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FOCUS
QUESTIONS
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ERA 7
Emergence of Modern America
(1890-1930)
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ERA 8
Great Depression and World War II
(1929-1945)
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BOUNDARIES
What are the boundaries of New Hampshire and how did they get there? |
- White Mountain National Park
- town authorized to regulate growth
- Franconia Notch-state recreation and conservation land
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- Connecticut River Court Ruling
- NH state park system
- state recreation and land conversation
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NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND PEOPLE
How have the natural environment and the way people live affected each other in New Hampshire? |
- roads and the automobile
- Weeks Act
- tourism and the grand hotels
- settlement patterns
- forest fires
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- CCC Camps
- Dust Bowl effects
- drought, flood, wind
- Victory Gardens
- fires and fire-fighting
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CULTURE, RACES, AND ETHNIC GROUPS
What has happened when different cultures, races, and ethnic groups have met in New Hampshire? |
- demographics
- religous differences
- Eastern European immigrants
- education and Americanization
- Red Scare
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- demographics
- World War II immigrants
- African Americans
- small-town life
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POLITICS
How have government and politics affected New Hampshire groups and individuals? |
- election reform
- regulatory and protective legislation
- welfare acts
- Prohibition and its aftermath
- World War I
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- Governor Winant
- NH and the New Deal
- World War II: NH at home and abroad
- Camp Stark
- town government
- city government
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TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
How have technology and science affected life in New Hampshire? |
- automobile
- telephone
- electricity
- radio
- household technologies
- Portsmouth Navy Yard
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- health and medicine
- farm machinery
- defense industries
- wartime production
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NONGOVERNMENTAL GROUPS
What have nongovernmental groups contributed to New Hampshire life? |
- Society for the Protection of NH Forests
- NH Woman Suffrage Association
- NH Federation of Women's Clubs
- NH Audobon Society
- League of NH Craftsmen
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- Cooperative Extension Service
- Red Cross
- camps, scouting, 4-H, and other children's organizations
- peace movement
- civic luncheon clubs
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MATERIAL WANTS AND NEEDS
How have people and organizations interacted to produce, distribute, and consume wealth and take care of material
needs in New Hampshire? |
- textiles
- labor actions
- shoe manufacturing
- agriculture
- tourism
- mail order catalogs
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- The Great Depression in NH
- faltering industries
- women working
- economic recovery
- wartime economy
- community canneries
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SELF-EXPRESSION
How have New Hampshire people expressed their views, and what have they had to say? |
- Robert Frost
- Winston Churchill
- Wallace Nutting
- Edward MacDowell
- mass leisure and culture
- letters and diaries
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- Robert Frost
- popular music, big bands, dancing
- radio shows
- letters and diaries
- Willa Cather
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