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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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California as I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California, 1849-1900 
40,000 written pages and more than 3,000 illustrations provide accounts of [...] »
Inventing Entertainment: The Early Innovations of the Edison Companies 
Early motion pictures, sound recordings, and related materials document [...] »
Old Time Radio 
Let your students compare the entertainment of yesteryear—radio—with the TV [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Europe Encounters the Western Hemisphere 
Can you answer these questions about the "exploration race" that brought [...] »
Fashion Maven 
Do you have your mother's—and her mother's—fashion sense?
[...] »California or Bust 
Who went west when? Answer questions about migration from 1935 to 2000.
[...] »Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
The Early Conservation Movement 
The "go-green" movement is rampant in modern America. However, support for [...] »
Panic of 1873 
Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »
Denmark Vesey 
Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
National Museum of Natural History ![Photo, . . . trephining [sic]. . . , 1926, Library of Congress](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/NationalMuseumNH432x240.jpg?itok=rqsMmArM "Photo, The crude method of trephining [sic] with the sharpened edge of a stone practiced by peoples living in Peru some 500 or 600 years ago is revealed by the skulls at the National Museum, 1926, Library of Congress")
Don't let "natural history" scare you away! The museum covers anthropology [...] »
Voice of America 
Find out how to pronounce tricky names, and listen to official international [...] »
Military History 
The U.S. Armed Forces maintain multiple historical offices within each [...] »
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Silverites, Populists, and the Movement for Free Silver 
Why were the people living in rural areas more likely to support "free [...] »