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Introduction for Students |
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1 Ancient America, Before 1492 |
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1-1 Tools of Ancient America |
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Ancient American Spear Point |
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Ramon Pane, On Taino Religious Practices |
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1-3 A Penobscot Origin Narrative |
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Joseph Nicolar, The Life and Traditions of the Red Men, 1893 |
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1-4 Genesis: The Christian Origin Narrative |
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8 | (4) |
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12 | (1) |
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2 Europeans Encounter The New World, 1492-1600 |
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2-1 Columbus Describes His First Encounter with "Indians" |
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The Diario of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493 |
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2-2 A Conquistador Arrives in Mexico, 1519-1520 |
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Bernal Diaz del Castillo, The Conquest of New Spain, 1632 |
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2-3 A Mexican Description of the Conquest of Mexico |
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Mexican Accounts of Conquest from the Florentine Codex |
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2-4 Rebuilding Mexico City after Conquest |
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Reconstructing Mexico City after Spanish Conquest |
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2-5 Cabeza de Vaca Describes His Captivity among Native Americans in Texas and the Southwest, 1528-1536 |
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Cabeza de Vaca, Narrative, 1542 |
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30 | (1) |
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3 The Southern Colonies In The Seventeenth Century, 1601-1700 |
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31 | (17) |
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3-1 Richard Frethorne Describes Indentured Servitude in Virginia |
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Letter to Father and Mother, March 20, April 2, 3, 1623 |
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3-2 Opechancanough's 1622 Uprising in Virginia |
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Edward Waterhouse, Declaration, 1622 |
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3-3 A European Tobacco Shop |
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Johan van Beverwijck, A Dutch Tobacco Shop |
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Nathaniel Bacon, Declaration, 1676 |
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3-5 Pedro Naranjo Describes Pueblo Revolt |
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Declaration of Pedro Naranjo of the Queres Nation, December 19, 1681 |
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47 | (1) |
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4 The Northern Colonies In The Seventeenth Century, 1601-1700 |
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48 | (17) |
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48 | (5) |
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John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity, 1630 |
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4-2 Puritan Lessons for Boston Babes |
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John Cotton, Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes, 1656 |
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4-3 Wampanoag Grievances at the Outset of King Philip's War |
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54 | (3) |
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John Easton, A Relation of the Indian War, 1675 |
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4-4 A Provincial Government Enacts Legislation |
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The Laws of Pennsylvania, 1682 |
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4-5 Words of the Bewitched |
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Cotton Mather, Testimony against Accused Witch Bridget Bishop, 1692 |
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64 | (1) |
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5 Colonial America In The Eighteenth Century, 1701-1770 |
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65 | (97) |
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5-1 Elizabeth Ashbridge Becomes an Indentured Servant in New York |
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Some Account of the Early Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge, Who Died in...1755 (1807) |
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5-2 Poor Richard's Advice |
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Benjamin Franklin, Father Abraham's Speech from Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757 |
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5-3 Lenape Chiefs Who Agreed to Pennsylvania Walking Purchase |
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Gustavus Hesselius, Portraits of Tishcohan and Lapowinsa, 1735 |
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5-4 An Anglican Criticizes New Light Baptists and Presbyterians in the South Carolina Backcountry |
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Charles Woodmason, Sermon on the Baptists and the Presbyterians, ca. 1768 |
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5-5 Advertisements for Runaway Slaves |
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South Carolina Gazette and Virginia Gazette, 1737-1745 |
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9-5 President George Washington's Parting Advice to the Nation |
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Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 1796 |
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161 | (1) |
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10 Republicans In Power, 1800-1828 |
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162 | (17) |
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10-1 President Thomas Jefferson's Private and Public Indian Policy |
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Letter to Governor William H. Harrison, February 27, 1803 |
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Address to the Wolf and People of the Mandan Nation, December 30, 1806 |
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10-2 Meriwether Lewis Describes the Shoshone |
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The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1805 |
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10-3 A Slave Demands That Thomas Jefferson Abolish Slavery |
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A Slave to Thomas Jefferson, November 30, 1808 |
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10-4 The British and Their Indian Allies, 1812 |
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William Charles, "A Scene on the Frontiers as Practiced by the 'Humane' British and Their 'Worthy' Allies," 1812 |
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10-5 James Hamilton's Path to Enlistment during the War of 1812 |
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178 | (1) |
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11 The Expanding Republic, 1815-1840 |
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179 | (18) |
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11-1 President Andrew Jackson's Parting Words to the Nation |
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179 | (4) |
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Farewell Address, March 4, 1837 |
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11-2 Farmers Nooning, 1836 |
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183 | (1) |
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William Sidney Mount, "Farmers Nooning," 1836 |
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11-3 Cherokee Leaders Debate Removal |
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184 | (5) |
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John Ross, Ansiver to Inquiries from a Friend, 1836 |
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Elias Boudinot, A Reply to John Ross, 1837 |
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11-4 David Walker Demands Emancipation |
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Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, 1829 |
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11-5 Sarah Grimke on the Status of Women |
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193 | (3) |
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Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, 1838 |
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196 | (1) |
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12 The North And West, 1840-1860 |
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197 | (18) |
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12-1 Abraham Lincoln Explains the Free-Labor System |
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Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859 |
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12-2 The Anxiety of Gain: Henry W. Bellows on Commerce and Morality |
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The Influence of the Trading Spirit upon the Social and Moral Life of America, 1845 |
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12-3 "The Drunkard's Progress, from the First Glass to the Grave, 1846" |
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"The Drunkard's Progress, from the First Glass to the Grave, 1846" |
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206 | (4) |
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Walter Colton, California Gold Rush Diary, 1849-1850 |
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12-5 That Woman Is Man's Equal: The Seneca Falls Declaration |
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Declaration of Sentiments, 1848 |
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214 | (1) |
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13 The Slave South, 1820-1860 |
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215 | (18) |
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13-1 Madison Hemings Recalls Life as Thomas Jefferson's Enslaved Son |
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215 | (4) |
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13-2 "After the Sale: Slaves Going South from Richmond," 1854 |
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219 | (1) |
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Eyre Crowe, "After the Sale: Slaves Going South from Richmond," 1854 |
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220 | (4) |
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Bennet Barrow, Highland Plantation Journal, May 1, 1838 |
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13-4 Fanny Kemble Learns about Abuses of Slave Women |
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224 | (4) |
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Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 |
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13-5 Nat Turner Explains Why He Became an Insurrectionist |
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228 | (4) |
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The Confessions of Nat Turner, 1831 |
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232 | (1) |
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14 The House Divided, 1846-1861 |
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233 | (14) |
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14-1 The Kansas-Nebraska Act |
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Abraham Lincoln, Speech in Peoria, Illinois, October 16, 1854 |
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14-2 "Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Free-Soiler," 1856 |
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John L. Magee, "Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Free-Sailer," 1856 |
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14-3 The Antislavery Constitution |
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Frederick Douglass, The Constitution of the United States: Is It Proslavery or Antislavery? 1860 |
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14-4 The Proslavery Constitution |
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Jefferson Davis, Speech before the U.S. Senate, May 1860 |
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14-5 Levi Coffin Describes Margaret Garner's Attempt to Escape Slavery |
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242 | (4) |
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246 | (1) |
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15 The Crucible Of War, 1861-1865 |
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247 | (20) |
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15-1 President Lincoln's War Aims |
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Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862 |
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The Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863 |
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The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863 |
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15-2 A Former Slave's War Aims |
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Statement from an Anonymous Former Slave, New Orleans, 1863 |
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15-3 The New York Draft Riots |
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Report of the Committee of Merchants for the Relief of Colored People Suffering from the Late Riots in the City of New York, 1863 |
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15-4 "In Search of Freedom," 1863 |
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Edwin Forbes, "In Search of Freedom," 1863 |
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15-5 General William T. Sherman Explains the Hard Hand of War |
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260 | (6) |
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266 | (1) |
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16 Reconstruction, 1863-1877 |
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16-1 Carl Schurz Reports on the Condition of the Defeated South |
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Report on the Condition of the South, 1865 |
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16-2 Former Slaves Seek to Reunite Their Families |
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271 | (6) |
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Advertisements from the Christian Recorder, 1865-1870 |
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16-3 Planter Louis Manigault Visits His Plantations and Former Slaves |
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A Narrative of a Post-Civil War Visit to Gowrie and East Hermitage Plantations, March 22, 1867 |
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16-4 Klan Violence against Blacks |
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Elias Hill, Testimony before Congressional Committee Investigating the Ku Klux Klan, 1871 |
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16-5 The Ignorant Vote and the Election of 1876 |
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Thomas Nast, "The Ignorant Vote," 1876 |
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| The American Promise: A History of the United States |
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Maps, Figures, and Tables |
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1 Ancient America, Before 1492 |
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An American Story: An archaeological dig uncovers ancient North American traditions |
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3 | (1) |
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Why do historians rely on the work of archaeologists? |
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4 | (1) |
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When and how did humans migrate into North America? |
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5 | (4) |
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African and Asian Origins |
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When and why did Archaic hunter-gatherers inhabit ancient America? |
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Great Plains Bison Hunters |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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Eastern Woodland Cultures |
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12 | (1) |
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How did agriculture influence ancient American cultures? |
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13 | (5) |
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13 | (2) |
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Woodland Burial Mounds and Chiefdoms |
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Analyzing Historical Evidence: Artifacts of Daily Life in Chaco Canyon |
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16 | (2) |
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What ancient American cultures inhabited North America in the 1490s? |
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Eastern Woodland and Great Plains Peoples |
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19 | (2) |
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Southwestern and Western Peoples |
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21 | (1) |
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21 | (2) |
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How did the Mexican empire amass power and riches? |
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23 | (1) |
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Conclusion: How did ancient Americans shape their world and ours? |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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2 Europeans Encounter The New World, 1492-1600 |
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An American Story: Queen Isabella of Spain supports Christopher Columbus's risky plan to sail west across the Atlantic |
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Why did Europeans launch explorations in the fifteenth century? |
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28 | (4) |
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Mediterranean Trade and European Expansion |
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28 | (2) |
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A Century of Portuguese Exploration |
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30 | (2) |
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What did Spaniards discover in the western Atlantic? |
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32 | (4) |
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The Explorations of Columbus |
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32 | (1) |
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The Geographic Revolution and the Columbian Exchange |
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33 | (3) |
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How did Spaniards conquer and colonize New Spain? |
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36 | (11) |
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37 | (1) |
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The Search for Other Mexicos |
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38 | (1) |
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Spanish Outposts in Florida and New Mexico |
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39 | (1) |
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New Spain in the Sixteenth Century |
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40 | (6) |
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Analyzing Historical Evidence: Justifying Conquest |
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42 | (4) |
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The Toll of Spanish Conquest and Colonization |
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46 | (1) |
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How did New Spain influence Europe? |
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47 | (2) |
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The Protestant Reformation and the Spanish Response |
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47 | (1) |
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Europe and the Spanish Example |
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48 | (1) |
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Conclusion: What did the New World promise Europeans? |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (1) |
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3 The Southern Colonies In The Seventeenth Century, 1601-1700 |
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52 | (26) |
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An American Story: A young woman from England travels to America as a servant |
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53 | (1) |
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How did settlers' encounters with Native Americans shape the colony of Virginia? |
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54 | (4) |
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The Fragile Jamestown Settlement |
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54 | (2) |
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Cooperation and Conflict between Natives and Newcomers |
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56 | (2) |
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From Private Company to Royal Government |
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58 | (1) |
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How did tobacco influence Chesapeake society? |
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58 | (8) |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (3) |
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Analyzing Historical Evidence: Enslavement by Marriage |
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64 | (1) |
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Cultivating Land and Faith |
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65 | (1) |
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Why did Chesapeake society change by the 1670s? |
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66 | (4) |
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Social and Economic Polarization |
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67 | (1) |
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Government Policies and Political Conflict |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (2) |
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Why did a slave labor system develop in England's southern colonies? |
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70 | (6) |
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Indians Revolt in New Mexico and Florida |
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70 | (1) |
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The West Indies: Sugar and Slavery |
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71 | (3) |
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Carolina: A West Indian Frontier |
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74 | (1) |
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Slave Labor Emerges in the Chesapeake |
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74 | (2) |
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Conclusion: How did export crops contribute to the growth of the southern colonies? |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (1) |
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4 The Northern Colonies In The Seventeenth Century, 1601-1700 |
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78 | (28) |
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An American Story: Roger Williams is banished from Puritan Massachusetts |
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79 | (1) |
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Why did Puritans emigrate to North America? |
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80 | (5) |
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Puritan Origins: The English Reformation |
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80 | (2) |
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The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony |
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82 | (1) |
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The Founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony |
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82 | (3) |
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How did New England society change during the seventeenth century? |
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85 | (11) |
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Church, Covenant, and Conformity |
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85 | (2) |
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Government by Puritans for Puritanism |
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87 | (2) |
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The Splintering of Puritanism |
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89 | (1) |
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Religious Controversies and Economic Changes |
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90 | (6) |
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Analyzing Historical Evidence: Hunting Witches in Salem, Massachusetts |
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94 | (2) |
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How did the middle colonies differ from New England and the southern colonies? |
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96 | (4) |
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From New Netherland to New York |
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96 | (2) |
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New Jersey and Pennsylvania |
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98 | (1) |
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Toleration and Diversity in Pennsylvania |
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99 | (1) |
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How did the English empire influence the colonies? |
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100 | (4) |
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Royal Regulation of Colonial Trade |
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100 | (2) |
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King Philip's War and the Consolidation of Royal Authority |
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102 | (2) |
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Conclusion: Was there an English model of colonization in North America? |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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5 Colonial America In The Eighteenth Century, 1701-1770 |
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106 | (30) |
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An American Story: The Robin Johns experience horrific turns of fortune in the Atlantic slave trade |
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107 | (1) |
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How did the British North American colonies change during the eighteenth century? |
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108 | (2) |
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What changed in New England life and culture? |
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110 | (3) |
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Natural Increase and Land Distribution |
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110 | (1) |
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Farms, Fish, and Atlantic Trade |
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111 | (2) |
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Why did the middle colonies grow rapidly? |
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113 | (4) |
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German and Scots-Irish Immigrants |
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113 | (1) |
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"God Gives All Things to Industry": Urban and Rural Labor |
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114 | (3) |
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Why did slavery come to define the southern colonies? |
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117 | (6) |
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The Atlantic Slave Trade and the Growth of Slavery |
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117 | (4) |
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Slave Labor and African American Culture |
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121 | (1) |
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Tobacco, Rice, and Prosperity |
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122 | (1) |
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What unified colonists in British North America during the eighteenth century? |
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123 | (11) |
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124 | (2) |
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Religion, Enlightenment, and Revival |
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126 | (2) |
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Trade and Conflict in the North American Borderlands |
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128 | (2) |
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Colonial Politics in the British Empire |
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130 | (8) |
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Analyzing Historical Evidence: Spanish Priests Report on California Missions |
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132 | (2) |
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Conclusion: Why did British North American colonists develop a dual identity? |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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6 The British Empire And The Colonial Crisis, 1754-1775 |
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136 | (32) |
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An American Story: Loyalist governor Thomas Hutchinson stands his ground in radical Massachusetts |
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137 | (1) |
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How did the Seven Years' War lay the groundwork for colonial crisis? |
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138 | (9) |
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French-British Rivalry in the Ohio Country |
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138 | (4) |
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142 | (1) |
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The War and Its Consequences |
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143 | (2) |
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Pontiac's War and the Proclamation of 1763 |
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145 | (2) |
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How did imperial authorities and British colonists differ about taxing the colonies? |
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147 | (5) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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Resistance: From Colonial Assemblies to Crowd Politics |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (2) |
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Why did the colonial crisis worsen after the repeal of the Stamp Act? |
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152 | (4) |
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152 | (1) |
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Nonconsumption and the Daughters of Liberty |
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153 | (2) |
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Military Occupation and "Massacre" in Boston |
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155 | (1) |
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How did British policy and colonial response to the repeal of the Townshend duties lead to rebellion? |
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156 | (7) |
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The Calm before the Storm |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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Beyond Boston: Rural New England |
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159 | (3) |
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Analyzing Historical Evidence: Reactions to the Boston Port Act outside of Massachusetts |
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160 | (2) |
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The First Continental Congress |
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162 | (1) |
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How did enslaved people in the colonies react to the stirrings of revolution? |
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163 | (3) |
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164 | (1) |
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Rebelling against Slavery |
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164 | (2) |
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Conclusion: What changes did the American colonists want in 1775? |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (1) |
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7 The War For America, 1775-1783 |
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168 | (32) |
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An American Story: Deborah Sampson masquerades as a man to join the Continental army |
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169 | (1) |
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What persuaded British North American colonists to support independence? |
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170 | (5) |
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Assuming Political and Military Authority |
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170 | (1) |
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Pursuing Both War and Peace |
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171 | (1) |
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Thomas Paine, Abigail Adams, and the Case for Independence |
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172 | (1) |
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The Declaration of Independence |
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173 | (2) |
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How did the military objectives of each side shape the course of the war's early years? |
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175 | (4) |
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The American Military Forces |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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Quebec, New York, and New Jersey |
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177 | (2) |
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How did the war transform the home front? |
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179 | (8) |
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Patriotism at the Local Level |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (4) |
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Analyzing Historical Evidence: Families Divide over the Revolution |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (1) |
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Financial Instability and Corruption |
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185 | (1) |
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From Rebellion to Revolution |
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186 | (1) |
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How did the American Revolution become a war among continental and global powers? |
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187 | (5) |
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Burgoyne's Army and the Battle of Saratoga |
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187 | (2) |
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The War in the West: Indian Country |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (2) |
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What were the principal causes of the British defeat? |
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192 | (6) |
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Georgia and South Carolina |
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192 | (2) |
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Treason and Guerrilla Warfare |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (1) |
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The Losers and the Winners |
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196 | (2) |
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Conclusion: Why did the British lose the American Revolution? |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (1) |
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8 Building A Republic, 1775-1789 |
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200 | (32) |
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An American Story: James Madison comes of age in the midst of revolution |
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201 | (1) |
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What kind of government did the Articles of Confederation create? |
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202 | (3) |
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Confederation and Taxation |
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202 | (1) |
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The Problem of Western Lands |
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203 | (2) |
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Running the New Government |
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205 | (1) |
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How was republican government implemented? |
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205 | (6) |
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206 | (1) |
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206 | (2) |
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208 | (3) |
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Why did the Articles of Confederation fail? |
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211 | (10) |
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The War Debt and the Newburgh Conspiracy |
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211 | (1) |
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The Treaty of Fort Stanwix |
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212 | (2) |
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214 | (3) |
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The Requisition of 1785 and Shays's Rebellion, 1786-1787 |
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217 | (4) |
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Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Northwest Ordinance's Slavery Clause |
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218 | (3) |
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How did the Constitution change the nation's form of government? |
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221 | (4) |
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From Annapolis to Philadelphia |
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222 | (1) |
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The Virginia and New Jersey Plans |
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222 | (2) |
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224 | (1) |
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Why did so many Americans object to the Constitution? |
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225 | (4) |
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225 | (2) |
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227 | (1) |
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The Federalist Persuasion |
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228 | (1) |
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Conclusion: What was the "republican remedy"? |
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229 | (2) |
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231 | (1) |
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9 The New Nation Takes Form, 1789-1800 |
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232 | (28) |
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An American Story: Alexander Hamilton becomes a polarizing figure in the 1790s |
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233 | (1) |
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What were the sources of political stability in the 1790s? |
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234 | (4) |
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Washington Inaugurates the Government |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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The Republican Wife and Mother |
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236 | (2) |
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Why did Hamilton's economic policies provoke such controversy? |
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238 | (4) |
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Agriculture, Transportation, and Banking |
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238 | (1) |
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The Public Debt and Taxes |
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239 | (1) |
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The First Bank of the United States and the Report on Manufactures |
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240 | (2) |
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What threats did the United States face in the west? |
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242 | (6) |
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Western Discontent and the Whiskey Rebellion |
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242 | (1) |
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243 | (1) |
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Ohio Indians in the Northwest |
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244 | (4) |
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What threats did the United States face in the Atlantic world? |
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248 | (5) |
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France and Britain: Toward Neutrality |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (3) |
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How did partisan rivalries shape the politics of the late 1790s? |
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253 | (5) |
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Federalists and Republicans |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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The Alien and Sedition Acts |
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255 | (7) |
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Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Crisis of 1798: Sedition |
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256 | (2) |
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Conclusion: Why did the United States form political parties? |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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10 Republicans In Power, 1800-1828 |
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260 | (32) |
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An American Story: Tecumseh attempts to forge a pan-Indian confederacy |
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261 | (1) |
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What was the revolution of 1800? |
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262 | (4) |
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Turbulent Times: Election and Rebellion |
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262 | (1) |
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The Jeffersonian Vision of Republican Government |
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263 | (2) |
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Dangers Overseas: The Barbary Wars |
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265 | (1) |
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How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the United States? |
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266 | (4) |
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266 | (2) |
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition |
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268 | (1) |
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Osage and Comanche Indians |
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269 | (1) |
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What led to the War of 1812? |
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270 | (8) |
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271 | (1) |
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271 | (6) |
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Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Nation's First Formal Declaration of War |
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274 | (3) |
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Washington City Burns: The British Offensive |
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277 | (1) |
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How did the civil status of free American women and men differ in the early Republic? |
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278 | (4) |
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Dolley Madison and Social Politics |
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279 | (1) |
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279 | (1) |
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Women and Church Governance |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (1) |
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Why did partisan conflict increase during the administrations of Monroe and Adams? |
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282 | (7) |
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From Property to Democracy |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (2) |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (2) |
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289 | (1) |
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Conclusion: How did republican simplicity become complex? |
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289 | (2) |
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291 | (1) |
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11 The Expanding Republic, 1815-1840 |
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292 | (30) |
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An American Story: The Grimke sisters speak out against slavery |
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293 | (1) |
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What economic developments reshaped the U.S. economy after 1815? |
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294 | (8) |
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Improvements in Transportation |
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294 | (3) |
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Factories, Workingwomen, and Wage Labor |
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297 | (1) |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (3) |
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Analyzing Historical Evidence: Mill Girls Stand Up to Factory Owners, 1834 |
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300 | (2) |
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How did new practices of party politics shape Andrew Jackson's election and agenda? |
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302 | (3) |
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Popular Politics and Partisan Identity |
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302 | (1526) |
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1828 | |
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303 | (1) |
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Jackson's Democratic Agenda |
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304 | (1) |
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What was Andrew Jackson's impact on the presidency? |
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305 | (6) |
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Indian Policy and the Trail of Tears |
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305 | (3) |
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The Tariff of Abominations and Nullification |
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308 | (1) |
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The Bank War and Economic Boom |
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309 | (2) |
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What were the most significant social and cultural changes in the 1830s? |
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311 | (6) |
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311 | (2) |
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The Second Great Awakening and Moral Reform |
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313 | (2) |
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Organizing against Slavery |
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315 | (2) |
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What political and economic events dominated Martin Van Buren's presidency? |
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317 | (3) |
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317 | (1) |
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318 | (2) |
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Conclusion: The Age of Jackson or the era of reform? |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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12 The North And West, 1840-1860 |
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322 | (34) |
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An American Story: Abraham Lincoln struggles to survive in antebellum America |
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323 | (1) |
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Why did "industrial evolution" occur? |
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324 | (5) |
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Agriculture and Land Policy |
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324 | (1) |
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Manufacturing and Mechanization |
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325 | (2) |
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Railroads: Breaking the Bonds of Nature |
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327 | (2) |
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How did the free-labor ideal explain economic inequality? |
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329 | (4) |
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329 | (1) |
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330 | (1) |
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Immigrants and the Free-Labor Ladder |
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331 | (2) |
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What spurred westward expansion? |
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333 | (7) |
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333 | (1) |
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Oregon and the Overland Trail |
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334 | (2) |
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336 | (1) |
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337 | (3) |
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Why did the United States go to war with Mexico? |
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340 | (7) |
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The Politics of Expansion |
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340 | (1) |
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The Mexican-American War, 1846-1848 |
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341 | (2) |
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343 | (1) |
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344 | (3) |
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What changes did social reformers seek in the 1840s and 1850s? |
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347 | (7) |
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Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Gold Rush |
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348 | (2) |
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The Pursuit of Perfection: Transcendentalists and Utopians |
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350 | (1) |
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351 | (1) |
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Abolitionists and the American Ideal |
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352 | (2) |
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Conclusion: How did the free-labor ideal contribute to economic growth? |
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354 | (1) |
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355 | (1) |
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13 The Slave South, 1820-1860 |
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356 | (32) |
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An American Story: Slave Nat Turner leads a revolt to end slavery |
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357 | (1) |
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Why did the South become so different from the North? |
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358 | (10) |
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Cotton Kingdom, Slave Empire |
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358 | (1) |
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The South in Black and White |
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359 | (4) |
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363 | (5) |
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Analyzing Historical Evidence: Defending Slavery |
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364 | (4) |
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What was plantation life like for slave masters and mistresses? |
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368 | (5) |
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Paternalism and Male Honor |
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368 | (3) |
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The Southern Lady and Feminine Virtues |
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371 | (2) |
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What was plantation life like for slaves? |
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373 | (4) |
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373 | (2) |
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375 | (1) |
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376 | (1) |
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How did nonslaveholding southern whites work and live? |
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377 | (4) |
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378 | (1) |
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378 | (1) |
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379 | (1) |
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The Culture of the Plain Folk |
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380 | (1) |
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What place did free blacks occupy in the South? |
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381 | (2) |
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381 | (1) |
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Achievement despite Restrictions |
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382 | (1) |
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How did slavery shape southern politics? |
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383 | (3) |
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The Democratization of the Political Arena |
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383 | (1) |
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384 | (2) |
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Conclusion: How did slavery come to define the South? |
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386 | (1) |
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387 | (1) |
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14 The House Divided, 1846-1861 |
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388 | (30) |
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An American Story: Abolitionist John Brown takes his war against slavery to Harpers Ferry |
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389 | (1) |
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Why did the acquisition of land from Mexico contribute to sectional tensions? |
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390 | (5) |
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The Wilmot Proviso and the Expansion of Slavery |
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390 | (2) |
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392 | (1) |
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392 | (3) |
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What upset the balance between slave and free states? |
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395 | (4) |
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395 | (1) |
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396 | (1) |
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397 | (2) |
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How did the party system change in the 1850s? |
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399 | (3) |
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The Old Parties: Whigs and Democrats |
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399 | (1) |
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The New Parties: Know-Nothings and Republicans |
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399 | (3) |
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402 | (1) |
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Why did northern fear of the "Slave Power" intensify in the 1850s? |
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402 | (7) |
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403 | (2) |
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405 | (1) |
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Prairie Republican: Abraham Lincoln |
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406 | (1) |
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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
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407 | (2) |
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Why did some southern states secede immediately after Lincoln's election? |
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409 | (7) |
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The Aftermath of John Brown's Raid |
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409 | (1) |
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Republican Victory in 1860 |
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410 | (2) |
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412 | (8) |
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Analyzing Historical Evidence: Southerners Debate Secession |
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414 | (2) |
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Conclusion: Why did political compromise fail? |
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416 | (1) |
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417 | (1) |
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15 The Crucible Of War, 1861-1865 |
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418 | (36) |
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An American Story: Robert Smalls liberates slaves and fights for freedom |
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419 | (1) |
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Why did both the Union and the Confederacy consider control of the border states crucial? |
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420 | (2) |
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420 | (1) |
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The Upper South Chooses Sides |
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421 | (1) |
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Why did each side expect to win? |
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422 | (1) |
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423 | (3) |
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Lincoln and Davis Mobilize |
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424 | (2) |
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How did each side fare in the early years of the war? |
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426 | (7) |
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Stalemate in the Eastern Theater |
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426 | (2) |
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Union Victories in the Western Theater |
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428 | (3) |
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431 | (1) |
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431 | (2) |
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How did the war for union become a fight for black freedom? |
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433 | (4) |
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From Slaves to Contraband |
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433 | (2) |
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From Contraband to Free People |
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435 | (1) |
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The War of Black Liberation |
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436 | (1) |
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What problems did the Confederacy face at home? |
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437 | (5) |
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437 | (1) |
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438 | (1) |
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The Disintegration of Slavery |
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439 | (3) |
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Analyzing Historical Evidence: Home and Country |
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440 | (2) |
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How did the war affect the economy and politics of the North? |
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442 | (3) |
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The Government and the Economy |
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442 | (1) |
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Women and Work at Home and at War |
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442 | (2) |
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444 | (1) |
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How did the Union finally win the war? |
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445 | (6) |
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445 | (2) |
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447 | (1) |
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448 | (1) |
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The Confederacy Collapses |
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448 | (1) |
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449 | (2) |
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Conclusion: In what ways was the Civil War a "Second American Revolution"? |
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451 | (2) |
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453 | (1) |
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16 Reconstruction, 1863-1877 |
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454 | |
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An American Story: James T Rapier emerges in the early 1870s as Alabama's most prominent black leader |
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455 | (1) |
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Why did Congress object to Lincoln's wartime plan for reconstruction? |
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456 | (6) |
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"To Bind Up the Nation's Wounds" |
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456 | (2) |
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458 | (1) |
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The African American Quest for Autonomy |
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459 | (3) |
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Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Meaning of Freedom |
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460 | (2) |
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How did the North respond to the passage of black codes in the southern states? |
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462 | (4) |
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Johnson's Program of Reconciliation |
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463 | (1) |
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White Southern Resistance and Black Codes |
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463 | (2) |
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Expansion of Federal Authority and Black Rights |
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465 | (1) |
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How radical was congressional reconstruction? |
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466 | (5) |
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The Fourteenth Amendment and Escalating Violence |
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467 | (1) |
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Radical Reconstruction and Military Rule |
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468 | (1) |
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469 | (1) |
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The Fifteenth Amendment and Women's Demands |
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470 | (1) |
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What brought the elements of the South's Republican coalition together? |
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471 | (5) |
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Freedmen, Yankees, and Yeomen |
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471 | (1) |
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472 | (1) |
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White Landlords, Black Sharecroppers |
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473 | (3) |
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Why did Reconstruction collapse? |
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476 | (6) |
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Grant's Troubled Presidency |
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476 | (1) |
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477 | (1) |
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478 | (3) |
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An Election and a Compromise |
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481 | (1) |
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Conclusion: Was Reconstruction "a revolution but half accomplished"? |
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482 | (1) |
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483 | |
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The Declaration of Independence |
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The Constitution of the United States |
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Amendments to the Constitution with Annotations (including the six unratified amendments) |
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A-27 | |
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A-27 | |
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A-32 | |
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Admission of States to the Union |
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A-33 | |
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Population Growth, 1630-2010 |
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Major Trends in Immigration, 1820-2010 |
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