History Resources

The "House Divided" Speech, ca. 1857–1858

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Government and Civics

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The Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863

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Government and Civics

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President Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, 1865

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Government and Civics

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Charles Sumner on Reconstruction and the South, 1866

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Government and Civics

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Best friends divided by the Civil War, 1861

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Olaudah Equiano, 1789

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Economics, World History

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A View of Savannah, Georgia, 1734

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World History

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Stephen Austin's contract to bring settlers to Texas, 1825

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Geography

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Statue of Liberty, 1884

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Literature

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Anti-corporate cartoons, ca. 1900

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Art, Economics, Government and Civics

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