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  2. Timeline of voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1821, the state of New York held a constitutional convention which removed property requirements for white male voters, but required that "persons of colour" own $250 worth of property, "over and above all debts," in order to vote. White male voters were instead required to pay a tax, but this rule was abolished in an amendment of 1826.

  3. History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in ...

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    The second report discussed legal immigration issues and suggested that immediate family members and skilled workers receive priority. The third report covered refugee and asylum issues. Finally, the fourth report reiterated the major points of the previous reports and the need for a new immigration policy. Few of these suggestions were ...

  4. Voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    These included such requirements as payment of poll taxes, complicated record keeping, complicated timing of registration and length of residency in relation to elections, with related record-keeping requirements; felony disenfranchisement focusing on crimes thought to be committed by African Americans, [69] and a literacy test or comprehension ...

  5. Architectural historian - Wikipedia

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    According to Secretary of the Interior's Guidelines [2] the minimum professional qualifications in architectural history are a graduate degree in architectural history, art history, historic preservation, or closely related field, with coursework in American architectural history, or a bachelor's degree in architectural history, art history, historic preservation or closely related field plus ...

  6. History of higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of higher education in the United States begins in 1636 and continues to the present time. American higher education is known throughout the world for its dramatic expansion. It was also heavily influenced by British models in the colonial era, and German models in the 19th century.

  7. AP United States History - Wikipedia

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    The AP U.S. History course is designed to provide the same level of content and instruction that students would face in a freshman-level college survey class. It generally uses a college-level textbook as the foundation for the course and covers nine periods of U.S. history, spanning from the pre-Columbian era to the present day. The percentage ...

  8. Harvard University Department of History - Wikipedia

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    The Department of History at Harvard University (also known as the Harvard History Department) [2] is a department of history located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The school offers bachelor's degrees [ when? ] in history , master's degrees in history , doctorate degrees in history , and a certificate in digital history . [ 3 ]

  9. Core Curriculum (Columbia College) - Wikipedia

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    Of the names listed on the Butler Library colonnade, only Demosthenes has not at some point in time been required reading in the Core Curriculum. [10]In 1917, the United States Army commissioned the university to create a "war issues" course in order to educate the Student Army Training Corps, and to explain the causes of WWI and the reasons for US involvement in the conflict. [9]