Chapters 25, 26, and 27

Document 1: Pamphlet entitled "Scientific Temperance in the First Six School Grades"

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Document 2: An account by Big Eagle of the start of the "Dakota War" in Minnesota in 1862.

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Read more about the Dakota conflict, including first-hand accounts of the trials, executions, and a photo of Lincoln's execution order at this website.

Document 3:  Song "Damn, Damn, Damn the Filipinos"

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(Hint for those who aren't military history buffs or weapons collectors: This is a "Krag")

Chapter 24 - Industry Comes of Age

Document #1:  Organizer Oscar Ameringer describes the effect of the Haymarket bombing on the Knights of Labor

"The bad news from Chicago"

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Document #2: The recollections of a glove worker who went on to help lead a successful strike in a Chicago factory in 1898

"Working her fingers to the bone"

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Chapter 23 - Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

Document #1: Political Cartoons by Thomas Nast about Tammany Hall, and specifically "Boss" Tweed.

     Cartoon #1

     Cartoon #2

     Cartoon #3

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Document #2: Account of July 6th "incident" at Homestead, PA by a Reporter for Illustrated American, as published in the July 16, 1892 edition.

     Link to Document #2

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Document #3:  Speech by Susan B. Anthony after being convicted of voting in the 1872 Presidential Election.

     Link to Document #3

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Welcome!

This website will function as a home for links, digital handouts, and a forum for discussion of the primary sources we are using to explore United States history and prepare for the AP exam this spring.

Watch this space for further construction and updates.

-Mr. P