U.S. History
American History: Warren Harding Wins Election of 1920
STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION — American history in VOA Special English. This week in our series, Doug Johnson and Shirley Griffith discuss the presidential election of nineteen twenty and the man who won, Warren Harding. DOUG JOHNSON: The presidential election of nineteen twenty was a turning point in American politics. [...]
The Story of Radio
STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the history of radio and the latest technology. (MUSIC) SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Our story begins in Britain in eighteen seventy-three. A scientist named James Maxwell wrote a mathematical theory about a kind of energy. He called this energy electromagnetic waves. [...]
American History Series: The United States Turns Inward After World War One
MARIO RITTER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION — American history in VOA Special English. The years after World War One were an important turning point in the making of the American nation. The country turned away from the problems of Europe. Now it would deal with problems of its own. This week in [...]
