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Passage of the 1924 Immigration Act | Teaching American History
On May 26, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Johnson-Reed Act, the first federal law in American history designed to establish permanent, comprehensive restrictions on immigration. It came at the end of a long, contentious process that debated the nature of American citizenship and identity along with the perceived merits and hazards of mass immigration. The law is rightly regarded as one of the triumphs of American nativism and a pivotal moment in the history of U.S. immigration policy.
The Tehran Conference and the Origins of the Cold War | Teaching American History
Three powerful and head-strong leaders gathered in Tehran for three days in 1943. How they each navigated these meetings goes a long way to explaining not just how they came to their final public statements about what happened in Tehran, but how the early seeds of the decades-long Cold War were planted.
Win Anderson Teaches the Now Novel Concept of Limited Government | Teaching American History
Today we tell the story of Win Anderson, who as a student in the MAHG program studied separation of powers under Alvis and federalism under Dinan. Anderson,credits these professors with helping her understand the founders’ motives and mechanisms for limiting the power of government.
Restoring the Common Ground of American Citizenship: Why Lincoln is at the heart of America, and Teaching American History | Teaching American History
The second and most important reason we study Lincoln is that our own purposes are inspired by his. Above all, Lincoln worked to restore the common ground of American citizenship.