 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Iod from the discovery of America to Post-Reconstruction times. With that in mind, this novel will be used as a reference throughout the 1st Semester and will serve as a guide to re-create Native American history 10.87 Kb.  1 | read |
| Ethnic Diversity, Nativism, and Racism in the California Gold Rush ethnic consciousness Chan, Sucheng. Kevin Starr, ed. Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold Rush California. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2000 23.75 Kb. 1 | read |
| Chapter 8 Grade Five – United States History and Geography: Making a New Nation Introduction Why did different groups of people decide to settle in the territory that would become the United States? 101.08 Kb. 3 | read |
 | Title VII of the civil rights act after 50 years: proceedings of the new york university 67th annual conference on labor Note: This article will appear in title VII of the civil rights act after 50 years: proceedings of the new york university 67th annual conference on labor (LexisNexis forthcoming 2015). Until publication the contents are subject to change 336.42 Kb. 4 | read |
| How Wall Street Occupied America Great Plains in 1890, populist orator Mary Elizabeth Lease exclaimed, “Wall Street owns the country Money rules Our laws are the output of a system which clothes rascals in robes and honesty in rags. The parties lie to us and the political speakers 23.06 Kb. 1 | read |
| The Great Depression Summary In 1929, the United States entered into a time of little money and little economic growth. This era, called the Great Depression lasted into the 1930s and had a widespread and severe impact on American life 10.12 Kb. 1 | read |
 | Video comprehension questions: What part of the country did the Cherokee originally occupy? How did the prospectors and settlers who crossed hunting lands affect the life of the Lakota? 20.67 Kb. 1 | read |
| Settling the West West was achieved primarily by three groups – miners, ranchers (cattlemen/cowboys), and farmers – most of whom were white (both Americans and Europeans), but also blacks, Asians, and Mexicans 222.99 Kb. 6 | read |
| Unit 7 Transforming the Nation How far did this man walk in search of freedom? Chief Joseph led the Nez Perce on a journey of more than 1,200 miles to escape being forced onto a reservation page 524 253.56 Kb. 5 | read |
| Christopher Columbus Genoa and then to Venice but was rejected there too. He then went to the Spanish monarchy of Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragon, in 1486, who accepted him. Columbus went on four voyages 20.17 Kb. 1 | read |
| The Columbian Exchange Columbian Exchange the transfer of peoples, animals, plants and diseases between the New and the Old Worlds 19.38 Kb. 1 | read |
| Unit 2 Exploration and Settlement This explorer had a bold plan to sail west to Asia. Although he never reached his goal, his journeys to the Americas changed history for millions of people page 96 257.13 Kb. 5 | read |
| Section 5 The Compromise of 1850 Kentucky, trudged through a Washington snowstorm to pay an unexpected call on Senator Daniel Webster of Massachusetts. Clay, the creator of the Missouri Compromise, had come up with a plan to end the deadlock over California 31.93 Kb. 1 | read |
| Hazard, vulnerability, and risk analysis In addition, this chapter discusses how emergency managers can assess the preimpact conditions that produce disaster vulnerability within their communities 281.62 Kb. 5 | read |
| United states history and geography Major agricultural produce- cattle, corn, cotton, wheat, hogs, tobacco, fruit and vegetables 441.11 Kb. 7 | read |