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Read the act that gave way to the Tennessee Valley Authority, a major New Deal project.

Tennessee Valley Authority
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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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Photo, Cotton pickers receiving sixty. . . , 1935, Ben Shahn, Flickr Commons

Access more than 5,000 biographies, maps, and images relevant to African American history.

Oxford African American Studies Center
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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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Library of Virginia Digital Library Program
Photograph, A cigarette machine is indeed intricate, 1939, Library of Va:SC.

Houses more than 1.2 million items on Virginia and life in the South.

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ProQuest Information and Learning

From newspapers to scholarly journals, ProQuest has whatever you need!

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American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Printed Ephemera
Broadside, Proclaim the truth! Financial management of..., 1868, Ephemera Coll.

This site furnishes more than 10,000 items of ephemera from the U.S. and [...] »

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History Quiz

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Playing History

Board games preserve the past in squares, paper money, and toy tokens. [...] »

We the People . . . Rarely Agree

What does the Constitution mean to you? Match each quote to the historical [...] »

America's Love for the Automobile

An Exciting Whiff of Danger or La Belle Dame sans Merci?

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Huey Long
Stereograph, U.S. Senator Huey Long, c.1933, Keystone View Company

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

Women's Reform Movement
Print, A downright gabbler, or a goose that deserves to be hissed, 1829

The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 reflected the voices of [...] »

Causes of the American Revolution
Broadside, A card, New York, 1774, LoC, rbpe 10700100

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

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Federal Aviation Administration

The FAA regulates air safety and influences the development of civil [...] »

National Endowment for the Arts

Watch videos on jazz and opera history, courtesy of the National Endowment [...] »

U.S. Senate Historical Office
Lithograph, "The Great Congressional Tramp. . . ," 1882, Mayer, U.S. Senate site

Political cartoons, photos, oral histories, artifacts, essays, and facts. [...] »

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