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Getting Around Connecticut
How have changes in technology affected local communities over the past 140 years?
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William Grimes – Seeking Freedom in Connecticut
How can we find out about people and places in the past?
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The Immigrant Experience During World War I: Enemy Aliens
How did the government effort to mobilize and monitor the Connecticut home front during World War I affect the immigrant experience and conceptions of national identity?
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Black World War I Veterans Demand Civil Rights
How did World War I impact the struggle for civil rights in Connecticut and America?
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“Making Munitions is a Woman’s Job” During World War I
What impact did the women of Connecticut have on the Great War (WWI)?
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Free Speech and Seditious Speech on the CT World War I Home Front
Does free speech exist in a time of war?
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Exploring Communities: Using Historic Maps to Learn about the Past
Why do our communities look the way they do today?
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African Americans in Progressive-Era CT: The Battle Over the Jack Johnson Fight film
What does the battle over the Johnson-Jeffries fight film tell us about the social position of African Americans in Progressive-Era Connecticut?
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Roots of Labor Unrest in Progressive-Era CT
What were the causes of the labor unrest that roiled Connecticut in the years between 1900 and World War I?
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Caleb Brewster & The Culper Ring
In what ways did “ordinary” Americans contribute to the American Revolution?
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