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World History
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Solomon's Kingdom: A Turning Point for the Hebrew People
The Phoenician Alphabet: Turning Point for Written Records
Hippocrates and His Oath: A Turning Point in the History of Medicine
The Native American Corn and Potatoes: Turning Points in World Agriculture
Reign of Terror: Radicalization of the French Revolution
The Berlin Conference of 1884: Tragic Turning Point for the Fate of Africa
The Treaty of Versailles in 1918 and Its Consequences
The Communist Manifesto and European Revolutions
John Maynard Keynes and the Influence of Keynesian Economics
Lasting Legacy of Kagubi, Nehanda, and Zimbabwe's Chimurenga Revolt
The American Merchant Marine: Turning the Tide in World War II
The Effects of the Fall of Constantinople
William the Conqueror and the Course of English history
Martin Luther's 95 Theses and the Coming of the Protestant Reformation
The Impact of Buddha's Teaching on India
Invention of the Spinning Jenny and the Expansion of the Textile Industry
The Russo-Japanese War: Introduction of Japan as a World Power
The Women's Suffrage Movement: Norwegian Women Gain the Right to Vote
The Fall of the Berlin Wall: Major Turning Point in the Cold War
The Transforming Impact of the Printing Press
Publication of the Koran and the Expansion of Islam
Emperor Constantine and the Toleration of Christianity
Prince Henry the Navigator and Portugal's Exploration of Africa
Irish Potato Famine and the Irish Diaspora
The Impact of Sigmund Freud on Psychiatric Practice
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand: Trigger for War
Lech Walesa and the Gdansk Shipyard Strike: The Rise of Solidarity
Impact of the African Slave Trade on Africa and America
Battle of Sekigahara and the Rise of the Tokugawas
Turning Points of the Korean War: China's Entry
American History
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Columbus and His Dream: The Consequences of a Turning Point
The Louisiana Purchase: The Consequences of Jefferson's Acquistion
Vicksburg and Gettysburg: Twin Turning Points of the American Civil War
Garrett Morgan and His Traffic Signal: Turning Point for the Automobile Age
Harry Truman's Momentous Decision: Dropping the Atomic Bomb
Jonas Salk and His Polio Vaccine: A Major Medical Turning Point
Curt Flood and Free Agency in Baseball
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and the Growth ofthe Environmental Movement
The Sears Roebuck Catalogue and the Rise of Mass Consumption
Henry Ford, Driving Force Behind the Automobile Revolution in America
Harvard: First College of the Colonies
Bacon's Rebellion and th Transformation of Virginia
Brigham Young and the Mormon Migration to Utah
Samuel Gompers and the Founding of the American Federation of Labor
The Homestead Act and the Settlement of the West
Roger Williams and the Separation of Church and State
Watergate and the Weakening of the Presidency
Breaking the Barrier: Jackie Robinson
The Keating-Owen Act and Child Labor
The Sinking of the USS Maine and the Beginning of the Spanish-American War
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 and the American Labor Movement
Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse: A Cultural Revolution
The Beatles and the British Invasion
Midway: Turning the Tide in the Pacific War
Walter Reed and the Conquest of Yellow Fever
The Civilian Conservation Corps: Savior of Young Men
The Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo and the Coming of the Civil War
The Effects of the Erie Canal
King Philip's War and the Decline of Indians and Puritans in New England
Ms. Magazine and the Growth of the Feminist Movement
The Great Migration of African-Americans to the North and Its Consequences
Television in the 1950s and the Transformation of American Entertairunent
The Interstate Highway Act of 1956 and the Growth of Suburban America
Ronald Reagan and the Resurgence of Conservatism in America
Plessy v. Ferguson and the Growth of Jim Crow
Korea and Limited Warfare: the Firing of Douglas MacArthur
Federal Power and the Case of McCitliocii v. Maryland
Effects of Roe v. Wade
Brown v. Board of Education and the Integration of American Schools
Valley Forge's Role in the Development of the Continental Army
The Continental Association and the Coming of the American Revolution
Florida History
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Florida's First People: Native Cultures Before and After the Spanish Arrival
Ponce de Leon's Voyage of 1513
The First Permanent European Settlement in Florida: St. Augustine, 1565
Mission San Luis de Apalachee, A Microcosm of Spanish/ Native Interaction
Governor James Moore and the Destruction of Apalachee in 1704
The Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819: Florida Becomes Part of the United States
Dr. John Gorrie: The Beginning of Air Conditioning
Dueling and Public Denouncement in Florida: Prom Private Revenge to Public Justice
The Man with the Branded Hand: Pensacola, Slavery, and Jonathan Walker's Brand of Abolitionism
Florida's Secession Convention of 1861: A Meeting that Changed Florida History
Susan Bradford Eppes: The Civil War and a Life Changed
Chloe Merrick Reed and Reconstruction in Florida: A Turning Point in Public Education
Jonathan C. Gibbs: Educator, Politician, Pioneer Who Made a Difference in Florida's Reconstruction History
Florida Tourism: Walt Disney World and the First Mega-Theme Parks
Florida Tourism as a Substitute for State Income Tax
The Cuban Cigar Industry Moves to Key West: A Turning Point for Florida's Hispanic Community
The Grand Hotels of Flagler and Plant: The First Great Era of Florida Tourism
The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1888: The Beginnings of Public Health in Florida
The Great Freeze of 1895: A Turning Point for Florida's Citrus Industry
Ivy Stranahan and the Reemergence of Seminole Indian Culture in Florida
Marjorie Stoneman Douglas and the Everglades: The Envirorunent and Agribusiness
The Space Program in Florida
Luella Knott and the Florida Temperance Movement
Florida State College for Women: A Turning Point in Women's Education
Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune's School for Girls: A Turning Point in Education
James Weldon Johnson's Lift Every Voice and Sing: Turning Point for a People
The 1926 Miami Hurricane: Florida's Turning Point to Economic Depression
The Tabert Scandal: Turning Point in the Dissolution of Florida's Convict Lease System
Florida and the U-Boats: Torpedoes, Saboteurs, and the Battle of the Atlantic
U.S. Army Training Programs in World War II Florida: Laying the Foundation for Postwar Tourism
Harry T. Moore and the Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement in Florida
Fidel Castro and the Cuban Exodus: Turning Point for a People
Clarence E. Gideon and the Right to be Represented by an Attorney (Gideon v. Cochran, 1961)
Winner Take All: The Courts and Florida's Golden Shipwrecks
Last Updated: 12/19/2007
