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Chinese Railroad Workers and the Golden Spike

May 5, 2019

Chinese railroad workers were instrumental to creation of America’s first transcontinental railroad between 1863 and 1869.

250 years in 10 lectures

April 10, 2015

by U.S. History Scene

Modern or Western Civilization is a historical field that is always at odds with itself: What is modern? Where do you start? What is the “Western” civilization and is it superior to the “Eastern”? Who are we including and why? Who are we disregarding and why? How are the events studied linked together? Do they… MORE

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‘We are the World’

April 10, 2015

by Bethany Sharpe

On January 28, 1985, in a fit of pique, Cyndi Lauper declared, “That’s right! Ain’t what we’re doing trying to unite the world?” Lauper’s comment was a direct response to a creative dispute taking place in a Los Angeles music studio where such prominent and diverse musicians as Willie Nelson, Michael Jackson, Lionel Ritchie, and… MORE

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Hawaii

April 10, 2015

by Alvita Akiboh

On a standard map of the United States, Hawaii sits in the bottom left corner in a box next to Alaska. It would seem that the islands are as close to the Southwest as Cuba is to Florida. These maps obscure the fact that the distance between Los Angeles and Honolulu is roughly the same… MORE

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