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  • American History
    • American History I >
      • Unit 1 - Worlds Collide
      • Unit 2 - Adolescent Colonies
      • Unit 3 - Seeds of Rebellion
      • Unit 4 - Revolutionary America
      • Unit 5 - The New Nation
      • Unit 6 - Expansion and Reform
      • Unit 7 - Crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction
      • Unit 8 - The Great West
    • American History II >
      • Unit 9 - The Gilded Age
      • Unit 10 - The Progressive Era
      • Unit 11 - The American Empire
      • Unit 12 - Prosperity and Depression
      • Unit 13 - World War II
      • Unit 14 - Cold War Tensions
      • Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions
      • Unit 16 - Modern America
  • World History
    • Early History >
      • Unit I - Origins
      • Unit II - Ancient Greece
      • Unit III - Rise and Fall of Rome
      • Unit IV - The Age of Faith
      • Unit V - Late Medieval World
      • Unit VI - Renaissance and Discovery
    • Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Crisis of Faith
      • Unit VIII - Revolutionary World
      • Unit IX - Industrial Imperialism
      • Unit X - The Great War
      • Unit XI - World War II
      • Unit XII - Cold War & Globalization
  • AP European History
    • Early Modern History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
    • Late Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Current Events

People to Know

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LT. COL. GEORGE 
A. CUSTER

OHIO
(1839-1876)
  • lost the Battle of Little Bighorn​ against Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and thousands of Indian braves
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CHIEF JOSEPH

OREGON
(1840-1904)
  • chief of the Nez Perce
  • resisted resettlement and led his tribe in a dramatic exodus to escape to Canada.

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HELEN HUNT
​JACKSON

MASSACHUSETTS
(
1830-1885)
  • wrote A Century of Dishonor documenting U.S. treatment of Native Americans since the Revolution
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OLIVER KELLEY

MINNESOTA
(1826-1913)
  • founded the Grange, which became a powerful political force among western farmer

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WILLIAM 
MCKINLEY

OHIO
(POTUS 1897-1901)
  • won the Election of 1896 promoting the gold standard​
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WILLIAM JENNINGS
BRYAN

NEBRASKA
​​(1860-1925)
  • Populist leader and orator who ran unsuccessfully for president in 1896
  • gave the "Cross of Gold Speech" denouncing the gold standard in favor of bimetallism
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  • American History
    • American History I >
      • Unit 1 - Worlds Collide
      • Unit 2 - Adolescent Colonies
      • Unit 3 - Seeds of Rebellion
      • Unit 4 - Revolutionary America
      • Unit 5 - The New Nation
      • Unit 6 - Expansion and Reform
      • Unit 7 - Crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction
      • Unit 8 - The Great West
    • American History II >
      • Unit 9 - The Gilded Age
      • Unit 10 - The Progressive Era
      • Unit 11 - The American Empire
      • Unit 12 - Prosperity and Depression
      • Unit 13 - World War II
      • Unit 14 - Cold War Tensions
      • Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions
      • Unit 16 - Modern America
  • World History
    • Early History >
      • Unit I - Origins
      • Unit II - Ancient Greece
      • Unit III - Rise and Fall of Rome
      • Unit IV - The Age of Faith
      • Unit V - Late Medieval World
      • Unit VI - Renaissance and Discovery
    • Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Crisis of Faith
      • Unit VIII - Revolutionary World
      • Unit IX - Industrial Imperialism
      • Unit X - The Great War
      • Unit XI - World War II
      • Unit XII - Cold War & Globalization
  • AP European History
    • Early Modern History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
    • Late Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Current Events