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Take a look through more than 30,000 items relating to African American life in Ohio between 1850 and 1920.

African-American Experience in Ohio: From the Ohio Historical Society

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Photo, Jicarilla maiden, c. 1907-1930, Edward S. Curtis, Flickr Commons

Inspect nine early land dispute treaties between the Native Americans and the British or U.S.

Early Recognized Treaties with American Indian Nations

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Most African Americans (free or slaves) never joined the ranks of the Confederacy. Are there cases where individuals did?

Black Confederates

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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

Kheel Center Labor Photos

More than 1,000 photographs from the history of the International Ladies [...] »

Milwaukee Art Museum Collections

Teaching Milwaukee state history, or looking to make a connection between [...] »

Department of Transportation: Digital Special Collections

Read up on early 20th-century train and airplane accidents, among other [...] »

History Quiz

Test your history knowledge

The Blue and the Grey (and Red and Green and Yellow)

What do you think Civil War uniforms looked like? They varied more than you [...] »

California or Bust

Who went west when? Answer questions about migration from 1935 to 2000.

Fly Away Jim Crow

Equality requires more than a Proclamation. Try to answer these questions on [...] »

Beyond the Textbook

Question textbook narratives

Rise of the Automobile

Americans today take cars for granted. How did they change American life? [...] »

Causes of the American Revolution

What were the causes of the American Revolution? They were more complicated [...] »

How exactly did U.S. Senator Huey Long intend to end poverty across the U.S [...] »

National Resources

Federal teaching resources

Federal Judiciary

Can’t tell an affadavit from an acquittal? Learn the legal lingo.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Is your grandfather more likely to be working now than he would have been in [...] »

Social Security Administration

Explore both the history of the SSA itself and that of the Social Security [...] »

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All Disquiet on the Western Front

In Flanders fields the poppies blow. . . Why did trench warfare characterize [...] »

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