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Reporting on the Spanish Influenza, 1918 Gilder …

WEBDuring this outbreak the disease was deadly for people aged twenty to forty as well. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 195,000 Americans died in October 1918 …

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Woodrow Wilson Suffers Stroke, 1919 Gilder Lehrman …

WEBWoodrow Wilson Suffers Stroke, 1919 | When World War I ended, President Woodrow Wilson attended the Paris Peace Conference, where the Allied nations met to …

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Rules for discharging disabled veterans, 1919 Gilder …

WEBRules for discharging disabled veterans, 1919 | When World War I ended in 1918 more than 4.6 million men returned to the United States from war. | When World War I ended in …

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Cadet Nurse Corps, 1943

WEBThe Cadet Nurse Corps, established by the Nurse Training Act of 1943, recruited women between the ages of seventeen and thirty-five to be trained as nurses. First Lady …

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The Square Deal: Theodore Roosevelt and the Themes of …

WEBThe Square Deal: Theodore Roosevelt and the Themes of Progressive Reform | Progressivism arrived at a moment of crisis for the United States. | Progressivism arrived …

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Columbus reports on his first voyage, 1493 Gilder …

WEBColumbus reports on his first voyage, 1493 | On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all-water route to Asia. On October 12, more than two months later, …

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A Jamestown settler describes life in Virginia, 1622

WEBThis 1622 letter from Jamestown colonist Sebastian Brandt to Henry Hovener, a Dutch merchant living in London, provides a snapshot of the colony in flux. Brandt, who likely …

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The Impact of Title IX Gilder Lehrman Institute of …

WEBBarbara Winslow is a historian who teaches in the School of Education and for the Women’s Studies Program at Brooklyn College, The City University of New York.Her publications …

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Historical Context: The Global Effect of World War I

WEBIt contributed to the Bolshevik rise to power in Russia in 1917 and the triumph of fascism in Italy in 1922. It ignited colonial revolts in the Middle East and in Southeast Asia. …

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The Doctrine of Discovery, 1493 Gilder Lehrman Institute …

WEBThe Doctrine of Discovery, 1493. The Papal Bull "Inter Caetera," issued by Pope Alexander VI on May 4, 1493, played a central role in the Spanish conquest of the New World. The …

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[Journal] Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

WEB[Journal] | | One hundred and thirty three pages of diary entries and handwritten notes. Fourteen pages with preprinted text, including a title page and printed calendars. …

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Henry Knox on the British invasion of New York, 1776 …

WEB] as likely as not oversetting & my dear Girl fright’d to death – add her heavenly Gift the sweet babe to it & the very view would be insupportable, the reality would kill me – You …

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Martha Washington on life after the Revolution, 1784 …

WEBMy Dear Madam . Your polite and affectionate congratulatry Letter on the termination of our trobles, and the return of the General to domestic life, would, under any circumstances, …

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The death of slaves on the voyage, 1725 Introduction

WEBThis matter-of-fact letter written in 1725 by Stephen Bayard in New York to Robert Livingston (1654–1728), a wealthy and influential landowner and trader from Albany, …

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Reagan Speech: "Tear down this wall," 1987

WEBA Spotlight on a Primary Source by Ronald Reagan. President Ronald Reagan’s "Tear Down This Wall" speech marked his visit to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on June 12, …

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Get to Know the State History Teachers of the Year, Part II

WEBGet to Know the State History Teachers of the Year, Part II | This year we recognized 50 teachers as State History Teachers of the Year. These exceptional …

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Founding Fathers’ Selected Quotations Key Benjamin Franklin

WEB2) “All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born, the other the mass of the people…The people are turbulent and changing; …

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Alexander Hamilton to Francois De Marbois

WEBAlexander Hamilton to Francois De Marbois. Preakness, New Jersey, October 12, 1780. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages + address leaf. In my absence from Camp, the …

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Stephen Bayard to Robert Livingston

WEBStephen Bayard to Robert Livingston. New York, New York, November 12, 1725. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages + address leaf, docket. Since your Departure is arrived here from …

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Timeline: Love Canal Hazardous Waste Disaster

WEBIn February, a second evacuation order was issued by the New York State Health Department of 30 families with pregnant women and children under age two who lived in …

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Reagan Speech: “Tear down this wall” Introduction

WEB1. Why did President Reagan follow President Kennedy and President Nixon to make his speech at almost the exact same site they visited? 2. Why did Reagan address his …

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lydia maria child FPS

WEBThe best-known work of the poet and novelist Lydia Maria Child may be her poem “Over the River and Through the Woods,” but she is also remembered for her compelling …

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