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American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: Main Events of the Twentieth Century

For Students 9th - 10th
This last section of an extensive essay about the railroad in United States history discusses the role of the railroad in the 20th century.
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American History: Presidents: Lincoln's Last Speech

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This American History site provides the text of Abraham Lincoln's last speech given on April 11, 1865.
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American History: Biographies: Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908 1973)

For Students 9th - 10th
A political biography of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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American History: Outlines: Taxing and Representation

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes why the colonies objected to being taxed directly by Parliament for revenue. Contains quotes by James Otis and Samuel Adams. Explains the significance of the Stamp Act.
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American History: Documents: Excerpts From "The Fugitive Slave Act"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site titled, "From Revolution to Reconstruction," provides excerpts from the text of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, part of the Compromise of 1850.
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American History: Essays: Europe's North South Conflicts Reach the Americas

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay detailing early English and French exploration and settlement in the New World to challenge Spanish control.
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American History: Essays: Communitarian Way of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion on the decentralized nature of the indigenous populations and their desire, as opposed to Europeans, to live in self-sustaining communities without surplus of wealth.
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American History: Essays: Democratic Radicals

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay on the ideological conflict over democracy, equality and what it meant to be a "democratic radical" in Revolutionary America.
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American History: Essays: Conflict for Sovereignty in N. Amer. Continued

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay outlines the continued tension between England, Spain and other European nations in their quest for power. The British claim sovereignty over North America.
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Revolution to Reconstruction:court Architecture and the Development of Democracy

For Students 1st - 9th
Article on the ways in which Colonial court architecture contributed to and fostered the notion of community and democracy.
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American History: Documents: John Dickenson's Letter 2 From a Farmer 1767 1768

For Students 9th - 10th
This letter, from a farmer in 1767, addresses his conceerns regarding the Townshend Duties and their effect on the colonies as a whole.
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American History: Outlines: Early American and Colonial Period to 1776

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Background information about the literary traditions of the pre-Colonial and Colonial period. Includes information about Native American oral traditions and Native American cultures. Follow the links to the Early American era and to...
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American History: Essays: Society After the Louisiana Purchase

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay outlines events before and after the Louisiana Purchase from Jefferson convincing the French to cede New Orleans in 1803, to the expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804.
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American History: Outlines: Machines and Science Help Farmers

For Students 9th - 10th
Interresting site from the University of Groningen explaining the incredible impact of machines and technology on developing resources and improving agriculture.
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American History: Outlines: Agriculture Rules the South

For Students 9th - 10th
The essay describes the devlopment of the Southern colonies as agricultural centers and the cultural aspects associated with rural, agricultural life.
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American History: Essays: Failure of West Indian Company Farming

For Students 9th - 10th
Chronicles the begining of company farming in the United States and what led to its faliure. Click on "next" at the bottom of each page to get more of this essay. In-depth information.
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American History: Outlines: Kennedy and the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about President John F. Kennedy, the Cold War, and the Cuba Missile Crisis.
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American History: Essays: American Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Groningen provides a ten page essay on the nature of the American Revolution. Content includes a focus on events which led up to the revolution, and an analysis of the revolution itself.
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American History: Essays: The Seven Years War

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes events causing the Seven Years' War, which resulted mainly from quarrels over trading rights in the Ohio Valley. It goes on to briefly describe the series of four wars fought between the French and the British.
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American History: Essays: Central Banking in the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay gives a background to understand the controversy surrounding the creation of a central bank in the United States.
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American History: Outlines: The Land Is Settled

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief look at the founding of the English colonies. This site is provided for by the University of Groningen.
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American History: Outlines: Imagist Ezra Pound

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the University of Groningen provides a good exposition of the well known imagist poet, Ezra Pound. Includes links to T.S. Eliot and W. C. Williams.
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American History: Outlines: Hungary and Suez Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Groningen summarizes political turning points of 1956, giving detail on the Soviet and American political desires shown in their responses to Israel's attack of Egypt.
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American History: Outlines: Eugene O'neill

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for in the "From Revolution to Reconstruction" section of the University of Groningen, gives a biography of O'Neill in terms of his works.