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31. A Nation Prepares for Civil War by Berneche John [Classroom Activities]

... Lessons By Teachers A Nation Prepares for Civil War Created by Berneche John Grade Level ... s): high school (10- 12) Historical Era(s) ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 648 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/activity/view.do?activityID=869

32. Digital Collection -Excerpt from James Childs Hitchcock's Civil War Military Journal [Online Collection]

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

... of page Excerpt from James Childs Hitchcock's Civil War Military Journal author James Childs Hitchcock ... Regiment, also became a prisoner of war. His journal entry written on the ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 641 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/collection/itempage.jsp?itemid=6278

33. Accession Numbers [Online Collection]

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... . 1996.12.3250 Town Hall and School 1996.12.3272 Civil War Monument 1996.12.3282 "Views of the ... Samuel Willard (1776-1859) 1996.12.2589 World War I Encampment 1996.12.2590 Soldiers moving down Federal ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 626 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/collection/adv_search/accnum.jsp

34. First Person Oral Histories - Dorothy Pryor

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... continued to manufacture small firearms through the Civil War, including the famous Springfield Rifle ... Working at the Springfield Armory during World War II Dorothy supported the war effort by ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 623 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/centapp/oh/story.do?shortName=pryor1941

35. Student Essay - Lifeways 1770 - 1850 [In the Classroom]

... years between the American Revolution and the Civil War, the American home and family ... both change and continuum. Rapid changes were quickly stamping out ways of life that ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 621 - 03 Nov 2008 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/classroom/curriculum_12th/unit2/lesson10/student_essay.html

36. Digital Collection -"Mrs. Eunice Williams" [Online Collection]

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... and peaceful settlement on the frontiers of civilization as Deerfield was in 1704. We ... ends. It was a time of war between England and France, and war ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 620 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/collection/itempage.jsp?itemid=5724&img=0&level=advanced&transcription=1

37. First Person Oral Histories - Robert Romer

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... War, Robert Romer committed acts of civil disobedience (actions in which one breaks ... Romer Robert Romer- 1972: Vietnam War Protests at Westover Air Force Base During ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 598 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/centapp/oh/story.do?shortName=romer1972

38. Essay - Details of Change [In the Classroom]

... , migration to the West, the Civil War, and industrialization. Demographic changes ... War casualties and increasing westward migration significantly reduced the number of working-age men in Deerfield ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 594 - 03 Nov 2008 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/classroom/curriculum_12th/unit3/lesson8/bkgdessay1.html

39. People, Places and Events

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... potential for adding slave states. American Civil War 1861-1865 #L02.024 The Civil War ... convoy during Metacom's (King Philip's) War. Metacom's (King Philip's) War ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 576 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/people_places/main.jsp?view=3&sort=1

40. First Person Oral Histories - Ray Elliot

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... President Franklin D. Roosevelt met with civil rights leaders A. Philip Randolph and ... Ray's military service during the Second World War In 1942, Ray Elliott, a ...

Terms matched: 2 - Score: 575 - URL: http://americancenturies.mass.edu/centapp/oh/story.do?shortName=elliot1939s

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