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Digital History

Digital History: 'Sink or Swim, With Ngo Dinh Diem' [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
After the French left Vietnam, there was a void that was filled by anti-Communist Ngo Dinh Diem. Read about the excesses his government carried out against suspected communists, and the excesses carried out by North Vietnamese leader, Ho...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Samuel Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview on the early American radical, Samuel Adams, a political organizer who called for American independence.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: George Washington as Chairman

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the significant contributions of George Washington and his importance as an early leader in forming the U.S. government.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Religion and the New Republic: Emergence of the African American Church

For Students 9th - 10th
This government site from the Library of Congress summarizes the founding of the African Methodist church in the early U.S. Topic is included in larger section, so readers must scroll down part way to the heading "The Emergence of the...
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Digital History

Digital History: The Struggle for Public Schools

For Students 9th - 10th
The ideal of public education has been one in the United States from the very earliest settlements. Read two teachers' view of the state of education as they taught in the early 1800s. Find out who supported the idea of free schooling...
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US Department of State

Info Usa: Foreign Trade and Global Economic Policies

For Students 9th - 10th
U.S. foreign trade and global economic policies have changed direction dramatically during the more than two centuries that the United States has been a country. In the early days of the nation's history, government and business mostly...
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Travel Document Systems

Tds: Nigeria: History

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the early history of Nigeria and the kingdoms that existed there. However, the majority of the article focuses on the problems Nigeria has faced since independence in establishing a democratic government. Information is from...
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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: From Political Liberty to Social Freedom

For Students 9th - 10th
In the early stages of the new nation's government the members of Congress sought to protect the citizens from political tyranny. Social freedoms emerged in the twentieth century when FDR begged for economic protection of U.S. citizens.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Second Great Awakening

For Students 9th - 10th
This university site offers a detailed summary the U.S. religious revival called the Second Great Awakening. Looks at various religious movements in the early United States.
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Connecticut Constitution, 1639 1789

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Develops the concept of "constitutionalism" as related to the U.S. Constitution and Connecticut's role in the Constitutional Congress and Convention. An overview of Connecticut's colonial history, and judicial origins and organization,...
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Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society: Victor Berger, 1860 1929

For Students 9th - 10th
Victor Berger was a Wisconsin Socialist elected to both the U.S. House of Representatives and to Congress in the early twentieth century. Berger was a vocal opponent of World War I, which put him into disfavor with the government. Berger...