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The History Cat: The Jim Crow Era: The Life and Death of Jim Crow
Looks at how Southerners continued to discriminate against blacks after the Civil War through Black Codes, or Jim Crow laws, which permitted practices such as segregation in public places and requiring literacy tests in order to vote.
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The History Cat: Karl Marx: Father of Communism
Summarizes the capitalist conditions, brought on by the Industrial Revolution, that led to the fostering of the socialist ideas espoused by Karl Marx, and to the writing of The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.
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The History Cat: Christianity
Discusses the Christian religion, the province of Judea, the story of Jesus, belief system, persecution by the Romans, the spread of Christianity, and the different Christian sects that have evolved.
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The History Cat: The Beaver Wars
Discusses the wars the Iroquois fought with other tribes and with the French in the last half of the 17th century, in their efforts to win control of the fur trade. A peace treaty was signed in 1701 to end the fighting.
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The History Cat: Vasco De Gama
Vasco da Gama (this is the accepted spelling) was a Portuguese explorer from the 15th and 16th centuries who established the first trade route to India that went around the southern tip of Africa. Read about his life, his...
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The History Cat: The French Revolution: The Reign of Terror
Discusses the awful events that took place during the French Revolution with France's Reign of Terror, when Christianity was banned and even the calendar was rewritten.
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The History Cat: Age of Exploration: Christopher Columbus
The story of Christopher Columbus, of how he became an explorer, his encounter with the Arawak people in the Caribbean, and the exaggerated tales he told the King and Queen of Spain when he returned to Europe.
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The History Cat: Islamic Arts and Literature
An introduction to the art and literature that were produced during the Islamic Golden Age. A brief look at Islamic calligraphy, mosaics, geometric designs, and the story behind the 1001 Tales of the Arabian Nights.
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The History Cat: Japan and the Black Ships: The Meiji Restoration
Explains how Japan isolated itself from contact with Europe and America for two hundred years. This ended when it agreed to sign a treaty of friendship with America that was brought to Tokyo in 1853 by Commodore Matthew Perry and his...
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The History Cat: Great Escapes From East Germany
Describes a variety of unusual methods East Berliners used to try to escape over or through the Berlin Wall into West Germany.
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The History Cat: Johannes Gutenberg
The story of Johnannes Gutenberg (1398-1468), who is credited with inventing the printing press in 1450, although it was actually first invented by the Chinese hundreds of years earlier.
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The History Cat: Galileo on Trial
An explanation of the rationale behind the trial of Galileo by the Roman Catholic Inquisition for his scientific theories of heliocentrism. He was convicted of heresy and placed under house arrest, eventually confessing to his alleged...
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The History Cat: Uncovering Pompeii
It is hard to imagine a day any hotter than 110 degrees, but on August 24, 79 CE some people experienced 570 degrees. Find details of the disaster in Pompeii.
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The History Cat: The Neolithic Revolution
A look at some of the earliest humans and their cultures from the prehistoric era.
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The History Cat: Age of Imperialism: European Imperialism
The White Man's Burden was another name for Imperialism. It was an ethnocentric idea that emerged from Darwin's Theory of Evolution to explain why white people were living in what they believed were more advanced civilizations than...
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The History Cat: History of Colonial America: Witchcraft in Salem
Describes what happened in the Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 when a group of young girls began to have visions and were accused and tried for witchcraft.
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The History Cat: Hinduism
Discusses what Hinduism is, the Hindu view of God, how Hindus worship, the belief in reincarnation, the concept of Karma, the caste system and Untouchables, the celebration of Diwali, and the practice of yoga.
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The History Cat: The Greek Olympic Games
Read about how the Olympic games started in ancient Greece. In 394 A.D., Emperor Theodosius I abolished the Olympics and they were not revived until the late 1800s.
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The History Cat: Yin, Yang, and a Little Feng Shui
Discusses the Three Ways, which are a blend of Taoist, Buddhist, and Confucianist schools of thought, and what each of these philosophies contributes to the Three Ways.
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The History Cat: The Great Wall of China
Describes the building of the 5,500-mile-long Great Wall of China. Many of the workers who helped to construct the Wall ended up dying and are buried along its length.
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The History Cat: The Death of Caesar
Describes the life of Julius Caesar up until his assassination at the hands of his 'friend' Brutus and a group of Senators.
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The History Cat: Sun Tzu and the Art of War
Read about Sun Tzu, famous for his skills in military strategy and for his book, The Art of War, which is required reading for American army cadets.
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The History Cat: Mayan Religion: Gods and Sacrifice
Describes the religious practices followed by the Maya, including human sacrifice, a ritual that horrified the Spanish explorers.