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National Security Council Memorandum Number 68 (1950) In 1947, reacting to increasing Cold-War tensions, Congress passed the National Security Act. Part of that act established the National Security Council, which included the secretary of defense, the secretary of state, and the secretarie...

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The Southern Manifesto (1956) The landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education mandated an end to public school segregation in the United States. Popular reaction throughout the South, especially, was predictable. One very public response to the decision was the Southe...

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Ladies' Home Journal, "Young Mother" (1956) After the end of World War II, women who had entered the work force during the war were expected to return to the home; "Rosie the Riveter" was to have been a wartime aberration. As these women married returning servicemen, the great...

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Ronald Reagan, Testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee (1947) When the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) began to investigate charges of communist influence in Hollywood, Ronald Reagan was president of the Screen Actors Guild. He was not yet a politician, but...

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Use this thread to collaborate on the DBQ tonight by 1) sharing your analysis of 3 documents and explaining how you would use them, 2) contributing to a growing list of outside information and 3) demonstrating your thesis statement and responding to another student's thesis. Evaluation: You will b...

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Sources: http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/key-issues/nuclear-weapons/history/cold-war/strategy/article-dulles-retaliation_1962-01-25.htm, http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/key-issues/nuclear-weapons/history/cold-war/strategy/index.htm, and http://picasso....

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Use the online textbook site to examine 10 images from the Great Depression era and then examine its historic significance. You should cut and paste the images into a Word document and then cut and paste that here. What I am looking for specifically is analytical, not descriptive. Do not simply sa...

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Here you can summarize your research from the packets given. Here is the rubric for the trial itself: http://www.engineofsouls.com/file-37.pdf.

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Directions: Choose two of the seminar questions below to discuss on the forum. Your grade will be determined by the following rubric. The questions are below the rubric. Use the links on Assignment #14 on the forum as well as the internet to research your answers. 1. Were industrialists r...

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DIRECTIONS: Using the terms below, draw specific historic connections to one another and explain them in detail. Each historic connection should be explained in the context of cause and effect, parallels, similarities and dissimilarities and more. You should use either supporting evidence...

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Imagine yourselves as documentary filmmakers. You are given a huge federal grant to produce and direct the story of industrialization, immigration, big business, urbanization and the people's reaction to all of those changes. Click on the link: and follow the introduction, task, process, s...

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The People SpeakAmerican Voices, by Howard Zinn To celebrate the millionth copy sold of Howard Zinn's great People's History of the United States, Zinn drew on the words of Americans -- some famous, some little known -- across the range of American history. These words were read by a remarkable cast...

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A Sharecrop Contract (1882) This is a typical contractual agreement between a landowner and sharecropper. The system ensured that the sharecropper remained poor and in debt to the owner and therefore might never become an independent farmer. To every one applying to rent land upon shares, the fol...

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Legal Form for the Restoration of Confiscated Property Held by the Freedmens Bureau (1865) From South Carolina Freedmens Bureau records, Box 483; in Martin Abbott, Freedmens Bureau in South Carolina, 18651872 (Chapel Hill, NC, 1967), pp. 13738. Land was a central question during the Reconstruc...

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PBS Reconstruction Website Assignment: Students will research background information on the following topics: 1) Freed People and land ownership, 2) Southern plantations, 3) Black legislators, 4) Carpetbaggers, 5) Black civil rights, 6) Sharecroppers, 7) Freedmens Bureau schools, 8) KKK,...

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Chief Seattle, Oration (1854) Seattle (17901866) was the famous chief of several Native American peoples who resided in the Pacific Northwest. He allegedly delivered the following speech a year before he signed a treaty ceding Indian lands to the United States. The speech has been widely reprodu...

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Lydia Allen Rudd, Diary of Westward Travel (1852) Like thousand of pioneers during the 1840s and 1850s, Lydia Allen Rudd made the long and arduous journey to Oregon and Washington. The migrants' motivations were often complex, but they all hoped to improve their lives. In these selections Rudd rec...

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Homework (November 5-November 9) Monday: Roundtable Video (Westward Migration), Chapter 13 Pre-Test, Wiki Review 13-1 Tuesday: Wiki Review 13-2, Forum Primary Source #12 Wednesday: Wiki Review 13-3, Primary Source #13 Thursday: Wiki Review, 13-4, Zinn, Howard. Peoples History of the Unit...

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You can all publish your 1) facts, 2) primary sources and 3) analysis here concerning the following: Uncle Tom's Cabin The Lincoln-Douglas Debates The Expansion of Slavery John Brown The Dred Scott Case

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Step #1: Choose and answer one of the following assignments. You may use valid and credible websites for your research. Extra points will be given for students who use and cite primary source documents. Be sure to use outside information in answering your question. Write your answer in a post. ...

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For the Jackson debate, please 1) state your positions on your particular topic (nullification, the bank war and Indian removal), 2) post your evidence to support each position and 3) ask a question (or more) directly to your opponents and 4) answer questions posed to you (or your teammates). Stud...

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Patrick Henry Speaks Against Ratification of the Constitution (1788) Patrick Henry, the noted Virginia delegate to the Constitutional Convention, opposed a federal form of government in the United States. Here, at a debate during the convention, Henry discusses his objections to the new form o...

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Read Chapter 5 of A People's History of the United States, by Howard Zinn by clicking here. Then respond to the following statement: The U.S. was: a. A work of genius put together by lies humane men, who created a legal framework for democracy and equality, b. A work of genius put together by rich men...

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Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (1787) In response to a request for information from a French diplomat, Thomas Jefferson, then governor of Virginia, put in writing his ideas about his state. After working on the manuscript for several years, Jefferson eventually published it as N...

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George Washingtons Will (Mt. Vernon, 1799) The powerful text of George Washingtons will displays the distinctive writing style that Washington had developed over the years. The contents of the will reveal much about Washington's character and his views concerning the diverse and valuable prop...

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The Federalist No. 51: The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments (Friday, February 8, 1788) This essay examines Madison's thoughts on the division of governmental power among multiple departments. Madison assumed in most of h...

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Margaret Bayard Smith, Reflections Upon Meeting Thomas Jefferson (1801) These two documents from Margaret Bayard Smith, a letter and an excerpt from her reminiscences, reveal her views on the early days of Thomas Jeffersons presidency. Smith grew up in a Federalist household, but at the time of h...

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Read Zinn, Howard. Peoples History of the United States (abridged teaching edition). Chapter 6 The Intimately Oppressed. and then complete the following Assignment: Take a standard American history textbook (i.e. your own) and compare its treatment of the following points with Zinns treatmen...

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In April 1775, following the battles at Lexington and Concord, Dr. Joseph Warren of Boston, a zealous champion of American liberty and president of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, wrote an open letter to the British people giving the colonists view of the events. It had been Warren who disp...

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The Monroe Doctrine (1823) President James Monroe presented this doctrine as part of his annual message to Congress in December 1823. He proposed it at a time when the Old World powers were losing their colonial interests in the New World. The United States had recognized the former colonies of Arge...

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	Primary Source #19: NSA Memo #68 (Preview) National Security Council Memorandum Number 68 (1950) In 1947, reacting to increasing Cold-War tensions, Congress passed the National Security Act. Part of that act established the National Security Council, which included the secretary of defense, the secretary of state, and the secretarie...	mre	11	3643	Apr 3, 2008 by Chris
	Primary Source #18: Southern Manifesto (Preview) The Southern Manifesto (1956) The landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education mandated an end to public school segregation in the United States. Popular reaction throughout the South, especially, was predictable. One very public response to the decision was the Southe...	mre	9	9091	Apr 2, 2008 by mre
	Primary Source #16: Ladies Home Journal (Preview) Ladies' Home Journal, "Young Mother" (1956) After the end of World War II, women who had entered the work force during the war were expected to return to the home; "Rosie the Riveter" was to have been a wartime aberration. As these women married returning servicemen, the great...	mre	8	5456	Apr 1, 2008 by mre
	Primary Source #17: Ronald Reagan HUAC Testimony (Preview) Ronald Reagan, Testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee (1947) When the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) began to investigate charges of communist influence in Hollywood, Ronald Reagan was president of the Screen Actors Guild. He was not yet a politician, but...	mre	8	8942	Apr 1, 2008 by mre
	Assignment #19: League of Nations DBQ (Preview) Use this thread to collaborate on the DBQ tonight by 1) sharing your analysis of 3 documents and explaining how you would use them, 2) contributing to a growing list of outside information and 3) demonstrating your thesis statement and responding to another student's thesis. Evaluation: You will b...	mre	23	18643	Apr 1, 2008 by mre
	Assignment #24: Nuclear Strategies (Preview) Sources: http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/key-issues/nuclear-weapons/history/cold-war/strategy/article-dulles-retaliation_1962-01-25.htm, http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/key-issues/nuclear-weapons/history/cold-war/strategy/index.htm, and http://picasso....	mre	9	2896	Apr 1, 2008 by mre
	Assignment #20: Chapter 24 Image Analysis (Preview) Use the online textbook site to examine 10 images from the Great Depression era and then examine its historic significance. You should cut and paste the images into a Word document and then cut and paste that here. What I am looking for specifically is analytical, not descriptive. Do not simply sa...	mre	12	6807	Apr 1, 2008 by mre
	Assignment #23: Atom Bomb Mock Trial (Preview) Here you can summarize your research from the packets given. Here is the rubric for the trial itself: http://www.engineofsouls.com/file-37.pdf.	mre	6	2956	Mar 8, 2008 by Toxin
	Assignment #16: Industrialization Seminar ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Directions: Choose two of the seminar questions below to discuss on the forum. Your grade will be determined by the following rubric. The questions are below the rubric. Use the links on Assignment #14 on the forum as well as the internet to research your answers. 1. Were industrialists r...	mre	98	9660	Jan 18, 2008 by Kelby
	Assignment #18: ID Test (Preview) DIRECTIONS: Using the terms below, draw specific historic connections to one another and explain them in detail. Each historic connection should be explained in the context of cause and effect, parallels, similarities and dissimilarities and more. You should use either supporting evidence...	mre	0	1985	Jan 8, 2008 by mre
	Assignment #17: Industrialization Webquest (Preview) Imagine yourselves as documentary filmmakers. You are given a huge federal grant to produce and direct the story of industrialization, immigration, big business, urbanization and the people's reaction to all of those changes. Click on the link: and follow the introduction, task, process, s...	mre	13	3878	Jan 7, 2008 by calisa
	Assignment #15: The People Speak (Preview) The People SpeakAmerican Voices, by Howard Zinn To celebrate the millionth copy sold of Howard Zinn's great People's History of the United States, Zinn drew on the words of Americans -- some famous, some little known -- across the range of American history. These words were read by a remarkable cast...	mre	11	3120	Jan 3, 2008 by Chris
	Primary Source #14: Shareholder's Contract (Preview) A Sharecrop Contract (1882) This is a typical contractual agreement between a landowner and sharecropper. The system ensured that the sharecropper remained poor and in debt to the owner and therefore might never become an independent farmer. To every one applying to rent land upon shares, the fol...	mre	10	12749	Dec 11, 2007 by Joanna
	Primary Source #15: Restoration of Confiscated Property (Preview) Legal Form for the Restoration of Confiscated Property Held by the Freedmens Bureau (1865) *From South Carolina Freedmens Bureau records, Box 483; in Martin Abbott, Freedmens Bureau in South Carolina, 18651872* (Chapel Hill, NC, 1967), pp. 13738.** Land was a central question during the Reconstruc...	mre	10	2728	Dec 10, 2007 by Calisa
	Assignment #13: Reconstruction (Preview) PBS Reconstruction Website Assignment: Students will research background information on the following topics: 1) Freed People and land ownership, 2) Southern plantations, 3) Black legislators, 4) Carpetbaggers, 5) Black civil rights, 6) Sharecroppers, 7) Freedmens Bureau schools, 8) KKK,...	mre	8	2484	Dec 6, 2007 by Kelby
	Primary Source #12: Chief Seattle's Oration (Preview) Chief Seattle, Oration (1854) Seattle (17901866) was the famous chief of several Native American peoples who resided in the Pacific Northwest. He allegedly delivered the following speech a year before he signed a treaty ceding Indian lands to the United States. The speech has been widely reprodu...	mr e	15	8284	Dec 2, 2007 by Calisa
	Primary Source #13: Diary of Western Travel (Preview) Lydia Allen Rudd, Diary of Westward Travel (1852) Like thousand of pioneers during the 1840s and 1850s, Lydia Allen Rudd made the long and arduous journey to Oregon and Washington. The migrants' motivations were often complex, but they all hoped to improve their lives. In these selections Rudd rec...	mr e	15	9708	Dec 2, 2007 by Calisa
	Assignment #11: Manifest Destiny (Preview) Homework (November 5-November 9) Monday: Roundtable Video (Westward Migration), Chapter 13 Pre-Test, Wiki Review 13-1 Tuesday: Wiki Review 13-2, Forum Primary Source #12 Wednesday: Wiki Review 13-3, Primary Source #13 Thursday: Wiki Review, 13-4, Zinn, Howard. Peoples History of the Unit...	mre	24	9801	Nov 25, 2007 by Patrick
	Assignment #12: 1850's Analysis (Preview) You can all publish your 1) facts, 2) primary sources and 3) analysis here concerning the following: Uncle Tom's Cabin The Lincoln-Douglas Debates The Expansion of Slavery John Brown The Dred Scott Case	mre	1	1391	Nov 16, 2007 by Amber, Anna, Joanna :P
	Assignment #9: Reform Movements (Preview) Step #1: Choose and answer one of the following assignments. You may use valid and credible websites for your research. Extra points will be given for students who use and cite primary source documents. Be sure to use outside information in answering your question. Write your answer in a post. ...	mre	16	5517	Nov 13, 2007 by Joanna
	Assignment #10: Jackson Debate (Preview) For the Jackson debate, please 1) state your positions on your particular topic (nullification, the bank war and Indian removal), 2) post your evidence to support each position and 3) ask a question (or more) directly to your opponents and 4) answer questions posed to you (or your teammates). Stud...	mr e	21	1184	Nov 9, 2007 by Erin
	Primary Source #4: Patrick Henry on Ratification (Preview) Patrick Henry Speaks Against Ratification of the Constitution (1788) Patrick Henry, the noted Virginia delegate to the Constitutional Convention, opposed a federal form of government in the United States. Here, at a debate during the convention, Henry discusses his objections to the new form o...	mre	15	9245	Nov 5, 2007 by mre
	Assignment #4: Zinn Chapter 5 (Preview) Read Chapter 5 of A People's History of the United States, by Howard Zinn by clicking here. Then respond to the following statement: The U.S. was: a. A work of genius put together by lies humane men, who created a legal framework for democracy and equality, b. A work of genius put together by rich men...	mr e	15	8152	Nov 5, 2007 by mre
	Primary Source #5: Thomas Jefferson's Notes on Virginia (Preview) Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (1787) In response to a request for information from a French diplomat, Thomas Jefferson, then governor of Virginia, put in writing his ideas about his state. After working on the manuscript for several years, Jefferson eventually published it as N...	mre	15	6195	Nov 5, 2007 by mre
	Primary Source #7: Washington's Will (Preview) George Washingtons Will (Mt. Vernon, 1799) The powerful text of George Washingtons will displays the distinctive writing style that Washington had developed over the years. The contents of the will reveal much about Washington's character and his views concerning the diverse and valuable prop...	mre	16	1185	Nov 5, 2007 by mre
	Primary Source #6: Federalist No. 51 (Preview) The Federalist No. 51: The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments (Friday, February 8, 1788) This essay examines Madison's thoughts on the division of governmental power among multiple departments. Madison assumed in most of h...	mre	14	10775	Nov 5, 2007 by mre
	Primary Source #8: On Meeting Jefferson (Preview) Margaret Bayard Smith, Reflections Upon Meeting Thomas Jefferson (1801) These two documents from Margaret Bayard Smith, a letter and an excerpt from her reminiscences, reveal her views on the early days of Thomas Jeffersons presidency. Smith grew up in a Federalist household, but at the time of h...	mre	16	2727	Nov 5, 2007 by mre
	Assignment #7: Zinn Chapter 6 (Preview) Read Zinn, Howard. Peoples History of the United States (abridged teaching edition). Chapter 6 The Intimately Oppressed. and then complete the following Assignment: Take a standard American history textbook (i.e. your own) and compare its treatment of the following points with Zinns treatmen...	mre	12	7454	Nov 5, 2007 by mre
	Primary Source #3: Joseph Warren & Lexington (Preview) In April 1775, following the battles at Lexington and Concord, Dr. Joseph Warren of Boston, a zealous champion of American liberty and president of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, wrote an open letter to the British people giving the colonists view of the events. It had been Warren who disp...	mr e	18	9506	Nov 5, 2007 by mre
	Primary Source #9: Monroe Doctrine (Preview) The Monroe Doctrine (1823) President James Monroe presented this doctrine as part of his annual message to Congress in December 1823. He proposed it at a time when the Old World powers were losing their colonial interests in the New World. The United States had recognized the former colonies of Arge...	mre	14	4824	Nov 5, 2007 by mre
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