History Now Essay Creating Opportunity: My Fight for Social Justice and Advice for Young Women Today Harriet Karr-McDonald Government and Civics I never expected to be a leader. It’s hard to imagine now, but I grew up during a time when there were few opportunities for women in the workplace, other than being a man’s secretary. Unlike most of my peers, I was extremely... Appears in: 47 | American Women in Leadership Winter 2017
History Now Essay George Washington and the Constitution Theodore J. Crackel Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ George Washington was among the first of America’s statesmen to recognize the flaws in the government under the Continental Congress and the Articles of Confederation. His experience in the Revolutionary War had convinced him that... Appears in: 13 | The Constitution Fall 2007
History Now Essay Abraham Lincoln and Jacksonian Democracy Sean Wilentz Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Abraham Lincoln was, for most of his political career, a highly partisan Whig. As long as the Whig Party existed, he never supported the candidate of another party. Until the late 1850s, his chief political heroes were Whigs, above... Appears in: 18 | Abraham Lincoln in His Time and Ours Winter 2008
History Now Essay Revolutionary Philadelphia Ray Raphael Geography, Government and Civics The image is so clear in our minds, seen first in elementary school and reinforced countless times since: a few dozen gentlemen with powdered wigs and period suits (coats, waistcoats, and knee-length breeches) gathered in a large... Appears in: 11 | American Cities Spring 2007
Essay Revolutionary in America Art, Economics, Geography, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ The image is so clear in our minds, seen first in elementary school and reinforced countless times since: a few dozen gentlemen with powdered wigs and period suits (coats, waistcoats, and knee-length breeches) gathered in a large...
History Now Essay Everyone’s Backyard: The Love Canal Chemical Disaster Amy M. Hay Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math It all started quietly. There were no alerts, no sirens, no evacuation plans, no reports from Jim Cantore on the Weather Channel. Most people living in the LaSalle neighborhood of Niagara Falls, New York, first heard about problems in... Appears in: 40 | Disasters in Modern American History Fall 2014
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