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Has ADA done What it Promised for America's Disabled?
Tewlve Years after ADA and are conditions better for the disabled in America?
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First Parties, Part II
Their basic differences in their view of mankind and the role of government led the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans to take very different stands on the issues facing them.
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First Parties, Part III
The basic differences between the two original parties could not be resolved through the normal political process. These incompatible views of government were evantually resolved by the Civil War. See what led to this inevitable conflict.
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In the Shadow of Our Founders -- Part Three
The Final Installment of Our Look at Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln and the Constitutional Debate Over Secession
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Internal Improvements
In the early days of the American Republic, there was a significant need to improve the nation's transportation network.
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Intersecting in Time
In 1854 a fugitive slave was captured in Racine, Wisconsin, and imprisoned in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. An abolitionist named Sherman Booth led a group that broke into the prison and freed the slave, Joshua Glover. Today Booth Street and Glover Avenue in Milwaukee intersect to honor the brief contact between these two men that would have a profound impact on the Abolition movement.
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Jefferson Davis and Slavery
Jefferson Davis believes that slavery is necessary to establish the southern cotton trade and that emancipation will eventually come.
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Lincoln, Liberty, and Power
The way Americans perceive liberty and power was changed forever by the circumstances and decisions made during the Civil War.
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The Walls Came Tumbling Down
July 1--a monumental day for South Carolina. Our state is doing more than moving a flag. It's showing how much it has changed. Greenville News editorial writer, Beth Padgett, expresses her views.
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How Dry We Were: The Repeal of Prohibition
Progressivism reached high tide during the "war to end all wars"; when the tide went out prohibition remained. Most Americans held their nose through the 20s and early 30s until national prohibition was swept away. Here is the story of the only repudiation of a constitutional amendment.
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PRESIDENTIAL PARTY HOPPERS
A surprising number of our Presidents have been members of more than one major political party during their careers. This has had a profound effect on elections and on our history. This articles follows these changes.
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The Rocky Road to Ratification - Part I
September is US Constitution month at Suite 101 and at the New Hampshire topic. Join me each week of September as I explore the issues and intrigues scattered on the rocky road to ratification!
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The Rocky Road to Ratification - Part II
What made a New Hampshire Federalist? What were their issues? Join me to find out.
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The Rocky Road to Ratification - Part III
Political maneuvering and sensational attacks in the newspapers weren't invented by modern-day politicians. Join me to learn about New Hampshire's rocky road to ratification.
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The Rocky Road to Ratification - Part IV
Join me on this final leg of the journey to discover how New Hampshire became the State that made a nation.
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