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A document from Mary Barton, by Ari Sclar
You went down one step even from the foul area into the cellar in which a family of human beings lived. It was very dark inside. The...
Did Napoleon betray the Revolution?, by Ari Sclar
“One of the accusations often leveled against Napoleon is that he "betrayed" the higher ideals of the French Revolution, retarding...
Alexis de Tocqueville on the importance of Revolution, by Ari Sclar
No nation had ever before embarked on so resolute an attempt as that of the French in 1789 to break with the past, to make it, as it...
'Forcing Slavery down the throat of a Freesoiler' - Ari Sclar
What events are the cartoon referring to with the words “Kansas” and “Cuba”? What is the attitude of the cartoonist about the event? What...
The Prairie Dog sickened by the Sting of the Hornet, by Ari Sclar
Characters: Jefferson as Prairie Dog, Napoleon as Hornet, Madison as ‘Diplomatic Puppet’ *Bubble from Madison: “A gull [deception] for...
Americans rebel? In the 1790s?
What event during the 1790s is being depicted and what is the point of view? Specify TWO elements in the cartoon that led to your...
Andrew Jackson comments on the Union, by Ari Sclar
The present corporate body…enjoys an exclusive privilege of banking under the authority of the General Government, a monopoly of its...
Charles Finney on Christian obligation in politics, by Ari Sclar
...It is altogether improbable that religion will ever make progress among heathen nations except through the influence of revivals. The...
Stamps...and Parliament, by Ari Sclar
III. That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on...
The Hartford Convention - Ari Sclar
Third. Congress shall not have power to lay any embargo on the ships or vessels of the citizens of the United States in the ports or...
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