Teddy Roosevelt and the Battle of San Juan Hill, Spanish American War

Daily News front page December 12, 1978, Headline: INSIDE JOB SEEN IN $5M JFK HEIST

July 18, 1946: Jose Rodriguez bringing 31 family members to Brooklyn, N.Y., where he has been working, to live together in a 10-room apartment he acquired. They're shown here arriving at Miami, Florida, from Isabella, Puerto Rico. The oldest member of the party is Jose's 73-year-old grandmother, Mrs. Francisca Rodriguez Cortes, and the youngest is his four-month-old daughter.

Portrait of Machito (at mic, right), with his Afro-Cuban mambo orchestra, including: José Mangual (bongos), Carlos Vidal Bolado (conga), Mario Bauzá (far left trumpeter), Ubaldo Nieto (timbales) and Graciella Grillo (front left), at the Glen Island Casino, New Rochelle, New York, c. July 1947

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America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian - the U.S. president - would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.

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The 1970s was an era when the women's rights, gay rights and environmental movements gained momentum. The Vietnam War came to a close, the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, the United States ended direct involvement in the Vietnam War and President Jimmy Carter grappled with an energy crisis, inflation and the Iran Hostage Crisis.&nbsp;

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In the early 20th century, America was flexing its economic and political muscle on the international stage. The era was defined by the temperance movement, Progressive-era activism, the sinking of the Titanic and World War I.

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Though the 19th century saw the rise of populism, the labor movement and Jacksonian democracy, it also ushered in the Gilded Age, when men like Cornelius Vanderbilt and J. P. Morgan wielded control over politics and business.

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