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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...

Online Exhibition

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...

Classroom Resources

Infographic: The Vietnam War Military Statistics

Government and Civics, World History

9, 10, 11, 12

Download Infographic as PDF Questions for Discussion In what year were the greatest number of US service members stationed in Vietnam? In what year were there the greatest number of US battle deaths in Vietnam? How many...

Video: Book Breaks

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

Government and Civics

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...

Interactive

The Right to Vote, Part 4: The Civil Rights Era to the 2000s

Government and Civics

The Right to Vote: Part 4 The Civil Rights Era to the 2000s How has access to the vote expanded and contracted over the past sixty years? Scroll through to view the exhibition (above). Recorded readings of select components...

Lesson Plan

Debating Chinese Immigration and Naturalization, 1869-1898

Government and Civics

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Click to download this three-lesson unit.