American moments

Presents an overview of post-Civil War America, and describes the events that the United States took to restore the South to the Union, politically and socially, after it seceded. Includes time line and glossary.

A brief look at the confrontation between student protesters and Ohio National Guard at Kent State University in 1970 which resulted in the death of four students and wounding of others.

Presents information on the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, and includes brief biographical background, and describes his ascent to political life, and the events that led to him being shot in 1968 by Sirhan Sirhan. Includes time line and glossary.

Discusses how and why American colonists protested high taxes from Great Britain by dumping tea in Boston harbor in 1773, as well as the ramifications of their actions.

An illustrated history of the Jamestown colony that covers previous English attempts to establish a colony in North America, daily life in early Jamestown, the Virginia Company, Pocahontas, and Bacon's Rebellion, and includes a time line and fact list.

Examines the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence and discusses the French and Indian War, conflicts in Boston, rebellion and British oppression that led to independence, and interesting facts and people involved in the war against England.

Chronicles the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 by the Japanese launching the United States into war and examines the events leading up to the attack, a short history of Japanese militarism, Roosevelt's possible knowledge of the attack, and Japan's eventual defeat.

Profiles the 1980 Winter Olympic hockey playoff between the United States and the Soviet Union and also chronicles major political events in the U.S. such as the assassination of John Kennedy, Vietnam, resignation of Nixon, Iran Hostage crisis, and oil crisis of 1973.

Examines the history of the U.S. space program, focusing on the Apollo 13 mission in 1970 during which the loss of an oxygen tank forced astronauts to abandon their plan to land on the moon, and placed their lives in danger.

Examines the history of the quest to break the sound barrier, explaining how the speed of sound and the sound barrier were discovered, reviewing advances in airplane technology, and discussing the development of the X-1 airplane and Chuck Yeager's historic flight in 1947 during which he became the first pilot to break the sound barrier.