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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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Gilded Age Plains City
Document, Verdict of Jury, 29 May, 1891, Nebraska State Historical Society

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Oregon Trail
Image, Oregon City (in 1857), The Oregon Trail.

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Silicon Valley History Online
Photo, Harvest Scene, c. 1890-1910, Silicon Valley History Online

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Memorial Day: The Poppy Puzzle

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Denmark Vesey
An official report of the trials of sundry Negroes, 1822

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

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The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

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Federal Aviation Administration

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Preserve America

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Indian Health Service
Photo, "Baby being weighed by nurse," IHS, 1887-1969, Dept. of Health

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Diversity in the 1920s

Segregation and equality in America was a case of double standards.

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