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Nature, Culture, and Native Americans

Geography, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

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Daniel Wildcat is a Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma and Director of the American Indian Studies Program at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. He discusses the importance of distinguishing between...

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The Global History of the Declaration of Independence

Government and Civics, World History

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The International Influence of the Declaration

Government and Civics

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In the Image of God: Religion, Moral Values, and Our Heritage of Slavery

World History

David Brion Davis is Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University and former director of Yale's Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. He is the author of award-winning works that...

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Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945

Economics, Government and Civics, World History

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David M. Kennedy is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University. Freedom from Fear focuses primarily on political and economic developments, recounting how presidents and citizens responded to the two great...

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Severity of Economic Hardship During the Depression

Economics

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John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights

Government and Civics

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Dred Scott and the Constitutionality of Slavery

Government and Civics

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A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917–1950

Economics, Geography, Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History

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Honor’s Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln

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An eminent Lincoln scholar, Douglas Wilson is the director emeritus of the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. In Honor’s Voice, Professor Wilson draws on testimonies and recollections by Abraham Lincoln’s...

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1,584 items

Nature, Culture, and Native Americans

The Global History of the Declaration of Independence

The International Influence of the Declaration

In the Image of God: Religion, Moral Values, and Our Heritage of Slavery

Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945

Severity of Economic Hardship During the Depression

John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights

Dred Scott and the Constitutionality of Slavery

A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917–1950

Honor’s Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln

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