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The coat of arms of the Republic of Texas from the 19th century.

The Real Republic of Texas

… cougars, and rattlesnakes. If he hasn’t been rescued by his compatriots, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the … in 1846 — under unusual circumstances, to be sure. To overcome abolitionist objections, President John Tyler resorted … Southwest" (1995) , and is a writer for the History News Service. …

Big-time Bureaucratic Brouhaha

… thing. A rock paper scissors activity engages students in competition, while showing them the differences between a …
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Best in History Online: The History Chicks

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … own. Each podcast episode is about an hour long with accompanying text, images, and conversational style to …
President Harry Truman in 1945.

Can This Election Produce Another Hundred Days?

… upon when he won approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Social Security, unemployment insurance, a … flourished. Reagan and his supporters embraced the recommendations of the economist Milton Friedman that relied … in New Brunswick, N.J., and a writer for the History News Service. …
resident Harry Truman, left, congratulates Gen. George Marshall (architect of the Marshall Plan) , Fair Use via AP

The Marshall Plan

The Marshall Plan, signed into law by President Harry Truman on April 3, 1948, was intended to revive the economies of war-torn Western Europe.
… into law on April 3, 1948. The Marshall Plan, as it’s more commonly known, was intended to revive the economies of …
100 and 10 US dollars banknotes.

Inflation — Fighting the Last War

… party favorite and a new member of the Congressional Super Committee, wrote an op-ed in which he said that “excessive … History News Service
graveyard at memorial to Srebrenica

Srebrenica

In July 1995, over 8,000 Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) men and boys were killed in the Srebrenica massacre.
… legacies that acts of violence leave on individuals and communities, and the importance of remembering and … Kotheimer, College of Arts & Sciences Academic Technology Services. The Origins' editorial team includes Editors …
Women suffragists marching on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C., March 3, 1913.

The First Time Women Marched on Washington

… of the 1913 march had their organizational act together. Communicating via a federated national organization called … about women voting. The organizers of the 1913 parade accomplished all this in the face of obstacles that those of …
Bronze statue of Sir William Blackstone.

Back to the 17th Century: Money and Political Speech

… reforms passed after Watergate. One of the justices even coined the shorthand phrase by which this argument is now … rather, he wrote, “[t]he electors themselves are becoming the oligarchy.” Mill’s fear, like that of today’s … historian in Washington, D.C., writes for the History News Service. …
An array of non-lethal guns laid out on a table.

Taking a Big Bite Out of the Second Amendment

… example of politically motivated historical revisionism completes the task begun by John Ashcroft in 2001 in his … and bearing arms were legally synonymous: hunting bears becomes the same as bearing arms. The illogic of the claim is … gun control.  Saul Cornell, a writer for the History News Service, is an associate professor of history and director …
Hospital workers

Corona in context: Lessons from the SARS Pandemic of 2003

Soon after SARS was discovered, labs around the world shared information in search of a cure.
… discovered since the mid-1960s (four of which just cause a common cold in humans). Written by Dr. Jim Harris. Narration … Kotheimer, College of Arts & Sciences Academic Technology Services. The Origins ' editorial team includes Editors … for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily …
Lynchburg Virginia Confederate Monument

Confederate Monuments: Why Take ‘Em Down? What Do We Put Up in Their Place?

What role do Confederate memorials play in American memory, and how does the National Memorial to Peace and Justice seek to correct that memory? Should we preserve or purge Confederate monuments from public spaces?
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9-12
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US History since 1877
US History to 1877
African American History
… of monuments built in honor of Confederate leaders and soldiers and the push to rename schools and institutions with … culture and identity of the students and the surrounding community.   …