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This June 25 marks the 80th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 8802,…
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West Virginia Achieves Statehood: June 20th, 1863
Over the past three years, I have grown a dual enrollment West Virginia History class…
The West and the Promise of Equal Opportunity
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Vindication of Human Dignity
When I was a small child in the late 1950s, my family moved from Greensboro,…
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The Story of the Constitutional Convention: as James Madison Wanted It Told
Americans seeking to understand how the founders developed our Constitutional framework of government have faced…
When Will I Be Blown Up? Balancing Security and Civil Liberties in the Cold War
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Documents and Debates: The Nullification Crisis
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The Market Revolution and (The Myth of?) Free Labor
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Ratification: The Great Debate, State by State
The 2020–21 school year is the most difficult year of teaching in decades. Only the…
How Second-Generation Immigrants Develop the Skills and Convictions of Citizens
Today we feature Kevin Barney, a graduate of our Master of Arts in American History…
Documents and Debates: The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb
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Springfield Bids Goodbye to President-Elect Abraham Lincoln
Few of us enjoy particular attention on the day before our birthdays. Yet on the…
How History Illuminates Literature, and Literature Deepens History
Why might teachers seeking a Masters’ degree in history and government take time to read…
The Ox-Bow Incident: Walter Van Tilburg Clark’s Critique of the Western
The American “western,” in the novels of Owen Wister, the stories of Zane Grey, and…
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This day, in a sense, marks the anniversary of the beginning of American independence. While…
The Whiskey Rebellion
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The Healthy -Bickering Brothers of Battle Creek
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The first ten amendments to the Constitution, known to us as the Bill of Rights,…
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On 27 January 1838, notable local lawyer Abraham Lincoln addressed the Young Men’s Lyceum in…
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The Civil Rights Act of 1866: A First Attempt to Protect the Rights of African Americans