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Siteseen: American Historama: Railroads in the 1800s
Learn details of the fascinating history of the early American railroads in the 1800s including their invention, their expansion, significance, and their impact on the transportation system of America.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Emancipation Proclamation Facts
Provides an overview and ten facts about Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, a war measure freeing the slaves in states still in rebellion against the Union.
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Trent Affair
Provides an overview of the Trent Affair, an important diplomatic incident during the Lincoln administration that nearly sparked a war with the British.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Emancipation Proclamation Text
Read the original words and text of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Homestead Act
The purpose of the Homestead Act of 1862 was to shape the future of the Western regions of the United States by taming the region by populating the area with farmers. This article provides an overview of this important political incident...
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Siteseen: American Historama: Gettysburg Address
Provides interesting facts and important information about the Gettysburg Address commemorating the massive deaths at the bloody Battle of Gettysburg.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Wade Davis Bill
Article provides an overview of the Wade Davis Bill that was passed by Congress in opposition to President Lincoln's lenient plan for reunification of the United States.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Abraham Lincoln Assassination
Provides detailed facts and information on John Wilkes Booth and other conspirators that were involved in the assassination of President Lincoln in 1865.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Lindbergh Kidnapping
This article on the 1932 Lindbergh kidnapping provides 26 detailed facts and a summary of one of the important events during the Hoover presidency.
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Wall Street Crash
Features interesting facts and information on the story of the history and events in the 1929 Wall Street Crash and Black Tuesday.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Wagner Act
Provides interesting facts and information about the 1935 Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act), a New Deal reform that guaranteed workers the right to organize unions and to bargain collectively.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Social Security Act of 1935
Provides 15 detailed facts and a summary of one of the most important elements of FDR's New Deal program, the Social Security Act of 1935.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Causes of Ww2 for Kids
Article on the causes of WW2 provides detailed facts and summary of events that started the war including the attack on Pearl Harbor and the rise of dictators in Germany and Italy.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Totalitarianism
Provides detailed facts and a summary of Totalitarianism and the rise of the dictators such as Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin between WWI and WW2.
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Siteseen: American Historama: 1920's Radio
Read about the history and impact of the Radio in the 1920s in this article with numerous interesting facts.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Louisiana Purchase, 1803
Provides the history of the events leading up to the Louisiana Purchase, the negotiations, the treaty, and the Constitution, together with numerous facts about the event.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Santa Fe Trail
Provides 20 interesting facts and important information about the 900-mile route from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1821 until 1880.
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Era of Good Feelings
Provides interesting facts and important information on the Era of Good Feelings, a period of political stability 1817-1825.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Fireside Chats
Provides detailed facts and interesting information about FDR's Fireside Chats, radio broadcasts made to reassure the nation and convey important information during the Great Depression and WW2.
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Yalta Conference
In February 1945, FDR met with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin in Yalta to discuss post WW2 plans. This article provides detailed facts and a summary of this historic event.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Manhattan Project
Easy facts that answer all questions about the Manhattan Project that was established in the United States during WW2 to create the atomic bomb.
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Atomic Bomb
Provides interesting information, history, and facts on the Atomic Bomb and its use during WWII.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Fall of the Berlin Wall
Interesting facts and background information on the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, and why the fall of the Berlin Wall was so important.
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Siteseen: American Historama: World Trade Center Bombing
Article contains interesting facts and information on the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing, the beginning of a string of threats and terror attacks against the United States made by both foreign and domestic terrorists.