Grade Range: 4-12Resource Type(s): Reference MaterialsDate Posted: 6/18/2009
In this online exhibition, students will learn how West Point graduates influenced the development of the United States both domestically and abroad between the Civil War and the beginning of the Twentieth Century. After the Civil War, the United States Army was kept small in size while its main responsibilities were fighting Indians in the West, maintaining order in labor disputes and performing ceremonial functions. In the late 1800s, West Point graduates played important roles in the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars and were vital to the success of engineering projects such as the building of the Panama Canal and the reshaping of Washington, D.C. An Army for the Nation is part of the online exhibition, West Point in the Making of America.
Multimedia instruction, Museum education, Thematic approach
The Union Conscription Act of March 3, 1863, provided that all able-bodied males between the ages...
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