleeding Kansas. Abraham Lincoln. Civil War. Battle of Gettysburg. Radical Republicans. Reconstruction. Little Big Horn.
1871-1914	Second Industrial Revolution Railroad Era. Thomas Edison. Henry Ford. George Westinghouse. Labor Movement. Sherman Antitrust Act. Spanish-American War.
1880-1920	Political Reform II Populist Party. Jim Crow Laws. Progressive (Bull Moose) PartyTheodore Roosevelt. William Howard Taft. Woodrow Wilson. Click to read more http://www.u-s-history.com/

American History

From Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium

The word history comes from the Greek word historía which means "to learn or know by inquiry." In the pieces that follow, we encourage you to probe, dispute, dig deeper — inquire. History is not static. It's fluid. It changes and grows and becomes richer and more complex when any individual interacts with it.

Knowledge of history is empowering. An event is but the furthest ripple of an ever-expanding wave that may have started eddying outward hundreds of years ago. One who "sees" history is able to harness the power of that wave's entire journey.

Finally, the best history has at its foundation a story. A printer challenges a King and so is laid the foundation of the first amendment; a New Jersey miner finds gold in California and sets off a torrent of movement westward; a woman going home from work does not relinquish her seat and a Civil Rights movement explodes.

These stories all help to ask the question, "What is an American?" You'll help to answer that question.

1. Native American Society on the Eve of British Colonization
1. Diversity of Native American Groups
2. The Anasazi
3. The Algonkian Tribes
4. The Iroquois Tribes
2. Britain in the New World
1. Early Ventures Fail
2. Joint-Stock Companies
3. Jamestown Settlement and the "Starving Time"
4. The Growth of the Tobacco Trade
5. War and Peace with Powhatan's People
6. The House of Burgesses
3. The New England Colonies
1. The Mayflower and Plymouth Colony
2. William Bradford and the First Thanksgiving
3. Massachusetts Bay — "The City Upon a Hill"
4. Puritan Life
5. Dissent in Massachusetts Bay
6. Reaching to Connecticut
7. Witchcraft in Salem
4. The Middle Colonies
1. New Netherland to New York
2. Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
3. City of Brotherly Love — Philadelphia
4. The Ideas of Benjamin Franklin
5. The Southern Colonies
1. Maryland — The Catholic Experiment
2. Indentured Servants
3. Creating the Carolinas
4. Debtors in Georgia
5. Life in the Plantation South
6. African Americans in the British New World
1. West African Society at the Point of European Contact
2. "The Middle Passage"
3. The Growth of Slavery
4. Slave Life on the Farm and in the Town
5. Free African Americans in the Colonial Era
6. "Slave Codes"
7. A New African-American Culture
7. The Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking
1. The Impact of Enlightenment in Europe
2. The Great Awakening
3. The Trial of John Peter Zenger
4. Smuggling
5. A Tradition of Rebellion
6. "What Is the American?"
8. America's Place in the Global Struggle
1. New France
2. The French and Indian War
3. George Washington's Background and Experience
4. The Treaty of Paris (1763) and Its Impact
9. The Events Leading to Independence
1. The Royal Proclamation of 1763
2. The Stamp Act Controversy
3. The Boston Patriots
4. The Townshend Acts
5. The Boston Massacre
6. The Tea Act and Tea Parties
7. The Intolerable Acts
10. E Pluribus Unum
1. Stamp Act Congress
2. Sons and Daughters of Liberty
3. Committees of Correspondence
4. First Continental Congress
5. Second Continental Congress
6. Thomas Paine's Common Sense
7. The Declaration of Independence
11. The American Revolution
1. American and British Strengths and Weaknesses
2. Loyalists, Fence-sitters, and Patriots
3. Lexington and Concord
4. Bunker Hill
5. The Revolution on the Home Front
6. Washington at Valley Forge
7. The Battle of Saratoga
8. The French Alliance
9. Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris
12. Societal Impacts of the American Revolution
1. The Impact of Slavery
2. A Revolution in Social Law
3. Political Experience
4. "Republican Motherhood"
13. When Does the Revolution End?
1. The Declaration of Independence and Its Legacy
2. The War Experience: Soldiers, Officers, and Civilians
3. The Loyalists
4. Revolutionary Changes and Limitations: Slavery
5. Revolutionary Changes and Limitations: Women
6. Revolutionary Limits: Native Americans
7. Revolutionary Achievement: Yeomen and Artisans
8. The Age of Atlantic Revolutions
14. Making Rules
1. State Constitutions
2. Articles of Confederation
3. Evaluating the Congress
4. The Economic Crisis of the 1780s
15. Drafting the Constitution
1. Shays' Rebellion
2. A Cast of National Superstars
3. The Tough Issues
4. Constitution Through Compromise
16. Ratifying the Constitution
1. Federalists
2. Antifederalists
3. The Ratification Process: State by State
4. After the Fact: Virginia, New York, and "The Federalist Papers"
5. The Antifederalists' Victory in Defeat
17. George Washington
1. Growing up in Colonial Virginia
2. The Force of Personality and Military Command
3. The First Administration
4. Farewell Address
5. Mount Vernon and the Dilemma of a Revolutionary Slave Holder
18. Unsettled Domestic Issues
1. The Bill of Rights
2. Hamilton's Financial Plan
3. Growing Opposition
4. U.S. Military Defeat; Indian Victory in the West
5. Native American Resilience and Violence in the West
19. Politics in Transition: Public Conflict in the 1790s
1. Trans-Atlantic Crisis: The French Revolution
2. Negotiating with the Superpowers
3. Two Parties Emerge
4. The Adams Presidency
5. The Alien and Sedition Acts
6. The Life and Times of John Adams
20. Jeffersonian America: A Second Revolution?
1. The Election of 1800
2. Jeffersonian Ideology
3. Westward Expansion: The Louisiana Purchase
4. A New National Capital: Washington, D.C.
5. A Federalist Stronghold: John Marshall's Supreme Court
6. Gabriel's Rebellion: Another View of Virginia in 1800
21. The Expanding Republic and the War of 1812
1. The Importance of the West
2. Exploration: Lewis and Clark
3. Diplomatic Challenges in an Age of European War
4. Native American Resistance in the Trans-Appalachian West
5. The Second War for American Independence
6. Claiming Victory from Defeat
22. Social Change and National Development
1. Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution
2. Cotton and African-American Life
3. Religious Transformation and the Second Great Awakening
4. Institutionalizing Religious Belief: The Benevolent Empire
5. New Roles for White Women
6. Early National Arts and Cultural Independence
23. Politics and the New Nation
1. The Era of Good Feelings and the Two-Party System
2. The Expansion of the Vote: A White Man's Democracy
3. The Missouri Compromise
4. The 1824 Election and the "Corrupt Bargain"
5. John Quincy Adams
6. Jacksonian Democracy and Modern America
24. The Age of Jackson
1. The Rise of the Common Man
2. A Strong Presidency
3. The South Carolina Nullification Controversy
4. The War Against the Bank
5. Jackson vs. Clay and Calhoun
6. The Trail of Tears — The Indian Removals
25. The Rise of American Industry
1. The Canal Era
2. Early American Railroads
3. Inventors and Inventions
4. The First American Factories
5. The Emergence of "Women's Sphere"
6. Irish and German Immigration
26. An Explosion of New Thought
1. Religious Revival
2. Experiments with Utopia
3. Women's Rights
4. Prison and Asylum Reform
5. Hudson River School Artists
6. Transcendentalism, An American Philosophy
27. The Peculiar Institution
1. The Crowning of King Cotton
2. Slave Life and Slave Codes
3. The Plantation & Chivalry
4. Free(?) African-Americans
5. Rebellions on and off the Plantation
6. The Southern Argument for Slavery
28. Abolitionist Sentiment Grows
1. William Lloyd Garrison and The Liberator
2. African-American Abolitionists
3. The Underground Railroad
4. Harriet Beecher Stowe — Uncle Tom's Cabin
29. Manifest Destiny
1. The Lone Star Republic
2. 54° 40' or Fight
3. "American Blood on American Soil"
4. The Mexican-American War
5. Gold in California
30. An Uneasy Peace
1. Wilmot's Proviso
2. Popular Sovereignty
3. Three Senatorial Giants: Clay, Calhoun and Webster
4. The Compromise of 1850
31. "Bloody Kansas"
1. The Kansas-Nebraska Act
2. Border Ruffians
3. The Sack of Lawrence
4. The Pottawatomie Creek Massacre
5. Canefight! Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner
32. From Uneasy Peace to Bitter Conflict
1. The Dred Scott Decision
2. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
3. John Brown's Raid
4. The Election of 1860
5. The South Secedes
33. A House Divided
1. Fort Sumter
2. Strengths and Weaknesses: North vs. South
3. First Blood and Its Aftermath
4. Sacred Beliefs
5. Bloody Antietam
6. Of Generals and Soldiers
7. Gettysburg: High Watermark of the Confederacy
8. Northern Plans to End the War
9. The Road to Appomattox
34. The War Behind the Lines
1. The Emancipation Proclamation
2. Wartime Diplomacy
3. The Northern Homefront
4. The Southern Homefront
5. The Election of 1864
6. The Assassination of the President
35. Reconstruction
1. Presidential Reconstruction
2. Radical Reconstruction
3. A President Impeached
4. Rebuilding the Old Order
36. The Gilded Age
1. Binding the Nation by Rail
2. The New Tycoons: John D. Rockefeller
3. The New Tycoons: Andrew Carnegie
4. The New Tycoons: J. Pierpont Morgan
5. New Attitudes Toward Wealth
6. Politics of the Gilded Age
37. Organized Labor
1. The Great Upheaval
2. Labor vs. Management
3. Early National Organizations
4. American Federation of Labor
5. Eugene V. Debs and American Socialism
38. From the Countryside to the City
1. The Glamour of American Cities
2. The Underside of Urban Life
3. The Rush of Immigrants
4. Corruption Runs Wild
5. Religious Revival: The "Social Gospel"
6. Artistic and Literary Trends
39. New Dimensions in Everyday Life
1. Education
2. Sports and Leisure
3. Women in the Gilded Age
4. Victorian Values in a New Age
5. The Print Revolution
40. Closing the Frontier
1. The Massacre at Sand Creek
2. Custer's Last Stand
3. The End of Resistance
4. Life on the Reservations
5. The Wounded Knee Massacre
41. Western Folkways
1. The Mining Boom
2. The Ways of the Cowboy
3. Life on the Farm
4. The Growth of Populism
5. The Election of 1896
42. Progressivism Sweeps the Nation
1. Roots of the Movement
2. Muckrakers
3. Women's Suffrage at Last
4. Booker T. Washington
5. W. E. B. DuBois
43. Progressives in the White House
1. Teddy Roosevelt: The Rough Rider in the White House
2. The Trust Buster
3. A Helping Hand for Labor
4. Preserving the Wilderness
5. Passing the Torch
6. The Election of 1912
7. Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom
44. Seeking Empire
1. Early Stirrings
2. Hawaiian Annexation
3. "Remember the Maine!"
4. The Spanish-American War and Its Consequences
5. The Roosevelt Corollary and Latin America
6. Reaching to Asia
7. The Panama Canal
45. America in the First World War
1. Farewell to Isolation
2. Over There
3. Over Here
4. The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
46. The Decade That Roared
1. The Age of the Automobile
2. The Fight Against "Demon Rum"
3. The Invention of the Teenager
4. Flappers
5. The Harlem Renaissance
6. A Consumer Economy
7. Radio Fever
8. Fads and Heroes
47. Old Values vs. New Values
1. The Red Scare
2. The Monkey Trial
3. Intolerance
4. Books and Movies
5. Domestic and International Politics
48. The Great Depression
1. The Market Crashes
2. Sinking Deeper and Deeper: 1929-33
3. The Bonus March
4. Hoover's Last Stand
5. Social and Cultural Effects of the Depression
49. The New Deal
1. A Bank Holiday
2. Putting People Back to Work
3. The Farming Problem
4. Social Security
5. FDR's Alphabet Soup
6. Roosevelt's Critics
7. An Evaluation of the New Deal
50. The Road to Pearl Harbor
1. 1930s Isolationism
2. Reactions to a Troubled World
3. War Breaks Out
4. The Arsenal of Democracy
5. Pearl Harbor
51. America in the Second World War
1. Wartime Strategy
2. The American Homefront
3. D-Day and the German Surrender
4. War in the Pacific
5. Japanese-American Internment
6. The Manhattan Project
7. The Decision to Drop the Bomb
52. Postwar Challenges
1. The Cold War Erupts
2. The United Nations
3. Containment and the Marshall Plan
4. The Berlin Airlift and NATO
5. The Korean War
6. Domestic Challenges
53. The 1950s: Happy Days
1. McCarthyism
2. Suburban Growth
3. Land of Television
4. America Rocks and Rolls
5. The Cold War Continues
6. Voices against Conformity
54. A New Civil Rights Movement
1. Separate No Longer?
2. Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
3. Showdown in Little Rock
4. The Sit-In Movement
5. Gains and Pains
6. Martin Luther King Jr.
7. The Long, Hot Summers
8. Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam
9. Black Power
55. The Vietnam War
1. Early Involvement
2. Years of Escalation: 1965-68
3. The Tet Offensive
4. The Antiwar Movement
5. Years of Withdrawal
56. Politics from Camelot to Watergate
1. The Election of 1960
2. Kennedy's New Frontier
3. Kennedy's Global Challenges
4. Kennedy Assassination
5. Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society"
6. 1968: Year of Unraveling
7. Triangular Diplomacy: U.S., USSR, and China
57. Shaping a New America
1. Modern Feminism
2. The Fight for Reproductive Rights
3. The Equal Rights Amendment
4. Roe v. Wade and Its Impact
5. Environmental Reform
6. Others Demand Equality
7. Student Activism
8. Flower Power
58. A Time of Malaise
1. Undoing a President
2. The Sickened Economy
3. Foreign Woes
4. Finding Oneself
5. The New Right
59. The Reagan Years
1. "Morning in America"
2. Reaganomics
3. Foreign and Domestic Entanglements
4. Life in the 1980s
5. The End of the Cold War
60. Toward a New Millennium
1. Operation Desert Storm
2. A Baby Boomer in the White House
3. Republicans vs. Democrats
4. Living in the Information Age
5. The End of the American Century