Master American History in 1 Minute A Day
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Master American History in 1 Minute A Day

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Master American History in 1 Minute A Day

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Become a US trivia whiz with this crash course through four centuries of change, rebellion, conflict, and triumph in the United States.
Where was America's lost colony? What tipped the balance in the Civil War? Were there second thoughts about dropping the atomic bomb?
Acclaimed historian Dan Roberts—host of radio's  A Moment in Time—takes readers on a bite-sized romp through five-hundred years of American history. With just one minute a day, you can master all the essential facts of America's founding, Civil War, world conflicts, domestic transformations, and more.
Packed with full-color photographs, paintings, and lively mini essays,  Master American History in 1 Minute a Day is the perfect armchair companion for history lovers and history learners alike.

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Publisher
Familius
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781641701235
eBook ISBN
9781641701723
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Master American History
  3. Publishing Details
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Columbus Did Not Discover America
  9. 2 Transatlantic Cod Bridge
  10. 3 John Cabot
  11. 4 Antonio Pigafetta and the Missing Day
  12. 5 Don Luis’s Revenge
  13. 6 Lost Colony I
  14. 7 Lost Colony II
  15. 8 Britain and Virginia
  16. 9 Founding Jamestown
  17. 10 Pocahontas
  18. 11 John Smith
  19. 12 Baron De La Ware
  20. 13 John Rolfe
  21. 14 Slaves Come to Virginia
  22. 15 Mayflower Compact
  23. 16 Tobacco
  24. 17 Virginia Company’s Demise
  25. 18 Anne Hutchinson
  26. 19 Roger Williams and Rhode Island
  27. 20 Algonquian Annihilation
  28. 21 Carolina Colony
  29. 22 Bacon’s Rebellion
  30. 23 William Penn’s Holy Experiment
  31. 24 Witchcraft in Massachusetts I
  32. 25 Witchcraft in Massachusetts II
  33. 26 John Law and the Mississippi Bubble
  34. 27 James Oglethorpe and the Founding of Georgia
  35. 28 Trial of John Peter Zenger
  36. 29 Great Awakening
  37. 30 Gilbert Tennent
  38. 31 Scottish Settlement in North Carolina
  39. 32 Flora McDonald
  40. 33 Whitefield and Franklin
  41. 34 George Washington on the Frontier
  42. 35 Patrick Henry and the Parson’s Cause
  43. 36 The Mason-Dixon Line
  44. 37 Monticello
  45. 38 Boston Massacre I
  46. 39 Boston Massacre II
  47. 40 Crispus Attucks
  48. 41 Boston Tea Party
  49. 42 First Continental Congress
  50. 43 Patrick Henry’s Person Trauma
  51. 44 Daniel Boone in Boonesborough
  52. 45 Paul Revere’s Ride
  53. 46 Virginia Declaration of Religious Freedom
  54. 47 Lee-Deane Conflict
  55. 48 Benjamin Franklin I
  56. 49 Benjamin Franklin II
  57. 50 Battle of Saratoga
  58. 51 Molly Corbin
  59. 52 Benedict Arnold
  60. 53 Major André
  61. 54 Francis Marion I
  62. 55 Francis Marion II
  63. 56 James Caldwell
  64. 57 Battle of King’s Mountain I
  65. 58 Battle of King’s Mountain II
  66. 59 Elizabeth Zane
  67. 60 Americans and Taxes
  68. 61 Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris
  69. 62 Shays’ Rebellion I
  70. 63 Shays’ Rebellion II
  71. 64 James Madison and the Constitution I
  72. 65 James Madison and the Constitution II
  73. 66 Compromise of Shame
  74. 67 Whiskey Rebellion
  75. 68 Pierre L’Enfant
  76. 69 XYZ Affair I
  77. 70 XYZ Affair II
  78. 71 Alien and Sedition Acts
  79. 72 Revolution of 1800 I
  80. 73 Revolution of 1800 II
  81. 74 Louisiana Purchase
  82. 75 Hamilton and Burr I
  83. 76 Hamilton and Burr II
  84. 77 Hamilton and Burr III
  85. 78 Guano
  86. 79 Lewis and Clark Expedition
  87. 80 Robert Fulton’s Folly
  88. 81 New Jersey and the Women’s Vote
  89. 82 End of Slave Trade
  90. 83 Tippecanoe and Tecumseh Too I
  91. 84 Tippecanoe and Tecumseh Too II
  92. 85 War of 1812 I
  93. 86 War of 1812 II
  94. 87 Missouri Compromise
  95. 88 Monroe Doctrine
  96. 89 The Strange Death of Jefferson and Adams
  97. 90 America’s First Railroad
  98. 91 Hayne-Webster Debate
  99. 92 Nat Turner Slave Rebellion I
  100. 93 Nat Turner Slave Rebellion II
  101. 94 Cyrus McCormick
  102. 95 Jackson and the Second US Bank
  103. 96 Compromise of 1833
  104. 97 Alexis de Tocqueville
  105. 98 Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley
  106. 99 Trail of Tears
  107. 100
  108. 101 John C. Calhoun
  109. 102 The Bowery
  110. 103 Sam Houston
  111. 104 Texas Invades New Mexico
  112. 105 Charles Dickens and America
  113. 106 Somers Mutiny
  114. 107 Senator Benton’s Conspiracy
  115. 108 Fifty-Four Forty or Fight
  116. 109 Edgar Allan Poe
  117. 110 James Knox Polk and “Hail to the Chief”
  118. 111 Miracle of Anesthesia
  119. 112 Lincoln’s Quest for Congress
  120. 113 Donner Party Tragedy
  121. 114 Mormons Arrive in Utah
  122. 115 Seneca Falls Convention
  123. 116
  124. 117 Second Great Awakening
  125. 118 Abraham Lincoln’s Advice to Young Lawyers
  126. 119 Herman Melville
  127. 120 Elisha Graves Otis and the Elevator
  128. 121 Windmills
  129. 122 Know-Nothing Party I
  130. 123 Know-Nothing Party II
  131. 124 Harriet Tubman
  132. 125 Bleeding Kansas
  133. 126 John Brown
  134. 127 Dred Scott Decision
  135. 128 Lincoln-Douglas Debates
  136. 129 Harriet Beecher Stowe
  137. 130 Transatlantic Cable
  138. 131 Charles Nalle and the Fugitive Slave Law
  139. 132 Pony Express
  140. 133 Frederick Douglass and the Battle for Freedom
  141. 134 Showdown in Charleston I
  142. 135 Showdown in Charleston II
  143. 136 Civil War I
  144. 137 Civil War II
  145. 138 Lincoln’s Presidential Wit
  146. 139 The Phases of the Civil War I
  147. 140 The Phases of the Civil War II
  148. 141 The Phases of the Civil War III
  149. 142 Fort Sumter
  150. 143 Struggle for Missouri
  151. 144 DuPont’s Saltpeter Mission
  152. 145 West Virginia Secedes from Virginia
  153. 146 Trent Affair
  154. 147 Stephen Ramseur Sees the Death of the Wooden Navy
  155. 148 Nebraska and the Homestead Act
  156. 149 Lincoln and His Enemies I
  157. 150 Lincoln and His Enemies II
  158. 151 Morrill Act
  159. 152 Lane and Quantrill
  160. 153 White Officers and Black Troops
  161. 154 Massachusetts Colored Regiment
  162. 155 Civil War Women Spies I
  163. 156 Civil War Women Spies II
  164. 157 Stonewall Jackson
  165. 158 Pickett’s Charge
  166. 159 Gettysburg Address I
  167. 160 Gettysburg Address II
  168. 161 City Point Explosion
  169. 162 Mr. Lincoln’s Christmas Gift
  170. 163 The Doctors Mayo
  171. 164 Raphael Semmes
  172. 165 John Singleton Mosby
  173. 166 Mathew Brady
  174. 167 Lincoln’s Vision I
  175. 168 Lincoln’s Vision II
  176. 169 Man Pursued by War
  177. 170 The Haunted Major Rathbone
  178. 171 Collins’s Overland Telegraph
  179. 172
  180. 173 Bozeman Trail
  181. 174 Laura Ingalls Wilder
  182. 175 Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
  183. 176 Big Four of the Central Pacific I
  184. 177 Big Four of the Central Pacific II
  185. 178 Belle Huntington
  186. 179 Samuel Tilden and Tammany Hall
  187. 180 New York’s First Subway
  188. 181 Great Chicago Fire of 1871
  189. 182 The Klan Claims a Victim
  190. 183 Joseph Glidden and Barbed Wire
  191. 184 Trial of Henry Ward Beecher
  192. 185 George Westinghouse
  193. 186 Buffalo Soldiers
  194. 187 Demise of George Armstrong Custer
  195. 188 Election Crisis of 1876
  196. 189 Edison’s Phonograph
  197. 190 Nez Perce War
  198. 191 William Cullen Bryant
  199. 192 Carry Nation
  200. 193 Phineas Taylor Barnum and Jumbomania
  201. 194 Anatomy of a Presidential Scandal
  202. 195 Edison vs. Westinghouse
  203. 196 Haymarket Incident
  204. 197 Johnstown Flood
  205. 198 Massacre at Wounded Knee
  206. 199 Flying Wedge
  207. 200 John Pierpont Morgan Bails Out US Government
  208. 201 William Jennings Bryan and Cross of Gold
  209. 202 George Washington Carver
  210. 203 Sousa’s Greatest March
  211. 204 Homer Plessy and Separate but Equal
  212. 205 Revolution in Paradise
  213. 206 Galveston Hurricane
  214. 207 Susan Brownell Anthony
  215. 208 Model T
  216. 209 Saga of Leo Frank I
  217. 210 Saga of Leo Frank II
  218. 211 Henry Ford and the $5 Workday
  219. 212 Education under Jim Crow
  220. 213 Flu Epidemic of 1918
  221. 214 Wilson and the League of Nations
  222. 215 The Palmer Raids
  223. 216 Black Sox Scandal
  224. 217 Booker T. Washington vs. W. E. B Du Bois
  225. 218 Teapot Dome Scandal
  226. 219 Sacco and Vanzetti
  227. 220 “Rhapsody in Blue”
  228. 221 Scopes’s Monkey Trial
  229. 222 Eugenics
  230. 223 Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
  231. 224 Food and Drug Administration
  232. 225 Making Pictures Talk
  233. 226 Causes of the Great Depression I
  234. 227 Causes of the Great Depression II
  235. 228 Causes of the Great Depression III
  236. 229 Al Capone and the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
  237. 230 Babe Ruth
  238. 231 Hybrid Seed Corn
  239. 232 Civilian Conservation Corps
  240. 233 Tennessee Valley Authority
  241. 234 Flying Blind
  242. 235 Albert Einstein
  243. 236 Social Security
  244. 237 Dillinger and Hoover
  245. 238 FDR and the Court-Packing Plan
  246. 239 Crash of the
  247. 240 Peggy Marsh Writes Her Book
  248. 241 Panic Broadcast
  249. 242 Louis-Schmeling Fight
  250. 243 John Steinbeck and
  251. 244 Lou Gehrig
  252. 245 The Wit of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  253. 246 The Problem with Charles Lindbergh
  254. 247 Sergeant Elliott’s Discovery
  255. 248 Doolittle Raid
  256. 249 Battle of Midway
  257. 250 Japanese American Concentration Camps
  258. 251 PT Boats
  259. 252 Armed Services Radio
  260. 253 Rosie the Riveter
  261. 254 GI Bill of Rights
  262. 255 D-Day
  263. 256 Jackie Robinson Stays Put
  264. 257 USS
  265. 258 Atomic Dawn
  266. 259 Creation of the United Nations
  267. 260 Churchill’s Iron-Curtain Speech
  268. 261 Cole Porter’s Breakthrough
  269. 262 Harry Truman’s 1948 Election Dilemma
  270. 263 Berlin Airlift
  271. 264 Ed Sullivan
  272. 265 Truman and MacArthur
  273. 266
  274. 267 Joseph McCarthy
  275. 268 Battle for Color Television
  276. 269 Polio
  277. 270 Mike King Finds His Calling
  278. 271 Malcolm McLean
  279. 272 Integration Comes to Little Rock
  280. 273 Massive Resistance I
  281. 274 Massive Resistance II
  282. 275 First Presidential Television Debate
  283. 276 Presidential Wit
  284. 277 Luncheon Racism
  285. 278 Cuban Missile Crisis
  286. 279 DDT and the Modern Environmental Movement
  287. 280 US Supreme Court vs. School Prayer
  288. 281 Freedom Summer
  289. 282 Selma, Alabama
  290. 283 Reagan vs. Brown
  291. 284 Apollo I Tragedy
  292. 285 Assassination and Nixon’s Southern Strategy
  293. 286 Stonewall Uprising
  294. 287 Apollo 11
  295. 288
  296. 289 Watergate and the Resignation of Richard Nixon
  297. 290 US Leaves Saigon
  298. 291 Iran Hostage Crisis
  299. 292 “There You Go Again”
  300. 293 Willie Horton and the Politics of Race
  301. 294 Republican Revolution
  302. 295 Sex, Lies, and Impeachment
  303. 296
  304. 297 9/11 and Asymmetric Warfare
  305. 298 Smartphones
  306. 299 Election of the First African American President
  307. 300 Advent of Gender-Neutral Marriage
  308. Bibliographic Appendix
  309. About the author
  310. About Familius