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Contains 10,000 pages and images on Everglades reclamation efforts and the history of south Florida.

Reclaiming the Everglades: South Florida's Natural History, 1884-1934
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Engraving, A View of the Year 1765, Paul Revere

Teaching the American Revolution and its politics? Check out 15 topical essays and a database of more than 150 primary sources.

Coming of the American Revolution, 1764-1776
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See Pittsburgh, PA, the way it appeared as early as the 1890s.

Pittsburgh City Photographer
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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

Find quality websites & primary sources
Center for the Study of the American South

An interesting collection of cultural resources pertaining to the American [...] »

Union or Secession: Virginians Decide

Trace Virginia's route to secession in the Civil War with more than 200 [...] »

Jewish Women's Archive

Learn more about American Jewish women's contributions to their communities [...] »

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History Quiz

Test your history knowledge
Column A and Column B

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

Historical Improbabilities

Truth is stranger than fiction, they say. Can you tell the difference?

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Airplane Meals

Think you're a post-WWII expert? Test your knowledge with this quiz on the [...] »

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Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives
The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

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

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 [...] »

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National Resources

Federal teaching resources
U.S. Senate Historical Office
Lithograph, "The Great Congressional Tramp. . . ," 1882, Mayer, U.S. Senate site

Political cartoons, photos, oral histories, artifacts, essays, and facts. [...] »

Military History
Photo, The Five of Hearts - Renault. . . , U.S. Army Center of Military History

The U.S. Armed Forces maintain multiple historical offices within each [...] »

National Museum of American History

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

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Cold War Wrestling Match
1961, B&W photo, Meeting in Vienna: JFK and Khrushchev, Presidential Library

How political cartoons illustrate international events and the artists [...] »

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