Each “party system” is a roughly defined time period in which two major political parties, each with fairly consistent supporters and beliefs, dominated the political scene.
Pentagon Puzzle - What to Cut - NYTimes.com - 1 views
YouTube - Carlisle Film 0001 - 3 views
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Solid film about the emergence of off-reservation boarding school system after the Civil War
Appendix A. Political Parties in the United States, 1820-1860 - North Carolina Digital ... - 2 views
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The second party system emerged from a split within the Democratic-Republican Party
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Jackson’s followers formed the Democratic Party, while Clay’s formed the Whig Party
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Great summary of the American Political party system in the antebellum era
Biographies of the Key Figures of the Federalist-Antifederalist Debates - 0 views
YouTube - THE COLD WAR - PART 4: Reds Under the Bed (1 of 2) - 2 views
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Joseph McCarthy
Tobacco Timeline: The Seventeenth Century--The Great Age of the Pipe - 2 views
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Fascinating! Scroll down to 1613, and then to 1620--check out how rapidly the export of tobacco took off! no wonder the owners of the Jamestown Joint Stock company kept shipping people over to Jamestown. . . there was huge profit to be had in cultivating tobacco! Notice also the countries that tried to prohibit tobacco in the early years of its availability in Europe and Asia. . .
Two Classes in America, Divided by 'I Do' - NYTimes.com - 0 views
The Romney-Ryan Plan for America - NYTimes.com - 0 views
US History Tours Powered by Google Earth - 2 views
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Really fun! Contents: * Pre-Columbian Sites and Their Significance * The Revolutionary War * The Lewis & Clark Expedition * Indian Removal * The Path to Civil War * The Emergence of a National Park System * Conflicts in WWII: Pearl Harbor, Midway, D-Day, Stalingrad, Okinawa & Others * The Road to Civil Rights * Vietnam Conflicts: Dien bien Phu, Ia Drang, Khe Sanh, My Lai, Kent State & Others * The 20th Century Power Grid: From Hydro-Electric to Nuclear Power
The Role of Uncle Sam - NYTimes.com - 0 views
History of the United States in two minutes - 1 views
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The Elusive Big Idea - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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Do you agree in part or in whole with Neal Gabler's Thesis?
fuel rods melting - 1 views
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United States’ top nuclear official
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leak apprais
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Telling Americans to Vote, or Else - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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Thirty-one countries have some form of mandatory voting
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Australia adopted mandatory voting in 1924, backed by small fines (roughly the size of traffic tickets) for nonvoting, rising with repeated acts of nonparticipation.
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The results were remarkable. In the 1925 election, the first held under the new law, turnout soared to 91 percent. In recent elections, it has hovered around 95 percent. The law also changed civic norms. Australians are more likely than before to see voting as an obligation. The negative side effects many feared did not materialize. For example, the percentage of ballots intentionally spoiled or completed randomly as acts of resistance remained on the order of 2 to 3 percent.
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Mandatory voting proposal. Compares to Australia, which has had mandatory voting since 1924.
Digital History - 1 views
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Great online text book; lots of primary sources; particularly strong on social history. Check it out!
AmericanHeritage.com / The New View of Reconstruction - 1 views
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October/November 1983
The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts - 2 views
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Wow! Check out how closely regulated the bakers were! (Command=F Baker will get you there)