Fascinating Facts from American HistoryWalch Publishing, 1995 - 270 strani
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Discovery and Exploration | 5 |
The Turk Reaches the End of His Rope | 11 |
The Slave Trade | 20 |
The Revolution | 33 |
Growing Pains | 43 |
The War of 1812 | 49 |
Roads Rivers and Rails | 55 |
Texas and the War with Mexico | 67 |
The Roaring Twenties | 161 |
The Great Depression | 175 |
World War II | 187 |
The Black Revolution | 199 |
The Korean War | 211 |
Assassination | 217 |
23 | 223 |
The Moonwalk | 229 |
The Way West | 77 |
The Civil War | 89 |
Follies Frauds and Fortunes | 101 |
The Wild West | 113 |
Technology Takes Over | 125 |
Teddy Roosevelt and the Spanish War | 137 |
World War I | 149 |
Cooking and Dining | 233 |
Middle East Muddles | 237 |
The Clinton Beginning | 245 |
Notes on Sources | 253 |
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