David Eisenhower of the University of Pennsylvania argues that World War II was a decisive event with an outcome that has moved the U.S. and the world towards a better future. It, he states, should be taught and studied in order to comprehend not only its warnings but the insights it offers into American strengths and those inhering in a free society. The lecture includes many anecdotes on President Eisenhower.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes American questions about U.S. involvement in World War I, following the war, in which nine million people died.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, in the late 19th century, America's largest cities were dominated by immigrants torn between honoring the traditions of their homeland and embracing American culture.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the Platt Amendment, which allowed the U.S. to interfere in the affairs of Cuba.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes "Nativism," or the resentment of foreigners, which revived in the late 19th century as greater numbers of new immigrant groups arrived in America.

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Anti-immigration feelings are captured in an 1891 cartoon that highlights Jewish and Italian immigration. Cartoon historian Josh Brown of the American Social History Project explains.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the story of the laying of the Transatlantic Cable, asserting that it is really the story of one man's determination to change the world.

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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces immigration to America, which began in the Colonial Period but took off following the War of 1812, and the arrival of a giant stream of refugees on American shores.

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