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Get students interested in economics and financial literacy with this short teaching resource based on the life of Madam C. J. Walker.

The lesson is based on the Condon National Bank, one of the thousands of properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Learn how a tradition of outlawry developed in Kansas and how people in Coffeyville fought back.

This lesson is based on the Madam Walker Building and the J.C. Penney Historic District, two of the thousands of properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Both properties have been designated National Historic Landmarks.Examine the historic places associated with two of America's most famous 20th century business people.

People on the home front were reminded every day of the effects of World War II when they used cash to purchase items. Both paper money and coins saw changes because of the war. Some changes, like what metals were used to make US coins, were due to material shortages. Other changes, like money in Hawai'i, the Philippines, and Guam and the money used in incarceration camps were strategic. There were also changes to US money based on World War II that happened after the war...

Learn about the markings on Spanish coins found at two shipwrecks, La Galga and Juno. See how the markings help archeologists to date the sites.

Ulysses S. Grant's farming ventures were negatively affected by the Panic of 1857, an economic recession that led to devaluing of the fruit and vegetable crops Grant raised at White Haven.

These Spanish coins found at the remains of Fort Stanwix/Schuyler would not have been used by conquistadors, nor anyone else of Spanish descent. Click here to find out why it would've been used in New York.

The collections at Fort Stanwix National Monument contains nearly 500,000 objects! This coin is just one of them. When archeologists found this British half-pence (or half-penny), it was located in the remnants of a wood lined cellar of the British Barracks of Fort Stanwix.

Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton's bill to establish a national bank generated debate on the floor of Congress. Some opponents argued that the Bank was unconstitutional, opening an on-going battle over the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.

Jackson Ward grew as one of the premier African-American neighborhoods in the southern United States in the late 1800's and early 1900's, being called Harlem of the South, Black Wall Street among other nicknames highlighting its emergence out of the Civil War.