Sam Rayburn

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Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Emergency Railroad Transportation Act

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10 Democrats Who Made History

The United States Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.

14 Questions About Government in the United States Answered

Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.

U.S. Death Toll During Major Events

The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.

26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History

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Causes of the Great Depression

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United States Electoral College votes by state

How Many Electoral College Votes Does Each U.S. State Have?

Camel caravan moving across the Sahara desert sand dunes, Morocco, North Africa

How Do Deserts Form?

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Government officials are erasing graffiti of Islamic State (ISIS) banner in Solo, Java, Indonesia.

Is It ISIS or ISIL?

Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

The Largest Islands in the World

The Jeff Koons tulips sculputure outside the Guggenheim Museums in Bilbao, Spain, Basque Country.

What’s the Difference Between Modern and Contemporary Art?

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Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Emergency Railroad Transportation Act

Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Emergency Railroad Transportation Act

U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt (center) signing into law the Emergency Railroad...

Samuel Rayburn Papers, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

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