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U.S. History - 1901-1919

Within History

Row upon row of grayish white stone crosses in a military cemetery. Caption. 1914-1918, World War I.

Black and white photo of the midsection of a woman with long, dark hair. Caption. Sarah was also the first American Indian.

Man stands with hands clasped and lips parted mid-speech. Backdrop displays photo collage of Chinese people. Caption. For the Chinese American community.

Black and white photo. Chinese man stands in front of building with sign that reads, "Washing and Ironing." Caption. Is a denial of the equal protection of the laws.

Woman opens mouth in mid-speech. Painting with mounds of pottery and a figure holding up their fist as backdrop. Caption. It would be against the European mother country of all Hispanics.

Collage of men and women in military uniform standing below a document titled, "Veteran's Day." Image of Congress in session as backdrop. Caption. To recognize all soldiers who serve in war and peace.

Black and white closeup of Taft looking down with a stern expression. Caption. To keep European powers out of the Western Hemisphere.

Men wear khaki vests labor in an antiquated workshop. Caption. Henry Ford isn't just making a revolutionary car.

Man in work clothes balances on a metal beam above sprawling cityscape. Caption. There's only one place to go, up.

Still image from: Assembly Line History

Painting of George Washington with right arm outstretched and palm facing upward. Caption. As little political connection as possible.

Painting of George Washington riding white horse. Spanish caption. A pesar de los consejos de George Washington, America.

Black and white photo of Al Capone walking away from a black car. Caption. Capone was arrested many times during his heyday.

Black and white frame shows a large ship traveling down the Panama Canal. Caption. And cost more than 25,0000 lives.

Black and white photo of several men in suits with vests and wide-brimmed hats standing around 1 man sitting on a bench. Caption. "Earning the name 'The Great Conservationist.'"

Black and white frame of 2 officers in WW1 US Army uniforms with a crowd of men behind them.

Black and white photo of manufacturing equipment. Spanish caption. Surgieron cuestiones de importancia social.

Black and white frame of 2 men working on a Ford Model T assembly line, adding steering wheel and other parts.

Black and white photo shows John Pierpont Morgan walking and talking with a young man. Caption. Narrator. Morgan knew he had been beaten, but he wasn't about to give up.

Black and white photo of Theodore Roosevelt standing, holding his hat in his right hand, and pointing outward with his left as he gives a speech. Various other men are in the background.

Color illustration of people waiting at a subway platform. Platform has gold chandeliers, colorful tile arches and skylights.

Title card on rusty light brown background reads, "World War 1 involved 2 alliances that opposed each other."

Black and white photo of soldiers crouched down in a trench. Spanish caption. A luchar en las trincheras.

Closeup of a sandy shore surrounded by rocks. Caption. But if you made it ashore alive.

Black and white image of William H. Taft in a suit as he reads from a paper he holds inside a room with a desk and bookshelves. He has a wide white mustache. Caption. Taft was affable, likable, electable.

Map compares 1914 Europe with present day. A white line crosses France from the French, Belgian border on the North Sea to the French, Swiss border at Geneva. An overlay sepia toned photo of a crowd has text that reads, "1917. America declares war."

Black and white film still. Throngs of men in uniform hold up signs in Russian. Caption. In March 1917, the czar was forced to resign."

Black and white film still. Closeup of 3 barrels extending from a large tank. Caption. The Balkan area was the fuse on Europe's gunpowder barrel.

Still image from: The President That Kept Reading a Speech After Being Shot

Black and white photo of a crowd of people carrying luggage from a ship in the background. Caption. 25 million people will touch our shores.

Painting of a man wearing a long white tunic and white pants walking down a narrow, empty 17th century London street. Caption. Over 3,500 of its citizens lost their lives.

Closeup of a plastic model of a city street corner with a brown-brick building. 2 men in overalls walk on the sidewalk in front of the building, and a woman in a gray apron walks on the street looking up at a thick brown liquid being poured onto the model in front of her.