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What sort of structures did the WPA consider culturally important to Georgia?

Photographs of the Historic American Buildings Survey: Georgia
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There's more to the West than cowboys.

Voices of the Colorado Plateau
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Burr-Hamilton duel, from Martha Lamb, History of the City of New York, 1896

Was it illegal? Was it dishonorable? Was it a duel or was it murder?

Burr-Hamilton Duel
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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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Ballyhoo!: Posters as Portraiture

Think of all the celebrity advertisements you see everyday. Why pick that [...] »

Nineteenth-Century Texas Law Online: Gammel's The Laws of Texas
Page, The Laws of Texas, 1920-21 [Vol 20], 1921, Hans P. M. Neilsen, UNT.

Delve into Texas law from early colonization through 1897.

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Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project
Engraving, Electioneering, 1840-1860, Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization.

This site examines Illinois history and the life of Abraham Lincoln in the [...] »

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History Quiz

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Westward Expansion: Image vs. Reality

East or West? See if you can determine which region produced these images on [...] »

Probing Probate

How do we know what people in the past owned and valued?

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Women in Blues (and Jazz)

In the early 20th century, the new music recording industry embraced [...] »

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
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 [...] »

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 [...] »

Slavery
Photo, "An ex-slave," 1897, New York Public Library Digital Gallery

What was it like to be a slave in 19th-century America? Accounts contrast. [...] »

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National Resources

Federal teaching resources
Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, the nation's [...] »

U.S. Army
Photo, The 101st Airborne troops move out of Bastogne. . . , 1944, U.S. Army

Increase your knowledge of the people, past, and technology of the United [...] »

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Photo, Russ Hopcroft, from the University . . . , 2002, Ian MacDonald, NOAA

Explore the history of science and technology, maritime history, and the [...] »

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Innovation and Technology in the 19th Century
Progress of the Century, Currier and Ives print, Library of Congress

Of all the discoveries and developments that occurred in the 19th century, [...] »

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