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… Building Suburbia: Highways and Housing in Postwar America yes Photo caption This abstract composition by Richard Diebenkorn illustrates the transformation of postwar America by automobiles and highways, as well as housing. …
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… long service to his country in the French and Indian Wars and the Revolution. Washington lost many battles but …
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… seeking greater colonial unity in anticipation of a war with France for North American territory. Background By … nations became entangled in those European colonial wars that were waged in North America; they also fought to …
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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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… to important 20th-century themes like the New Deal, World War II, Civil Rights, and redlining encourages students to … marketing campaign aimed to capitalize on the postwar housing shortage by providing an affordable, …
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… accusations (but probably more so by the stalemated war in Korea), the Republican Party won control of both … in Washington gave McCarthy new prestige and power. He was awarded the chair of the Permanent Subcommittee on …
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… conversation with the American people. During World War II, she took an active role in programs for European … of the critical events of the twentieth century: two World Wars, the founding of the United Nations, the rise of the …
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… trade with Europeans beginning in the 17th century, war with other tribes, and displacement through treaties … to the east, south, and west after 1687. During their wars with the Iroquois, the Ojibwe moved down both sides of …
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… pose questions about human nature, civilization, and evil. War is raging in the outside world and it does not take long … of law and authority, and the apparent inevitability of war. The Internet provides many websites dealing with the …
Media Resource
… relocation, and internment of civilians during World War II....these actions were carried out without adequate … sabotage, and were motivated largely by racial prejudice, wartime hysteria, and a failure of political leadership." …
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… official pronouncements of emancipation fit into Lincoln's war plans? What do they reveal about his struggle to attract … define and exert his leadership in the crisis of the Civil War? How significant has it become in our view of him as a …
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… American political concerns between 1800 and 1807. In 1803 war once again broke out between France and Great Britain, … a brief interlude, Britain and France once again moved towards war by April 1803. The United States initially profited from these Napoleonic Wars, but by 1805 they began to pose significant challenges …
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… in most cases this will mean choosing a topic in postwar American history. Some broad topics in this time period … Civil Rights Movement, or that a cousin served in the Gulf War. Or the list might suggest a different topic about which …
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… days of his first administration to the dark days of World War II. He used these opportunities to explain his hopes and … power of FDR's speeches and their words, see: Between The Wars: Franklin Roosevelt as a Communicator on the …
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… citizens and government of the United States. In times of war or imminent danger, how do you balance the need for … 16, 1797, expressing his concern about the possibility of war with France and dissension at home caused by France and …
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… it? As the United States apprehensively approached World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt listed four American … Roosevelt alerted Congress to the necessity of an impending war in January 1941, he identified four ideas—freedom of …
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… it does discuss other Faulkner novels), the section Civil War discusses representations of the Civil War in literature in a manner immediately relevant to the …
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… Campaigns: The Quest for Social Justice in the Interwar Years (grades 9-12) Media Resource: W.E.B. Du Bois … How do residents of Corbin feel their town should move forward to become a more inclusive place for Black people? …
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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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… 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 . Preparation Review the …
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… It begins with a broad overview of the map of World War II in Europe, continues with a look at what happened to … her diary as practice for her future career, a means toward personal development and an attempt to keep up her …
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… tells the story of former Confederate soldier Ethan Edwards and his nephew, Martin, as they spend several years … interest in the stories of the West. Following the Civil War and the rapid expansion of the railroads, the cattle …
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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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… Polo returned to Italy, he found himself involved in a war fought between Venice and Genoa. For more details about the long history of war between Venice and Genoa, visit The Four Genoa Wars , a website available via the EDSITEment-approved …
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… celebrate the abolition of slavery following the U.S. Civil War. Over the years the Statue has become much more. It is … with the Statue of Liberty? Why are so many people aware of what it represents? Kid-friendly background …
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… ibis bird is said to have predicted the oba 's defeat in a war with a neighboring people. His advisers agreed that the war should be called off. But Esigie refused. This kind of … What might the people have thought if he had then lost the war? Esigie wanted to remind everyone of his daring. He …
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… motive for the checks and balances system was animosity toward George III. Suspicions about the potential abuse of … of the system, arranged in a coherent and straightforward fashion. While the Avalon Project is a more …
Closer Readings Post
… in the field, too. In Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War, he observed the bad habits writers can commit while … minutiae of quiet farm life during the turmoil of world war. Heitman writes: “The homely reports from White’s farm …
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… Commons From about 1830 to the beginning of the Civil War, it is estimated that 100,000 slaves escaped from their … term for an enslaved person running away from bondage toward freedom is a “freedom-seeker.” The terms “fugitive,” …