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Mapping History
Lewis & Clark’s Expedition to the Complex West
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Analyzing the Cotton Gin Patent
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A Petition for the Cotton Gin
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El Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Seeing the Big Picture
Key Figures Who Worked to End Slavery
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Analyzing Documents
Analyzing the Petition Against the Treaty of New Echota
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Compare and Contrast
Analyzing Anti-Slavery Petitions
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Analyzing Documents
Analyzing a Gag Rule Petition
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Making Connections
Twelve Years a Slave: The Life of Solomon Northup
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Making Connections
Lincoln’s Spot Resolutions
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Analyzing Documents
Analyzing a Map of the Louisiana Purchase
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U.S. v. Amistad: A Case of Jurisdiction
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