History Now Essay The Consequences of Defeat in Vietnam Mark Atwood Lawrence Government and Civics, World History As historians of the Vietnam War know all too well, the amount of documentation about the conflict available in US archives—to say nothing of foreign repositories—can be overwhelming. To master even a small slice of this material is a... Appears in: 27 | The Cold War Spring 2011
History Now Essay From the Editor Carol Berkin All historians are at heart detectives, carefully sifting through the records of the past we find in archives, museums, and sometimes musty attics. But letters, diaries, and speeches are far from the only sources that provide us the... Appears in: 49 | Excavating American History Fall 2017 6 | Lincoln Winter 2005
History Now Essay From the Editor Carol Berkin Throughout the history of our country, being able to vote has been synonymous with enjoying a political voice. Although Americans from colonial times to the present have also expressed their views on policies, programs, and political... Appears in: 51 | The Evolution of Voting Rights Summer 2018
History Now Essay Abraham Lincoln's "Apple of Gold": The Declaration of Independence Harold Holzer Government and Civics, Literature “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” [1] So Abraham Lincoln began the most famous speech of... Appears in: 67 | The Influence of the Declaration of Independence on the Civil War and Reconstruction Era Summer 2023