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 | When Voting was FunHistorian Mark Summers tells 19th Century History Guy Ed Ayers about voting in the days before the secret ballot, when party came before the man, and vote-buying, intimidation and 112% voter turnout were par for the course.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| The Fourteenth AmendmentHistorian Eric Foner discusses the origins and changing meanings of the Fourteenth Amendment. He explains how a law intended to protect individual rights in the wake of the Civil War ended up emboldening corporate power in the Gilded Age and beyond.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Natural LeaderSarge Reynolds was an individual with a great deal of integrity, a great deal of intelligence, a terrifically appealing personality, a very naturally courageous nature and upbeat spirit and all of those things, made him a great natural leader.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Presidential Election, 1968 IIn a year fraught with so much turmoil, it is hard to imagine that American Presidential politics would be spared. They were not. In both parties there was upheaval afoot.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| 1968: Southern Strategy lllIn 1968 Richard Nixon ran for President by courting white voters in the south skeptical of African American progress. This so-called “southern strategy” secured for him election as President. It was one of the most brilliant political transformations in American history, but it had its downside.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| Hubert HumphreyIn the campaign of 1968, with the civil atmosphere poisoned by unrest and intolerance, Hubert Humphrey nearly overcame the curse of the vice-presidency.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| 1968: Southern Strategy llFollowing his dismal failure in southern states in the election of 1960, Richard Nixon developed a cunning Southern Strategy for 1968 and for future years.Grades 3-5 | 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
| New Hampshires First Presidential PrimarySince the 1920s New Hampshire has held the first presidential primary in each electoral cycle. It achieved this distinction by accident, but today guards its status with great vigilance.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 History-Social Science |
