Instructional Video9:52
PBS

The History of the US Dollar

12th - Higher Ed
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Instructional Video2:28
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Paying for the Civil War

9th - Higher Ed
It cost the equivalent of billions of dollars in today’s money, and left the US government crippled with debt. But how, exactly, did America pay for the Civil War?
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History Matters: Scholars in Action: Analyzing a Thomas Nast Cartoon

9th - 10th
On this site from Scholars in Action, part of History Matters, find a discussion of a Thomas Nast cartoon about the gold standard, an issue during the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes. After analyzing the cartoon, listen to historian...