Designed for students, this unique resource offers detailed descriptions and expert analysis of the most important twentieth century events in America. Each of

Sputnik. The first man on the moon. The Wright brothers and the Enola Gay. Television and e-mail. Dachau and Buchenwald. The Berlin Wall went up, and then it ca

A one-stop source that describes and interprets the ten key events in 19th-century American history.

WINNER OF THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 1919 was a world-shaking year. America was recovering from World War I and black soldiers returned to racism so violent t

Discusses the events and achievements of the twentieth century that transformed the world.