A learning module that begins with "Showdown in Little Rock," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and student...

The United States and Cuba share a long, complex history -- first as allies and trade partners, and later as bitter ideological enemies. This timeline shows how closely entwined America and Cuba have been over the last two centuries.

The new United States government faced many threats to its success. Read this overview of the possible problems.

This archive from Vanderbilt University contains an "extensive and complete" collection of television news broadcasts. "The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network evening news broadcasts from the major U.S. national...

Read about the creeping descent into depression in the United States upon the crash of the stock market. Find out how the economy collapsed, and how that affected employment and the lives of millions.

Many International countries are challenging the belief that the Internet was born in the USA. This thorough list of links pulls together ongoing research, publications and articles supporting the theory that Internet was collaboratively...

The fist African American to earn a PhD from Harvard, W.E.B. DuBois was not only an inspirational and extraordinary individual, but a champion in the fight for equality and the end of racism. Read about his founding of the organization...

Read about the one bright spot in President Carter's administration's handling of foreign affairs, and find out about the several events that caused challenges to American dominance in the world.

NPR provides us with a slide show of information on the Three Mile Island crisis, the site of the worst nuclear plant emergency in American history.

Brief biography regarding Revolutionary War writer Thomas Paine.