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What is the History of Civil Rights Legislation in the United States
...A1866.jpg|275px|thumb|left| A newspaper announces the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1866]]__NOTOC__ ...f African descent, but also all who would be identified as citizens. Civil rights legislation, in other words, was grounded in the desire of fairness, justic

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What is the History of Civil Rights Legislation in the United States?
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American Legal History Top Ten Booklist
...ooks helped us think about legal history in new ways. Excitement and legal history are terms that are rarely used together, but after you read these books we ...prolific, and he has also published another twenty books on law and legal history. In fact, there is a very good chance that he wrote and published another

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Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist
...can be pointed to for defining eras such as Colonial America, the American Civil War, Reconstruction or the Cold War. Arguably, even the term Gilded Age is ...e has illuminated the critical role African American women played as civil rights activists. As Jim Crow reordered southern society, women fought for the cre

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What was the Albany Plan of Union of 1754
...overnments, sensing that it would curb their own authority and territorial rights, either rejected the plan or chose not to act on it at all. The British Gov ...Council is to be obtained, before they receive their commissions. And all civil officers are to be nominated by the Grand Council, and to receive the Presi

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Which Guns Won the American West
...to abandon its Springfield single-shot muzzle-loading firearm. During the Civil War the New Haven Arms Company sold only 1,730 carbines to the Union Army. ...e first time. <ref>Haar, Dan, ”Gun That Won The West: Two Claim Bragging Rights,” ''Hartford Courant'', 2016</ref> It was created by a copywriter for a W

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Was Elizabeth I Justified in having her Cousin Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland Executed
*[[British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist]] *[[How does The Magna Carta influence the Modern Perceptions of Civil Rights?]]

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What are the Lasting Legacies of the Roman Empire on Modern Governments
...similar to today, was considered as the primary way to uphold citizens’ rights and have checks and balances in government.<ref>For a general discussion on ...pted and codified later. See: Stein, Peter. 1999. ''Roman Law in European History.'' New York: Cambridge University Press, pg. 31.</ref>

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Why was the Construction of the Alaska Highway so important to American History
...<ref>Virtue, John, ''The Black Soldiers Who Built the Alaska Highway: A History of Four U.S. Army Regiments in the North, 1942-1943'', McFarland & Company, ...road to civil rights.” <ref>Weingroff, Richard F. “The Road to Civil Rights,” fhwa.dot.gov, </ref>

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Portal:Interviews
...t famous and infamous security guard and detective agency in United States history. Pinkerton originally created the agency to help railroad companies investi ...ernment surveillance? What can advocates do to strengthen personal privacy rights? These concerns will only intensify in the years to come.

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What were the Root Causes of the Spanish Civil War
...ctors, some of which will be discussed here. The main cause of the Spanish Civil War, was the failure of Spanish democracy. This was because there was a re ...&linkId=b54b43da8965b066ed125b18696e983b The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936–1939]''. London, UK: Weidenfield and Nicolson</ref> These ideolo

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How did Vladimir Lenin Rise To Power
...tal state ownership of all property, abolishing Tsarists privileges, equal rights for all, and eliminating unemployment. As the tension grew, Lenin decided t In the following three years of civil war, the Bolsheviks successfully assumed total control of Russia. Lenin act

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How did the Sharia Law develop
*[[How does The Magna Carta influence the Modern Perceptions of Civil Rights?]] *[[American Legal History Top Ten Booklist]]

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How does The Magna Carta influence the Modern Perceptions of Civil Rights
...t important documents in the history of democracy itself, as well as civil rights and obligations and common law in general. ...III, the English king John and his barons specifically addressing the very rights of the monarch. <ref>Causes and effects of the Magna Carta: http://www.skw

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Why has the French Civil Code had a lasting influence on contemporary European law
...Code represents a comprehensive reformation and codification of the French civil law and was considered by Napoleon himself to be one of his most significan ...e French society. Its long-lasting effect is closely connected to the very history of its creation.

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How Did Early Judicial Systems Evolve
...zens. The concept of justice, in fact, has evolved from very early written history, showing some similarities early on with modern ideas of law and justice fo ...roceedings are not known, they do show that individuals were provided with rights to prevent abuse by authorities and to remove state authority from certain

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What is the significance of the 1968 East L.A. Walkouts
...ivil rights activists. What we know about the African American/Black civil rights movements are the obvious events leading up to the political revolutions th ...tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=c9431f9c6cb484902ece972dde717853 North to Aztlan: A History of Mexican Americans in the United States]'', (New York: Twayne Publishers,

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When Did Jackie Robinson Integrate Baseball and Why Is It Important
...isode in Robinson’s military career foreshadowed his later role in civil rights. Robinson and some fellow African-American soldiers applied to Officer Cand The color line was receding to history, but racial intolerance and discrimination were not. During that 1947 seaso

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Why Was the Battle of Antietam a Pivotal event in the American Civil War
...an, in Sharpsburg, Maryland. In this one poignant moment in time, American history was forever altered. If Gettysburg was the most significant battle in terms ...o end the debate. The Battle of Antietam was the most pivotal event of the Civil War as it erased the threat of European recognition of the Confederate Stat

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The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798: Interview with Terri Halperin
Terri Halperin is a member of the University of Richmond History Department and an adjunct professor of the James Madison Memorial Foundatio ...e think about how Congress worked at its beginnings. My dissertation was a history of the United States Senate from 1789 to 1821.

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What Were the Motives of the Irish in the American Civil War
...liefs. The irony of Irish countrymen fighting on opposite sides during the Civil War is that both were fighting for the cause of their beloved Ireland. This By 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, only 84,000 of the 1.2 million Irish in America resided in the South.

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Were Members of the Underground Railroad Criminals
...he North, through various undertakings, she was able to write her personal history. In the preface to her story——and throughout the text——she appeals America was built on the backs of slaves. On the eve of the Civil War, these human beings were second only to land as the most valuable commo

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Who Was Responsible for the Extreme Violence During the Reconstruction Era
...“unable to compromise.”<ref>Eric Foner, ''Give Me Liberty: An American History'' (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009), 534.</ref> ...of black citizens; there were zero convictions.<ref>Eric Foner, ''A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877'' (New York: Harper&Row, 1990), 85.</ref>

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American Surveillance: Interview with Anthony Gregory
...ernment surveillance? What can advocates do to strengthen personal privacy rights? These concerns will only intensify in the years to come. ...://uwpress.wisc.edu/index.html University of Wisconsin Press] examines the history of surveillance in the United States and grapples with these problems. He e

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Why did Germany Persecute LGBT people during World War II
...4.</ref> At a time when there were more than 2,000 known male prostitutes, civil servants, sailors, and government officials were among the throngs who freq ...lso in 1933, laws were enacted which banned all pornography and homosexual rights groups and organizations. The gay life in Germany was waning in force and t

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How historically accurate is Braveheart
...kirk in Wallace's life, see: Hamilton, J. S. (2010). The Plantagenets: History of a Dynasty. London ; New York: Continuum, pg. 79.</ref> *[[British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist]]

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How Historically Accurate is Alexander
*[[British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist]] *[[How does The Magna Carta influence the Modern Perceptions of Civil Rights?]]

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How Historically Accurate is season 1 of Versailles
====History and Key Events==== ...ntext ; Essays in Honour and Memory of Walter C. Utt. Studies in the History of Christian Traditions 156. Leiden: Brill.</ref>

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How Historically Accurate is season 1 of Victoria
...n der Kiste, J. (2009) Queen Victoria’s children. 2nd ed. Stroud, History Press.</ref> *[[British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist]]

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What was the impact of the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre (1572) on France
...ct of the massacre was profound. The massacre changed the course of French history and initiated a new and bloody chapter in the Wars of Religion. The massacr ...f4b002ee046258210097ec03ad09bb The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre: A Brief History with Documents] (Faber, London, 2008), p. 67, 89</ref> The Huguenots w

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The Rabbi's Atheist Daughter: Interview with Bonnie S. Anderson
...rk, the astonishing life of Ernestine Potowski Rose, champion of all human rights." ...389&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=ae4748818883cd06daf0f4930762dd6b A History of Their Own: Women in Europe from Prehistory to the Present Volume 1] and

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What were the impact of the military reforms of Marius on Rome
Later, he became involved in a series of civil wars with the Roman politician and soldier Sulla, the aristocratic faction ...he legionnaires. The general would often extend his command to secure the rights and the rewards of his soldiers. The legionary owed more allegiance to his

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How did the Social War (91-88 BCE) change the Roman Republic and Italy
...dence from Rome and they could do so because Rome was too preoccupied with civil war and political instability and this according to Plutarch fuelled the gr ...popular party (populares) wanted to compromise and offer the Italians more rights. They had always been sympathetic to the various peoples of Italy, includin

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The Power of Women and Peru's Shining Path
...ed. George E. Marcus, (Durhm: Duke University Press, 1992), 188-193.</ref> Rights for women in Peru were very limited; abortion after rape was illegal, femal ...eft.<ref>Orin Starn, Carlos DeGregori, and Robin Kirk. The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics, ed. Orin Starn, carlos Ivan Degregori, and Robin Ki

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Was Joel Poinsett an Agent of Empire and a Patron of Science
...f human nature became fundamental to definitions of republicanism, natural rights, and national identity, Poinsett went to Mexico, as both a liberal influenc ...his Unpublished Report on the Present Political State of Mexico. A Social History of Anthropology in the United States, by Thomas C. Patterson provides the b

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2017 Organization of American Historians Book Awards
...ified historians and they highlight some of the best new books in American history for 2017. ...ward is given to an author for their first scholarly book on United States history.

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2016 Organization of American Historians Book Awards
...alified historians and who identify some of the best new books in American history for 2016. ...ward is given to an author for their first scholarly book on United States history.

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2015 Organization of American Historians Book Awards
[[File:A_chosen_exile.jpg|thumbnail|250px|left|A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life by Allyson Hobbs]] ...alified historians and who identify some of the best new books in American history for 2016.

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2014 Organization of American Historians Book Awards
...alified historians and who identify some of the best new books in American history for 2016. ...ward is given to an author for their first scholarly book on United States history.

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What was the impact of Spartacus' uprising on Rome
...9&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=2b92b7cc100dd5442a529a512340b570 The Civil wars] (Penguin Classics; New Ed edition, London, 1996), p. 12</ref> ...kId=d67bc798efd524fa4f08bc1fa5ff510b Spartacus and the Slave Wars: A Brief History with Documents] (London, Palgrave-MacMillan,2001), p 111 </ref> Sparta

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Great Gifts for History Lovers 2017
...r spouse. Hopefully, we can help. This is our 2017 list of great gifts for history lovers. ...st history lovers should enjoy. Here are some releases that are worth your history lovers attention. In addition to the standard paper format, some of these b

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When did interracial marriage become legal in the United States
...laws—were passed in the middle of the 19th century and by the end of the Civil War, and by 1865 all western and Southern States had them in place. ...4189 of the code. They claimed that it violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights because the law penalized them more heavily for being an interracial couple

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What are the Origins of the Abolitionist Movement
...has been remembered as one of the great humanitarian initiatives in modern history. Occurring as it did in a world that was rent by the slaveholding republics ...ut of those movements came many of the first abolitionist organizations in history. The second factor has to do with political economy. Slaveholding republics

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Where did the concept of Human Rights come from
[[File:5824691944 8f290a547b z.jpg|thumbnail|left|250px|Human Rights Campaign]] ...being born human. Typically we attach the word “inalienable” to these rights, meaning that they are unable to be given or taken away by other human bein

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How Historically Accurate is Season 2 of Versailles
...IV and the origins of the Dutch War. Cambridge studies in early modern history. Cambridge [England] ; New York, Cambridge University Press.</ref> ...(2009) The state in early modern France. New approaches to European history ; 42. 2nd ed. Cambridge, UK ; New York, Cambridge University Press.</re

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The Federalist Papers - Number 10
...iling and increasing distrust of public engagements, and alarm for private rights, which are echoed from one end of the continent to the other. These must be ...ctuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adversed to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the commu

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Was the Constitution Pro-Slavery
...hts, which would prove critical to the United States as well. (The Bill of Rights was added to the document in 1791). One reading of the reasons for these co ...this clause and would send the nation spiraling into the conflagrations of Civil War.

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How Did Finland Survive the Winter War of 1939-1940
...l factions within the country as well as foreign powers during the Russian Civil War. ...rld War Two History]][[Category:European History]] [[Category:20th Century History]]

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What was lynching
...tp://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3178 Digital History].</ref> The United States has a long history of vigilance committees whose purposes were to protect the community. Accor

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How Did Thomas Francis Meagher Really Die
...penchant for alcohol. The possibility of this strong, Catholic man with a history of perseverance committing suicide is less likely but is not without merit ...ment.<ref>Cal McCarthy, ''Green, Blue, and Grey: The Irish in the American Civil War'' (Cork, Ireland: Collins Press, 2009), 45.</ref>The 69th engaged in co

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How did Cardinal Richelieu change France
...ed in Paris Collège de Navarre, a brilliant student he was well-versed in history and the classics. He had originally intended to the military, but his famil ...to remove the nobility's influence from the bureaucracy, and he opened the civil service to commoners. However, many of these bought their positions, leadin

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How Did Marriage Develop in the West
...Western regions, this is no different, although over time, for most of our history over the last two thousand years, marriage had become more narrowly defined ...could have been both cultural influence but also needs to clarify property rights and inheritance issues, namely selecting someone to inherit possessions, ma

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African American Women's History Top Ten Booklist
African American Women’s History exploded onto the scene in the wake of second wave feminism. As the converg A narrative history that traces Black Women’s history from the late nineteenth century.

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In what ways did Peter the Great change Russia
...e. More than any other person, this Tsar changed the direction of Russian history, and many believe that he transformed the country and opened it up to the w ...e powers over the serfs. Peter passed laws that formalized the landowners' rights about the serfs, and as a result, the unfree class became ever more depende

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Top Ten War Books that were turned into Movies
...cture is an adaptation of a work of history. Here is a list of the top ten history books, in no particular order that have inspired some of the most popular h ...s, and it considered a very good account of the D-Day Landings. The movies rights of the book were soon bought by a Hollywood studio and the movie ‘The Lon

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What was the impact of the Balfour Declaration (1917) on the Middle East
...lyh0c-20&linkId=77d49366f857a0897f3fbd76f0809035 The Modern Middle East: A History] (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), p. 114</ref>. The declaration

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How did Oregon pass Medical Licensing Laws in the 19th Century
...edical school graduate.<ref>O. Larsell, The Doctor in Oregon: A Medical History (Portland, Oregon State Historical Society 1947), 210.</ref> After Pope ...cians. As long as any future bill did not encroach on those physicians’ rights, he argued that they would support future legislation. He stated it would

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Did Christianity Positively Impact the Civil Rights Movement
...ian faiths. It was especially not true of many leading forces of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s. ...very certain kinds, can be said to have had a positive impact on the Civil Rights Movement.

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What was the First Wave Feminist Movement
...duals specifically, should have rights that the state provides. Individual rights, separate from teaching from the church, began to become a key focus for ph ...g=dailyh0c-20&linkId=f7ede341ed268d1f21573c5f2e2ef23d A Vindication of the Rights of Women], published in 1792, and Maria, or the Wrongs of Women,

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What was the Second Wave Feminist Movement
...und the movement and incorporate intersectionality and embrace transgender rights.<ref>https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/16955588/feminism-waves-explained-first- ...f World War Two and essentially ended with the failure to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Second-wave feminism splintered after criticism grew that the mo

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Why did the United States pass and then repeal the constitutional amendment prohibiting alcohol
...ncluding attempts to reform prisons and education systems, expand suffrage rights, and abolish slavery. As part of these wider efforts, Temperance first enc ...o the 20th century as part of the Progressive Movement. For much of human history, access to clean drinking water presented a significant engineering challen

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What Did Black Politicians Accomplish during the Reconstruction Era
...ntation and the nature of democracy in moments of crisis. Coming after the Civil War, Reconstruction was the period that attempted to settle the question of ...ng legacy in helping legislate into existence policies on education, civil rights, and economic reforms.

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When did political parties emerge
...largely true for most democracies today, this was not the case earlier in history when elections and democratic systems developed. Political parties likely d ...the late 17th century in England. The emergence linked back to the English Civil War and the turbulent time that followed with the temporary dissolution of

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Did Egyptian President Gamal Nasser Protect the Copts
...but at the same time, he often initiated laws that stripped them of their rights in order to placate the Muslim Brotherhood. ...i>Aegyptus. <ref> Nisan, Modechai. Minorities in the Middle East: A History of Struggle and Self-Expression. Second Edition. (Jefferson, North Caro

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Top Ten History of Voting Rights Booklist
...History Blog] of the best books on the history of election law and voting rights. Over the last few years, this booklist has become even more relevant than ...0&linkId=648d7b6d22fcf31776a45993480a9b84 The Right To Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States] (Basic Books, 2000)

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Great Gifts for History Lovers 2018
...friends and family can be tough, but if your friend or family member loves history these suggestions may be helpful. ...t to. Custer's Trials was the winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for history.The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, by Eric Foner (W.W.

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Why were Eclectic Physicians in the United States divided on Medical Licensing
...egulations discriminated against, marginalized, and limited their practice rights. They viewed Regulars with suspicion and distrusted their motives in advoc ...July, 1898): 449, http://books.google.com/ebooks; Harvey Wickes Felter, History of the Eclectic Medical Institute Cincinnati, Ohio: 1845-1902, (Alumnal

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How accurate is the movie J. Edgar
...kerman. Kenneth, Young J. Edgar: Hoover, the Red Scare, and the Assault on Civil Liberties (New York, Carroll & Graf, 2007), p. 78, 119</ref> ...s a communist. He often stated that senators, political opponents, judges, civil liberties advocates, and journalists were communists so that he could impos

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What were the Klu Klux Klan and the Enforcement Acts of 1870-71
...s in some states were at work, however, to deny black citizens their legal rights. Members of the Ku Klux Klan, for example, terrorized black citizens for ex ...ses of another" with the intention of violating citizens’ constitutional rights. Even this legislation did not diminish the harassment of black voters in s

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How did World War II Lead to the Cold War
...Allies due to intervention by these powers against the Reds in the Russian Civil War and for abandoning Czechoslovakia before the war began. These are among ...irlift. The effort led by the U.S. and U.K. was the largest such effort in history until that point, delivering over 200,000 flights to feed the civilians of

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What was the impact of Eumenes on the Hellenistic World
...he royalist fleet and thus isolated Eumenes from Polyperchon, who fought a civil war against Casander in Macedonia, with the backing of Alexander’s mother In effect, Eumenes success made another round of civil wars inevitable. His decision to throw in his lot with the Regent and the

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Understanding Reconstruction - A Historiography
...Thus, white Southerners sincerely hoped to offer the emancipated freedmen rights and protection along with equal opportunity. However, the bullying efforts ...rn Radical Republicans were at fault. They cynically used freedmen's civil rights as a means to force capitalism and economic dependence on the South.

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Urban Masses and Moral Order in America: 1820-1920 - Book Review
During the Civil War, the YMCA’s outward efforts intensified as they “maintained agents ...and support prohibition. [along with labor regulation and expanded voting rights] Occasionally, moral reform efforts backfired as with the famous Raines Law

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Chants Democratic and A City in the Republic - Book Reviews
By 1825, “the craftsmen would insist on their equal rights and exercise their citizenship to preserving the rule of virtue as well as ...prove production and work rates. Workers saw this as an intrusion on their rights of self-possession, drinking served not only as a cultural aspect of crafts

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A Consumers’ Republic - Book Review
...lack Americans sought to obtain equal rights as consumers during the civil rights movement, overturning racist housing policies and integrating lunch counter ...tegory:Book Review]] [[Category:United States History]][[Category:Economic History]] [[Category:Videri.org]] [[Category:Historiography]]

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North of Slavery: The Negro in the Free States: 1790 – 1860 - Book Review
...te citizens. Though slaves in the South faced more explicit deprivation of rights, “even the more subtle forms of twentieth-century racial discrimination h ...is careful not to overstate his case. Northern African-Americans had more rights than slaves, and many northern whites opposed slavery. That said, “most n

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Race Relations in the Urban South: 1865-1890 - Book Review
...numbers of unemployed urban blacks in the years immediately following the Civil War. The Black Codes, many of which did not specifically mention race, regu ...for “ladies” and “gentlemen.” After the passage of the 1875 Civil Rights Act, blacks were able to challenge these practices with some success, but n

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Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America - Book Review
...ssor of Asian American Studies at Columbia University traced the intricate history of immigration legislation and construction of identities through immigrati ...“alien” immediately equated to illegal Mexicans rather than a complex history of immigration restrictions of Europeans and Chinese. Thus, the book is ref

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How Did the Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833 Impact American History
...ful, but defined his presidency nonetheless and set the course of American history for the following few decades. Most people know about President Jackson’s ...first showing in what would be the first of many debates leading up to the Civil War. President Jackson’s political capital was damaged by the crisis, but

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51 Great Online Resources for History Teachers
We are currently building this page to help history and social studies teachers, instructors and professors find useful online * [[United States History Study Guide|United States History]]

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What is the history of impeachment in the United States
...lleged crime has been committed by an official, often during their tenure. History also shows that it is possible to remove an official for a crime committed ...ight and decision. The Senate did remove him anyway, but during this early history of the United States, the Senate wanted more separation from the House.<ref

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Was the story of the Man in the Iron Mask based on a real person
...France from a very young age. In his childhood, his realm was engulfed by civil wars, known as the Frondes, and they shaped the philosophy of Louis XIV. ...clear that he was a prisoner of state and this meant that he had no legal rights and was completely under the jurisdiction of the monarch.<ref>Thompson, p 1

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What is the early history of the United States Supreme Court
...ntive due process, which protected the rights of individuals even if their rights were not explicit in the Constitution. ...g individuals' rights from states or organizations that infringed on those rights such as in work requirements and payment.

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Why did the Continental Congress adopt the Articles of Confederation
...ticles created a sovereign, national government, and, as such, limited the rights of the states to conduct their own diplomacy and foreign policy. However, t ...of one delegate from each State; and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United

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Why did the Continental Congress draft and sign the Declaration of Independence
...stems of government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the estab ...houses repeatedly, for opposing, with manly firmness, his invasions on the rights of the people.

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Top Ten Books on the History of Reconstruction
...ction in America 1860–1880 has justly been called a classic. Du Bois history undermined the previous historical works on Reconconstruction written by hi ...ly expanded authority and committed, for a time, to the principle of equal rights for all Americans.

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Why did the United States fail to support the Haitian Revolution of 1801 against France
...volutionary factions, while the mixed-race population campaigned for civil rights. Sensing an opportunity, the slaves of northern St. Domingue organized and ...slavery. What followed over the next decade was a complex and multi-sided civil war in which Spanish and British forces also intervened.

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How did the Civil Rights Movement Begin
...tory. It is one subject that is almost universally encountered in American history classrooms. While the general narrative of protest leading to massive chang ...orded both the opportunities and protections of the liberal subject. Civil rights are the basis for ensuring that the citizenry in any given society has the

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The Federalist Papers - Number 8
...iderable. The history of war, in that quarter of the globe, is no longer a history of nations subdued and empires overturned, but of towns taken and retaken; ...to institutions which have a tendency to destroy their civil and political rights. To be more safe, they at length become willing to run the risk of being le

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Why was the French Foreign Legion Created
====History of the French Foreign Legion==== ...rce of mercenaries in their army.<ref> Geraghty, Tony. March or Die: A New History of the French Foreign Legion (London, Putnam Press, 1987), p. 6</ref>

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The Federalist Papers - Number 15
...re still retained, to the prejudice of our interests, not less than of our rights. Are we in a condition to resent or to repel the aggression? We have neithe ...a state of war; and military execution must become the only instrument of civil obedience. Such a state of things can certainly not deserve the name of gov

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The Federalist Papers - Number 16
...h barely observing here, that of all the confederacies of antiquity, which history has handed down to us, the Lycian and Achaean leagues, as far as there rema ...constitutional remedy is force, and the immediate effect of the use of it, civil war.

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The Federalist Papers - Number 19
...o the ban of the empire, by which the party is degraded from his sovereign rights and his possessions forfeited. The members of the confederacy are expressly The history of Germany is a history of wars between the emperor and the princes and states; of wars among the p

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The Federalist Papers - Number 20
...imports and exports; to regulate the mint, with a saving to the provincial rights; to govern as sovereigns the dependent territories. The provinces are restr {{#dpl:category=Colonial American History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=6}}

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The Federalist Papers - Number 26
...VILEGE, and combines the energy of government with the security of private rights. A failure in this delicate and important point is the great source of the ...exercise of so dangerous an authority, it became an article of the Bill of Rights then framed, that "the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdo

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The Federalist Papers - Number 28
...tually endangers all government. Regard to the public peace, if not to the rights of the Union, would engage the citizens to whom the contagion had not commu ...as far as it has any foundation in truth, is an inevitable consequence of civil society upon an enlarged scale? Who would not prefer that possibility to th

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The Federalist Papers - Number 29
...tia in those emergencies which call for the military arm in support of the civil magistrate, it can the better dispense with the employment of a different k ...umbers of the people, would not fall far short of the whole expense of the civil establishments of all the States. To attempt a thing which would abridge th

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The Federalist Papers - Number 40
...ch death may be inflicted without the intervention of a jury, or even of a civil magistrate; in all these cases the powers of the Confederation operate imme {{#dpl:category=Colonial American History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=6}}

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The Federalist Papers - Number 42
...rity, given by the ninth article of the Confederation, to appoint all such civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United ...gulated by an external authority, without so far intruding on the internal rights of legislation, is absolutely incomprehensible. This is not the only case i

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The Federalist Papers - Number 43
...State ceding it; as the State will no doubt provide in the compact for the rights and the consent of the citizens inhabiting it; as the inhabitants will find ..., are not under one government, provision is made for this object; and the history of that league informs us that mutual aid is frequently claimed and afforde

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How did the North prevent the Diplomatic Recognition of the South during the Civil War
One of the most important victories won by the United States during the Civil War was not ever fought on a battlefield. Rather, it was a series of diplom ...h Foreign Secretary Lord John Russell said, “The question of belligerent rights is one, not of principle, but of fact.”

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The Federalist Papers - Number 51
...mbition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices sho ...the private interest of every individual may be a sentinel over the public rights. These inventions of prudence cannot be less requisite in the distribution

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The Federalist Papers - Number 53
...means coinciding any more in this instance, than in the elections of other civil magistrates. ...and civil liberty have been most discussed, and where we hear most of the rights of the Constitution, it is maintained that the authority of the Parliament

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The Federalist Papers - Number 57
...s country. No qualification of wealth, of birth, of religious faith, or of civil profession is permitted to fetter the judgement or disappoint the inclinati [[Category: US History Documents]] [[Category: Historical Documents]] [[Category: Federalist Pap

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The Federalist Papers - Number 83
...bolition is complete and universal, extending not only to every species of civil, but even to CRIMINAL CAUSES. To argue with respect to the latter would, ho With regard to civil causes, subtleties almost too contemptible for refutation have been employe

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The Federalist Papers - Number 84
...l extent, the common and statute law of Great Britain, by which many other rights, not expressed in it, are equally secured. ...lution. This consequently can be considered as no part of a declaration of rights, which under our constitutions must be intended as limitations of the power

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What is the History of Civil Rights Legislation in the United States
...A1866.jpg|275px|thumb|left| A newspaper announces the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1866]]__NOTOC__ ...f African descent, but also all who would be identified as citizens. Civil rights legislation, in other words, was grounded in the desire of fairness, justic

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Landmark Legal Cases: Roe v. Wade (1973)
...nd overbroadly infringing those plaintiffs' Ninth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The court ruled the Does' complaint not justiciable. Appellants directly a ...place some emphasis upon, medical and medical-legal history and what that history reveals about man's attitudes toward the abortion procedure over the centur

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What were the International Consequences of the Union Victory in 1865
...sions that had complicated U.S. external relations in the years before the Civil War. The end of the War allowed the United States to resolve the Alabama c ...ute between the United States and Great Britain that arose out of the U.S. Civil War. The peaceful resolution of these claims seven years after the war ende

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What was the Third Wave Feminist Movement
...e-class women. The Third Wave feminists have actively sought to expand the rights of LBTQ and minority women. Mainly, they have been interested in trying to ...hts by suggesting they were better educated and equipped to exercise those rights than non-white men and women.

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Top Ten Books on Los Angeles History
...ms of historical scholarship, Los Angeles sits at an interesting spot. Its history can be explored from Indigenous, Spanish, and American points of view, it c For those who are interested in studying the history of Los Angeles, these ten books below are a start. These ten books cover a

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How did governments develop the idea of Prime Minister Evolve
==Early History== ...es II) invited back to govern, English and subsequently British and global history changed. Now, Parliament with much greater authority and having the ability

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How did governments develop the idea of Prime Minister
====Early History==== ...es II) invited back to govern, English and subsequently British and global history changed. Now, Parliament with much greater authority and having the ability

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What Were the LA Water Wars
The Los Angeles Water Wars represent a significant moment in Los Angeles history. As Los Angeles swelled in the first few decades of the 20th century, it qu ...priority rights established by the early American miners, and the riparian rights for contiguous land, according to the Spanish tradition and the English com

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The Coming of the French Revolution - Book Review
...h century. While philosophical, Arendt’s discourse anchors itself in the history of the two of the most colossal political and social events of the Western ...gime. Immediately to its west, France faced Spain disheveled from a brutal civil war, led by a totalitarian Franco. While to its southeast, Benito Mussolini

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Why did Apartheid end in South Africa in the 1990s
Despite supporting a domestic civil rights agenda to further the rights of black people in the United States, the Truman Administration chose not t * Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State]

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Constitution of the United States: Article I
* [[Constitution of the United States: Bill of Rights]] ...ative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States, which shall have increased

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Constitution of the United States: Article II
* [[Constitution of the United States: Bill of Rights]] '''Section 4. All civil offices forfeited for certain crimes.'''

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Constitution of the United States: Amendments XI - XXVII
'''XIV. Citizen rights not to be abridged''' ...Congress, or Elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previ

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How did the Sepoy Rebellion (Indian Mutiny) change India
One of the most important events in Indian history was the Indian Mutiny of 1857, also known as the First War for Independence ...itories. <ref> Bandyopadhyay, Sekhara (2004), From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India, New Delhi: Orient Longman, p. 523</ref>

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Was 'To Kill a Mockingbird' based on real events
...lping to change attitudes to race in America at a critical juncture in its history. This book was very autobiographical, and the author based many of the char ...this time, African-Americans while officially and legally equal had fewer rights than whites. The injustice perpetrated on Tom Robinson was not uncommon and

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City of Quartz - Book Review
Davis traces LA history back to the turn of the century exploring some of its socialist roots that ...s awash in racial and class supervision … Angelenos came to define their history through the imagery of noir “Los Angeles understands its past … through

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My Blue Heaven - Book Review
...this phenomena as much if not more than any other century in United States history. Becky M. Nicolaides locates the birth and growth of the white taxpaying wo ...liest inceptions in 1920 to the Watts Riots of 1965. Nicolaides uncovers a history that illustrates fluctuations in residents ideas of themselves and the subu

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Window on Freedom - Book Review
...Brenda Gayle Plummer, does a good job of placing the United States's Civil Rights Movement into international context. Because this book is an anthology, its ...xamples of many international news outlets that wrote about American civil rights struggles after World War II ended. Of course, no criticism of the United S

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The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson - Book Review
...d colonial governor. In doing so, Bailyn recasts Hutchinson as a dedicated civil servant who was unfairly dragged into ignominy by English governmental inac ...ish Crown, Hutchinson frequently protested in favor of colonists' economic rights. Despite revolutionary accusations to the contrary, he opposed both the Sta

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How did the United States Reconstruct Japan after World War II
...trol and placing more power in the parliamentary system, promoting greater rights and privileges for women, and renouncing the right to wage war, which invol ...the domestic communist movement, and with a communist victory in China’s civil war increasingly likely, the future of East Asia appeared to be at stake. O

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What was the history of marriage in the United States
...ty and Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America'', 2011.</ref>. Throughout history, the United States has idealized faithful, intraracial monogamy in the name ...k of, listing or posting of the banns became a way to formalize union as a civil ceremony. The assignment of the banns allowed the community to be able to b

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What is the History of Mass Protests in the United States
...e movements have been both a positive and sometimes destructive part of US history. ...largest US history protests have occurred since 2016; however, early in US history, mass protests were vital to social and political change. Class discontent

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How did Alaska become a State
...hington, although expansion into these regions had to wait until after the Civil War. ...lations, in fact, rebounded in the 1850s as Russian power declined. As the Civil War ended, the United States had a unique opportunity to take advantage of

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How did Florida become a State
...one M. Amos, Thomas P. Senter, and Rosalyn Howard. The Black Seminoles: History of a Freedom-Seeking People. Rev. ed. Gainesville: Univ. Press of Flori ...st Seminole War in Florida's history, see Wasserman, Adam. A People’s History of Florida, 1513-1876: How Africans, Seminoles, Women, and Lower Class Whit

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How did Hawaii become a US State
...o modernize Hawaiian society by introducing literacy and improving women's rights (Figure 1). The Hawaiian military also modernized with the introduction of ...lished, see Potter, N.W., Kasdon, L.M., Rayson, A., Potter, N.W., 2003. History of the Hawaiian kingdom. Bess Press, Honolulu. </ref>

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What is the History of Civil Rights Legislation in the United States?
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Why did the United States begin directly electing Senators in 1913
...ed the increasing tensions over slavery and states' rights that led to the Civil War. After the Civil War, disputes among state legislators over Senate elections resulted in num

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Why did the United States start the Mexican American War
...ded American soil first and that it was necessary for the US to defend its rights and interests in Texas as well as pursue its ambitions for expansion of the ...co as part of an overall strategy towards westward expansionism before the Civil War even began.

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