History Now Essay The Battle of the Sexes Gail Collins 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ It’s hard to explain, if you weren’t there at the time, why the "Battle of the Sexes"—the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs—was so important. The most enduring image from the event was the picture of Billie... Appears in: 23 | Turning Points in American Sports Spring 2010
History Now Essay The Square Deal: Theodore Roosevelt and the Themes of Progressive Reform Kirsten Swinth Economics, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Progressivism arrived at a moment of crisis for the United States. As the nineteenth century came to a close, just decades after the Civil War, many feared the nation faced another explosive and violent conflict, this time between the... Appears in: 17 | Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Era Fall 2008
History Now Essay Winning the Vote: A History of Voting Rights Steven Mintz Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Voting Rights on the Eve of the Revolution The basic principle that governed voting in colonial America was that voters should have a "stake in society." Leading colonists associated democracy with disorder and mob rule, and believed... Appears in: 1 | Elections Fall 2004
History Now Essay Women in American Politics in the Twentieth Century Sara Evans Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ At the beginning of the twentieth century, women were outsiders to the formal structures of political life—voting, serving on juries, holding elective office—and they were subject to wide-ranging discrimination that marked them as... Appears in: 7 | Women's Suffrage Spring 2006
Essay The Declaration of Independence in Global Perspective David Armitage Government and Civics, World History 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ No American document has had a greater global impact than the Declaration of Independence. It has been fundamental to American history longer than any other text because it was the first to use the name "the United States of America":...
Essay The United States and the Caribbean, 1877–1920 Jason Colby Between 1877 and 1920, the United States’ relationship with the Caribbean region underwent a profound change, which was closely tied to the transformation of the United States to an industrial and imperial power. Although the Civil...
History Now Essay Modern Women Persuading Modern Men: The Nineteenth Amendment and the Movement for Woman Suffrage, 1916–1920 Jonathan Soffer Government and Civics Today we take women’s suffrage for granted, but many activists of the nineteenth century, including Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, struggled their whole lives for the vote, and did not live to see it. As a presidential... Appears in: 30 | American Reform Movements Winter 2012
History Now Essay The Sixties and Protest Music Kerry Candaele Art, Government and Civics 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Music has always kept company with American wars. During the Revolutionary War, "Yankee Doodle" and many other songs set to reels and dances were sung to keep spirits alive during dark hours. "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," Lincoln... Appears in: 32 | The Music and History of Our Times Summer 2012