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New Watergate Exhibit Offers 'Raw, Detailed' Look [VIDEO]

Casimir Pulaski: 5 Facts on Chicago's Beloved Polish Hero

On March 12, the city of Chicago will celebrate all things Irish by dyeing the Chicago River green. But today is for the Polish. The first Monday in March is Casimir Pulaski Day in Chicago, when schools and other government institutions are closed to honor a man who is a hero to both the Polish and Americans. So...

School District Apologizes for Mock Slave Auction in Class

A school district in central Ohio is apologizing for using a mock slave auction to teach social studies to elementary school students. During an American history lesson at Chapelfield Elementary School in Gahanna, Ohio, the class was divided into slaves and masters. Nikko Burton, an African-American student who was...

Michele Bachmann Schooled by Anderson Cooper on Eve of Her State of the Union Rebuttal [VIDEO]

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann has strong views on U.S. history. And according to CNN's Anderson Cooper, many of them are factually incorrect. On his Monday broadcast, Cooper zeroed in on Bachmann's recent remarks about diversity in America, in which she claimed that language differences and skin color "didn't matter" in...

Opinion: Memo to Tea Partiers -- The Founders Were Elitists

(Oct. 6) -- In a recent interview, John Kerry described the American electorate as people who don't "always pay much attention to what's going on" and who "are influenced by a simple slogan rather than by the facts or the truth." Kerry's political opponents -- especially the members of the tea party and other populists --...

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10/14/11 Filipino American history to be celebrated Source: Santa Maria Times - Santa Maria CA California Central Coast Chapter will celebrate Filipino American History Month beginning at 4 p.m.
04/18/11 American History Source: Salon.com In making his case, Wilentz mentioned a 2004 poll of historians, who predicted that Bush would surely end up among the worst five presidents.

Background on american history

The history of the United States as covered in schools and universities typically begins with either 1492 and Columbus, or—especially in recent years—with the prehistory of the Native peoples.

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