Story

Toltec and Mayan civilizations; destruction of the pre-Columbian civilization.

The struggle for freedom; the first emperor.

The Mexican-American War; the French are expelled.

Porfirio Diaz becomes dictator; modernization; 1910 revolt.

Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican victory against the French army at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.

Mexico's great revolution of 1910.

Roosevelt narrowly escapes death in a Miami assassination attempt.

Roosevelt alerts the nation to rising international crises.

Franklin rallies the industrial might of the nation and leads the Allied forces through the darkest days of the war.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt; international policies; Stalin and Churchill; Yalta conference.

Roosevelt narrowly escapes death in a Miami assassination attempt.

Roosevelt alerts the nation to rising international crises.

Franklin rallies the industrial might of the nation and leads the Allied forces through the darkest days of the war.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt; international policies; Stalin and Churchill; Yalta conference.

Roosevelt narrowly escapes death in a Miami assassination attempt.