U.S. History - VOA Learning English

Presidents’ Day in the US - February 14, 2024

Americans Observe Memorial Day - May 25, 2023

Independence Day Has Been a Time to Celebrate and to Think - July 02, 2021

Memorial Day in America - May 27, 2021

No Thanks: Native Americans Mark Thanksgiving With Sadness - November 26, 2019

Enslaved African Muslims Helped Build America - January 29, 2019

What Is Gerrymandering and Why Is It Important? - December 20, 2018

How the United States Decides How Many Lawmakers to Send to Congress - December 19, 2018

What Is the US House of Representatives? - December 13, 2018

What Is the Senate? - December 07, 2018

How Laws Are Made in the US - November 30, 2018

Built, Burned, Bakery: A Short History of the US Capitol Building - November 23, 2018

What Is the US Capitol Building? - November 14, 2018

U.S. Congress Explained - November 09, 2018

US Supreme Court Rules Same-Sex Marriage Is Legal in 2015 - August 22, 2018

Is Burning the American Flag Legal? - July 31, 2018

Roe v. Wade Aimed to Settle Dispute About Abortion. It Didn't. - July 17, 2018

What Happens If You Are Arrested in the U.S. - June 18, 2018

Mixed-Race Marriage Was Illegal in the U.S. Until 1967 - June 18, 2018

Can the Media Criticize Government Officials? - June 08, 2018

What 'Separation Between Church and State' Means - May 22, 2018

Brown Versus Board of Education Helps Launch Civil Rights Movement - May 11, 2018

Brown Versus Board of Education Helps Launch Civil Rights Movement - May 11, 2018

How the Supreme Court Makes Decisions - April 15, 2018

The Unique Invention of the US President - January 18, 2018

Native People Fight to Keep Hair Long - January 12, 2018

US Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Honored - January 11, 2018

Bill Clinton: Survivor - December 14, 2017

Jimmy Carter: Outsider - November 22, 2017

Newly Found Painting Shows George Washington's Army Tent - November 17, 2017

America Celebrates Veterans Day - November 09, 2017

Richard Nixon: Resigned - November 09, 2017

Tecumseh: Tribal Leader Who Fought American Expansion - November 08, 2017

The True Story of Pocahontas - November 08, 2017

Lyndon Johnson: Complicated - November 02, 2017

Secret Kennedy Assassination Files Release, But Some Withheld - October 27, 2017

John Kennedy: Young - October 26, 2017

Benjamin Harrison: Grandson - August 03, 2017

Grover Cleveland: Repeated - July 28, 2017

Chester A. Arthur: Surprisingly Good - July 20, 2017

Rutherford B. Hayes: Middle-of-the-Road - July 05, 2017

Ulysses S. Grant: Well-Meaning - June 28, 2017

Andrew Johnson: Impeached - June 23, 2017

Abraham Lincoln: Martyr (Part Three) - June 14, 2017

Abraham Lincoln: Martyr (Part Two) - June 09, 2017

Abraham Lincoln: Martyr - June 02, 2017

James Buchanan: Passive - May 26, 2017

Franklin Pierce: Ineffective - May 19, 2017

Millard Fillmore: Forgotten - May 11, 2017

James Polk: Dark Horse - May 01, 2017