Spotlight on: Primary Source An African American soldier’s pay warrant, 1780 Economics During the American Revolution, Sharp Liberty, an African American soldier, served in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army. Before the war, he had been enslaved in Wallingford, Connecticut. In 1777, he enlisted in the army,...
Special Topics American Immigration History Widely considered a wellspring for US greatness, immigration has also been a source and expression of our deepest conflicts. Immigrant diversity made the United States different from other countries in ways that have been essential to...
History Now Essay African American Women in World War II Maureen Honey African American women made meaningful gains in the labor force and US armed forces as a result of the wartime labor shortage during the Second World War, but these advances were sharply circumscribed by racial segregation, which was... Appears in: 46 | African American Soldiers Fall 2016
Basic Page Capstone in American History Capstone in American History Course Number : AMHI 699 Semesters : All semesters Image: Photograph of John Quincy Adams Ward’s Stock Exchange Pediment, 1903 (The Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLC06343.038) Course Description The...
Basic Page American Environmental History American Environmental History Led by : Prof. Catherine McNeur (Portland State University) Course Number : AMHI 616 Semesters : Spring 2024 Image: John Montrésor, A Plan of the City of New-York & Its Environs... , London, 1775 (The Gilder...
Basic Page The History of American Protest The History of American Protest Led by : Prof. John Stauffer (Harvard University) Course Number : AMHI 691 Semesters : Fall 2019, Summer 2021, Summer 2024 Image: Warren K. Leffler, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963 (Library...
Basic Page History U | The American West The American West This History U course will examine the expansion of the United States to the Pacific, the exploration of the West, the defeat and dispossession and profound tragedy of its Native peoples, and unparalleled environmental...
Program/Event Statesmanship in American History Statesmanship in American History will allow up to 20 8th–12th grade teachers to participate in a weeklong professional development event on-site at Princeton University. Application Deadline : The application closed on March 5, 2024. Join us for...
Basic Page American Immigration History American Immigration History Led by : Prof. Madeline Hsu (University of Maryland) Course Number : AMHI 680 Semesters : Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2023, Fall 2024 Image: James Burton, “The New Immigrant Station on Ellis Island,” Harper’s Weekly ,...
History Now Essay Teaching American History to Muslim Exchange Students Ted Widmer Government and Civics 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Everyone knows that the election of 2004 marked a pivotal turning point for the American people. That point was brought home forcefully by the experience of teaching American history that summer to a group of twenty-one young Muslim... Appears in: 1 | Elections Fall 2004