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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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Virtual Museum and Archive of the SEC and Securities History 
If you want to understand big business, it would be wise to examine the SEC' [...] »
NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis 
Provides access to facsimiles of 100 declassified documents relating to the [...] »
McKinley Assassination Ink: A Documentary History 
Explore the assassination of President McKinley and the social context [...] »
History Quiz
Test your history knowledge
Presidential Moments: Campaigns 
Think the mudslinging in modern campaigns is bad? Campaigns have always been [...] »
Women at War 
Women have fought in every U.S. war, but only recently have they gained [...] »
Carriages and Wagons 
Trade in your old Cabriolet for a new 1876 Landau? Test your knowledge of [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
Question textbook narratives
20th-century Jewish Immigration 
Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »
The Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima and Nagasaki 
Controversial issues are often simplified in textbooks. Discover the facts [...] »
Panic of 1873 
Beginning in Europe, the Panic of 1873 quickly spread to the United States [...] »
National Resources
Federal teaching resources
U.S. Coast Guard 
Who protects U.S. interests in international and domestic waters?
[...] »Architect of the Capitol 
What do our buildings tell us about ourselves? Take a spin around this [...] »
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
The government acts for fauna as well as society. When did this start? Why [...] »
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American Indian Women 
Different kinds of power in different cultures. Perceptions of dignified and [...] »