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photography, World War II Memorial Washington, D.C., 2006 September 21, Carol M

What factors contributed to the initiation of World War II? Find out here!

Cause and Effect: The Outbreak of World War II
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Everything you never knew you wanted to know about Alexis de Tocqueville's trip through the United States. You're welcome!

The Alexis de Tocqueville Tour: Exploring Democracy in America
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Illustration, Keep Within Compass, 1785-1805, Winterthur Museum.

Compare early women's rights campaigns to the rhetoric of the American Revolution.

Liberty Rhetoric and 19th-Century American Women
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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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James Madison Papers
Print, James Madison, 4th president of the US, 1830s, Library of Congress.

Explore James Madison's life through his correspondence, personal notes, [...] »

The Urban Landscape
Photo, Black Durham [Jourdan Transfer] [Folder 12 picture 1], Duke University

View photographs of a variety of urban landscapes.

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Multilaterals Project
Cartoon, A study in public interest, 1920, John T. McCutcheon, LoC.

From environmental agreements to rules of warfare, read the text of [...] »

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History Quiz

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Who Won the War (of 1812)?

How do textbooks from different countries treat the War of 1812?

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American Myths: Popular Music

Each song has a story. What inspired it? When was it made? By whom?

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Back to School

Binders, buses, and backpacks—consider the history of these back-to-school [...] »

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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 [...] »

Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy
Print, For the Sunny South. An Airship. . . , 1913, Library of Congress

The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »

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National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Modern art isn't impossible to understand. Approach it as the product of its [...] »

Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

Design embodies both artistic ingenuity and responses to everyday problems [...] »

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Lithograph, [Patent medicine label for unnamed. . . ], 1830-1870, LoC

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has images of patents online [...] »

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"Join or Die"
Young Benjamin Franklin at his printing press

Think the "Join or Die" snake first appeared during the American Revolution [...] »

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