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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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Core Historical Literature of Agriculture
Title page, The horse-hoeing husbandry, or..., 1733, Jethro Tull.

Searchable facsimiles of 1,850 monographs and 288 journal volumes related to [...] »

AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2019

Browse educational videos, lesson plans, and primary sources detailing the [...] »

Biddle Edition Archive
Illustration, Woodpecker, C. W. Peale, Biddle Edition Archive

Why did seven years pass between the Lewis and Clark Expedition and their [...] »

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Column A and Column B

In the 19th century, no one expected Chinese food to take off in the United [...] »

African American History Month: Civil Rights Worldwide

These African American civil rights activists affected more than the U.S. [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

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20th-century Jewish Immigration
Dry plate negative, approx. 1920-1930, Jewish colonies and settlements, LOC

Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »

The Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
photographic print, Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, 1945 August, LOC

Controversial issues are often simplified in textbooks. Discover the facts [...] »

The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

American historians have depicted the Tet Offensive as the turning point for [...] »

National Resources

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Architect of the Capitol

What do our buildings tell us about ourselves? Take a spin around this [...] »

U.S. Mint

A magician may be able to pull coins out of thin air, but most of us can't [...] »

U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk

A comprehensive current and historical look at this legislative body and its [...] »

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Was There an African American President Before Barack Obama?
line of presidents

Historians cannot claim to prove beyond doubt that occurrences in the past [...] »