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Business Booms and Depressions since 1775

Do your students think the Great Depression was the only previous slump in the U.S. economy?

Bubbles, Panics, and Crashes: A Century of Financial Crises, 1830s-1930s

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Explore the history and development of a small town. The online scrapbook provides an uncanny lens into town life.

Worthington Memory, Online Scrapbook

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Detail of Joseph Louis Cook, Death of General Montgomery, John Trumbull, 1786

African Americans and Native Americans have had a long and complex relationship, often characterized by their similar exclusion from the fruits of freedom envisioned during the American Revolution.

African and Native Americans in Colonial and Revolutionary Times

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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

Silicon Valley History Online

Silicone Valley is known as a high-tech industry center, but has it always [...] »

What was the nature of Nixon and Echeverria's political relationship?

American President: An Online Reference Resource

Presents detailed information on all 43 of the nation's presidents.

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge

Pistols at noon, or handbags at dawn? Decode the Code of Honor by answering [...] »

Riding the Rails

How many cows could a cowcatcher catch, if a cowcatcher could catch cows? [...] »

Charters for Colonies

To legally exist, English colonies needed charters from the monarchy. Answer [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives

Girls’ Labor and Leisure in the Progressive Era

The historical impact young girls had on the Progressive Era is often [...] »

20th-century Jewish Immigration

Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »

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

National Resources

Federal teaching resources

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

For when those historical figures suffered conditions you don't recognize. [...] »

Government Printing Office

GPO is the Federal Government's resource for preserving and providing access [...] »

Federal Emergency Management Agency

When the weather's not on our side, FEMA's there to lend a hand.

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Tax Rates of the Mid-20th Century

Is it April 15 already? Discussing the recent past in context.

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