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December 2005

 
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LEGEND:  (W) = Website Feature  (LP) = Lesson Plan (PA) = Picturing America (WTP) = We the People Bookshelf
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1955?Rosa Parks arrested; initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Ordinary People, Ordinary Places: The Civil Rights Movement (LP)

We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement (W)

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1823—President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"
American President (W)

The President's Roles and Responsibilities: Understanding the President's Job (LP)

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North Star front page

1847—Frederick Douglass and Martin R Delaney begin anti-slavery paper The North Star
African-American Communities in the North Before the Civil War (LP)

4
1942—FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration
Worth a Thousand Words: Depression-Era Photographs (LP)

5
1848—President Polk confirms California gold discovery
Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories (W)

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1941—Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; U.S. declares war on Japan
On the Home Front (LP)

History Matters (W)

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Born 1608—John Milton, poet/puritan
Writing Poetry Like Pros (LP)

The Academy of American Poets (W)

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1898—Spanish- American War ends.
Great American Speeches (W)

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1800—Washington, DC established as U.S. capital.
From the White House of Yesterday to the White House of Today (LP)

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1773—Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional? (LP)

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1865—13th Amendment to U.S. Constitution ratified, abolishing slavery
Attitudes Toward Emancipation (LP)

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1849— Born, Henry Clay Frick—built world's largest coke & steel operation
The Industrial Age in America: Sweatshops, Steel Mills, and Factories (LP)

Born 1790—Sir William Parry, Arctic explorer
Kennewick Man: Science and Sacred Rights (LP)

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Born 1744—Abigail Adams, 2nd first lady (1797-1801)
Remember the Ladies: The First Ladies (LP)

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1907—1st all-steel passenger railroad coach completed, Altoona PA
I Hear the Locomotives: The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad (LP)

24
1814—Treaty of Ghent (end of the War of 1812) signed
President Madison's 1812 War Message


The Avalon Project: Treaty of Ghent with Great Britain (W)

25
800—Charlemagne crowned Roman Emperor - beginning of Holy Roman Empire
The Avalon Project: Capitulary of Charlemagne (W)

2005—Christmas
Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus
XPEDITIONS: Celebrating December (W)

painting of Washington crossing Delaware

1776—George Washington's army crosses Delaware River
George Washington: The Precedent President (LP)

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1492—1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus
Other Worlds: The Voyage of Columbus (LP)

1776—George Washington defeats Hessians at Trenton
What Made George Washington a Good Military Leader?

George Washington: The Living Symbol (LP)

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2005—New Year's Eve
1879—Edison gives 1st public demonstration of his incandescent lamp
Thomas Edison’s Inventions in the 1900s and Today: From “New” to You! (LP)