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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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Paul Laurence Dunbar Digital Collection
ook cover, Candle-Lightin' Time,  Paul Laurence Dunbar, Women Working, 1800-1930

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Online Nevada Encyclopedia
screenshot of the map of Nevada used in the opening of the TV show Bonanza

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

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

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Denmark Vesey
An official report of the trials of sundry Negroes, 1822

Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted [...] »

The Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
photographic print, Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, 1945 August, LOC

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U.S. Fire Administration
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Give historical fires perspective through modern statistics.

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U.S. Air Force

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James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation

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On Gendering the Constitution
The Force of Truth, 19th century allegorical image

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