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41. Turner - The First Official Frontier [In the Classroom]

... The settler on the outskirts of Puritan civilization took up the task of bearing the ... and in the period of King Philip's War there were various enactments regarding frontier towns.5 ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 546 - 03 Nov 2008 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/classroom/curriculum_12th/unit1/lesson1/turner.html

42. First Person Oral Histories - David Cohen

Explore artifacts from our museum and historic manuscripts from our library that reveal the history of New England.

... Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, enacted in 1933, ensured ... life in the United States before World War II... Learn more about ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 541 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/centapp/oh/story.do?shortName=cohen1917

43. First Person Oral Histories - Paul Slater

Explore artifacts from our museum and historic manuscripts from our library that reveal the history of New England.

... confirmed U.S. neutrality in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The acts ... Brown Fulfilling the mission of a World War II destroyer escort ship View large image ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 531 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/centapp/oh/story.do?shortName=slater1924

44. First Person Oral Histories - Juanita Nelson

Explore artifacts from our museum and historic manuscripts from our library that reveal the history of New England.

... full interview. Stories by this speaker Civil rights actions as a teenager and young ... our whole lives were tied up in war stuff, because we live on this ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 525 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/centapp/oh/story.do?shortName=nelson1970

45. First Person Oral Histories - Juanita Nelson

Explore artifacts from our museum and historic manuscripts from our library that reveal the history of New England.

... full interview. Stories by this speaker Civil rights actions as a teenager and young ... : Juanita meets Wally Nelson "World War II, Civilian Public Service camps and ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 521 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/centapp/oh/story.do?shortName=nelson1943

46. Essay - Eastern European Immigration [In the Classroom]

... immigrants coming between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of the Great ... settled on agricultural landscapes, performing agricultural work, which for many was a return ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 508 - 03 Nov 2008 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/classroom/curriculum_12th/unit3/lesson3/bkgdessay.html

47. Digital Collection -Civil War Certificate of Non-Liability for Substitute [Online Collection]

Explore artifacts from our museum and historic manuscripts from our library that reveal the history of New England.

... service for the first time during the Civil War. In the 1860s, both ... Union and the Confederacy used military conscription to raise armies. During previous wars, ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 506 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/collection/itempage.jsp?itemid=18564&img=0

48. First Person Oral Histories - Ray Elliot

Explore artifacts from our museum and historic manuscripts from our library that reveal the history of New England.

... Clip #10: Ray recalls the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and looking for ... about his experience in the first world war. And so we never knew much ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 502 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/centapp/oh/interview.do?shortName=elliot_interview

49. First Person Oral Histories - Ray Elliott [Things To Do]

Explore artifacts from our museum and historic manuscripts from our library that reveal the history of New England.

... when he returned home, as a civil rights worker dedicated to nonviolent resistance. ... a black soldier during the Second World War and, when he returned home, ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 502 - 21 Oct 2010 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/activities/oralhistory/elliot/index.html

50. Digital Collection -Union Playing Card [Online Collection]

Explore artifacts from our museum and historic manuscripts from our library that reveal the history of New England.

... . To cater to Northerners during the Civil War, the company replaced the traditional ... , spades, clubs and diamonds with eagles, stars, shields and American flags ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 501 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/collection/itempage.jsp?itemid=11865

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