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CNN

Cnn: Democratic Party History

For Students 9th - 10th
CNN provides a brief account of Democratic party history from the party's origins in the Democratic-Republican party to the present, including information on the era preceding the Civil War.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Kansas Nebraska Act

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the essential repeal of the Missouri Compromise, which had established which states could be slave and which would be free for thirty years, with the rancorous passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. See who supported it and why,...
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PBS

This Far by Faith: Henry Mc Neal Turner

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS series page for This Far by Faith profiles Civil War-era African Methodist Episcopalian churchman Henry McNeal Turner.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Political Divisions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart details the growing political divisions in the United States in the decade before the Civil War. It includes information on the election of 1856, the Dred Scott Decision, the Lincoln...
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1916

For Students 9th - 10th
CNN provides a brief account of Democratic party history from the party's origins in the Democratic-Republican party to the present, including information on the era preceding the Civil War.
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1940

For Students 9th - 10th
CNN provides a brief account of Democratic party history from the party's origins in the Democratic-Republican party to the present, including information on the era preceding the Civil War.
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1972

For Students 9th - 10th
CNN provides a brief account of Democratic party history from the party's origins in the Democratic-Republican party to the present, including information on the era preceding the Civil War.
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Graphic
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1976

For Students 9th - 10th
CNN provides a brief account of Democratic party history from the party's origins in the Democratic-Republican party to the present, including information on the era preceding the Civil War.
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Graphic
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1976

For Students 9th - 10th
CNN provides a brief account of Democratic party history from the party's origins in the Democratic-Republican party to the present, including information on the era preceding the Civil War.
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Graphic
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1996

For Students 9th - 10th
CNN provides a brief account of Democratic party history from the party's origins in the Democratic-Republican party to the present, including information on the era preceding the Civil War.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Roscoe Conkling House

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of Roscoe Conkling, divisive U.S. senator in years after Civil War; leader of Stalwart faction of Republican Party; contributor to atmosphere that led to the assassination of James Garfield.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Benjamin Franklin Tracy

For Students 9th - 10th
Benjamin Franklin Tracy (April 26, 1830 - August 6, 1915) was a United States political figure who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1889 through 1893, during the administration of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison. Tracy was a lawyer...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Oliver Perry Morton

For Students 9th - 10th
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (August 4, 1823 - November 1, 1877) was a U.S. Republican Party politician from Indiana. He served as governor of Indiana during the Civil War, and was a stalwart ally of President Abraham Lincoln.