History Highlights of the United States of America
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Readings in the history of the United States by some of the greatest writers.
Some Years listed below are approximate.
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| Year | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1908 | US Environmental Movement Begins | Gifford Pinchot| |The Governors| |Graham Taylor |
| 1909 | The Search for the North Pole | Charles F. Horne |
| 1910 | Alexis Carrel Transplants Blood Vessels and Organs | R. Legendre| |Genevieve Grandcourt |
| 1910 | The U.S. National Association of Governors Began | William G. Jordan| |The Governors |
| 1912 | Militarism Before World War I | Norman Angell| |Sir Max Waechter. |
| 1913 | Woodrow Wilson’s New Democracy | Woodrow Wilson |
| 1913 | The United States Adopts the Income Tax | Joseph A. Hill |
| c. 1914 | Women’s Suffrage Movement | Ida Husted Harper| |Israel Zangwill| |Jane Addams| |David Lloyd-George| |Elbert Hubbard |
| 1914 | The Panama Canal Opens | Col. George W. Goethals| |Bampfylde Fuller |
| 1915 | From the Early Days of Baseball | Ring Lardner |
| 1917 | Birth of a Nation | D.W. Griffith |
| 1942 | Marines Land on Guadalcanal | Henry I. Shaw, Jr. |
| 1944 | D-Day Summary (infographic) | Corey Truman |
| 1945 | The First Atomic Bomb | Carl Maag| |Steve Rohrer |
| 1959 | Loretta Young’s Crisis | Jack Le Moine |
| Year | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | President Kennedy’s Assassination | Warren Commission |
| 1969 | First Men on Moon | NASA Mission Evaluation Team| |The Astronauts: Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Michael Collins |
| 2000 | Gore’s 2000 Election Recount Demands | Unknown |
| 2016 | Why Trump Won | Jack Le Moine |
| 2017 | Is Today’s FBI Letter Unprecedented? | Jack Le Moine |
| 2020 | 20 of the Most Important Moments in Internet History | Todd Gilchrist |
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