A Notorious Photograph From a US Massacre in the Philippines Reveals an Ugly Truth
Free speech wasn't so free 103 years ago, when 'seditious' and 'unpatriotic' speech was criminalized in the US
It would be tough to find a more concise description of the Espionage and Sedition passed and enforced during World War I with connections across time. This teachers can use this to set context for a World War lesson on repression and dissent during the War
Puerto Rico: A U.S. Territory in Crisis | Council on Foreign Relations
Student reading to end the Imperialsm unit - what do American have to know about the past to make sense of their present?
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Why Teddy Roosevelt Tried to Bully His Way Onto the WWI Battlefield
Most students encounter Teddy Roosevelt's military bravado in the Spanish American War because the taught narrative canon stresses it. "Rough Riders" and "This country needs a war" can be found on many worksheets and standardized tests. This article describes his efforts to raise, organize and lead a force into battle at the start of American involvement in World War I. For teachers, this is a lite read that broadens understanding of TR, for students, it can show how many political leaders beyond the president are involved in foreign policy. They'll notice the way in which TR communicates with and uses Congress to pass legislation for him.
Philadelphia Threw a WWI Parade That Gave Thousands of Onlookers the Flu | History | Smithsonian
The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed 675,000 Americans in a matter of months. In today's America, that would mean 1.75 million. The event belongs in the US survey course, and this article can be an element in a lesson that deals with censorship of the press, public health planning or the social effects of an epidemic that was do deadly the average life expectancy of Americans dropped
The Year Montana Rounded Up Citizens for Shooting Off Their Mouths | History | Smithsonian