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Government
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Geography
( countries, flags, maps,
United States and travel )
Countries
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Flags
Flags of All Countries
- includes flags of the worlds and World Fact Book and maps
National Historic
Flags - from the University of Oklahoma; flags from all periods of
American history
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Maps
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Travel
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Americans, Native Americans, African
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Americans
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Americans
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History
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Literature
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Documents
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Sources on World War II
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United States
History ( General American History Sites, Colonial
and Revolutionary Period, Constitutional
Debate, Territorial Expansion and the West, the Civil War, the 19th century and imperialism,
the 20th century )
General American
History Sites including Presidents and the Courts
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Colonial and
Revolutionary Period
The Constitutional Debate
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Territorial
Expansion and the West
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United States
Civil War ( Battles, Biographies,
General Information, Abraham Lincoln,
Magazines, Medicine, Primary Sources, Weapons, Women )
General
Information on the Civil War
- The American Civil War Homepage -
this site has it all; general resources, secession crisis, images of the war, regimental
histories, battles, primary sources (very comprehensive) and other online resources
- The Civil War Center - this is an index
to information available on the Internet on this topic; this is one-stop shopping for
Civil War information; it includes Presidential documents, African Americans, Slavery and
Abolition
- Home
of the American Civil War - Covers all areas of the Civil War including biographies,
battles, and government policies
- Outline History of the
Civil War - this is a very comprehensive outline with links to topic headings and
subheadings
- Chronology of the Civil War
- this also includes links to all the battles and major events
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Primary
Sources
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Abraham
Lincoln
Trials of the Lincoln's Assassination from Famous Trials
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Civil War
Magazines
- The Civil War Series - this online magazine
allows access to its archives; current issue includes memories of Hood, Sherman and
Longstreet and the official records of the Union and Confederate Navies; this is an
excellent site
- Civil War Times Illustrated - this
is an excellent online version of this wonderful magazine
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Medicine in
the Civil War
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Battles
National Civil War
Museum - includes Civil War maps and timeline, state battle maps, battles, and
biographies; a very good site
Home of the American Civil War - this
site has information on the battles and biographies of the leaders and commanders; scroll
down on the page
Major Battles of the Civil War - includes a
brief description and photo of each battle
Civil War Battles in Georgia
Fredericksburg Battlefield - this is an
excellent site with detailed information and photographs of the battle from the National
Park Service
Antietam Battlefield
Gettysburg
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Biographies
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Women in
the Civil War
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Weapons
of the Civil War
- Civil War Artillery Page
- Encyclopedia of Civil War Artillery
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The 19th century
( life styles, literature, imperialism, politics and social classes )
Life Styles
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Imperialism
- United States Imperialism
- this excellent site contains all U.S. expansion in the Pacific, the
Spanish American War, The Maine, U.S. Intervention in Latin America,
The Panama Canal, The Boxer Rebellion
-
The Era of McKinley
- this PBS site includes primary documents about the McKinley
presidency and political cartoons
- The World of the Spanish American
War - from the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress; - scroll down for
information on Spain, the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Cuba
- 1898 - 1998 Centennial of the Spanish American War
- background information on the war as well as Heart's role
- Effects of the Press on
Spanish-American Relations - 1898
- Yellow
Journalism - this is an excellent site to learn about the
origins of yellow journalism and its role in U.S. imperialism in
Cuba; also includes the battle between Hearst and Pulitzer
- The Spanish American War -
this site includes news accounts, photos and a chronology of events; scroll down for links
to the war in the Philippines and U.S. colonialism
-
Albert
J. Beveridge and the Philippine War - his speech advocating
annexing the Philippines
- Mark
Twain and Anti-imperialism - Philippine War
- The Boxer Rebellion and Spheres of
Influence
- China Relief Expedition -
from the Department of the Navy
- The Age of Imperialism - from
Online History of the United States - includes photographs, political cartoons, primary
sources, maps, chronologies and information on U.S. colonialism - this is an excellent
site that thoroughly covers the topic
- The Richest Man in the World -
Andrew Carnegie from the PBS broadcast
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Literature
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Social
Classes
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Politics
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The Twentieth
Century ( General Information, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s,
60s, 70s 80s,90s)
General
Information
- Ad Access
- images and information on over 7,000 ads found in newspapers and
magazines from 1911 to 1955
20th
Century American History - This is an excellent site is organized by decades and
includes links to people, events and culture of each decade.
- Television
News Archive - housed at Vanderbilt University has network news broadcasts and
special-news reports covering presidential press conferences and political campaigns and
national and international events including Watergate, the American hostages in Iran and
the Persian Gulf War
- The Avalon Project - from Yale
University Law School - scroll down for a list of 20th century documents; this site can
also be searched by keyword
- The People's
Century - 26 television series feature the most significant events
of the 20th century.
-
Picturing the Century - photographic journey of the past one
hundred years
- Stories of the Century
- The News museum offers an online exhibit of the top 100 events of
the 20th century
- Time 100 - Time
Magazine portrays the most significant people of the 20th century
- The 20th Century -
Looks at important events and discoveries of the 20th century
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20s
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30s
(General Resources, The
Great Depression, Labor, The
Dust Bowl, Music of the
Depression)
General Resources
- The Lindbergh Case - Contains complete
information about the kidnapping and trials. Includes newspaper articles, and photographs
- The
1930s Project - this is an excellent site from the University of
Virginia looks at the 1930s through film, radio programs, literature,
journalism, exhibitions, architecture, art and other forms of culture.
The Great Depression and
New Deal
The Dust Bowl
- Surviving the Dust Bowl - this PBS
program includes people, events, a timeline, and films
- Riding the
Rails – teenagers and homelessness during the Great Depression
- The
American Memory Collection – this collection documents the
lives of Dust Bowl migrants living in Farm Security Administration (FSA)
camps in California
- The Dustbowl
– an overview
- About
the Dustbowl – provides an overview with images and a timeline
of events
- The
Migrant Experience – conditions affecting migrant workers
- Weedpatch Camp –
this is the migrant camp that Steinbeck used in his novel, The
Grapes of Wrath; this is an excellent site which includes children
of the dust bowl. Personal remembrances and the history of the camp;
the camp is still used by migrant workers today
The Mother Road – history of Route 66
American Labor
Music of the Depression
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40s (also
see War and Peace)
- The Forties
- overview of the work of scientists to support the war effort
- The Cold
War - covers the events from its beginning in 1945 to the Fall
of the Berlin Wall
- The New Deal Network -
contains primary documents, history, photo gallery and articles.
- The Cold War -
this CNN covers all aspects of the Cold War
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50s (also
see War and Peace)
- The Fifties Web - scroll down for music
and television of the fifties; even includes midi files
-
The History of McDonalds
- corporate web site
-
Barbie - Matel's official home page for the Barbie doll; click on Barbie's 40th Anniversary to
find information about Barbie in 1959(40 years with Barbie)
- The Birth of the Atomic Age -
; information on the development of the atomic bomb, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
and its aftermath
and The Cold War- Soviet
Archive - take a tour of the Library of Congress exhibit which describes the
relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War
- CNN Cold War series - - CNN also provides
interactive topics based on their award winning series. It has information on the Bomb,
espionage, culture, technology, primary documents, and a chronology. The Knowledge Bank
contains a glossary, biographies and maps. This has a wealth of information on this topic
- Cold War
Policies - 1945-1991; primary documents
- United
Nations - facts about the UN, its charter and organization
- United Nations - 50th
Anniversary from CNN; click on the timeline to look for information on the formation of
the UN and its involvement in world peacekeeping missions
- NATO -
click on welcome to get an overview of the history of NATO; look at organization to find
the members of NATO
- The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall
Plan - this is an exhibit at the Library of Congress
- Korean War -
50th Anniversary site includes history, biographies, timeline and
fact sheets
- The Korean War
- this site
contains enormous amounts of information on the Korean War ranging from the Army Handbook
to each country's involvement to personal narratives
- The Age of McCarthy - includes the history of this period and primary source material; also includes
the impact of this period on American history
- McCarthyism
- from Spartacus Encyclopedia; includes an overview of the era with links to the
hearings, blacklists, investigators and the Hollywood Ten
-
McCarthy Era - this site from CNN provides transcripts of trials and interviews with participants; get
background on the major players from CNN's own research
-
The History of the Berlin Wall
- Remembering the Korean
War - this is an excellent site from the historical archives of West Point
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60s (see
also War and Peace)
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70s (see
also War and Peace)
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80s
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90s
United States
Government ( President, Congress,
The Courts and Civil Rights and General
Sites )
Gov.engine - use the site to
locate information on federal, state and local levels of government
FirstGov - official site for the
United States government; links to all departments and agencies
The President
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Congress
and Law Making
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The
Nation's Courts and the Law --- The Courts and Civil Rights
-
Oyez - archives of Northwestern
University with abstracts of Supreme Court cases. Click on search by Subject
- Findlaw - Supreme court cases
since 1863 - use keywords to locate a case
- Selected Supreme Court cases
- 610 cases from Cornell School of Law
- The Constitution -
from the National Archives and Records Administration - includes biographies of the
Founding Fathers
- The Flag Amendment - this is a
collection of newspaper editorials about the efforts to enact an amendment banning the
burning of the U.S. flag. This is another good site to connect the Bill of Rights to a
current issue
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General Sites
- FedWorld
- site for federal web pages
- National Political Index -provides an index to
political information for voters, political activist, lobbyists, politicians and others
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War and Peace ( World War I, World War II, Vietnam
War )
- The War
Journal - covers all periods of military history. Articles include events, technology,
and tactics. There is also an archive of historic dispatches, letters, and memoirs and
photographs.
World War I
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World War II
Background of World War II - The
Spread of Militarism
- Euro Documents - Primary
documents of Western Europe
- Nazi Germany
- An overview and chronology are followed by outlines of the Third
Reich military, police and political organizations; biographies and
links to related articles
- Nazi Propaganda
- translated speeches, flyers, pamphlets, posters, cartoons and essays
- History of the United Kingdom -
Primary documents
- Munich Agreement
- Avalon
Project, Yale University
- Peace
in Our Time - Neville Chamberlain's speech; reaction to Munich
Agreement
- Battles of World War II
- Maps of World War II provides an overview of WWII through a
collection of maps that present the battles and campaigns fought in
the various theatres of war.
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