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Arnold J. Toynbee, the most famous professional historian of the twentieth century, is widely quoted as having declared that History is just one damn thing after another. This book argues that history is not about things at all but is all about turning pointsthe decisions, acts, innovations, errors, ideas, successes, and failures on which the shape of a nation's lifeour livesdepends. It presents the 100 points at which America's path decisively turned on its way to where we find ourselves today.



? Columbus arrives in the New World

? The first slaves arrive in America

? Independence is declared

? The Indian Removal Act is passed

? Female suffragists meet in Seneca Falls

? Harpers Ferry is raided

? Fort Sumter falls

? A transcontinental railroad is completed

? Edison lights his first electric lamp

? Prohibition makes America a nation of la

100 Turning Points in American History

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    A Paperback by author of How America Won World War I Axelrod Alan

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      Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
      Publication Date: 1/1/2021 12:11:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781493059478, 978-1493059478
      ISBN10: 1493059475

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Arnold J. Toynbee, the most famous professional historian of the twentieth century, is widely quoted as having declared that History is just one damn thing after another. This book argues that history is not about things at all but is all about turning pointsthe decisions, acts, innovations, errors, ideas, successes, and failures on which the shape of a nation's lifeour livesdepends. It presents the 100 points at which America's path decisively turned on its way to where we find ourselves today.



      ? Columbus arrives in the New World

      ? The first slaves arrive in America

      ? Independence is declared

      ? The Indian Removal Act is passed

      ? Female suffragists meet in Seneca Falls

      ? Harpers Ferry is raided

      ? Fort Sumter falls

      ? A transcontinental railroad is completed

      ? Edison lights his first electric lamp

      ? Prohibition makes America a nation of la

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