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With the sudden end of the Vietnam War in April 1975, throngs of Vietnamese fled their country. Within months, more than 130, 000 arrived in the United States, determined to begin their lives anew. Here is an all-in-one place to begin a study of this vital segment of the American population.

A fascinating, in-depth timeline of American Indian history, Chronology of American Indian History, Updated Edition describes thousands of years of events that helped shape the lives and cultures of Native Americans, as well as American society as a whole--from their ancestors' arrival in North America to the present. Coverage has been updated and expanded to include events from January 2001 to the present, such as the Iraq War and the Katrina...

For thousands of years, the Chumash people have made their home on Californias rich coast. Their story is one of survival and strength. Forced to work in Spanish missions in the 1700s, the Chumash lost much of their original way of life. Their struggle continued in the 1800s, when Chumash land fell under Mexican control and they faced oppression, poverty, and homelessness. After many years of hardship, the Chumash have regained some of their t...

Describes what the Manhattan Project was, the invention of the atomic bomb, what it was used for, and the legacy it left behind.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's abolitionist novel Uncle Tom's Cabin argued against slavery and angered the South.

The United States took formal possession of Florida in 1821, and the state was admitted to the Union in 1845. Read the fascinating history in The Acquisition of Florida: America's Twenty-seventh State.

The California Gold Rush explores how this pivotal era introduced new ideas about work and wealth, luck and greed, and success and failure, into the way Americans looked at their lives, their livelihoods, and most of all, themselves.