U.S. History

INTRODUCTION CONTEXT

ASSIGNMENTS CONCLUSION RESOURCES

Introduction: How to Use the
Digital History Reader

01
Demographic Catastrophe: What Happened to the Native Population After 1492?

02
Unthinking Decision? Why Did Slavery Emerge in Virginia?

03
A Revolution for Whom?

04
How Did Abolitionism Lead to the Struggle for Women's Rights?

05
Industrialization and Its Discontents

06
The Sit-Down Strike of 1936-37

07
Did World War II Advance Minorities, Women, and the Poor?

08
Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Leader?

09
The 1960s: Who Won?

10
How Will Historians Treat Richard Nixon?

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Module 08: Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Leader?

Evidence 12: Newspaper Article on Jackie Robinson's First Game, 1947

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The newspaper article reproduced below reports on Jackie Robinson's Major League debut in 1947.

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