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Civic and Economic Liberty

190 minutes

9 Items

Equal and Inalienable Rights

Lesson

3 Activities

The Declaration of Independence

Essay

1040 Words

The Constitution

Essay

927 Words

Unit 2 Civics Connection: An Apple of Gold in a Frame of Silver

Lesson

80 Min

The Origins of Our Commercial Republic

Essay

1237 Words

A photograph of a bank building.

Alexander Hamilton and the National Bank

Essay

2382 Words

Free Enterprise and Prosperity

Essay

1378 Words

Were the Titans of the Gilded Age “Robber Barons” or “Entrepreneurial Industrialists”?

Activity

40 Min

Did the New Deal End the Great Depression?

Activity

40 Min