| Introduction |
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Jill Lepore on 400 Years of American History |
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Danielle S. Allen on the Declaration of Independence |
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74 | (22) |
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Catherine Brekus on Religious Freedom |
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96 | (23) |
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Donald E. Graham on the First Amendment and Freedom of the Press |
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119 | (24) |
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Michael Beschloss on the Presidential Election of 2020 |
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143 | (20) |
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Philip J. Deloria on Native American History |
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163 | (27) |
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Drew Gilpin Faust on Death and the Civil War |
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190 | (18) |
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Ken Burns on the Vietnam War |
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208 | (21) |
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Jack Jacobs on Military Service |
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229 | (22) |
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Reconstruction |
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251 | (16) |
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David W. Blight on Frederick Douglass |
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267 | (28) |
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Elaine Weiss on Women's Suffrage |
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295 | (25) |
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Jon Meacham on John Lewis and Civil Rights |
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320 | (25) |
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4 Invention and Ingenuity |
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Bhu Srinivasan on 400 Years of American Capitalism |
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345 | (28) |
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Walter Isaacson on American Innovation |
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373 | (26) |
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David McCullough on the Wright Brothers |
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399 | (26) |
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Douglas Brinkley on the Race to the Moon |
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425 | (27) |
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Dr. Francis S. Collins on the Human Genome Project and Scientific Research |
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452 | (23) |
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Wynton Marsalis on Jazz, America's National Art |
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475 | (21) |
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Rita Moreno on the Actor's Life |
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496 | (20) |
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Mark Bradford on the Visual Arts |
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516 | (15) |
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Billie Jean King on Tennis and Activism |
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531 | (24) |
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Cal Ripken Jr. on Baseball |
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555 | (30) |
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Lillian Faderman on the Struggle for Gay Rights |
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585 | (26) |
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Jia Lynn Yang on the History of Immigration |
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611 | (27) |
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Madeleine K. Albright on Being an Immigrant |
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638 | (14) |
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Sonia Sotomayor on Civics and Civic Education |
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652 | (23) |
| Acknowledgments |
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| About the Contributors |
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| Appendix I Citizenship Test |
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| Appendix II Full Harris Poll Survey Results |
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