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  • The Underground Railroad
    The Underground Railroad

    Video Clip (2:57)

    Beginning in the 1830s, thousands of slaves used a series of secret routes and locations to flee northward to freedom.

    Video Clip (2:57)
  • Grant and Sherman Lead the Union
    Grant and Sherman Lead the Union

    Video Clip (3:57)

    Two unlikely leaders, Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman become the most essential Union commanders in the Civil War.

    Video Clip (3:57)
  • President Grant's Road to Success
    President Grant's Road to Success

    Video Clip (2:35)

    Ulysses S. Grant overcomes a lifetime of failures to lead the Union Army to victory in the Civil War.

    Video Clip (2:35)
  • Benjamin Harrison's Presidency
    Benjamin Harrison's Presidency

    Video Clip (3:25)

    What did Americans think of their 23rd president, Benjamin Harrison? Find out how his hands-off approach to handling the Panic of 1893 turned public opinion against him.

    Video Clip (3:25)
  • James Garfield's Presidency
    James Garfield's Presidency

    Video Clip (3:53)

    Watch the events unfold as President James Garfield's involvement in civil service reforms leads to his assassination.

    Video Clip (3:53)
  • Warren G. Harding's Presidency
    Warren G. Harding's Presidency

    Video Clip (1:51)

    Why did so many people think Warren G. Harding wasn't fit to be president?

    Video Clip (1:51)
  • Ohio and the West
    Ohio and the West

    Video Clip (3:07)

    Ohio was the first state to be carved out of the expanding western territories.

    Video Clip (3:07)

Photo Galleries (8)

  • Ohio
    Ohio

    11 Photos

    History.com's state gallery for Ohio. Learn more about the state symbols and famous landmarks.

    (11 Photos)
  • Ulysses S. Grant
    Ulysses S. Grant

    19 Photos

    See pictures from the life and presidency of Ulysses S. Grant.

    (19 Photos)
  • Rutherford B. Hayes
    Rutherford B. Hayes

    9 Photos

    See pictures from the life and presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes.

    (9 Photos)
  • James Garfield
    James Garfield

    12 Photos

    See pictures from the life and presidency of James Garfield.

    (12 Photos)
  • Benjamin Harrison
    Benjamin Harrison

    11 Photos

    See pictures from the life and presidency of Benjamin Harrison.

    (11 Photos)
  • William McKinley
    William McKinley

    18 Photos

    See pictures from the life and presidency of William McKinley

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  • William H. Taft
    William H. Taft

    13 Photos

    See pictures from the life and presidency of William H. Taft.

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  • Warren G. Harding
    Warren G. Harding

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    See pictures from the life and presidency of Warren G. Harding.

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