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Watch Chapter 1 of The Eugenics Crusade.

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Besides inventing Corn Flakes, John Kellogg helped promote the American Eugenics movement.

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Watch Chapter 1 of The Circus.

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Mable Stark was one of the 20th century's most famous cat trainers.

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In 1910, Charles Davenport founded Eugenics Record Office to collect human heredity data.

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How WWI transformed America through those whose participation has largely been forgotten.

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American Experience Executive Producer Mark Samels discusses the film and why we made it.

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After more than two years, thousands of American soldiers boarded ships bound for France.

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For Woodrow Wilson, the Great War was a chance for America to become a global citizen.

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Private Ralph John’s training for the Great War was two days’ practice with a rifle.

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How could President Wilson call for democracy abroad while suppressing it at home?

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How a race-car driver came to be one of the most famous fighters of the Great War.