Famous Historical Topics & Events Chapters

Supporters of civil rights come together during "Freedom Summer" to register new black voters.

Books represent new or controversial ideas and allow people to preserve and share their thoughts.

The Homestead Act allows anyone who has not fought against the U.S., and is head of a family, to get 160-acres.

Mandela avoids the death penalty for a treason conviction; his sentence converts to life in prison at the Robben Island prison.

Upset when France gives up so quickly,Charles de Gaulleforms a resistance movement known as "Free French."

Whole villages of once healthy peasants starve while living in holes dug in a bog.

Examine artists' images of comets created during the 17th century.

While Key and Beanes are on the British ship, flag maker Mary Young Pickersgill's flag flies over Baltimore's harbor.

Slaves of Southern owners are subject to the Fugitive Slave Law.

Seeing the potential for bootlegging when the alcohol ban takes effect, rival gangs kill each other to claim their share of the business.

Giuseppi Garibaldi, a native of the Piedmont region of Italy, was instrumental in bringing the southern Italian states into the unification process.

Within two months of the Treaty of Paris, Washington resigns as Commander-in-Chief of America's military.