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American Colonization Society Collection: Maps of Liberia, 1830-1870
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Flashing Across the Country: Mr. Zip and the ZIP Code Promotional Campaign
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Spotlight on Elementary Education

History has been shaped and influenced by the out come of ancient trials—such as the Trial of Socrates in 399B.C.—to Rosenberg Trial in the 1950s. This site offers a comprehensive look at 50 prominent court trials throughout history and its resources can be used to give young learners an introduction to the history of the modern judicial system.

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Website Reviews

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Democratic Vistas: The William Clyde DeVane Lecture Series

Look to the past to consider the prospects of democracy in the U.S.

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Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project
Photograph, Edison Concert Record: 8, 1898-1899, UC Santa Barbara Library.

Browse and listen to cylinder recordings, the first commercially produced [...] »

Civil Rights Oral History Interviews: Spokane, Washington

From racism to civil rights movement music, listen to the memories of these [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
Discovering Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus—a legend without a face? Answer these questions about [...] »

Spot the President: Presidential Campaign Ads

Decide whether these statements on the more-than-50-year-old tradition of [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Women's Reform Movement
Print, A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed, 1829

The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 reflected the voices of [...] »

Causes of the American Revolution
Broadside, A card, New York, 1774, LoC, rbpe 10700100

What were the causes of the American Revolution? They were more complicated [...] »

Labor and Trade in Colonial America
Photo, Weavers at Colonial Williamsburg, May 29, 2010, animalvegetable, Flickr

Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Presidents of the United States

The White House offers historic photos and biographies of its past and [...] »

National Endowment for the Arts

Watch videos on jazz and opera history, courtesy of the National Endowment [...] »

Supreme Court of the United States

From John Jay to Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court is the final word in law [...] »

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Court Packing Controversies
U. S. Supreme Court, ca. 1860-65, Mathew Brady

What do Presidents Ulysses Grant and Franklin Roosevelt have in common? Both [...] »