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Siteseen: American Historama: Battle of Midway Timeline

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Interesting Battle of Midway timeline with details of significant times and important events that occurred on June 4, 1942.
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Siteseen: American Historama: D Day Facts

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A summary and detailed facts about D Day in WW2, June 6, 1944, and the landings on the beaches at Normandy.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Glass Steagall Banking Act of 1933

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Read interesting facts about the Banking Act of 1933, or the Glass-Steagall Act. It prohibited commercial banks from engaging in the investment business and created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
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Siteseen: American Historama: Causes of the Great Depression

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Article provides detailed facts that explain the causes of the Great Depression.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Us Mobilization for Ww2 Facts

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Provides details facts and an overview of the US Mobilization for WW2.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Second New Deal

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Discussion of the programs and reforms launched in the period of the Second New Deal that provided for social and economic legislation to benefit the mass of working people.
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Holocaust Timeline

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Important dates and details of events of the Holocaust leading up to the establishment of the death camps and the Final Solution told in a factual timeline sequence.
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Siteseen: American Historama: National Recovery Administration

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Important facts and information about the creation of the National Recovery Administration (NRA) in June 1933.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Public Works Administration

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Important facts and information about the Public Works Administration created by the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 (PWA) for large scale public works projects.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Manhattan Project Timeline

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Manhattan Project timeline with dates of important events and people who worked on the atomic bomb.
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Siteseen: American Historama: American Isolationism in the 1930's

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Interesting facts on the reasons and effects of American Isolationism policy in the 1930s.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Pearl Harbor Timeline

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Provides details of important dates and events leading up to and including the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Neutrality Acts

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Discover the terms of the Neutrality Acts banning arms and war materials to countries at war. These laws were designed to prevent the United States of America from being entangled in a possible foreign war.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) agency, the first mass public assistance program, was created to provide relief support to nearly 5 million households each month.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Tennessee Valley Authority (Tva)

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In May 1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was created to rejuvenate the region. It enabled the Federal government to develop and distribute cheap hydroelectric power (electricity) into rural areas that were not served by private...
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Siteseen: American Historama: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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In June 1933 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was created to restore confidence in the banks following the banking crisis during the Great Depression.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Securities and Exchange Commission

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Read about the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that was established in June 1934 as an independent government agency to enforce federal securities laws to regulate the Stock Market and to prevent fraud.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in California: Potomac (Presidential Yacht)

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Formerly the USCGC Electra, this ship was Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidential yacht from 1936 until his death in 1945 and only one of three still existing presidential yachts. On August 3, 1941, she played a decoy role while...
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The History Place World War Ii in Europe

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This site from the History Place provides the original speech delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Congress regarding Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Bernard Baruch:advisor to Presidents in Both War & Peace

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Brief biographical information on Bernard Baruch: financial adviser to President Wilson prior to and during World War I and financial adviser to Franklin Roosevelt prior to and during World War II.
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Portrait Photo of Frances Perkins

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Biography of Frances Perkins. Includes personal quotes and links to other sites with more information on her service to Franklin Roosevelt.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Rabideau Ccc Camp

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The Rabideau CCC Camp was a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in the Chippewa National Forest in northern Minnesota. The camp was established in 1935 as a project of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program. The camp, one of 2650...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Top Cottage

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Fieldstone cottage built as retreat for Franklin D. Roosevelt, with his input; one of the first American buildings designed to be fully wheelchair accessible.
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Richard Nixon

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One of the most controversial presidents since Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt, learn more than just the basic facts in this article about Richard M. Nixon's presidency.

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