American History Hit Episodes Episode guide
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President Calvin Coolidge: The Roaring 20s' Quiet Leader
Find out about the 30th President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge.
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Pocahontas: The True Story
How much do we really know about Pocahontas?
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Pearl Harbor: The Man Who Spied For Japan
Find out about the British spy who helped Japan attack Pearl Harbor
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Outlaws vs the FBI: J. Edgar Hoover's G-Men
What makes the ideal gangster hunter?
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Lexington & Concord: The First Battles of the Revolutionary War
What was the shot heard 'round the world'?
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Jonestown: The Death of a Cult
What happened to over 900 members of the Peoples Temple that fateful day in Guyana?
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Jonestown: The Birth of Peoples Temple
Who was Jim Jones, founder of Jonestown?
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Japanese in America
Farming, the family units & forced internment, hear the story of Japanese American life
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Jamestown: The Journey To America
How the Virginia Company set sail for America.
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Jamestown: The British and The Powhatan
How did the Powhatan react to settlers in Jamestown?
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Jamestown: Surviving The Fort
What was it like to live in the fort at Jamestown?
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Jamestown: Decline & Fall?
Why did the colonists leave Jamestown?
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Irish in America: Poverty to Power
Why did this diaspora come to America? What was their reception like?
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How to Survive the Desert: Phoenix to Las Vegas
History of the Southwest and its cities.
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How Old is America? Dinosaur Fossils & Founding Fathers
How did the fossil discoveries change the US' understanding of science, religion & more?
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Heaven's Gate: The UFO Cult
How was a comet involved in the deaths of 39 people?
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Gerald Ford: The Unelected President
President Gerald Ford's story.
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Frederick Douglass: Enslavement & Escape
How did Frederick Douglass escape enslavement?
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Frederick Douglass: Civil War to Statesman
What was Douglass' relationship with President Lincoln?
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FDR vs Hitler
Exploring FDR and Hitler's relationship.
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FDR & the New Deal
Find out about FDR's radical plan to pull America out of the Great Depression.
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FDR & Stalin
Is the enemy of your enemy your friend?
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FDR & Churchill
Was the 'special relationship' strong during the Second World War?
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Did Vikings Reach the US?
What is the truth about Vikings in North America?
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Confederacy: The Myth of the Lost Cause
Where did the myth come from?
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Central Park: What Lies Beneath
Inhabitants of the village of Seneca were evicted for the park’s construction in 1857
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Cahokia: The Medieval Mississippian City
Nearly a thousand years ago, America's first city appeared in the Mississippi flood plain
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Bobby Kennedy: Assassination of a Future President
Hear about the Bobby Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1968...which ended in tragedy
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Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Shiloh, American Civil War
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Battle of Iwo Jima: WW2 in the Pacific
The story of the Battle of Iwo Jima in WWII.