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SocietyMatt Artz2022-06-15T17:31:46-04:00
  • Jamestown, Virginia

    The Colonial Experience (1600-1770)

    991 words5.1 min read
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  • Henrietta Marie Slave Ship

    Slavery and the Invention of Race (1770-1830)

    1192 words6.1 min read
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  • Trail of Tears

    Indian Wars and Westward Expansion (1800-1830)

    723 words3.7 min read
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  • Simon Legree

    Resisting Slavery (1800-1850)

    1082 words5.5 min read
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  • San Francisco, Chinatown

    Manifest Destiny and the California Gold Rush (1840-1850)

    807 words4.1 min read
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  • Leaving Ireland

    The Famine and the Irish Race (1840-1890)

    1205 words6.1 min read
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  • Birth of a Nation

    Immigration, Black Migration, and U.S. Colonialism (1840-1890)

    1333 words6.8 min read
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  • NY Draft Riots

    Emancipation and the Backlash (1860-1870)

    477 words2.5 min read
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  • Golden Spike

    Transcontinental Railroad and the Western Indian Wars (1860-1880)

    609 words3.1 min read
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  • NaziGerman Bund

    Nazism and World War II (1920-1940)

    875 words4.5 min read
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  • Levittown, NY

    Post-war Economic Boom and Racial Discrimination (1945-1950)

    799 words4.1 min read
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  • Cesar Chavez

    Civil Rights, Vietnam and the Decade of Protest (1960-1970)

    923 words4.7 min read
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  • Border Patrol

    Anti-Immigrant Movement and Racial Profiling (1980-2000)

    599 words3.1 min read
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