US History

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/18/2021
  

  Before the Civil War, America Was a ‘House Divided’ in More Ways Than One

  Alan Taylor's book on the political conflicts of the early republic innovates by taking a continental view of political changes in Canada and Mexico, where conflicts over slavery and economic development became truly pan-American phenomena. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  12/2/2019
  

  China Isn’t the Soviet Union. Confusing the Two Is Dangerous.

  by Melvyn P. Leffler

  An unusual confluence of events World War II led to America’s bitter rivalry with the U.S.S.R. That pattern is not repeating.

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• SOURCE: Tulsa World
  11/25/19
  

  Thanksgiving is a good time to lose our illusions about U.S. history

  by Nick Alexandrov

  We misread the past each November, when we consider our country’s earliest phase. We like to think tolerance, a love of liberty and a democratic impulse motivated English colonists. But history tells a different story.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  11/16/19
  

  The impeachment hearings are a battle between oligarchy and democracy

  by Heather Cox Richardson

  Ukraine’s leaders were accustomed to wielding power by prosecuting their political opponents for corruption, and Yovanovitch’s push to end that practice earned their ire.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/10/19
  

  The last time Kentucky fought over a gubernatorial election, the governor got killed

  The violence in 1899 left Kentucky on the brink of a civil war.

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• SOURCE: Time
  11/9/19
  

  Nebraska Just Approved More Inclusive Social Studies Guidelines. They're a Window Into the Changing Way Kids Are Learning U.S. History

  Steps taken in Nebraska are a window into the way that conversation is changing, amid increased public scrutiny of what American students are learning about history.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/3/19
  

  How Richard Nixon captured white rage — and laid the groundwork for Donald Trump

  by Scott Laderman

  Fifty years ago, Nixon gave us the “silent majority.” Today, Trump proudly declares himself its standard-bearer.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  11/5/2019
  

  November is Native American Heritage Month. Critics say Trump is subverting it with a new celebration of the Founding Fathers.

  Last week, President Trump declared November as “National American History and Founders Month,” a celebration of the country’s “dedication to promoting liberty and justice.”

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/4/19
  

  How the PLO served U.S. interests during the Iranian hostage crisis

  by Jørgen Jensehaugen

  Open communication and negotiation can produce concrete benefits.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  9/27/19
  

  How war forced the United States to rethink the politics of oil

  by Chris Dietrich

  A historian explains how President Trump’s approach to oil is a relic of a previous era that isn’t likely to work.

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• SOURCE: Time
  7/31/2019
  

  Notorious Gangster John Dillinger to be Exhumed

  The Indianapolis-born Dillinger was one of America’s most notorious criminals.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times Magazine
  7/31/2019
  

  The Army’s Message to Returning World War I Troops? Behave Yourselves

  The Army didn’t want the flood of veterans returning home to become a disruptive presence or a financial burden on society.

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• SOURCE: Chris Riback's Conversations
  6/28/2019
  

  Accidental Presidents: A Conversation with Historian Jared Cohen

  On his podcast, Chris Riback's Conversations, Riback and Cohen discuss Cohen's new book, “Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America,” which looks at the “eight men [who] succeeded to the presidency when the incumbent died in office. In one way or another they vastly changed our history.”

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• SOURCE: History
  7/3/2019
  

  Why Do We Celebrate July 4 With Fireworks?

  The Independence Day tradition dates nearly as far back as the country's beginning and was proposed by one of the Founding Fathers.

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• SOURCE: Harvard Business Review
  7/2/2019
  

  The Controversial History of United Fruit

  Harvard Business School professor Geoffrey Jones, an expert in business history, discusses the overthrow of President Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954 in a U.S.-backed coup in support of the United Fruit Co. (now Chiquita Brands International).

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• SOURCE: Nursing Clio
  6/26/2019
  

  A Tale of Two Midwives across Four Centuries

  What happens when the person who delivers most of the babies in her community is arrested? This is a tale of two midwives, separated by nearly four centuries of history, and yet remarkably alike.

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• SOURCE: AHA
  5-9-17 (accessed)
  

  Study: An average of 3/4ths of students enrolled in US History introductory courses get a C or better but thousands fail

  by Andrew K. Koch

  Race, family income levels, gender, and status as a first-generation college student are the best predictors of who will or will not succeed.