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US Civil War: The New York Riots
- Some impoverished Northerners didn’t care about ending slavery and were angry at being drafted to fight against it. They were also angry that rich men could buy their way out of the draft.
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American Civil War: Southern War Strategy
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The South hoped for aid from France and Britain, both of whom were dependent on the South for cotton.
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FDR's Second Bill of Rights
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Watch this video about the greatest speech of the 20th Century on HowStuffWorks. Law professor Cass R. Sunstein talks about his book on Franklin Delano Roosevelt and brings back from obscurity an important speech: FDR's State of the Union Address of... More »
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Gettysburg
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From the Archives of Discovery: In one of the bloodiest battles in United States history, the fate of the nation was decided. Learn more about Gettysburg and the Civil War in this video.
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Archaeologists Explore an Urban Legend
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An 18th Century plantation is studied to determine its true history.
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History and the Highway
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Highways often intersect with history that many people are unaware of.
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History of Sun with Scott McNealy
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Watch this video about the history of Sun Microsystems on HowStuffWorks. Founded in 1982 and led throughout its history by the guiding principle "The Network is the Computer," Sun has pioneered an abundance of technologies that have helped customers... More »
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A Decade of Supercomputing
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Watch this video about supercomputing in the future on HowStuffWorks. Ten years ago, Deep Blue became the first computer to win a chess tournament against a reigning world champion chess master. Deep Blue had 32 processors and could process about... More »
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History of Arthur Clarke
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Watch this Reuters video chronicling the history of science fiction author and visionary Arthur C. Clarke. Clarke was best known for the 1968 movie "2001 Space Odyssey" which he made with Stanley Kubrick.
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