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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.

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.

Geological history from the Stone Age to the Space Age; moon rocks provide clues to how planets were formed; quarrying marble and granite; blasting at a sand-and-gravel pit.

Copper transports electricity, water, and heat while being essential for survival yet killing microbes; this versatile metal conducts electricity globally, revolutionizes electronics, forms plumbing pipes, creates beautiful roofs, and more.

How iron mined in Minnesota is made into steel; iron weapons revolutionize warfare; military metallurgists customize weapons and demonstrate their firepower; iron magnets.

Glass serves as one of the most versatile materials, sheathing skyscrapers, containing liquids, aiding vision, enabling high-speed communication, and providing artistic expression; heating certain rocks and minerals creates this transparent material.

Plastics are everywhere: the home, the workplace, the car, the human body, outer space, and most conspicuously, the garbage heap and landfill; join us as we review this protean substance's past and future.

Glue appears in everything from carpet to Space Shuttles and surgery; explore its trajectory from Neolithic cave dwellers using animal glue on ceremonial skulls to modern Elmer's, 3M tapes, and super glues that can lift 6,000-pound trucks.

The hidden uses of grease inside giant machines; how grease is made in a New York factory; new advances are working towards for grease.

Water exists in three forms at same temperature as nature's powerful landscape carver and life supporter; explore its multidimensional character from bottled water industry to nuclear reactors, irrigation systems, and artistic fountain displays.

Geological history from the Stone Age to the Space Age; moon rocks provide clues to how planets were formed; quarrying marble and granite; blasting at a sand-and-gravel pit.

Copper transports electricity, water, and heat while being essential for survival yet killing microbes; this versatile metal conducts electricity globally, revolutionizes electronics, forms plumbing pipes, creates beautiful roofs, and more.

How iron mined in Minnesota is made into steel; iron weapons revolutionize warfare; military metallurgists customize weapons and demonstrate their firepower; iron magnets.

Glass serves as one of the most versatile materials, sheathing skyscrapers, containing liquids, aiding vision, enabling high-speed communication, and providing artistic expression; heating certain rocks and minerals creates this transparent material.

Plastics are everywhere: the home, the workplace, the car, the human body, outer space, and most conspicuously, the garbage heap and landfill; join us as we review this protean substance's past and future.

Glue appears in everything from carpet to Space Shuttles and surgery; explore its trajectory from Neolithic cave dwellers using animal glue on ceremonial skulls to modern Elmer's, 3M tapes, and super glues that can lift 6,000-pound trucks.

The hidden uses of grease inside giant machines; how grease is made in a New York factory; new advances are working towards for grease.

Water exists in three forms at same temperature as nature's powerful landscape carver and life supporter; explore its multidimensional character from bottled water industry to nuclear reactors, irrigation systems, and artistic fountain displays.

Geological history from the Stone Age to the Space Age; moon rocks provide clues to how planets were formed; quarrying marble and granite; blasting at a sand-and-gravel pit.