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Manisha Sinha - "The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860–1920"

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Manisha Sinha holds the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. Order The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate...

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The American Revolution | Spanish Influence on American History

Spanish Influence on the American Revolution Explore Our Resource Suite In partnership with the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute and the Royal Academy of History of Spain, the Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to offer this free suite of resources to...

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Spain’s Declaration of War Against Great Britain | Spanish Influence on American History

Spain’s Declaration of War Against Great Britain Historian Uncovers a Primary Source > In this video, Professor Larrie D. Ferreiro from George Mason University in Virginia examines a primary source detailing Spain’s...

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Third Virginia Convention’s Request for Spanish Support | Spanish Influence on American History

Third Virginia Convention’s Request for Spanish Support Historian Uncovers a Primary Source > In this video, Esther Cruces, Director of the General Archive of the Indies in Seville, Spain, examines a letter from the Third...

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Lindsay M. Chervinsky - "Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic"

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Lindsay M. Chervinsky is the executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library. Order Making the Presidency at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link...

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Discovering Diego de Gardoqui | Spanish Influence on American History

Discovering Diego de Gardoqui > An approach to the figure of Diego María de Gardoqui y Arriquibar (Bilbao, 1735 - Turin, 1798), merchant, diplomat and first representative of the Spanish Crown in the newborn United States...

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Lesson Plans "Taking a Stand for Voting Rights: Six States, Six Stories, One Goal" This unit, written by 2010 National History Teacher of the Year Nathan McAlister, is one of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Teaching Civics through History (TCTH)...

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Jon Grinspan - "Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War"

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Jon Grinspan is a curator of political history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Order Wide Awake at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link...

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Jorell A. Meléndez Badillo - "Puerto Rico: A National History"

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Jorell Meléndez-Badillo is assistant professor of Latin American and Caribbean history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Order Puerto Rico at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase...

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United States Citizenship Test

The Citizenship Test Civics and American History The Gilder Lehrman Institute is proud to offer a customized version of the US citizenship exam for K–12 classrooms and learners of all ages. Citizenship is a unifying thread that connects all...

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Carol Berkin

In both scholarly and popular literature on American entrepreneurship, the focus is often on nineteenth-century inventors like John Deere and Eli Whitney or on “robber barons” like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Cornelius...

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Before he was president Dwight D. Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

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Before he was president Dwight D. Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? Explained by Michelle Johnson Lt. Gen. (Ret.), US Air Force Question 81

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Spain and the American Revolution: Contributions to the Patriot Cause

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit The five lessons in this unit explore Spain’s contributions to the American Revolution. Students will read and examine correspondence, a royal order, a map, and a combat diary. You will assess the...

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Diplomacy and Partnership in the Time of the Revolution | Spanish Influence on American History

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Spain Joins the Fight for American Independence | Spanish Influence on American History

Spain Joins the Fight for American Independence The Lost Legacy: Hispanic Heritage and the American Revolution >

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Bartolomé de Las Casas debates the subjugation of the Indians, 1550

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9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

This tract, a summary of a debate concerning the subjugation of Indians, contains the arguments of Bartolomé de Las Casas, the Bishop of Chiapas, Mexico, and Juan Gines Sepulveda, an influential Spanish philosopher, concerning the...

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Spain's Multicultural Militias | Spanish Influence on American History

Notes on Spain's Multicultural Militias Featuring José Manuel Guerrero Acosta English > In this video, military historian José Manuel Guerrero Acosta of the Academy of Military Arts and Sciences examines a primary source...

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David and Jordi Farragut | Spanish Influence on American History

David and Jordi Farragut: The Spanish Patriots The Lost Legacy: Hispanic Heritage and the American Revolution >

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Bernardo de Galvez: The Hispanic Hero in the Capitol | Spanish Influence on American History

Bernardo de Gálvez: The Hispanic Hero in the Capitol The Lost Legacy: Hispanic Heritage and the American Revolution >

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Fort Greene and the Prison Ship Martyrs | Spanish Influence on American History

Fort Greene and the Prison Ship Martyrs The Lost Legacy: Hispanic Heritage and the American Revolution >

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Washington, Hamilton, and Don Quixote | Spanish Influence on American History

Washington, Hamilton, and Don Quixote The Lost Legacy: Hispanic Heritage and the American Revolution >

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The Spirit of the Revolution Reaches Latin America | Spanish Influence on American History

The Spirit of the Revolution Reaches Latin America The Lost Legacy: Hispanic Heritage and the American Revolution >

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Spain's Covert Contribution to the American Revolution, 1778

This 1778 unpublished letter from Diego de Gardoqui, head of the commercial firm of Joseph Gardoqui and Sons in Bilbao, Spain, to Arthur Lee, a diplomat from Virginia, documents Spanish contributions to the American Revolution. Prior...

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Citizenship Test Video Library

Citizenship Test: Video Library Scholars, teachers, and experts discuss answers to many of the citizenship test questions.

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Latino Immigration to the United States in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit The five lessons in this unit explore Latino and Latina immigration to the United States in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, emphasizing how immigrants understood and experienced this...

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Manisha Sinha - "The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860–1920"

The American Revolution | Spanish Influence on American History

Spain’s Declaration of War Against Great Britain | Spanish Influence on American History

Third Virginia Convention’s Request for Spanish Support | Spanish Influence on American History

Lindsay M. Chervinsky - "Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic"

Discovering Diego de Gardoqui | Spanish Influence on American History

Lesson Plans

Jon Grinspan - "Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War"

Jorell A. Meléndez Badillo - "Puerto Rico: A National History"

United States Citizenship Test

From the Editor

Before he was president Dwight D. Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

Spain and the American Revolution: Contributions to the Patriot Cause

Diplomacy and Partnership in the Time of the Revolution | Spanish Influence on American History

Spain Joins the Fight for American Independence | Spanish Influence on American History

Bartolomé de Las Casas debates the subjugation of the Indians, 1550

Spain's Multicultural Militias | Spanish Influence on American History

David and Jordi Farragut | Spanish Influence on American History

Bernardo de Galvez: The Hispanic Hero in the Capitol | Spanish Influence on American History

Fort Greene and the Prison Ship Martyrs | Spanish Influence on American History

Washington, Hamilton, and Don Quixote | Spanish Influence on American History

The Spirit of the Revolution Reaches Latin America | Spanish Influence on American History

Spain's Covert Contribution to the American Revolution, 1778

Citizenship Test Video Library

Latino Immigration to the United States in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

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