Milestones in American history

Explores how the concepts and ideals of the Manifest Destiny influenced United States history and helped shape modern foreign policy.

Presents a detailed account of the relocation and internment of Japanese Americans following the attack on Pearl Harbor and America's entry into World War II.

Examines the causes and effects of the Great Depression and describes President Roosevelt's New Deal, which provided relief to families through public work projects and other government-funded posts.

This book examines the construction of the Erie Canal and describes the canal's contributions to the explosive growth and development of both the United States and New York City into international centers of finance and commerce.

Examines the history and politics of the Boston Tea Party of 1773 from the perspective of both the American colonists and the British people back in England on the tea tax and differences in representation, highlighting this event's significance to the American spirit of independence.

Examines the U.S.-Soviet space race of the 1950s and the launches of Sputnik I and II as well as the U.S. Explorer I.

Recounts the events of October 1962, when the Soviet placement of missiles in Cuba brought both nations to the brink of nuclear war before John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev negotiated an end to the standoff.