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Documents and Debates: The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb

On July 16, 1945, the USS Indianapolis slipped away from its moorings on Mare Island, California, headed for the South Pacific. The United States military command so heavily guarded the…

The Right of the Disenfranchised to Petition

The First Amendment protects five distinct freedoms: religious freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of the…

Milestone Documents to Commemorate in 2021

This year, 2021, marks major anniversaries of several milestone documents in American history. Some—like the…

400 Years Ago This Week: The Pilgrims Land at Plymouth (but not necessarily on a rock)

Although we remember the Pilgrims most commonly in November, it was actually in December of…

Preserving the Common Ground of American Citizenship: Jefferson’s First Inaugural

The story of the election of 1800 is often told, because for those who cherish…

Did American Imperialism Threaten American Values?

Today we continue our exploration of Teaching American History’s two-volume document collection, Documents and Debates in…

Documenting Labor in American History

This weekend, Americans will enjoy an extra day off as the nation observes Labor Day.…

Remembering Seneca Falls

[caption id="attachment_40295" align="alignleft" width="294"] Report of the Woman's Rights Convention, held at Seneca Falls, New…

Documents and Debates: Reconstructing the South

South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union when a convention in…

Presenting U.S. History in the words of those who ARGUED it!

My high school American history students loved class debates. Their parents told me it was…

Female Education in the Early Republic

Although May and June are often seen as the "end" of the school year in…

1688: The Germantown Quakers Protest Slavery

While the seventeenth century is in the news again this week thanks to the 1619…