warheads on the tip of a single missile in the nosecone. and to drive the bus over a target and send them out in a spread of independently targeted detonations where they fly over areas and drop one or two and continue to fly and drop one or two. making any attempt to shoot down the missile much less effective and making any attempt to wipe out our ability pretty strike pretty ineffective. imagine one -- one -- u.s. surfacing withe 18 missiles, each one tipped with 17 kiloton warheads. endgame. all i need is a sub and i got a dozen. all i need is a couple icbm's and i got thousands.

we deploy mirv's. the soviets are nervous. but we do not win anything because the soviets deployed mirv's. the soviets take it from 10 to 12 per missile. now it is the 1970's. what are we going to do? we can destroy each other 10, 12, 15 times. and we are not the only countries with the weapons by this point. now we have to deal with other states, and we have all that to deal with the fact that we know we can destroy each other multiple times over. and both states looking ahead going, i guess, i guess we can talk about slowing this down a little bit. which is where we will begin on monday. last class before the exam. that you should already be

studying for. study guides are on blackboard. please, please start this weekend. also by the way, remember -- 's have postedv's when the review sessions are. first one is sunday. have a nice weekend. >> join us each saturday evening at 8 p.m. and midnight eastern for classroom lectures from across the country on different topics and eras of american history. letters in history are also available as a podcast. visit our website at www.c-span.org/history/podcasts or download them from itunes. 4,200 years ago on december 18 14, the treaty of ghent was signed by negotiators from great britain and the united states, eventually bringing the war of 1812 to an end.

next on american artifacts, we visit the octagon museum and the treaty room where president madison signed the treaty on this table in 1815. we joined a tour of the museum with a group of belgians who travel to the octagon to mark the anniversary with a gift of several hybridized treaty of ghent rose plants. helene and i have the honor of being the president of the american institute of architects for 2014, which is now the steward of this historic pretty at the corner of 18th street.nd e it is the location of the signing of the treaty of ghent, and we are celebrating the 200th anniversary here today with our friends from belgium who have come to honor us with their presence.

[applause] >> of course, this is a privilege to be here and offer this special rose, that normally blooms from october to november. it has been cultivated here in america. long time,om for a for many generations to come. [applause] for thef the belgians most part had not seen it before . they were viewing the side. and the tour guide for this special the director of projects for the american institute of architects, and is himself a learned historian and a wonderful expert on the octagon and related to the aia. alexei he could go in there to -- his cloak

>> he could go in there to get his cloak and he could go in there to get his sherry, so if he had a guest he could lubricate the discussion that was going on. this is the table on which the treaty of ghent was signed, but where the treaty was kept is behind you. the americans -- >> the servants and everybody peace!" yell "peace! and everybody goes ballistic. fiddles are played. it is a huge celebration. .he house was light there was darkness all over the place. the smoldering rooms of the white house, the capitol. we gave each individual a long stemmed yellow rose as a personal takeaway, if you will,

from the event and to remind the throughout the day of shared respect and admiration and affection we have for one another and the countries and their abiding friendship. >> all weekend long, american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to show -- showcased the history of lafayette and west lafayette, indiana. to see more, go to ent.c-span.org/localcont this is american history tv on c-span3. the development of canals and railroads was important to the early growth of lafayette. depot to learn more about the role of

transportation in the city history. riverconnected the wabash with the ohio river of two toledo. it was possible to go by canal boat that entire distance. could go to the northeast, go up to new york city, or to go to the great lakes. that was significant because this was a transfer point. the farmers would bring their grain, their amylase. -- their animals. their animals could be processed here. that was significant. the slaughtered animals. they brought packing and later on to the railroad. the trains came in in the 1850's higher to the civil war -- prior to the civil war.

they went up to chicago, toledo. that is also new york. and of course, down south westward to new orleans. there were a lot of trains coming through and they were located right through the center of town. one route went directly north and south, from lafayette on 5th street to the north to chicago. the other came through at a diagonal. to the southwest. and so those trains -- they went diagonally across the city. you will see. to have hospitals on either side, fire stations on either side. if you were late, you would say the train held me up and they would believe you, because it was probably true. at one time the largest employer into the -- they movedas

their shops into lafayette. so you had railroad cars being drove here. of the people here, you had a significant bunch of people, enterprising people.