America - still a young country by world standards - began as an experiment in self-government. This collection includes stories of America's people as they follow a path of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Read quotes about baseball from famous authors such as Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, and Virginia Woolf.
Differences over treatment of China put Japan and America at odds.
Many of the leaders of the fight to end slavery are former slaves themselves.
Taking off from Pakistan, en route to Norway, Francis Gary Powers flies his U-2 recon airplace over Soviet territory where he is shot-down by a Soviet...
Frank Nitti is Al Capone's second-in-command of the Chicago outfit and leads the group while Capone is in prison.
Ashamed of his past crimes, Abagnale is now a motivational speaker and family man.
Mary is tried and sentenced to hang.
The Union loses the battle for Fredericksburg; however, a Confederate soldier brings water to the injured enemy.
Fred Korematsu, a Japanese-American, ignores internment orders and his arrest and internment go to the Supreme Court, where is he found guilty.
The weaving of the culure of South Carolina was due to a human mosaic blending of people. Indicator 8-1.4
John Quincy Adams wins the Amistad case for the captives, but there is no money to pay for the Africans' passage back to their homes.
The American colonies fight for their own freedom, but still own slaves.
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