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… History in Quilts: Lone Star Quilt. Library of Congress "We Americans have adopted quilts as a symbol of what we value …
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… Martin Van Buren inherited “the severe downturn in the American economy that began in 1836.” "… [It] became Van … identified three causes of the depression that wracked the American economy during the late 1830s. First, English …
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… of individuals and undercut the nation's economy. Older Americans as a group were particularly affected by this …
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… 1943. Wikimedia Commons United States Poetry African American Content In this episode of Afropop Worldwide on the … internal migration in U.S. history, as millions of African Americans left the Jim Crow South for the northern and …
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… D. Roosevelt declared, in one of his fireside chats to the American people, "This whole nation of 130 million men, … 8, 2001, President George W. Bush called on ordinary Americans "To serve by bettering our communities and, …
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… 'Creating the Balance' on the EDSITEment resource The American President , "Madison's presidency was dominated by … drawn to the warfare just renewed by the savages (Native Americans) on one of our extensive frontiers -- a warfare …
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… handling of quilts. If possible, obtain the book The American Quilt: A History of Cloth and Comfort 1750-1950 , … ": "Ringgold's vehicle is the story quilt-a traditional American craft associated with women's communal work that …
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… Carta , the library is certainly not the only place where Americans encounter references to freedom. On radio and …
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… Dorothea Lange have embedded images of the Dust Bowl in the American consciousness. Introduce this dramatic era in our … the Dust Bowl. Help your students understand the problems Americans were facing during the Great Depression. Content …
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… medium so effective and important historically? Why were Americans willing to engage with this unseen but clearly …
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… World War I Chronology on The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History , a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed … nations, but in the judgment of this Government, loans by American bankers to any foreign nation which is at war are …
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… about the effects of slavery and Reconstruction on African Americans, and evaluate primary source documents. …
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… best secure the future safety and happiness of the young American republic. At times it seemed that the Convention … they faced in the process. They will learn why many Americans in the 1780s believed that reforms to the Articles …
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… Washington, DC, August 14, 1945. National Archives For American diplomacy, the war against Japan was not just about … Atlantic Charter, a document of far greater importance to Americans than to their British or Soviet allies. As the war …
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… 1896 on the Red Badge Home Page of the EDSITEment resource American Studies at the University of Virginia One early … The Red Badge of Courage site on the EDSITEment resource American Studies at the University of Virginia . Reading it …
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… essential that the class have a basic background in early American diplomacy. If desired, see Lesson One , above, and … if any, does the Monroe Doctrine invoke U.S. sympathy for revolutionary governments in South America? In what ways, if …
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… lesson presents the Lend-Lease program in the context of American domestic politics and foreign relations. It asks … these categories). Conclude by telling students that many Americans shared Senator Vandenburg's reluctance to enter …
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… as a monument not only to its builders but also to the American people and their government." — The Architect of … by selecting different objects from The Capitol Project of American Studies at the University of Virginia , a link from …
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… of Robert Frost from the EDSITEment-reviewed Academy of American Poets website . Read the Heath Online Instructor's … Guide: Robert Frost , a link from the Academy of American Poets. Browse the Frost Exhibit at the …
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… Carroll, available from the EDSITEment-reviewed Academy of American Poets . Give students time to read it silently on … Home Page , a link on the EDSITEment-reviewed Academy of American Poets . For more activities related to the writing …
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… Transcontinental Railroad built? How did it affect Native Americans? Other minorities? How was the environment …
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… States into the war." —The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History 2. To make the world “safe for democracy”? … the Allies could not pay back all the loans made to them by American bankers? "…We have loaned many hundreds of millions …
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… Watkins Harper In this lesson students learn about African American literacy before and immediately after Emancipation … historical facts about the pursuit of literacy by African Americans during and after slavery; identifying facts about …
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… Claudia Rankine no Photo caption Claudia Rankine American Academy of Poets, John Lucas, photographer Claudia … Madeleine Fuchs Holzer. Background Even though African Americans gained a number of constitutional rights after the …
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… Soviet advances on the Eastern front, important British-American victories in North Africa and Sicily, and the first … earlier in the four-year trench warfare of World War I. Americans had been involved in extensive World War I land …
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… of Gwendolyn Brooks from the EDSITEment reviewed Modern American Poetry website. Read the online version and listen … We Real Cool ," from the EDSITEment-reviewed The Academy of American Poets website. Browse the critical essays about "We …
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… Era (1890-1920) Civil Rights (1945-1970) African American Civil Rights Latino/a American Content This episode of the NEH-funded BackStory …
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… to the country in a televised address in which he asked the American people to support the strongest civil rights bill … devoted to telling the story of the 400 black and white Americans who risked their lives—and many endured savage …
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… were deteriorating. President John Adams wanted to preserve American neutrality in conflicts between Britain and France. … that reasonable men in 1798 could support what most modern Americans would regard as an unjust law. Students will now …
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… of many writers seeking to document the harsh realities of American life in the transition from the 19th into the 20th … students will learn the key characteristics that comprise American literary naturalism as they explore London's "To …