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American Revolution Tops 200 Years Of U S History
A 272 person AP poll finds the American Revolution voted the top story in 200 years of U.S. history with 245 editors and directors listing it first. The survey ranks drafting the Constitution second and the Civil War third, with World War II, the moon landing and atomic energy also high. The piece notes many 20th century events, debates over method, and lists the top 20 stories with detailed context for each.
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Sid Moody
AP Newsfeatures
United States
Associated Press
América
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Ford
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Thomas Edison
Vietnam
Franklin Roosevelt
Wright Brothers
Louisiana Purchase
Ehough
Judicial Review of the Constitution
Supreme Court
John Marshall
Eli Whitney
John Deere
Cyrus McCormick
Tme
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Andrew Jackson
America
United Nations
Great Britain
London
Britain
American
Washington
Paris
George III
John Adams
North
Lincoln
Fort Sumter
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Pearl Harbor
Russia
Germany
Japan
Italy
Neil Armstrong
Edward Aldrin
Atomic Energy
Columbia College
Enrico Fermi
New Mexico
Wall Street
Plains States
Spiro Agrew
Europe
Woodrow Wilson