These curated resource lists coincide with the order of the topic ideas listed in the NHD 2017 theme sample topics list. Links lead to additional curated sets of resources. Note: historic newspaper coverage is from 1789-1922 unless otherwise noted.
Standing Against Federal Authority: The Plight of the Farmers During the Whiskey Rebellion
- Whiskey rebellion background and links
- Whiskey Insurrection from History of Washington County 1870
- Liquor tax: historic newspaper coverage 1789-1795
- Whiskey rebellion: historic newspaper coverage
- Whiskey insurrection: historic newspaper coverage
- Braddock’s Battlefield
Standing Against the British: The Boston Tea Party and Its Consequences
Rosa Parks: Sitting Down to Take a Stand
The Fight for Social Equality: Jane Addams and Hull House
William Lloyd Garrison: Taking a Stand with Words
Fighting Unemployment: The Journey of Coxey’s Army
- Co-join Coxey’s army sheet music
- Coxey’s Army historic newspaper coverage
- Jacob Coxey historic newspaper coverage 1894
Taking a Stand Against Kingship: George Washington’s Denial of Power
Standing Against the President: Congress’ Victory in Radical Reconstruction Against [Andrew] Johnson
Taking a Stand Against the Trusts: Teddy Roosevelt as a Trust Buster
Standing Against Big Business: The Sherman Antitrust Act
- Sherman Act historic newspaper coverage
- Everybody’s doing it! 1912 political cartoon
- Modern U.S. legislation related to the Sherman Act
Defiance in Leaps and Bounds: Jesse Owens and the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Claudette Colvin and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Astor Place Riots: Taking a Stand for Theater
Standing Against Conquest: Chief Osceola and the Seminole Indians
- Seminole Indians historic newspaper coverage through 1838
- Osceola in Florida background
- Osceola of Florida portrait
- Osceola’s grave photo
- The Death of Osceola sheet music
- Osceola march sheet music
- Chief Osceola historic newspaper coverage
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