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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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U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1994 
More than 355,000 items produced by the U.S. Senate and House of [...] »
Geography of Slavery in America 
Provides transcriptions and images of more than 4,000 newspaper [...] »
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, 1992-2001 
Digitized versions of 20 volumes of Public Papers of the Presidents of [...] »
History Quiz
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Theatre of the People 
Through performing art, U.S. minorities assert their identities. Answer [...] »
The Garden of Infants 
Kindergarten came to America in the 19th century on a wave of German [...] »
Victory Vegetables 
WWII Victory Gardens allowed citizens to raise food...and wage war!
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Question textbook narratives
20th-century Jewish Immigration 
Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »
Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy 
The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »
Panic of 1873 
Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
Preserve America 
Preserve America is a White House initiative uniting the work of 11 federal [...] »
National Archives and Records Administration 
With more than 10 billion items addressing U.S. history, you're bound to [...] »
Library of Congress 
The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, the nation's [...] »
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Begging Leave to Inform the Publick 
Ads that were revolutionary ... or not. What products could be sold during [...] »