• The United States Constitution
  

  The ratification of the Constitution capped off 20 years of rebellion, revolution, and rebuilding—including 4 uncertain years under the Articles of Confederation. Here, students explore the writing and passing of this extraordinary document, and consider what might have happened if the states had rejected it.

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• The Vietnam War
  

  Here students track the United State's slow path toward full-scale involvement in Vietnam, one presidential decision at a time—from the 1958 North Vietnamese invasion of Laos to the escalation after the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin crisis.

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• Westward Expansion: Railroads and the Telegraph
  

  This Defining Moment focuses on the immeasurable role of communications and transportation technologies in helping the United States fulfill its "manifest destiny" and reunify the nation after the Civil War. Students analyze the positive and negative impact of the development of the transcontinental railroad and the telegraph.

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• World War II: Pearl Harbor
  

  With the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan brought the United States into a global war that it had shown no real eagerness to join. What was the strategy behind the Japanese strike? How would the course of World War II have been different if the Japanese had kept their focus on their conflict with China?

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