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Blue Shoe Guide: The Nineteenth Amendment & the War of the Roses

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides historical and biographical information about the fight in Tennessee to ratify the 19th Amendment.
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Women in History: Carrie Chapman Catt

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site's biographical sketch of Carrie Chapman Catt includes facts, accomplishments, and links to web sites for further research.
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Black Baltimore 1870 1920: The Fifteenth Amendment Parade and Celebration

For Students 3rd - 8th
Contains a great picture and description of the Fifteenth Amendment parade that was held in Baltimore, to emphasize its importance. Provides links to other civil rights articles.
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Other

The Susan B. Anthony House

For Students 9th - 10th
A visit to the house where Susan B. Anthony lived in her later years is very informative. The resource also offers a virtual tour.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: 1990 Black Heritage Series: Ida B. Wells Issue

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1990 to commemorate Ida B. Wells, one of the founders of the NAACP. With a short passage on her life and contributions to ending discrimination against women and African-Americans.
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Lucretia Mott

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame offers a brief biography on the life of Quaker abolitionist and women's rights advocate, Lucretia Mott.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Susan B. Anthony

For Students 3rd - 8th
A biography of the passionate Susan B. Anthony. What accomplishments of hers forever changed the path of the United States?
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Trial of Susan B. Anthony

For Students 9th - 10th
Arrested for "illegal voting", suffragist Susan B. Anthony was put on trial, which is chronicled here using historical documents, testimony, and primary source material.
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American Bar Association

American Bar Association: How the Law Regulates Who May Vote

For Teachers 7th - 9th
A lesson plan that includes a handout and various follow-up activities for middle schoolers. The lesson is described here and a link is provided for downloading the lesson plan and handout.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Ending of Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 10th
In the 1870's, violent opposition in the South and the North's retreat from its commitment to equality, resulted in the end of Reconstruction. By 1876, the nation was prepared to abandon its commitment to equality for all citizens...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This comprehensive lesson plan examines at the Chautauqua phenomenon in the early 20th century with looks at topics such as World War I, women's suffrage, the Progressive Era, and science and technology. Discussion questions are...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: After Shays' Rebellion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson on the aftermath of Shays' Rebellion as a reflection of the republican nature of American government and the right to vote. Includes primary resources with background information and strategies for analysis.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Texas in Transition: Railroads, Oil, and the Rise of Urban Texas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A collection of lesson plans that explore the changes that have taken place in Texas as a result of the railroad and oil industries. There are case studies of the impact of urbanization on six Texas cities, as well as online exhibits on...
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Race and Voting in the Segregated South

For Students 9th - 10th
Article and activity in which students read and analyze the historic challenges faced by African Americans as they sought to gain an unimpeded right to vote in the segregated South followed by activity asking students to evaluate current...
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US National Archives

Docsteach: From Dred Scott to Civil Rights Act of 1875: Eighteen Years of Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott decision that African-Americans were not citizens of the United States. Yet within 18 years, Black Americans would not only have citizenship, but would be guaranteed the right to...
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Reconstruction and Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Historical documents give evidence to the question of rights in the South following the Civil War. Historical narratives and government reports tell of giving the male slaves the right to vote and hold office while denying these rights...
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The Dirksen Congressional Center

Dirksen Congressional Center:congress for Kids: Introduction to the Constitution

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore the history of the United States Constitution: information about the writing the Constitution, the Great Compromise, the Constitution's signers, the Bill of Rights, the Amendments to the Constitution, federal powers, checks and...
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The Dirksen Congressional Center

Congress for Kids: Elections

For Students 3rd - 5th
One of the greatest rights of the American People is the right to vote for the candidate of their choice. Take a look at how this process works at this resource. Information is provided on Election Day, Voting, Election of the President,...
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Savvas Learning

Pearson: Government by the People

For Students 3rd - 8th
An easy to follow flow chart that shows how the term "Government by the people," has changed over the years. Make sure to click on each box of information to get a more in depth description.
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Digital History

Digital History: America's Reconstruction: Rights and Power

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about Reconstruction, the United States Government, slavery, and civil rights.
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University of Oxford (UK)

American National Biography: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, woman suffragist and writer of the 1800s.
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University of Pennsylvania

Celebration of Women Writers: English Laws for Women

For Students 9th - 10th
Electronic text of the 1854 document, "English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century" written by Caroline Norton. Part of a collection of works by women.
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University of Missouri

Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Select Hot Constitutional Issues

For Students 9th - 10th
Among other issues considered, Hot Constitutional Issues probes into the constitutionality of giving Washington, D.C. a vote in the House of Representatives, raised in 2009.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Separate Is Not Equal: White Only

For Students 9th - 10th
This section from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History's exhibition Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education gives the history of Jim Crow laws and how they affected not only the voting rights of...

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