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  • B. Archaeology
  • C. Biography, Oral History
  • 1. Benjamin Franklin
  • 2. William Penn
  • 3. Everyone else
  • D. Documents (Editions of Primary Sources)
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  • 2. Technology (See also Material Culture)
  • 3. Medicine (See also Disease, Epidemics)
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  • b. Colonial
  • i. New Sweden
  • ii. New Netherlands
  • iii. Duke of York
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  • iii. Frontier Wars
  • iv. Revolutionary War
  • v. War of 1812
  • vi. Mexican War
  • vii. Civil War
  • viii. Spanish-American War
  • ix. WWI
  • x. WWII
  • xi. Korean War
  • xiii. Vietnam War
  • xiv. Iraqi/Afgani Wars
  • xv. Other Wars
  • xvi. Other Military
  • xvii. State, Local Militias
  • xviii. Veterans
  • g. Prisons, Penal Theory, Criminal Justice, Police, State Troopers
  • h. Social Welfare
  • 3. Reform, Popular Movements, Insurrections, Protests
  • a. General Reform, Insurrections, Protests
  • b. Abolitionism/Anti-Slavery
  • c. Civil Rights Movements
  • d. Communism
  • e. Fascism
  • f. Fries Rebellion
  • g. Ku Klux Klan and Similar Organizations
  • h. Progressivism
  • h. Race Riots
  • i. Temperance Movement
  • j. Whiskey Rebellion
  • h. Women's Suffrage
  • i. Other Reform, Insurrections, Protests
  • K. Social:
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  • 2. Education
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  • b. Elementary and Secondary
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  • d. Occupational, Trade and Other
  • 3. Ethnicity and Race
  • a. African
  • i. General African
  • ii. Central African (including Congolese and Angolan)
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  • xiii. Ruthenian
  • xiv. Serb
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  • xvi. Greek
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  • xviii. Other European
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  • ii. Lenapes (Lenni Lenapes, Munsees, Unamis, Unalactigos)
  • iii. Cayugas
  • iv. Chippewas
  • v. Conestogas
  • vi. Conoys
  • vii. Delawares
  • viii. Eries
  • ix. Iroquois
  • x. Mahicans
  • xi. Missisaugas
  • xii. Nanticokes
  • xiii. Ottowas
  • xiv. Saponis
  • xv. Senecas
  • xvi. Shawnees
  • xvii. Susquehannocks
  • xviii. Tuscaroras
  • xix. Wynandots
  • xx. Other Native American/Indian
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  • ii. Pakistani
  • iii. Other South Asians
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  • M. Gender
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  • 2. Men and masculinity
  • 3. Women and femininity
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  • 4. Native American Religions
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  • n. Quaker (Society of Friends)
  • o. Reformed
  • p. Sabbatarian (Ephrata Cloister)
  • q. Other Protestant
  • 7. Roman Catholic
  • 8. Other Beliefs (Witchcraft, Magic, New Age, Transcendentalism, UFOs, Spiritualism, Others)
  • P. Reform and Social Welfare
  • Q. Rural Society
  • R. Sports and Recreation
  • S. Urban and Suburban Society

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