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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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Election Statistics 
How many votes did each nominee receive in federal elections?
[...] »John Brown and the Valley of the Shadow 
A comprehensive collection of primary source materials which cover the [...] »
Nineteenth-Century Texas Law Online: Gammel's The Laws of Texas ![Page, The Laws of Texas, 1920-21 [Vol 20], 1921, Hans P. M. Neilsen, UNT.](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/Nineteenth-Century_Texas_Law_Online-_Gammels_The_Laws_of_Texas_432x240.jpg?itok=ZmR1CwvW "Page, The Laws of Texas, 1920-1921 [Volume 20], 1921, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen, UNT Libraries.")
Delve into Texas law from early colonization through 1897.
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Fashion Maven 
Do you have your mother's—and her mother's—fashion sense?
[...] »Paradise in a Breakfast Bowl 
A morning meditation on flakes: Do your morals and values help you decide [...] »
Black Days in the Market 
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 opened the curtain on the Great Depression. [...] »
Beyond the Textbook
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Denmark Vesey 
Tried and executed in 1822, along with many other slaves, for a plotted [...] »
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 [...] »
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U.S. Fire Administration 
Give historical fires perspective through modern statistics.
[...] »Supreme Court of the United States 
From John Jay to Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court is the final word in law [...] »
National Endowment for the Humanities 
Meet the largest governmental funder of humanities programs in the U.S.
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Why Did President Polk Want War with Mexico? 
During the 1840s, Manifest Destiny remained an effusive spirit rather than [...] »