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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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Lesson Plans Library 
Hundreds of lesson plans, right at your fingertips. Incorporate them in the [...] »
Small-Town America: Images from the Robert Dennis Collection, 1850-1920 
More than 12,000 stereoscopic photographs depict life in New York, New [...] »
Charles H. Templeton Sheet Music Collection 
Looking for World War era, minstrel, or showtune sheet music?
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Charters for Colonies 
To legally exist, English colonies needed charters from the monarchy. Answer [...] »
California or Bust 
Who went west when? Answer questions about migration from 1935 to 2000.
[...] »Thanksgiving: Presidential Turkeys 
How many turkeys have presidents pardoned?
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Question textbook narratives
Denmark Vesey 
Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted [...] »
20th-century Jewish Immigration 
Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »
John Brown's Raid 
Did Northerners all respond the same way to Brown's infamous raid? [...] »
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Presidents of the United States 
The White House offers historic photos and biographies of its past and [...] »
Bureau of Justice Statistics 
Everyday you read about local crime in the newspaper, but are the rates [...] »
National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Why did George Washington start gathering national data on agriculture?
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Civil War Peace Offers 
Olive branches from the North? Did the United States ever negotiate possible [...] »