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Varying Viewpoints: How Radical Was the New Deal?
March 31, 2009 11:45What did William Leuechtenburg mean when he called the New Deal a “half-way revolution?” (Your answer should focus more on the information before this term than on the information after it.)
FDR’s Balance Sheet
March 31, 2009 11:44What is the textbook author’s opinion of Roosevelt? Do you agree?
The Hundred Days and Beyond: What did the New Deal Accomplish?
March 30, 2009 10:58Please post a 50 word summary of Anthony Badger The Hundred Days and Beyond: What did the New Deal Accomplish?
American Indian School a Far Cry from the Past
January 13, 2009 03:11These days, most American Indian children go to public schools. But remnants still exist of the boarding-school system the federal government set up for Indian children in the late 1800s. Some people, such as U.S. officials at the Bureau of … Continue reading →
American Indian Boarding Schools Haunt Many
January 13, 2009 03:00For the United States government, the creation of Indian schools was a possible solution to the so-called Indian problem. For the tens of thousands of Indians who went to boarding schools, it’s largely remembered as a time of abuse and … Continue reading →
Final Thoughts on Reconstruction
January 07, 2009 19:00According to WEB DuBois Reconstruction was a “splendid failure” because it did not achieve its goals in any lasting manner. Do you think reconstruction was a failure, or do you feel the attempts to rebuild the south were successful? Post … Continue reading →
The Chase for Lincoln’s Killer
December 18, 2008 01:56Attorney and Lincoln scholar James L. Swanson discussed his best-selling book “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer” in a program sponsored by the Library’s Center for the Book. Watch Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s and generate notes for … Continue reading →
Fugitive Slave Act, 1850
December 05, 2008 02:24In response to the weakening of this first fugitive slave act, the Fugitive Slave Bill of 1850 made any federal marshal or other official who did not arrest an alleged runaway slave liable to a fine of $1,000. Law-enforcement officials … Continue reading →
American Lion
November 22, 2008 00:45Watch an Interview with American Lion author Jon Meachum as he discusses his new book on Andrew Jackson CLICK HERE A SHORT REVIEW OF THE BOOK: “What passes for political drama today pales in the reading of Jon Meacham’s vividly-told … Continue reading →
AP Nation Podcast #8 “Revolution of 1800” Essay
October 28, 2008 01:25AP Nation Podcast #7 10.27.08 DIRECT LINK TO PODCAST #8 Right Click and “Save Target As” (Coming Soon) SHOW HIGHLIGHTS: AP Nation Podcast #8 features a reading of an essay exemplar from the 2004 Form B Free Response: Here is the … Continue reading →