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What It Was Like to Ride the Transcontinental Railroad

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What Was It Like to Ride the Transcontinental Railroad?

The swift, often comfortable ride on the Transcontinental Railroad opened up the American West to new settlement.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice Since 1993, Dies at 87

Known for her judicial restraint and sharp legal mind, Ginsburg delivered some of the Supreme Court’s most influential majority opinions.

This New Deal Summer Camp Program Aimed to Help Unemployed Women

About 8,500 women attended the camps inspired by the CCC and organized by Eleanor Roosevelt—but the “She-She-She” program was mocked and eventually abandoned.

Why Congress Passed the Defense Production Act in 1950

The Cold War-era law went into effect during a time when President Truman felt the nation was unprepared.