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1939 World's Fair Photograph Collection
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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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Wisconsin Magazine of History
Photo, Hauling Logs With Oxen, c. 1880, Wisconsin Historical Society

Take in full articles from the 1917 through 2005 editions of the Wisconsin [...] »

MNopedia
Photo, Man with bicycle, c. 1895, Guy M. Baltuff, Minnesota Historical Society

For all of your questions concerning the "star of the north," Minnesota.

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Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1991

Displays nearly 4,000 panoramic photographs of cityscapes, landscapes, and [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
Presidential Moments: Inaugural Addresses

Can you match these famous first words with their presidential speakers?

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Which Witch?

Words constantly evolve and change over time. What did "witch" mean to these [...] »

By the Numbers: Election Maps

What can historical election maps tell us? Take a look at the electoral vote [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
Panic of 1873
Panic as a Health Officer Cleaning the Streets

Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »

The Early Conservation Movement
photographic print, Quentin Roosevelt Planting a Tree, c1904, Edward S. Curtis,

The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »

Huey Long
Stereograph, U.S. Senator Huey Long, c.1933, Keystone View Company

How exactly did U.S. Senator Huey Long intend to end poverty across the U.S [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources
National Museum of American History

See our history come to life within the expansive exhibits and educational [...] »

National Endowment for the Humanities

Meet the largest governmental funder of humanities programs in the U.S.

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Los Alamos National Laboratory
Photo, Kids watching rockets at the Summer Adventure, LANL site

Follow the development of Weapons of Mass Destruction through the protection [...] »

Ask a Historian

True Americans in the Cold War
Confessed Communist spymaster Elizabeth Bentley

Looking for the Red in the Red, White, and Blue?

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