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UNITED STATES HISTORY Credits 1A-5A

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How the Second Industrial Revolution Changed Americans' LivesThe rapid advancement of mass production and transportation made life a lot faster.

Transcontinental Railroad In 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act chartered the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies, tasking them with building a transcontinental

Wright Brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright were American inventors and pioneers of aviation. In 1903 the Wright brothers achieved the first powered, sustained and controlled

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Theodore Roosevelt vs. J.P. MorganTheodore Roosevelt believed America's greatest evil was too much power in the hands of corporate America. Find out what happened when he took on J.P. Morgan,

Websites on Child Labor

Child LaborAlthough children had been servants and apprentices throughout most of human history, child labor reached new extremes during the Industrial Revolution.

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The History of Child Labor in the United States Hammer v. Dagenhart

Child LaborAlthough children had been servants and apprentices throughout most of human history, child labor reached new extremes during the Industrial Revolution.

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Civil Rights Movement The civil rights movement was a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for blacks to gain equal rights under the law in

What is it like to be a black police officer in America?NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan sits down with the President of the Black Police Association of Greater Dallas for a deeper look at police misconduct, the code of silence, and what it is like to be both a police officer and an African American in 2016.

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Japanese Internment Camps Japanese internment camps were established during World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. From 1942 to 1945, it was the

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“School-to-prison pipeline: Zero Tolerance for Latino Youth”

Young black men killed by US police at highest rate in year of 1,134 deathsFinal total of people killed by US police officers in 2015 shows rate of death for young black men was five times higher than white men of the same age

Indiana's refusal to accept Syrian refugees violates Constitution, ACLU suit says

New York State Accuses Utica School District of Bias Against RefugeesAttorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said in a lawsuit that the city diverted immigrants over 16 and unsteady in English into alternative programs in which they could not earn diplomas.

Appeals Court Revives Challenge to Arizona Ban on Ethnic StudiesA federal appeals court has breathed new life into a 2010 lawsuit challenging an Arizona law banning ethnic studies in public schools.

Transgender Fight in North Carolina May Hinge On 1964 LawThe Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination because of “race, color, religion, sex or national origin,” but the word sex made it into the bill almost accidentally.

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