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FOCUS
QUESTIONS
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ERA 9
Postwar
United States
(1945-early 1970s)
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ERA 10
Contemporary
United States
(1968-present)
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BOUNDARIES
What are the boundaries of New Hampshire and how did they get there? |
- Maine-NH Lobster War
- zoning
- geological survey maps
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- Piscataqua River dispute
- NH Department of Transportation maps
- NH, US, and World maps
- city and regional planning maps
- zoning
- satellite maps
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NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND PEOPLE
How have the natural environment and the way people live affected each other in New Hampshire? |
- water pollution
- Interstate Highway System
- Durham and the Onassis refinery
- energy sources
- environmental movement
- recreational sports
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- fishing industry
- cleaning up the environment
- conservation vs. development
- state parks
- hunting game animals
- weather prediction
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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
- Red Scare
- population distribution
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- demographics
- Asian Americans in NH
- Native Americans in NH
- African Americans in NH
- European Americans in NH
- Hispanic Americans in NH
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POLITICS
How have government and politics affected New Hampshire groups and individuals? |
- First-in-Nation Primary
- Civil Rights Movement
- Cold War in NH: Korea, Subversive Activities Law, Vietnam,
Pease and Grenier Air Fields
- tax issues
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- NH Constitution and amendments
- community, county, and state government
- taxation
- welfare
- state symbols
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TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
How have technology and science affected life in New Hampshire? |
- communications
- transportation
- energy sources
- construction machinery
- pollution and ecological damage
- consumer goods
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- settlement patterns
- light manufacturing
- NH in space
- urbanization
- communication
- transportation
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NONGOVERNMENTAL GROUPS
What have nongovernmental groups contributed to New Hampshire life? |
- peace movement
- veteran's organizations
- volunteer organizations
- private schools
- civil rights organizations
- feminist organizations
- Daughters of the American Revolution
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- farmers' markets
- Appalachian Mt. Club
- religious groups
- labor unions
- families
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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? |
- NH Sweepstakes Lottery
- ski industry
- tourism
- agriculture
- light manufacturing
- lumber, fish, and minerals
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- tourism
- ski industry
- agriculture
- resource extraction
- migrant labor
- Two NHs
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SELF-EXPRESSION
How have New Hampshire people expressed their views, and what have they had to say? |
- newspapers
- television
- advertising
- rock-n-roll
- flower children
- Elizabeth Yates
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- Aerosmith
- Lotte Jacobi
- Maxine Kumin
- Donald Hall
- May Sarton
- Jane Kenyon
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