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Mr Maher's List: APUS History Unit 1 - Frontier and Factory
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Robber Barons
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Mar 21, 07
Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film
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Railroads
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Mar 21, 07
"A Complete and Graphic Account of the Crédit Mobilier Investigation"
from "Behind the Scenes in Washington" (1873) -
Labor and Strikes
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Native Americans
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Mar 21, 07
Comprehensive collection of articles, artifacts and documents from the "Famous Trials" site at the University of Missouri - Kansas City
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Mar 21, 07
Originally published in 1881, Helen Hunt Jackson chronicles the treatment of American Indians by the United States beginning in colonial times through to her present. She hoped to awaken the conscience of the American people, and their representatives, to the flagrant wrongs that had been done to the American Indians, and persuade them "to redeem the name of the United States from the stain of a century of dishonor".
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Inventions
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Mar 21, 07
The Kansas Barbed Wire Museum in LaCrosse, Kansas is devoted solely to the history and legend of this part of American history often referred to as the "Devils Rope". On exhibit are over 2000 barbed wire varieties; including samples manufactured between the years 1870 and 1890. Hundreds of antique fencing tools illustrate the inventiveness of pioneers
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Mar 21, 07
Another example of a ".gov" site with a validity problem - Although this site claims that "of course" Bell is the father of the telephone, it describes how two other men could be credited. This is the think slice of history - look to Tim Wu to provide a deeper explanation. (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/books/review/excerpt-the-master-switch.html?_r=0)
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Of course, Alexander Graham Bell is the father of the telephone.
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Of course, Alexander Graham Bell is the father of the telephone.
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Mar 21, 07
Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film
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Lesson Plans
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Mar 21, 07
Nobody Here But Us Capitalists:
Democracy, Big Business, and Progress at the turn of the 20th century -
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The West
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Mar 21, 07
Information, articles and links on the famous cattle-driving trails of the old west.
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Mar 21, 07
Official site of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry. Links to current activities and programs.
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Mar 21, 07
Companion site for documentary. Have you ever wondered what life was really like for pioneers living in the American West during the late 19th century? How did they fare without the modern conveniences we take for granted? Could a modern-day family handle a pioneer family's lifestyle?
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