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Closing words of Franklin Roosevelt's Speech preceding America's entry to WWII

A Mexican mother is photographed with her children.

Virginia Hill

Ma Barker-Barker Gang

An aerial shot of the Grand Coulee Dam from June 14, 1941.

The untanking tower at the Chehalis Substation of the Bonneville Power Administration, Napavine, WA.

Al Capone's criminal record in 1932. Despite a litany of charges, he ended up being nabbed for tax evasion. (FBI/U.S. Bureau of Prisons)

Regarding Al Capone's incarceration, he was needed for classification among his peers in order to clarify the "star ranking" of the inmate.

A pamphlet questioning the democratic legitimacy of legislation modeled after that which created the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), c. 1950.

The Seattle Times warns of shortages in this headlined article of May 10, 1934, shortly after the strike began

Al Capone has been affiliated with multiple crimes in the past, specifically in money laundering, illegal distribution of narcotics, and of course, tax evasion.

Marshall Plan

An Ohio liquor store runs a sale before going out of business the day before the prohibition took effect in the state.

An aerial photo of the mushroom cloud rising above Hiroshima, minutes after the atomic bombing.

President Harry S. Truman addressing a joint session of Congress asking for $400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey. This speech became known as the "Truman Doctrine" speech.

A photo of the devastation caused to Nagasaki from the atomic bomb.

A photo depicting the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima city

After the war, a movie about the Japanese-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team was made

Stephanie St. Clair, mobster in Harlem

Chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee, December 1931 to January 1947, then chairman of the Armed Services Committee.

May 5, 1938, Pierce County officials signed a deed passing the title of Tacoma Field, 900 acres of land with buildings, to the War Department to be used as part of a giant airbase to defend the Pacific Northwest.

A picture of one of the many farm labor camps throughout the Pacific Northwest, that were initiated by the Farm Security Administration in the same region.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Universal Newsreel clip of his sixth Fireside Chat (September 30th, 1934).

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Race 2012: A Conversation About Race and Politics in America, a PBS election special. Check local listings.

Claire Jean Kim, Assoc. Prof., Political Science, University of California, Irvine, explains that this act instituted the national origins…

In which John Green teaches you about the massive immigration to the United States during the late 19th and early 20th century. Immigrants flocked to the US from all over the world in this time period. Millions of Europeans moved to the US where they…