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1 Ohio Before Ohio: State Geology and Topography |
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1 | (19) |
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2 | (5) |
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7 | (6) |
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Importance of Ohio Geology and Topography |
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13 | (7) |
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2 The First Ohioans: Prehistoric Ohio |
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20 | (27) |
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Paleo-Indian Period (c. ?-c. 11,000 years ago) |
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22 | (2) |
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The Archaic Period (c. 11,000-c. 2,800 years ago) |
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24 | (5) |
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The Woodland Period (c. 3,000-c. 1,000 years ago) |
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29 | (13) |
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Late Prehistoric Period (c. 1,100-c. 400 years ago) |
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42 | (5) |
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3 The Middle Ground: European and Native American |
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47 | (2) |
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Early Effects of European Contact |
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49 | (3) |
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Ohio as "The Middle Ground" |
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52 | (2) |
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Colonial Wars and Life in Middle Ground Ohio |
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54 | (13) |
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4 War and Peace: The End of "Middle Ground" Ohio |
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67 | (33) |
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68 | (7) |
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75 | (4) |
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79 | (8) |
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The Western Confederacy and the End of the Middle Ground |
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87 | (13) |
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5 The Ohio Experiment: Formation of the Northwest Territory, Early American Settlements, and Statehood |
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100 | (25) |
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Clearing Title and Related Problems |
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101 | (1) |
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Organizing Ohio and the Birth of the Public Land System |
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102 | (11) |
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113 | (4) |
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117 | (8) |
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6 A Community of Communities: Early Ohio Society |
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125 | (35) |
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126 | (12) |
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138 | (3) |
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141 | (19) |
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7 Revolutions: Early Ohio Economic Developments |
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160 | (25) |
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161 | (5) |
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166 | (19) |
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8 From Periphery to Center: Early Statehood and National Politics |
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185 | (29) |
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186 | (6) |
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192 | (8) |
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State and National Politics, 1815-36 |
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200 | (6) |
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Political Ascendance and its Problems |
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206 | (2) |
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Sectional Politics and the End of the Second Party System |
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208 | (2) |
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210 | (4) |
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9 Ohio Must Lead! The Civil War and Reconstruction |
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214 | (33) |
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Ohio and Sectional Conflict |
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216 | (6) |
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222 | (12) |
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Ohio's Civil War Contribution: A Summary |
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234 | (6) |
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The Reconstruction Period, 1865-77 |
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240 | (7) |
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10 Why Ohio? Late Nineteenth-Century Politics and Presidents |
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247 | (33) |
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247 | (2) |
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249 | (7) |
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Ohio's Presidents from Hayes to McKinley |
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256 | (24) |
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11 The Making of an Industrial State: 1865-1920 |
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280 | (36) |
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281 | (2) |
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Location and Transportation |
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283 | (4) |
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287 | (1) |
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Finances, Entrepreneurs, and Innovation |
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288 | (6) |
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294 | (13) |
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Industrial Work and the Rise of Organized Labor |
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307 | (9) |
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12 Urban Life, Leisure, and Political Activism: 1880-1920 |
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316 | (24) |
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317 | (7) |
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324 | (7) |
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331 | (5) |
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336 | (2) |
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338 | (2) |
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13 Reform and the Great War: 1912-1920 |
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340 | (21) |
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The 1912 State Constitution |
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341 | (2) |
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343 | (4) |
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347 | (2) |
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349 | (9) |
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358 | (1) |
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359 | (2) |
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14 Boom, Bust and War: 1920-1945 |
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361 | (35) |
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The Economy and Politics in the 1920s |
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363 | (3) |
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Social and Cultural Conflict |
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366 | (4) |
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370 | (6) |
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The Great Depression and the New Deal |
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376 | (11) |
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387 | (6) |
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393 | (3) |
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15 Affluence and Anticommunism |
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396 | (30) |
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397 | (7) |
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Migration and the Changing Cities |
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404 | (7) |
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The Cold War and Ohio Politics |
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411 | (13) |
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424 | (2) |
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16 Rebellion and Reaction: The 1960s |
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426 | (31) |
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The Struggle for Black Equality |
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427 | (7) |
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434 | (2) |
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Resurgence of Women's Activism |
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436 | (4) |
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Emerging Environmental Issues |
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440 | (4) |
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Escalation: Vietnam and Politics |
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444 | (7) |
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Campus Unrest and the Kent State Shootings |
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451 | (6) |
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457 | (33) |
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458 | (9) |
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Politics in the 1970s and 1980s |
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467 | (9) |
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Towards the Future: Ohio since the 1990s |
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476 | (9) |
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Summing Up: Ohio as America |
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485 | (5) |
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