history

Examines the trials of the men accused of murdering three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964, including the Supreme Court decision to try the defendants in a federal rather than a state court and the final verdicts which marked the first time, in Mississippi, that a jury convicted white men for killing African Americans or civil rights workers.

A collection of eyewitness accounts which explore the impact the women's suffrage movement had on American culture, politics, and society.

Explores the impact on American society and history of the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act, which prohibited any use of alcohol except for religious or medicinal purposes.

Explores the people and events connected with the 1911 fire in a New York City sewing factory that killed 146 people and led to reforms in legislation regarding workplace safety.

Traces the history of Spanish exploration of the American Southwest and Mexico.

Describes the experience of Chinese immigrants to the United States in the nineteenth century, their work on the transcontinental railroad, and also discusses the Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred Chinese workers from entering this country.

Text and photos describe the Blizzard of '88, which hit the eastern U.S. seaboard in March of 1888 and killed four hundred people; explains how the storm affected people of various classes and employments.

Traces the history of smallpox, discussing how the disease was eradicated, why people feared it, and how it still poses a danger today.

Describes each American presidential election from 1789 to 2000, discusses the primaries and the electoral college, and presents each year's electoral vote totals and the general election results for all major candidates starting in 1824.

Examines the lives and society of the Puritans in New England from the time of their arrival on the Mayflower at Plymouth in 1620, discussing religion, work, health and medicine, and the Puritan home.