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Digital History: Immigration Restriction
A brief discussion about the views toward immigration before and after World War I. It gives the background of the Immigration Act of 1924.
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Digital History: The Democratic Convention of 1924
The representatives to the Democratic Convention in 1924 were diverse and devisive. Read about how groups holding totally opposite beliefs attempted to select a candidate to run against Calvin Coolidge. Read about the results of the...
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Digital History: Low Brow and Middle Brow Culture
A good overview of the popular culture in the Jazz Age. Read about the kinds of entertainment and literature enjoyed by the middle class in the 1920s.
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Digital History: The Critical Period: Introduction
The years immediately following the end of the Revolutionary War were fraught with problems both domestically and in foreign affairs. There were also accomplishments in the expansion of the economy. Read about the problems and why...
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Digital History: The Threat of a Military Coup
A brief discussion of the Newburgh Conspiracy, a threat for soldiers to take over the government because of the Confederation Congress' failure to pay them.
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Digital History: The Tyranny of the Majority
See how the actions of state legislatures threatened the very existence of a national government during the Confederation Era.
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Digital History: What Americans Don't Know About the Constitution
Read about the woeful lack of understanding Americans have of their own guding document, the Constitution.
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Digital History: The Oldest Written National Framework of Government
See how unique the U.S. Constitution has been over the 200 plus years of our government.
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Digital History: Was the Constitutional Convention Legal?
A look at the convening of a Constitutional Convention to address the problems inherent in the Articles of Confederation. Read a quote from George Washington, who addressed the legality of such a convention.
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Digital History: Why Should We Care About the American Revolution
Some provocative questions about whether a revolution was necessary, could it have been averted, and what made it possible for the colonists to defeat a world power.
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Digital History: Who Were the Loyalists?
A very brief look at who the Loyalists were during the Revolutionary War, and what became of them when the war was over.
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Digital History: Creating New State Governments
See how state constitutions were the incubator of ideas that eventually became embodied in the U.S. Constitution.
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Digital History: European Commercial and Financial Expansion
An interesting look at the support for Portuguese exploration by the bankers of Germany and Italy. See how Christopher Columbus' desires for riches was stoked by Portuguese trading posts in the Atlantic.
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Digital History: The Meaning of America
Although brief, this article points out the opposing views of the New World of America in European eyes during the exploration and early colonization period.
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Digital History: Slavery in the Colonial North
Read a very brief description of slavery in the New England and Middle colonies.
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Digital History: Struggles for Power in Colonial America
A very brief explanation of the power struggle between the French and English in the New World and how the Native Americans were caught in the middle.
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Digital History: The Great Awakening
A brief discussion about the Great Awakening, an important religious event that swept across America and included all classes of people in both the cities and countryside.
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Digital History: The Fate of Native Americans
A brief look at the inability of Native Americans to halt the settlement of their lands by American colonists after the French and Indian War. There is a short description of Chief Pontiac and his alliance of several tribes which fought...
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Digital History: Philadelphia in 1787
A quick snapshot of what the city of Philadelphia was like in terms of population, wealth, and appearance at the beginning of the Constitutional Convention held there in 1787.
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Digital History: The Birth of Political Parties
A brief look at the beginning of political parties in the new American nation. Find out the views of the two parties.
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Digital History: Election of 1796
The election of 1796, a test of the new government's transfer of power, was not without intrigue. Read a brief account of the election and its results.
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Digital History: The Eagle, the Tiger, and the Shark
A very brief discussion about how Napoleon's exploits in Europe affected American shipping and American sailors.
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Digital History: University of Houston: Women's Liberation
The women's movement was launched with the publication of the book "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan in 1963. After years of interviewing women, Friedan concluded that many were unhappy in their lives and unhappy with their...
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Digital History: Shays' Rebellion
A brief discussion of Shays' Rebellion and why it was but a symptom of a weak central government under the Articles of Confederation. See what some saw as a way to fix the problems.