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National Park Service: National Mall
This site is from the National Park Service. No shoe stores at this mall! Find out about our national "front yard" -- statistics, a link to the history of the National Mall, and a listing of all the monuments on the Mall. Also includes a...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Last Diary Entry of John Wilkes Booth
A learning module that begins with "Last Diary Entry of John Wilkes Booth" by John Wilkes Booth, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: David Hunter
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features David Hunter, a Union officer during the American Civil War who issued an emancipation proclamation (May 9, 1862) that was annulled by President Abraham Lincoln (May 19).
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Siteseen: American Historama: Reconstruction Era
Covers the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War from 1865-1877.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Freedmen's Bureau
Interesting facts about the Freedmen's Bureau established to help and protect emancipated slaves (freedmen)in 1865.
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Siteseen: Civil Conflict: Civil War Weapons
Article contains detailed facts and information about weapons and technology used during the Civil War. There were military breakthroughs, changing the way the Civil War was fought.
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Siteseen: Civil Conflict: Battle of Chattanooga
Article contains interesting facts and information about the Battle of Chattanooga, one of the major battles that were fought during the Civil War on November 23-25, 1863.
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Siteseen: Civil Conflict: Battle of Chickamauga
Article contains interesting facts and information about the Battle of Chickamauga, one of the major battles that were fought during the Civil War on September 19-20, 1863.
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Siteseen: Civil Conflict: Battle of Chancellorsville
Article contains interesting facts and information about the Battle of Chancellorsville, one of the major battles that were fought during the Civil War on May 1-4, 1863.
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Siteseen: Civil Conflict: Battle of Shiloh
Article contains interesting facts and information about the Battle of Chancellorsville, one of the major battles that were fought during the Civil War on April 6-7, 1862.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 - July 31, 1875) was the seventeenth President of the United States (1865-69), succeeding to the Presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He was one of only two U.S. Presidents to be...
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Richard Nixon
One of the most controversial presidents since Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt, learn more than just the basic facts in this article about Richard M. Nixon's presidency.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Benjamin Franklin Wade
Benjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade (October 27, 1800 - March 2, 1878) was a U.S. lawyer and United States Senator from Ohio. In the Senate, he was associated with the Radical Republicans of that time. Wade, along with other politicians,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Oliver Perry Morton
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (August 4, 1823 - November 1, 1877) was a U.S. Republican Party politician from Indiana. He served as governor of Indiana during the Civil War, and was a stalwart ally of President Abraham Lincoln.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Salmon Portland Chase
Salmon Portland Chase was an American politician and jurist in the Civil War era who served as U.S. Senator from Ohio and Governor of Ohio; as U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Abraham Lincoln; and as Chief Justice of the United...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Stephen Arnold Douglas
Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 - June 3, 1861) was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, Abraham Lincoln.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Dennison
William Dennison, Jr. (November 23, 1815 - June 15, 1882) was a Whig and Republican politician from Ohio. He served as the 24th Governor of Ohio and as U.S. Postmaster General in the Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln during the...
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Mount Rushmore
Presents images and descriptive details of this national monument that features the faces of past U.S. Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.