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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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The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts

See Revolutionary War-era maps evolve from draft to completion.

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Handbook of Texas Online
Corpus Christi de la Isleta mission

This website contains a vast collection of resources on Texas history and [...] »

American Radicalism Collection

From the Ku Klux Klan to the IWW, examine 129 historical documents from [...] »

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History Quiz

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War of Invaders

What do these biased narratives of the French and Indian War tell us?

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The Garden of Infants

Kindergarten came to America in the 19th century on a wave of German [...] »

Back to the Future . . .

In the year 1900, what did Americans think the next century would bring?

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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 [...] »

Causing the Civil War
Postcard, Train Load of Cotton for Export, South, 1902-1903, NYPL

Did King Cotton cause the Civil War? Or should you look further?

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Labor and Trade in Colonial America
Photo, Weavers at Colonial Williamsburg, May 29, 2010, animalvegetable, Flickr

Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, [...] »

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National Resources

Federal teaching resources
National Endowment for the Arts

Watch videos on jazz and opera history, courtesy of the National Endowment [...] »

National Park Service
Screencapture, FDR Memorial, National Park Service homepage

Lesson plans, essays, multimedia, activities, and artifacts of U.S. heritage [...] »

U.S. Navy

Who defends our seas, and how do they do it? Explore primary sources and [...] »

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Refugees from the American Revolutionary War
tar and feathers and a loyalty oath

Neighbor against neighbor, brother against brother, father against son.

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