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| Vietnam Revolution 1945 IVThe defeat of Japan was near in 1945, and the United States had to decide whether to permit the French to return to power in Vietnam.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Voodoo IIFaced with intense opposition in the French ruling class, the African slaves of Saint-Domingue, now Haiti, took their traditional Vodou religion underground by combining it with Roman Catholicism.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| House Divided: Lincoln's Speech at Cooper Union IIIn New York to make the speech of his political life on the afternoon of February 27, 1860, Abraham Lincoln stopped by Matthew Brady’s Broadway studio to have his picture taken.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Vietnam Revolution 1945 IIn 1945, Vietnam stood at a crossroads. Decisions made then in Washington, Paris, Saigon and Hanoi provoked a war lasting three decades. The roots of the war are found far in the past.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Vietnam Revolution 1945 IITaking advantage of internal conflict between Vietnamese factions and pressed by missionaries of the Roman Catholic Church, French traders and finally the French government moved slowly into Vietnam.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Building of Berlin Wall IISurrounded by East Germany--and its citizens sometimes subjected to hostile restrictions on travel--West Berlin proved itself a shining example of the virtues of political and economic freedom. It had to be stopped.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Molotov-Ribbentrop TreatyOn the 23rd of August 1939, the Soviet Union and Germany signed a non-aggression treaty defining their mutual spheres of influence in eastern Europe. Not surprisingly, within 10 days, the world was at war.Grades 9-12 History-Social Science |
| House Divided III: Spencer Repeating Rifle PatentedOn March 6, 1860, young Christopher M. Spencer was issued his first patent for a breech-loading repeating rifle. This weapon would become one of the most trusted, popular and perhaps decisive of the War Between the States.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Vietnam Revolution 1945 IIIFired by the dream of independence for his country, Ho Chi Minh spent a lifetime trying to find the right combination of forces necessary to get the French out of Vietnam.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Freedom Summer SNCCThe 1964 campaign by civil rights activists to register African-American voters in Mississippi became known as the "Freedom Summer."Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
