Digital History
Digital History: The Formative Decade
The first decade of the new American nation saw much development and progress, but there was still contention about what the national government's role would be. Read about the differing views of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton.
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America First Party
The official homepage of the America First Party provides information about its platform and politics. What the party finds newsworthy is also revealing.
Digital History
Digital History: Margaret Chase Smith: The Conscience of the Senate
Margaret Chase Smith was the first woman elected to both houses of Congress. She was the first woman to enter the Senate without being appointed to the position. During World War II, she was the only civilian woman to go to sea in a Navy...
Siteseen
Siteseen: Government and Constitution: The Federalists
Fun facts and an overview of the Federalists, the first American political party and formed by Alexander Hamilton, the Secretary of the Treasury, John Adams, and Gouverneur Morris.
BBC
Bbc News: Rwandan Ruling Party Wins Election
The ruling party of Rwanda was elected in the first election since the 1994 genocide killings. Paul Kagame remains as president with a resounding victory. However, there are strong questions and concerns as to how democratic the election...
Library of Congress
Loc: Puerto Rico at Dawn of the Modern Age
This site provides a collection that portrays the early history of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico through first-person accounts, political writings, and histories drawn from the Library of Congress.
Curated OER
Cbc.ca: Hard Times Striking Back
During the Great Depression in Canada, the country and its people saw social unrest increase and the emergence of new political parties take place.
Other
Republican Party: Our History
Read the first few paragraphs of this article to find out about the formation of the Republican Party in 1854 and how it affected the political scene in the last part of the 1850s.
BBC
Bbc News: Remembering the Thatcher Era
This site from the British Broadcasting Corporation provides BBC's 20th anniversary retrospective on Margaret Thatcher's rise to power as the first woman Prime Minister of Great Britain. This articles is written by her former press...
Curated OER
Cbc: African National Congress Spinoff Party Chooses Presidential Candidate
Unhappy members of the ruling African National Congress broke away to form South Africa's new COPE party. The party chose its first presidential candidate, Bishop Mvume Dandala who will run for the parliamentary election on April 22/09....
Other
Fac: Curfews, Loitering, and Freedom of Association
This detailed article offers a well-documented overview of this constitutional freedom, as well as an FAQ section and additional cases and resources focused specifically on this aspect of the First Amendment. (Published Sept. 16, 2002 /...
National Women's Hall of Fame
Women of the Hall: Geraldine Ferraro
Read about the life of the first woman to be nominated by a major political party for the candidacy of Vice President of the United States. Inducted into the Woman's Hall of Fame in 1994.
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: From Bullets to Ballots Chapter 7
The Republicans did not conquer their first election in the House in the 1792 election. Foreign affairs of the United States with both France and England hindered the success of the Republicans. This is explained in Chapter 7 from...
Geographyiq
Geography Iq: Venezuela Historical Highlights
Examines highlights of the political conditions and history of Venezuela from the first colony established in 1522 to the election of 2004.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Preston Manning
Provides background and political information about Preston Manning. Explains how he came to be the first leader of the Reform Party of Canada.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Afrikaners
The Afrikaners are descendants, to a great extent, of Dutch, German, and French Huguenot settlers, and, to a lesser extent, of English, Scottish, Irish, and other settlers of South Africa. The Dutch language of the first White settlers...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: David Ben Gurion
Biography of David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973 CE), the first Prime Minister of Israel in 1948. His political career is discussed in-depth.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Geraldine Ferraro
Biographical sketch of the first woman vice-presidential candidate on a national party ticket in America.
New York Times
New York Times: Rwanda to Elect President for 1st Time Since Killings
[Free Registration/Login Required] An account of the events leading up to the first presidential election in Rwanda since 1994. Paul Kagame is the obvious leader, but there are questions and actions which make one wonder how democratic...
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Cape Verde: History
Learn about the ups and downs in Cape Verde's history, first as a Portuguese colony, then as a people seeking independence from Portugal. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
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Electoral Reform Society
This British website is home to a not-for-profit group promoting alternative democratic voting systems. Students studying representative government can examine if Canada's current First-Past-the-Post system best suits Canada's changing...
BBC
Bbc News: Russian Ex President Yeltsin Dies
Information about the death of Russia's first President, Boris Yeltsin. Provides highlights of his political career including his banning of the Communist Party in the early 1990s. (4/23/07)
Curated OER
Photograph of Kim Campbell
A brief biography of one of Canada's most important women political figures, Kim Campbell. The biography profiles Campbell's many firsts, from first woman Minister of National Defense to first woman elected leader of the PC party to...