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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 in the exhibition are available by clicking “unmute background audio” when prompted. The Right to Vote Resource Suite Essays Read scholarly perspectives on the history of voting rights through essays geared to high school students Read Essays Lesson Plans Learn how individuals and groups attempted to expand access to the vote in "Taking a Stand for...

The Right to Vote: Part 3 Women's Suffrage What was the path to the Nineteenth Amendment? Scroll through to view the exhibition (above). Recorded readings of select components in the exhibition are available by clicking “unmute background audio” when prompted. The Right to Vote Resource Suite Essays Read scholarly perspectives on the history of voting rights through essays geared to high school students Read Essays Lesson Plans Learn how individuals and groups attempted to expand access to the vote in "Taking a Stand for Voting Rights: Six States, Six Stories, One...

The Right to Vote: Part 2 Reconstruction and the Jim Crow Era How did access to the vote evolve during the Reconstruction and Jim Crow eras? Scroll through to view the exhibition (above). Recorded readings of select components in the exhibition are available by clicking “unmute background audio” when prompted. The Right to Vote Resource Suite Essays Read scholarly perspectives on the history of voting rights through essays geared to high school students Read Essays Lesson Plans Learn how individuals and groups attempted to expand access to the vote in "Taking a Stand...

The Right to Vote: Part 1 The Early Republic through the Civil War Who could vote in the founding and Jacksonian eras? Scroll through to view the exhibition (above). Recorded readings of select components in the exhibition are available by clicking “unmute background audio” when prompted. The Right to Vote Resource Suite Essays Read scholarly perspectives on the history of voting rights through essays geared to high school students Read Essays Lesson Plans Learn how individuals and groups attempted to expand access to the vote in "Taking a Stand for Voting Rights: Six...

This series of online exhibitions explores the importance of Alexander Hamilton to the founding of the United States. Each mini-exhibition features locations where Alexander Hamilton made history and documents written by or about him. For classroom use, we have provided links to lesson plans that are most relevant to each of the mini-exhibitions. Mini-Exhibition Related Lesson Plans Jefferson v. Hamilton and the Idea of Liberty Opposing Viewpoints on the Ratification of the US Constitution How Hamilton Solved the Economic Problems Facing the United States Understanding...

Ashley White-Stumpf Iraq & Afghanistan Ashley White-Stumpf served in the Army during the Afghanistan War. She was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star and the Purple Heart for her service. Image Source: Photograph of the unveiling ceremony for Ashley White-Stumpf’s memorial at Goldsboro National Guard Armory, 2013, U.S. Army Ashley White-Stumpf’s Biography Iraq and Afghanistan Alan G. Rogers Jose Angel Garibay Ashley White-Stumpf All Conflicts Revolutionary War Civil War World War I World War II Cold War Iraq & Afghanistan

Jose Angel Garibay Iraq & Afghanistan In 1979, Simona Garibay and her youngest son, Jose Angel Garibay, came to the United States from Jalisco, Mexico. After his death in Iraq, the US government awarded Cpl. Jose Garibay posthumous citizenship. Image Source: Leonard Ortiz, Photograph of Simona Garibay holds a banner honoring her son, US Marine Cpl. Jose Angel Garibay, 2013, Getty Images Jose Angel Garibay’s Biography Iraq and Afghanistan Alan G. Rogers Jose Angel Garibay Ashley White-Stumpf All Conflicts Revolutionary War Civil War World War I World War II Cold...

Alan G. Rogers Iraq & Afghanistan Alan G. Rogers served in the Army during the Gulf and Iraq Wars. For his master’s thesis in policy management from Georgetown, Rogers wrote about the effect of the US military’s “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on military recruiting and retention rates. Image Source: Photograph of Major Alan G. Rogers in Iraq, 2017, National Museum of the United States Army Alan G. Rogers’s Biography Iraq and Afghanistan Alan G. Rogers Jose Angel Garibay Ashley White-Stumpf All Conflicts Revolutionary War Civil War World War I World War II Cold War...

Grace Murray Hopper Cold War Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper was a naval computer scientist who held the rank of rear admiral when she retired in 1985. Image Source: Lynn Gilbert, Photograph of Grace Murray Hopper in her office in Washington, DC, 1978, Private Collection Grace Murray Hopper’s Biography Cold War Veterans Walter Schirra Jr. Perry Watkins Grace Murray Hopper All Conflicts Revolutionary War Civil War World War I World War II Cold War Iraq & Afghanistan