Here is a helpful Power Point, presented chronologically and divided into periods, which summarizes immigration in USH.
Month: May 2015
Review: Evolution of Political Parties in USH
Here is a document that shows the evolution of political parties in US History while comparing and contrasting opposing parties.
Review: Presidential Administrations
The key events, acts, etc. of each Presidential administration.
The Presidents in Review.
Here is another version, also good.
Here is a similar Power Point version of the same
And here is the Presidential Rankings table posted in my classroom.
The Most Common* Job In Each State 1978-2014
…and the rise of truck drivers.
from our friends at Planet Money
KCRW Discussion: One Nation under God…but Since When?
American values may be compatible with the Christian Bible…but the Founding Fathers insisted on the separation of church and state. Yet many Americans believe they live in a historically “Christian Nation.” We hear about a long-running campaign to associate religion and politics.
Fresh Air Interview: How Ronald Reagan Used An 'Invisible Bridge' To Win Over Americans
Between 1973 and 1976, Americans saw a president resign in disgrace, a calamitous end to the Vietnam War, gas lines at service stations, the financial collapse of New York City, two presidential assassination attempts, and the kidnapping of a publishing heiress by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
Perlstein says Reagan spoke to Americans’ anxieties with a simple message about America’s inherent greatness — and became the leader of a potent political movement.
“[Reagan’s] ability to preach this liturgy of absolution in the midst of moral chaos … was the soul of his political appeal,” Perlstein tells Fresh Air’s Dave Davies.
How Thousands Of Nazis Were 'Rewarded' With Life In The U.S.
In his new book, The Nazis Next Door, Lichtblau reports that thousands of Nazis managed to settle in the United States after World War II, often with the direct assistance of American intelligence officials who saw them as potential spies and informants in the Cold War against the Soviet Union.
Lichtblau says there were whole networks of spy groups around the world made up of Nazis — and they entered the U.S., one by one.
Fresh Air Intewrview: '70s 'Days Of Rage'
Bryan Burrough’s new book describes the Weather Underground and other militant groups’ tactics to protest the government. He interviews former radicals who had never gone on the record before.
Fresh Air Interview: 'Pope And Mussolini' Tells The 'Secret History' Of Fascism And The Church
It’s commonly thought that the Catholic Church fought heroically against the fascists in Italy. But historian David Kertzer says the church actually lent organizational strength and moral legitimacy to Mussolini’s regime. Kertzer recently won a Pulitzer Prize for his book The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe.
How JFK made NASA his secret weapon in the fight for civil rights in America
That was Julius Montgomery. He was part of a small cadre of African American mathematicians, engineers and technicians who helped power the space race — at a time when laws kept them from using the same toilet as their coworkers. (Later, he also integrated the Florida Institute of Technology.) These men were the vanguard of what became a government strategy to integrate the South.
Nigeria elections: Mapping a nation divided
Nigeria is Africa’s biggest oil producer and most populous country – but poverty is widespread and the country is in the grip of a violent uprising by Islamists Boko Haram. The BBC maps the country’s divisions ahead of its postponed elections.
Women Struggle in Parliament
Q&A w/ Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, a former member of Iran’s parliament (2000-2004). She is currently a visiting professor at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.
How To Be A Better Writer: 6 Tips From Harvard’s Steven Pinker
Pinker’s latest book is The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century. And it’s great.
Below you’ll learn:
- The two key elements that will improve your writing.
- The biggest mistake we all make — and how to fix it.
- The science behind what makes writing work.
- The most pleasant way to improve your knowledge of grammar.
How Warner Bros. Animators Responded to the Cold War (1948-1980)
Warner Bros. animators, under the leadership of Charles M. “Chuck” Jones, launched their own, albeit mild, counter attack when they introduced Marvin the Martian in 1948, several years before The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Fail Safe (1964), Seven Days in May (1964), Dr. Strangelove (1964), or Boris and Natasha, the Russian spies in the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. "The Equal Rights Amendment"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWyv5Fw0JSk&feature=youtu.be
3 Min YouTube Video
What I learned by befriending Iranians on Facebook
The Unlikely Paths of Grant and Lee
To millions of Americans, 150 years after the end of the Civil War, Lee is a role model and Grant is—despite his gifted generalship and consequential presidency—an embarrassment. What happened? How did the hero of the war become a quasi-ignominious figure, and how did the champion of Southern slavery become, if not the war’s hero, its most popular figure?
Jamelle Bouie tackles this vexing question.
When The KKK Was Mainstream
Imagine: There was a time when the KKK was an out-in-the-open, part-of-the-community organization. I had always envisioned the repugnant and reprehensible lawbreakers operating in the cowardly shadows. After all, it was known as the Invisible Empire.
16 Shocking Vintage Posters That Warned Men About The Dangers Of Women Having Rights
In the 1890s and early 1900s, women were fighting for their rights. The kind of propaganda that came out during that time is shocking to modern day society. Illustrations, like the ones listed here, were made to warn men against the dangers of women’s rights.
Man Who Shot Reagan Seeks Release From Mental Hospital
John Hinckley Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity and confined to a mental institution for shooting the president, Press Secretary James Brady and two law enforcement officers. Now he’s asking a federal judge to allow him to live full time with his mother in Virginia.