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Article, Marshall Sees Europe in Need of Vast New..., June 6 1947, Wash. Post, 1

This website gives a broad introduction to the Marshall Plan and is home to over 30 primary sources.

For European Recovery: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan
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Trace Virginia's route to secession in the Civil War with more than 200 primary sources.

Union or Secession: Virginians Decide
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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

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Historic Government Publications from World War II: A Digital Library
Illustration, The home front in national, 1941, Government Information Resources

Includes more than 300 U.S. government pamphlets and books on home front [...] »

Letters from an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War
Letter, July 23, 1863, Newton Scott, Letters from an Iowa Soldier. . .

Read a firsthand account of army life during the Civil War. See the battles [...] »

The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: The 40th Anniversary
CIA reference photograph of Soviet cruise missile. . . , NSA

For your eyes only: photos and previously classified Cold War documents.

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New World Wonders

How did explorers describe the plants and animals they discovered in America [...] »

When Whales Lit the World

Up to the 20th century, whalers provided oil for the industrial revolution. [...] »

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 [...] »

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Labor and Trade in Colonial America
Photo, Weavers at Colonial Williamsburg, May 29, 2010, animalvegetable, Flickr

Was colonial trade really triangular? What kinds of work did colonists do, [...] »

Slavery
Photo, "An ex-slave," 1897, New York Public Library Digital Gallery

What was it like to be a slave in 19th-century America? Accounts contrast. [...] »

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 [...] »

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National Resources

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U.S. Mint

A magician may be able to pull coins out of thin air, but most of us can't [...] »

U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency

How did recreational drug use grow into a U.S. drug culture? How did it [...] »

Architect of the Capitol

What do our buildings tell us about ourselves? Take a spin around this [...] »

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With or Without Slavery?
Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Free Soiler, 1856

Forcing the issue in Bleeding Kansas. The Lecompton Constitution, slavery, [...] »

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