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Siteseen: American Historama: Santa Fe Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides 20 interesting facts and important information about the 900-mile route from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1821 until 1880.
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Era of Good Feelings

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides interesting facts and important information on the Era of Good Feelings, a period of political stability 1817-1825.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Embargo Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed facts and interesting information about the Embargo Act of 1807.
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Gag Rule

For Students 9th - 10th
Details concerning the Gag Rule that limited discussion or debate on a particular issue and banned petitions calling for the abolition of slavery.
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Siteseen: American Historama: 1828 Tariff of Abominations

For Students 9th - 10th
The Tariff of Abominations was the name given by its southern opponents to the Tariff of 1828 and was designed to protect American industry from cheaper British commodities.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Erie Canal

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides details about the Erie Canal that stretched for 363 miles linking the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Panic of 1819

For Students 9th - 10th
Read detailed facts about the many causes of the financial panic of 1819.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Adams Onis Treaty

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed facts and information about the Adams Onis Treaty that gave Florida to the U.S. and set out a boundary with New Spain (Mexico).
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Siteseen: American Historama: Rush Bagot Treaty

For Students 9th - 10th
Details about the Rush-Bagot Treaty that demilitarized the Great Lakes region.
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Siteseen: American Historama: The American System

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive resource provides detailed facts about Henry Clay and the economic plan called the 'American System'.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Tariff of 1816

For Students 9th - 10th
The Tariff of 1816 was the first protective tariff implemented by the government and was an attempt to persuade Americans to buy home-produced goods.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Hartford Convention 1814

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive resource provides details of the secret meeting of Federalists in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Barbary Wars and Pirates

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting information about the Barbary Wars and pirates that was fought along the coast of North Africa by African Pirates of the Barbary States.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Non Intercourse Act

For Students 9th - 10th
The purpose of the 1809 Non-Intercourse Act was to permit U.S. trade with nations other than France and Great Britain and replaced the 1807 Embargo Act.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Convention of 1818 and the 49th Parallel

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Convention of 1818 when the 49th parallel was set as the border with Canada and established joint occupation of Oregon with the British for ten years.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Eugenics Movement in America

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting facts and information on the Eugenics Movement in America.