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American History: Outlines: Panama and Nafta
Brief description of Panama and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiated by President George Bush and ratified during the Clinton administration.
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American History: Outlines: Third Party and Independent Candidates
Outline of the party system in the U.S. Describes the history and organization of the two party system and how it has been inlfuenced by third party and independent candidates.
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American History: Outlines: A New Presidency
A brief description of Bill Clinton presidency ushering in the 21st Century.
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American History: Outlines: Launching a New Domestic Policy
Brief outline of domestic policy during the the Clinton years.
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American History: Outlines: The American Economy in the 1990s
Brief discussion of the economic changes brought about by new technologies in the 1990s.
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American History: Outlines: The Election of 1996 and the Political Aftermath
Brief article discusses the second election of Bill Clinton and the political turmoil that followed.
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American History: Outlines: American Foreign Relations in the Clinton Years
Overview of American foreign relations during the Clinton Administration.
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American History: Outlines: Presidential Election of 2000 and the War on Terror
This article discusses the highly contested presidential election of 2000, George W. Bush Administration policies, and the changes brought about by the War on Terror.
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American History: Outlines: The 2004 Presidential Election
Overview of the presidential contest between John Kerry and George W. Bush.
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American History: Essays: Viking Settlement and the Mandans
Essay investigating the migration and settlement of Eurasion tribal groups across the Atlantic ocean to North America.
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American History: Essays: Development of the Indigenous Tribes
Essay on the development of early indigenous tribes in the Americas. Author discusses how tribal culture developed in South America prior to Columbus.
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American History: Essays: Appearance of Settled & More Highly Structured Groups
Essay on pre-Columbian cultures of the Americas and the development of a more structured and hierarchical society as populations grew and tools became more advanced.
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American History: Essays: Communitarian Way of Life
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: The Debate Over the Morality Question
Essay discussion about the 15th Century debate that went on among Europeans during the time of conquest concerning the morality of conquering the indigenous American people.
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American History: Essays: The Quest for Land
Essay discussing the morality of conquest as European quest for land beginning in late 15th Century resulted in oppression and injustice of the Native American people.
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American History: Essays: Pattern of Exploraiton and Annihilation
Poignant account of the decimation of indigenous peoples in both South and North America during the 16th and 17th Centuries.
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American History: Essays: Resisting the European Onslaught
Essay on the efforts to resist European control and conquest. Powerful quote from Sconondoa, elder Oneida chief, as he tries to rally Native American tribes to unify and fight back against the Europeans.
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American History: Essays: Jefferson's Attitude Toward the Indigenous Peoples
Essay on the attitude Thomas Jefferson held about the Native Americans. Includes quotes from Jefferson's writings describing his thoughts on enslavement and treatment of indigenous peoples of the Americas.
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American History: Essays: Democratic Radicals
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: European Conquest & Commerce in Africa
Essay outlines European conquest beginning with the Portuguese settlement at Cape Verde and traces the development of commerce leading to the slave trade in regions of Africa and the New World.
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American History: Essays: Portugal & Spain: Quest for Monopoly in the East
Essay on Spain and Portugal quest for control of trade, exploration and colonization, and their eventual displacement by Northern Europeans.
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American History: Essays: Right of Occupancy in North America
Essay on how the Dutch laid claim to Manhattan Island and Albany, home to indigenous peoples, establishing themselves in banking, insurance and shipbuilding.
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American History: Essays: Conflict for Sovereignty in N. Amer. Continued
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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American History: Biographies: Andrew Jackson: The Creek War 1813 1814
Resource provides a brief biography of Andrew Jackson with emphasis on the Creek War (1813-1814).