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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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Dolley Madison Digital Edition

Read Dolley Madison's personal correspondence from her youth through her [...] »

Jimmy Carter
Image, American Experience: Jimmy Carter, 1999-2002, PBS.

Brush up on your knowledge of Carter's staff, family, and the events of his [...] »

Civil War in Art
Tintype, . . . of Union Soldier, J. L. Balldwin, c. 1863, Chicago History Museum

Why did the painter frame Lincoln in greenery? Learn about interpretations [...] »

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Airplane Meals

Think you're a post-WWII expert? Test your knowledge with this quiz on the [...] »

The Big Picture: Match the Ad to the Year

Be it the radio or the television, the slogans related to popular or [...] »

America's Love for the Automobile

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

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Jim Crow Segregation: The Difficult and Anti-Democratic Work of White Supremacy
Print, For the Sunny South. An Airship. . . , 1913, Library of Congress

The fight against segregation and its discriminatory practices does not [...] »

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 [...] »

National Resources

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Federal Judiciary

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

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Supreme Court of the United States

From John Jay to Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court is the final word in law [...] »

U.S. Fire Administration
Photo, Angel Island Fire, Behind Alcatraz, October 12, 2008, LeeLeFever, Flickr

Give historical fires perspective through modern statistics.

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Keep Your Top Eye Open
Poster, "Caution, Colored People of Boston!," 1851, Boston Public Library.

Boston abolitionists on the lookout for slave-catchers in 1851.

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