#booksky #sentenceoftheday #amreading #UShistory #BeverlyGage #ThisLandIsYourLand #declarationofindependence The political theorist Daniel Allen has noted, "no more important sentence has ever been written" on the subject of equality than the Declaration's assertion that "all men are created equal."

#quoteoftheday #sentenceoftheday #amreading #ushistory #roadtrip #booksky #womenhistorians #wisdom #BeverlyGage #ThisLandIsYourLand "Americans can be patriots and critics, citizens and dissenters, all at once."

#booksky #sentenceoftheday #BeverlyGage #ThisLandIsYourLand #ushistory #womenhistorians "As a citizen, I love my country, & I hate when its patriotic symbols --the flag, the national anthem, the founding --are co-opted by narrow-minded people who claim that they & they alone are the true Americans."

Converse ad for new sneaker line sparks controversy for evoking imagery of a dark chapter in US history
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"New Peoples" American History Reading with Questions for High School - Free to print (PDF file). #apush #ushistory #americanhistory #readingwithquestions #EduSky www.studenthandouts.com/american-his...

Big questions on the cover. The paperwork inside. Back File · No. 3 A bag of cash on a train. A banker who sold his own shares to his wife. A strip of tape on a door. A shredder in Houston. https://youtu.be/SvNn4_gGNM8 #Watergate #USHistory #Scandals Follow and subscribe for the paper trail.

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Understand the rulings that shaped a nation. Explore 100 Supreme Court Cases, Landmark Judgements, and the US Constitution Quiz book. Great for students and history buffs. #Civics #USHistory #BookGifts

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The way the United States of America got it's name was a mistake. Here are the details: worlds-worst-website.com/worst-way-to... ( #America, #UnitedStates, #UnitedStatesOfAmerica, #AmericanHistory, #USHistory, #MartinWaldseemuller, #AmerigoVespucci, #mapMaker, #cartography)

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The Lost Descendants of Thomas Jefferson.
Scientists have new proof that the President had children with his enslaved chambermaid Sally Hemings—and that their bloodline endures across the country.
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Washington. Lincoln. Roosevelt. Kennedy. Reagan.

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James K. Polk is one of the most successful one term Presidents in American history... but a controversial one, and we break it down in this week's Study Notes.

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250 years ago this month, John Hancock signed his name large and prominent across the center of a sheet of parchment.
 
Delegates kept adding theirs for months—including men who hadn't been in Philadelphia on the Fourth.
 
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