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Brookings Institution: Campaign Finance

For Students 9th - 10th
The Brookings Institution provides a directory of articles that examine the subject of campaign finance reform and how it relates to Congress, the FEC, and the Courts.
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Primary
Other

The University of Southern Mississippi: Aaec Editorial Cartoons Digital Collect

For Students 9th - 10th
The Editorial Cartoon Digital Collection contains examples of the work of member artists of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC). Created primarily in the 1960s and 1970s, the cartoons reflect changes in American...
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Populist Movement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Populist Movement.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Corruption Runs Wild

For Students 5th - 8th
Government in the Gilded Age was often corrupt, tainted with money from various groups. Read about the role of political machines in many city governments, in particular Tammany Hall in New York City.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1890 1945: The Age of Empire: The Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
The Progressive Era from the 1890s to the 1920s evolved as a response to the negative effects of industrialization. Reforms that emerged provided protections for workers and consumers and gave women voting rights. Backlash against the...
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Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Shays' Rebellion

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of illustrations, documents, and texts help give a new perspective on Shays's rebellion and its impact. Includes a teaching guide.
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Handout
Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Direct Primaries

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out why the implentation of direct primaries was a result of corruption in the political process.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Political Machine and Cartoons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers the background of Boss Tweed, Thomas Nast, and the requirements of political cartoons.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Whiskey Ring Scandal

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about the Whiskey Ring Scandal, a conspiracy of distillers to bribe government officials and to defraud the government of the excise taxes on liquor during Grant's administration.