Reconstruction
Artifacts
- Carte-de-Visite of Thaddeus Stephens, Radical Republican
- Pamplin Historical Park
- Lincoln Cane Given to Frederick Douglass
- Washington, DC
- The First Vote
- Gaithersburg, Maryland
Stories
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From the Archives
If Lincoln Hadn’t Died. . .
Would the disastrous Reconstruction era have taken a different course?
The Lowest Ebb
Blamed for the misdeeds of others, President Grant left his name on America's sorriest Administration
Custer and Sitting Bull
Fate brought Custer and Sitting Bull together one bloody June evening at the Little Bighorn—and marked the end of the Wild West
When Congress Tried To Rule
Was it, as Navy Secretary Welles believed, "a conspiracy to overthrow the government"?
The Pluck Heard 'round the World
After Watson tweaked a transmitter reed, Bell invented the telephone
Why They Impeached Andrew Johnson
One of the saddest tales in American history tells how a well-intentioned President lost a dazzling opportunity
Sites
- African American Museum in Philadelphia
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
- Greeneville, Tennessee
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“Save America’s Treasures” has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington’s tent.
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65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
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Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
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40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
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“There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country,” John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
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The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
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Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
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The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.