American History

How Many Languages Does a Typical United States President Know?

Quora | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Languages, American History, US Presidents, U.S. Presidents, Foreign Languages, President, Presidents, Politics News
Quora

This question originally appeared on Quora. By Nick Bhardwaj, VP of Monetization at NaturalMotion I am going to assume we are talking about being ...

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How Would History Have Been Different if Richard Nixon Had Won the 1960 Presidential Election?

Quora | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Alternate History, u.s. History, History, President Nixon, American History, Richard Nixon, Nixon, Politics News
Quora

An interesting question for sure! This is the stuff that comes to mind, in no real order -- but really, after '76 all bets are off.

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Anarchists, Cops, the Super Rich -- It's New York 100 Years Ago

Rick Ayers | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Ludlow Massacre, Emma Goldman, The One Percent, American History, Progressive Movement, Weather Underground, New York City, Anarchy, John D. Rockefeller, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Movement, New York History, More Powerful Than Dynamite, Book Review, Books News
Rick Ayers

In More Powerful Than Dynamite: Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives, and New York's Year of Anarchy, many will find parallels to the current social crises, from the upheavals of Occupy Wall Street to the manipulations of the super rich.

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Education in America Serves No Purpose Today

William E. White | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: We the People, American History, Standardized Testing, Thomas Jefferson, US Citizens, US History, Civic Education, American Citizens, Education News
William E. White

Americans have forgotten the reason why we educate children in America. As a result our children, schools, communities, and the nation are suffering.

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Phil Collins Remembers the Alamo in Beautiful New Book

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: The Alamo, State House Press, American History, Book Tour, Book News, Publishing News, Davy Crockett, Genesis, Phil Collins, Music News, The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's Journey, Books News
Holly Cara Price

Odds are, the word that pops into your mind when I mention Phil Collins is probably something like "Sussudio." It's highly unlikely that the first word you'd think of would be "Alamo," but that's about to change.

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Obama's Historic Change of Heart on Marriage Equality

Warren Goldstein | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: LGBT Rights, American History, Gay Issues, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Obama Gay Marriage Evolution, Gay Rights, Obama Gay Marriage, Obama Gay Marriage Evolving, President Obama, Gay Voices News
Warren Goldstein

Just now, I think we're in "history-making" territory. Not because of Obama's own "evolution," but because of what his announcement says about the organizing power of the LGBTQ community over the past 20 years.

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Revolutionary Nation

William E. White | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: US Citizens, We the People, US History American Revolution, American Citizens, American History, Storytelling, Stories, Education News
William E. White

Citizens must explore these American history stories to understand our revolutionary ideals and how those ideals help us understand our responsibility as 21st-century citizens of the American republic.

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Civic Illiteracy: A Threat to the American Dream

Michael Ford | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Citizenship, Immigrants, Immigration, U.S. Constitution, Constitution, American Dream, Civic Education, Civic Literacy, Social Studies, American History, American Government, Politics News
Michael Ford

The effects of civic illiteracy take their toll over time, and while Americans are almost defiantly indifferent about their lack of civic understanding, the consequences to our basic rights and freedoms and the general health of our republic could be dire.

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Lessons From Chancellorsville

William McGrath | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Political Rhetoric, Political Polarization, Lessons of Chancellorsville, American History, Civil War Virginia, Civil War Battles, Red State/Blue State, Bipartisanship, Chancellorsville, Partisan Politics, Politics News
William McGrath

As I watch America become more polarized, I worry that a balanced approach to the biggest problems of our generation will elude us as a country. I worry the lessons of Chancellorsville will be lost, and the battle lines will be drawn again.

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Librarian Finds Rare Paul Revere Print Tucked In Book

Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Paul Revere, Video, Artwork Found, American History, Print, Brown University, Rare Historical Artwork, Paul Revere Printmaker, Solomon Drowne, Midnight-Ride-of-Paul-Revere, Arts News

The perks of being a librarian grow every day. You are surrounded by books, get to shush people when they get rowdy, and you are in the perfect positi...

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Bringing the 20th Century Civil Rights Movement Into 21st Century Classrooms

Charlayne Hunter-Gault | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Black History, Civil Rights Movement, African-American History, African Americans, Civil Rights, Martin Luther King, Segregation, American History, Civil Rights Leaders, Nelson Mandela, Apartheid, Rosa Parks, South Africa, Education News
Charlayne Hunter-Gault

How do we encourage young people at home and abroad, in South Africa and now those young people heavily invested in the as yet unsettled Arab Spring, to "keep on keepin' on," as the footsoldiers of the Civil Rights Movement used to pledge?

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Rare Paul Revere Print Found

AP | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Paul Revere, Art Discovery, Paul Revere Print, Brown, American History, Art History, Revolutionary War, Arts News

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A rare engraved print created by Paul Revere has been found in a 19th century book at Brown University. A university preservation...

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Rick Santorum's Wildly False Claim About California Schools

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Christendom College, Republican Candidates, Santorum, University of California, American History, California Colleges, Gop 2012, Republican 2012 Presidential Candidates, Rick Santorum, Rick Santorum 2012, College Classes, Presidential Candidate, GOP Candidates, College News

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum claimed on Monday that most public universities in the University of California system do not offer American hist...

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Are You Decent?

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.26.2012

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Sarah O'Leary

I learned long ago not to use God to justify my actions, to act like I'm superior to anyone else, or to rationalize my false need to control the lives of my fellow man and woman. Instead, I try my level best to cultivate my decency, and pray for other Americans to do the same.

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Fidel Castro Had Prior Knowledge Of JFK Assassination, New Book Claims

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Lee Harvey Oswald, John F Kennedy, Video, Castro?S Secrets: The CIA and Cuba?S Intelligence Machine, Fidel Castro, American History, Cuban Communist Party, Kennedy Assassination, Cuban Exiles, Fidel Castro Jfk Assassination, John F Kennedy Assassination, Cuba, Brian Latell, Bay of Pigs, Politics News

A new book by a former CIA analyst provides evidence that Cuban dictator Fidel Castro may have had prior knowledge of President John F. Kennedy’s as...

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Newt's Latest Declaration of Independence From Reality

William K. Black | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Republican Primary, Newt Gingrich 2012, 2012 Election, American History, Elections 2012, 2012 Republican Primary, Newt Gingrich, Gop Primary, Newt Gingrich History Teacher, Bank Regulation, Banking, Banks, Newt Gingrich Banks, Bankers, Politics News
William K. Black

Gingrich's historical argument rests on a non-existent provision in the Declaration of Independence that he claims was designed to protect non-existent banks from regulation.

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Black History Is American History, All Year Round

Teach Plus | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: History, Women's History Month, American History, Black History Month, Women's History, Education, Black History, Curriculum, Teachers, Teaching, Diversity, Education News
Teach Plus

Meaningful discussions about black history, women's history -- indeed, all histories -- should not come and go with the passing of the calendar.

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Since '45 - Extended Film Project

Michael Korolenko | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Boston University, Video, American Culture, Since '45, American History, Americana, Bellevue College, Culture News
Michael Korolenko

"Since '45" presented a personal retrospective record of the years 1945 through 1979 of American cultural history and its relationship with modern media -- how it reports, portrays, impacts, and, in some cases, influences events.

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Rufus Buck's Anti-Black History Month History Lesson

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Western History, American West, American History, Rufus Buck, Isaac C. Parker, African-American History, The Hanging Judge, Cherokee Bill, Black History Month, Black Voices News
Leonce Gaiter

The Rufus Buck gang were neither saints, nor victims. But they are part of our history -- the part we foolishly agree to ignore because it does not fit the normative view of who we ought to be.

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PHOTOS: 50 States, 50 Presidential Sites

Lonely Planet | Posted 04.21.2012

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Lonely Planet

Most folks go see a movie or spend another day on the ski slopes for Presidents Day. But there's least one worthy presidential thing to do in every state of the US.

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Social Media of the American Revolutionary War

Todd Andrlik | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: History, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Arab Spring, American History, 1776, Boston Massacre, Media News
Todd Andrlik

Just as social media is helping to ignite and organize the Arab Spring, printed newspapers fanned the flames of rebellion in colonial America, provided critical correspondence during the Revolutionary War.

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PHOTOS: Underground Railroad B&Bs Offer A Cozy Look At Raw History

Andrew Burmon | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Cape Cod, Civil War, Pennsylvania, American History, B&Bs, Slavery, Underground Railroad, Nebraska, Michigan, Bed and Breakfasts, Black History Month, Travel News

The book case in the plush room upstairs still opens into a secret passage, but the spot where slaves fled through a trap door is now occupied by a ja...

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PHOTOS: SEALAB And The Race To ‘Inner Space'

Ben Hellwarth | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Scuba, American History, Ben Hellwarth, Slidepollajax, Sealab, Travel Blogs, Diving, Navy, US Navy, Travel News
Ben Hellwarth

Back in the 1960s, it looked as though the space race might be matched by a race in the opposite direction.

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Wallenberg: Not Only a Hero but a Unifier

Ezra Friedlander | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Raoul Wallenberg, History, Jews, Holocaust, Judaism, Raoul Wallenberg Centennial Celebration Commission, American History, Jewish Culture, Congressional Gold Medal, Jewish History, World War II, World War Two, Impact News
Ezra Friedlander

For many, Raoul Wallenberg is a few pages in a history book; for us the children and grandchildren of those that he saved, Raoul Wallenberg is the reason that we were able to once again believe in humanity.

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A True Red Tails Tale: The Story of a Living Tuskegee Airman

Erin Harper | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: History, #Redtails, Red Tails, American History, George Lucas, Tuskegee Airmen, Tuskegee Airmen Movie, Red Tails Movie, Cuba Gooding Jr, Hollywood, Pop Culture, Bv-Life, Black Voices News
Erin Harper

My Great Uncle Joe was one of the first Tuskegee Airmen. This major piece of family and American history was something I often took for granted. I decided that it was my responsibility to learn much more before seeing Red Tails.

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