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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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Brittingham Family Lantern Slide Collection
Photo, Madison, Wis. Grandpa and a squirrel, 1908, University of Wisconsin

Catch a glimpse of wealthy turn-of-the-century Wisconsin life and travel in [...] »

William Gedney Photographs and Writings

See American life through Gedney's eyes and European and Indian life through [...] »

The Vietnam War Declassification Project

An extensive collection of primary documents pertaining to the American [...] »

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Plays You Won't See in the Superbowl

Football has always been a great American sport, but how much do you know [...] »

Potent Quotables: Every Vote Counts

After more than two centuries of citizenship, much has been said about [...] »

Dueling Logic

Pistols at noon, or handbags at dawn? Decode the Code of Honor by answering [...] »

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Slavery
Photo, "An ex-slave," 1897, New York Public Library Digital Gallery

What was it like to be a slave in 19th-century America? Accounts contrast. [...] »

20th-century Jewish Immigration
Dry plate negative, approx. 1920-1930, Jewish colonies and settlements, LOC

Divided into two waves of immigration by textbooks, the continuity of [...] »

The Tet Offensive
Eddie Adams, Vietcong shooting prisoner cropped

American historians have depicted the Tet Offensive as the turning point for [...] »

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Peace Corps

Explore world and U.S. history simultaneously through universal development [...] »

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photo, NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI)

Since its inception, NASA has accomplished many scientific and technological [...] »

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Commemorate the lives of the millions of people murdered during the [...] »

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Senatorial Division
U.S. Senate in 1850

A Congressional balance of power between North and South on slavery

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