Teacher’s Guide
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Political Cartoons in U.S. History Teacher's Guide (PDF, 4.3 MB)
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Primary Sources
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Franklin, Benjamin. “Join or Die.”
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A message from His Excellency Arthur Dobbs, Esq...
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Masthead and part of front page of The Massachusetts spy...
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The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America
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The Bostonian's paying the excise-man...
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American State Papers; Naval Affairs
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Veto message from the President of the United States...
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U.S. Senate Journal, 5 July 1861
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Wilson's suggestion for a cartoon
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Steel Trust Back of T.R., Says Wilson
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Child Labor in the Canning Industry of Maryland
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Well, what are you going to do about it?
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1,300 Die as Lusitania Goes to Bottom...
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