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Women actively participated in shaping the nascent film industry of the early twentieth century, both as screen stars and behind the camera. But why is this history missing from our understanding…
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The Religious Worlds of New York summer institute helps K-12 teachers teach creatively and effectively about religious diversity, with an emphasis on everyday faith community life. Participants…
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… of the world. They then reflect on masking behavior in American society, such as at Halloween and in the circus. … is allowed to communicate with the people, as in many American Indian and African societies. Of course, masks can …
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… Eventually his career took him to Cuba to cover the revolution there. He became friends with Fidel Castro and …
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… life, and this has been the case since the Industrial Revolution, the historical moment when Shelley wrote the …
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… former aide-de-camp and secretary to Washington during the Revolution, had…become a powerful political figure…. There … of the United States has become an iconic document for many Americans, who may with difficulty imagine real people …
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… were deteriorating. President John Adams wanted to preserve American neutrality in conflicts between Britain and France. … at the threshold, necessarily drive these States into revolution and blood, and will furnish new calumnies against …
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… former aide-de-camp and secretary to Washington during the Revolution, had … become a powerful political figure … There … of the United States has become an iconic document for many Americans, who may with difficulty imagine real people …
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… the most hotly debated issues during the formation of the American government -- how much power the federal government … The Articles served to unify the colonies through the Revolution, but as the new states tried to recover from the …
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… the beliefs and methods of each man by studying his role in American diplomatic history and his statements. Preparation … content but to show that the question of recognizing the revolutionary governments of Spanish America was under …
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… published had been true. In the period leading up to the American Revolution, patriots protested against the provision in the …
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… Museum The interactive Map: Woman Suffrage (on Women in American History , an online exhibit of Britannica.com, a … team 05/20/19 Progressive Era (1890-1920) Constitution/Law Revolution and Resistance Voting Women’s History Landmarks …
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… divides that formed the fermenting mixture that led to revolution half a century later. For information on the life …
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Creative Spaces/Contested Spaces: Reinterpreting Italian American Public Art in New York City is an exploration of Italian American public art that examines how monuments and landmarks are created…
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… is the federal government justified in using force against American citizens? Content Standards NCSS.D2.His.1.9-12. … team 12/15/19 Early Republic (1790-1820) President Revolution and Resistance …
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… One of the most persistent and overarching complaints the American colonists had about the rule of the British … that have already covered the causes of the American Revolution and the basics of the three branches of our …
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… The second grievance echoes a familiar cry from the American Revolution, "No taxation without representation." The third …
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… the early nineteenth century, and Britain in the age of the American Revolution—had come apart once they had served their …
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… social changes taking place as a result of the industrial revolution. How might these changes have affected adherents' … following four images, all available from The Smithsonian American Art Museum or the National Gallery of Art: Martha …
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… in the Visual Arts … yes Basket of Clams by Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Photo caption "Basket of Clams" by … investigating the rise of Neoclassicism and the French Revolution or an introduction to Romantic painting in a …
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… begin writing fiction. Between 1888 and his death Chekhov revolutionized two narrative forms, the short story and the … (New York: Macmillan, 1922), 63–78. (Available through the American Libraries Collection , Internet Archive. This …
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… to achieve objectives that would not only protect the American nation from aggression but also would permanently … data. For presidential speeches especially, see From Revolution to Reconstruction, and what happened afterwards . …
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… in Marbury v. Madison , 1803 Who was the most influential American of the founding era of the United States: George … by James Otis in the period leading up to the American Revolution. A relatively minor lawsuit led to one of the …
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… Williams Walt Whitman sought to create a new and distinctly American form of poetry. As he declared in Democratic Vistas … from The Academy of American Poets 's essay The Modernist Revolution: Make It New! : "William Carlos Williams wrote in …
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… the Annals of Congress, on the EDSITEment-reviewed website American Memory , the earliest mention of the Cumberland … seemed to have played a role early in the transportation revolution of improving the quality of economic and social …
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… plan developed by the Library of Congress as part of the American Memory Collection, American Life Histories, 1936-40 … Environmental Movement The Malling of America The Computer Revolution 1980s The Gulf War Medical Breakthroughs: AIDS, …
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… of patriotism in a generation too young to remember the Revolution. When [Francis Scott] Key declared that “our flag … Nation", The Star Spangled Banner . Prior to 1814, other American symbols were more prominent than the American flag. …
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… was included in the Bill of Rights was that, during the American Revolution, King George had prevented the publication of …
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… various alternatives for securing civil rights for black Americans in a self-governing society. Background If … team 05/13/19 Civil Rights (1945-1970) African American Revolution and Resistance …
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… Gilbert Stuart, available through the EDSITEment-reviewed American Memory . Despite similar poses, these portraits are … Roosevelt resigned from the Daughters of the American Revolution in protest of its refusal to allow African …