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University of Groningen

American History: Essays: Andrew Jackson and the Bankwar: The Investigation

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the investigation that Andrew Jackson launched into the Second Bank of the United States after suggestions that it was meddling in politics, and Nicholas Biddle's response. Jackson took the issue to Congress, asking them to...
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US Department of Justice

Introduction to Federal Voting Rights Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
From the U.S. Justice Department, this is a history of voting rights laws in the United States, including a discussion of the Fifteenth Amendment.
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: The Gilded Age (1877 1900)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
As Reconstruction came to an end in the United States the country began to evolve into an industrial nation through the perseverance and ingenuity of masterminds like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. Through a collection of...