united states

Examines the United States's role in World War I, including preparations for war, trench warfare, use of airplanes, major battles, and the results of the conflict.

Examines the political, cultural, and military aspects of the conflict that tragically divided the United States in the mid-nineteenth century.

Letters, diaries, memoirs, interviews, ballads, newspaper articles, and speeches depict life and events during the four years of the Civil War.

From the Boston Massacre through the Battle of Yorktown, traces the wartime activities of eight Revolutionary War heroes central to the American cause.

Includes a chronological summary and record of every engagement compiled from the official records of the War Department.

Discusses the adminstration, legislation, and personalities of Roosevelt's New Deal, a sweeping program which attempted to bring the United States out of a severe economic depression.

Describes and illustrates the exploration of the American frontier from 1776 to the late nineteenth century, through a variety of images created during that period.

Describes and illustrates the first discoveries and settlements in North America through a variety of images produced at that time.

Describes and illustrates the arts and sciences of colonial and early Federal America through a variety of images produced at the time.

Text recounts the historic Civil War battle at Gettysburg and photographs capture a reenactment of that encounter, performed in 1988 in honor of the 125th anniversary.