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Nov 17, 2014 · A special issue of Smithsonian magazine ranks and profiles the most influential people in U.S. history, based on quantitative analysis and editorial judgment. See the categories, the top five figures, and the editors' choices for each category.
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A By-The-Numbers Look at American Real Estate. An index to...
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Almost 20 years ago, a Volkswagen Touareg, now on view at...
- T.A. Frail
James Madison. He wrote the Bill of Rights and fathered the Constitution. Henry Ford. He ignited America’s love affair with the car and gave us the assembly line and the Model T. Theodore Roosevelt. Whether dividing trusts or construction canals, he uttered the”strenuous life” and blazed a path for twentieth-century America. Mark Twain.
Jun 29, 2015 · Michael Jackson. Once Elvis was gone, nobody represented American music around the globe like the King of Pop. Was he a little weird? Sure. But YOU grow up as a child star, never being able to...
Dec 1, 2006 · Was Walt Disney really more influential than Elizabeth Cady Stanton? John D. Rockefeller than Bill Gates? Babe Ruth than Frank Lloyd Wright? Let us know what you think. Ross Douthat explains how...
Learn about the brave and noble men and women who have made America a better place. From the Founding Fathers to the Buffalo Soldiers, from Clara Barton to Albert Einstein, discover the stories and legacies of American heroes and patriots.
Great Moments in American History – A list of some of the great moments in the history of the United States, by chronological order – from the arrival of Columbus to landing a man on the moon and the end of the Cold War.
Jul 24, 2012 · His victory brought the Revolution back to life: the colonies dared hope again for independence, France began to look with more favor on the American struggle, and Britain began to lose heart....
