U.S. History - VOA Learning English
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U.S. History - VOA Learning English
U.S. History explains the history of the United States. Each report tells how the country and its people have developed.
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69 episodes
Presidents’ Day in the US - February 14, 2024
Americans Observe Memorial Day - May 25, 2023
Independence Day Has Been a Time to Celebrate and to Think - July 02, 2021
Memorial Day in America - May 27, 2021
No Thanks: Native Americans Mark Thanksgiving With Sadness - November 26, 2019
Enslaved African Muslims Helped Build America - January 29, 2019
What Is Gerrymandering and Why Is It Important? - December 20, 2018
How the United States Decides How Many Lawmakers to Send to Congress - December 19, 2018
What Is the US House of Representatives? - December 13, 2018
What Is the Senate? - December 07, 2018
How Laws Are Made in the US - November 30, 2018
Built, Burned, Bakery: A Short History of the US Capitol Building - November 23, 2018
What Is the US Capitol Building? - November 14, 2018
U.S. Congress Explained - November 09, 2018
US Supreme Court Rules Same-Sex Marriage Is Legal in 2015 - August 22, 2018
Is Burning the American Flag Legal? - July 31, 2018
Roe v. Wade Aimed to Settle Dispute About Abortion. It Didn't. - July 17, 2018
What Happens If You Are Arrested in the U.S. - June 18, 2018
Mixed-Race Marriage Was Illegal in the U.S. Until 1967 - June 18, 2018
Can the Media Criticize Government Officials? - June 08, 2018
What 'Separation Between Church and State' Means - May 22, 2018
Brown Versus Board of Education Helps Launch Civil Rights Movement - May 11, 2018
Brown Versus Board of Education Helps Launch Civil Rights Movement - May 11, 2018
How the Supreme Court Makes Decisions - April 15, 2018
The Unique Invention of the US President - January 18, 2018
Native People Fight to Keep Hair Long - January 12, 2018
US Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Honored - January 11, 2018
Bill Clinton: Survivor - December 14, 2017
Jimmy Carter: Outsider - November 22, 2017
Newly Found Painting Shows George Washington's Army Tent - November 17, 2017
America Celebrates Veterans Day - November 09, 2017
Richard Nixon: Resigned - November 09, 2017
Tecumseh: Tribal Leader Who Fought American Expansion - November 08, 2017
The True Story of Pocahontas - November 08, 2017
Lyndon Johnson: Complicated - November 02, 2017
Secret Kennedy Assassination Files Release, But Some Withheld - October 27, 2017
John Kennedy: Young - October 26, 2017
Benjamin Harrison: Grandson - August 03, 2017
Grover Cleveland: Repeated - July 28, 2017