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| How Real Estate Owners Created Wisconsin |
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| Discover how land owners promoted their towns and villages for settlers and created the cities you know today. |
| How the University was Began |
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| Discover how the lack of educational opportunities in Wisconsin helped create the University of Wisconsin. |
| How the Women of Wisconsin Helped Win the War |
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| Discover how women on the Wisconsin home front helped win the Civil War. |
| Wisconsin in the Civil War |
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| Discover how a pet eagle named Old Abe helped Wisconsin serve the Union in the Civil War |
| Read about the brewing industry, the temperance movement, and the effects of prohibition in Wisconsin. |
| The History of Modern Immigration in Wisconsin |
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| Discover the economic and cultural changes that brought new immigrants to Wisconsin in the 20th century. |
| Housing and Racism |
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| Discover the history of the struggle for Civil Rights in Wisconsin |
| World War II and it Effect on Blacks |
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| Discover the effects World War II had on Blacks in Wisconsin. |
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