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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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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.](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/Nineteenth-Century_Texas_Law_Online-_Gammels_The_Laws_of_Texas_432x240.jpg?itok=ZmR1CwvW "Page, The Laws of Texas, 1920-1921 [Volume 20], 1921, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen, UNT Libraries.")
Delve into Texas law from early colonization through 1897.
[...] »Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704 
Documents the 1704 raid on Deerfield, MA, by 300 French and their Native [...] »
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Delve into more than 85 million records related to U.S. history.
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Sand, Sea, and Oil: Operation Desert Storm 
It's in the name: "Desert." How did the environment affect the Persian Gulf [...] »
Fashion Maven 
Do you have your mother's—and her mother's—fashion sense?
[...] »Dueling Logic 
Pistols at noon, or handbags at dawn? Decode the Code of Honor by answering [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
The Early Conservation Movement 
The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »
The Tet Offensive 
American historians have depicted the Tet Offensive as the turning point for [...] »
Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy 
The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
Tennessee Valley Authority 
Read the act that gave way to the Tennessee Valley Authority, a major New [...] »
Peace Corps 
Explore world and U.S. history simultaneously through universal development [...] »
National Endowment for the Arts 
Watch videos on jazz and opera history, courtesy of the National Endowment [...] »
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Contradictions in John Fremont's Political Chart of the US (1856) 
The 1850s were a time of rapid industrialization and urbanization in the [...] »