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… were expected to compose poetry as part of their rigorous civil service testing in7th and 8th century China, placing … or power was to spend years studying for the demanding civil service test. So important was this opportunity that … became a broader base of social mobility than the civil service examination might allow. In court, and …
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… funds for national defense or for an army in time of war is much easier if a national bank exists. For example, a … which Madison considered unconstitutional, to elapse. The War of 1812 created a new need for the bank, but the …
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… American political concerns between 1790 and 1800. In 1793 war broke out between Revolutionary France and Great … response to the 1793 outbreak of the French Revolutionary wars President George Washington chose to take a position of …
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… as ammunition, tanks, airplanes, trucks, and food to the war effort in Europe without violating America's official … participation—directly or indirectly—in any of these wars; and since I do not intend to take "the last step" in …
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… Highsmith (photographer) / Library of Congress Mesopotamian civilizations first began making small glass objects around … glass) in Renaissance ecclesiastical architecture. Towards the end of the 19th century, rolled plate glass …
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… Activity 1. America's Centennial and the Pedestal Fund As a warm-up exercise, and to establish the meaning of the statue … 25 million immigrants to U.S. in the 50 years after the Civil War Poor housing in cities and city services unable to …
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… Edward Hopper's House by the Railroad: From Painting to Poem … an Industrial Revolution? Americans at Work Before the Civil War " and " Was There an Industrial Revolution? New …
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… he must be both gentle and brutal, at once straightforward and designing, capable of both caution and surprise, … a movement among some disaffected soldiers to circumvent civilian authority. Preparation Instructions Review the …
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… United States foreign policy posed by the outbreak of the wars of the French Revolution. Was the U.S. alliance with …
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… yes Photo caption NEH sponsored National History Day awards given to NEH Scholars. National History Day Tess … Center for Learning and Digital Access use EDSITEment’s award-winning library of lesson plans, documentaries, and …
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… more extensive background, click Socrates from Ethics of Civilization by Sanderson Beck , which includes a comparison …
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… Council members in 1907. Courtesy New York Public Library . Civil Rights Fiction Landmarks Digital Media Content … a place. What other historical places are they not aware of? What other historical places can they engage with …
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… affairs in the years since the end of the Great War and beyond. In this lesson, students read the words and … the complementary EDSITEment lesson U.S. Entry into World War I: A Documentary Chronology . Content Standards …
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… of rival claimants to the English throne, and the bloody civil war that comes of their fight for power. Scott and Delacroix …
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… history we can establish a connection between these ancient civilizations and the youngest writers. We can show them …
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… the building of churches almost never kept up with this westward movement. This did not, however, result in a wholesale … explores how religion aided and hindered the American war effort; specifically, it explores how Anglican loyalists …
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… (revolutionary) history. Media Resource : The Papers of the War Department : The project gives users free access to over 42,000 War Department documents that date from 1784 to 1800. The …
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… centered on the discontent women felt over their legal and civil status in America. While sitting at the Hunts' tea … document calling for American women to be extended the same civil and political rights that American men enjoyed, … rhetorical features. Have student compare arguments put forward in the Declaration of Sentiments document to the …
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… yes Photo caption "The Attack Upon the Chew House" by Howard Pyle. Wikimedia Commons George Washington's early military career (1754-1758)—during the Seven Years' War—was not uniformly successful. In his first battle, he …
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… 16, 1797, expressing his concern about the possibility of war with France and dissension at home caused by France and … a large loan for France. The American people were incensed. War with France seemed inevitable; in fact, the U.S. is …
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… 16, 1797, expressing his concern about the possibility of war with France and dissension at home caused by France and … a large loan for France. The American people were incensed. War with France seemed inevitable; in fact, the U.S. is …
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… times and resilient triumphs. Before the upheaval of World War II, Esther had a poor but happy childhood in a farming … are featured in her art. Art and Remembrance After the war concluded in 1945, Esther reunited with Mania, and they …
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… concerned, their Empire was the greatest of all the world's civilizations. Their empire was the largest of the … things. Yellow, for example, stood for gold; red stood for warriors. Different knotted strings were tied together to …
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… Supreme Court Government Congress Civics Bill of Rights Civil Rights President Content The U.S. Constitution was … the ideas and institutions that propelled the movement forward. Media Resource: BackStory: How Reconstruction …
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… the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. … of the Act effectively ended American neutrality in World War II by essentially giving the British the badly needed …
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… 16, 1797, expressing his concern about the possibility of war with France and dissension at home caused by France and … a large loan for France. The American people were incensed. War with France seemed inevitable; in fact, the U.S. is …
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… Whose story is it? What is the relationship of the writer towards his or her characters? In their analysis of Uncle … own commentaries in order to "make observations about post-Civil War black culture, and Southern society in general, …
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… Creating the Office of the Presidency yes Photo caption Howard Chandler Christy's painting of the signing of the … s” (June 15, 1787) The power to "make" but not "declare war" (August 17, 1787) Brearly Committee recommends … executed… Section. 4. The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from …
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… British Royal Artillery during the American Revolutionary War. This opportunity, provided by Dunmore’s 1775 … person who fought for the British during the Revolutionary War would be considered free. This led to the formation of …
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… and the Soviet Union had deteriorated to the point of "cold war," while domestically the revelation that Soviet spies … in the 1930s to investigate subversives during World War II, became a permanent standing congressional committee. …