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Was the USS Monitor the most revolutionary technological development of the American Civil War?

American History: Transformation of the U.S. Supreme Court

The last four decades have witnessed a fundamental transformation in the types of men, and now women, who exercise the broad and untrammeled judicial power of the U.S. Supreme Court.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

American History: The First Real Two-Party U.S. Presidential Election in 1796
When George Washington announced that he would retire from office, he set the stage for the nation's first two-party presidential campaign.

	American History: 1840 U.S. Presidential Campaign
	American History: Harry Truman and the 1948 U.S. Presidential Election

PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY

President John F. Kennedy's Civil Rights Quandary
'We are confronted primarily with a moral issue. It is as old as the scriptures and is as clear as the American Constitution. The heart of the question is whether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities.' -- John F. Kennedy

PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN

President Ronald Reagan: Inside Story of Reagan's Berlin Challenge to "Tear Down This Wall!"
For most of Ronald Reagan's advisers and diplomats, the president's June 1987 Berlin speech was much too confrontational -- a disaster in the making. Efforts to delete the call on Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall" continued even as the president's motorcade made its way to the Brandenburg Gate.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Abraham Lincoln: Tyrant, Hypocrite or Consummate Statesman?
The key to understanding Abraham Lincoln's philosophy of statesmanship is that he always sought the meeting point between what was right in theory and what could be achieved in practice.

PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN & THE COLD WAR

President Ronald Reagan: Winning the Cold War
With Operation Urgent Fury -- the invasion of Grenada -- two decades ago, Cold War history began a dramatic turn that would lead in less than a decade to the demise of an empire. Ronald Reagan's clarity of vision, tenacity and unwavering beliefs led to the dismantling of America's most formidable foe.

SUFFRAGISTS

Suffragists Storm Over Washington D.C. in 1917
Wartime Washington dealt brutally with imprisoned suffragists who dared picket the White House for the right to vote in 1917.

DRED SCOTT SUPREME COURT DECISION

Dred Scott Decision: The Lawsuit That Started The Civil War
Slavery, threats of seccesion and other factors made America a tinderbox in 1857 -- all it needed was a match.

BONUS ARMY

The 'Bonus Army' War in Washington
In 1932 World War I veterans seeking a bonus promised by Congress were attacked and driven out of Washington, D.C., by troops of the U.S. Army under the command of Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D. Eisenhower and George Patton.

The Bonus March: Herbert Hoover's View

ANDREW JACKSON

Andrew Jackson: The Petticoat Affair -- Scandal in Jackon's White House
When President Andrew Jackson defended the honor of the wife of his secretary of war, the resulting scandal broke up his first cabinet and threatened to make his administration a laughingstock.

ANDREW JACKSON

Andrew Jackson and the Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson had been an Indian fighter, and he continued the struggle as president. His new weapon was the Indian Removal Act, which would force Eastern tribes to relocate west of the Mississippi.

ROBERT TODD LINCOLN

Robert Todd Lincoln: The Perpetual Non-Candidate
Living in the shadow of his revered father, Robert Todd Lincoln served the Republican Party and his country with distinction, but, although perennially courted by his party, steadfastly refused a presidential or vice presidential nomination.

HARRY HOPKINS

Harry Hopkins: President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Deputy President
Lacking an official title for most of his years in Washington, Harry Hopkins came to be known as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Deputy President."

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