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A Century of Foreign Wars
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Virginians were engulfed by the many wars that spanned the twentieth century and touched every generation.
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Contact and Conflict
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The first settlers were welcomed by the Indians with ceremony. However, following Capt. John Smith’s return to England...
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Exploration of the New World
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Initially, European nations were searching for a water route to the Far East, not a New World.
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Racial Inequality
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Confederate defeat threatened to change white southern identity. Suddenly African Americans were free to determine the...
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Reconstruction
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During the decade following the Civil War, former Confederate states were required to “reconstruct” their state...
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The Battlefront in Virginia
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Home to the Confederate capital, Virginia became a battleground.
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The Struggle for Equality
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The American concept that all people are equal and all have unalienable rights was introduced by Virginians George Mason...
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Virginia and Women’s Suffrage
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Despite the socio-political changes that occurred during Reconstruction, women at the dawn of the twentieth century...
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War on the Home Front
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For some, the war brought deprivation, horror, and loss right to their very doorsteps.