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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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1896: The Presidential Campaign 
Follow the contentious election of 1896 with close to 100 political cartoons [...] »
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) Photographs 
Close to 200 photographs document the work of Federal Emergency Relief [...] »
African American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 
View 1,300 pieces of sheet music composed by and about African Americans. [...] »
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America's Love for the Automobile 
An Exciting Whiff of Danger or La Belle Dame sans Merci?
[...] »First Impressions: The U.S. and Japan 
In 1854, Japan signed a treaty with the U.S. How did the U.S. and Japan see [...] »
The Art of Migration 
What can artistic renderings tell us about the Great Migration?
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Question textbook narratives
Causing the Civil War 
Did King Cotton cause the Civil War? Or should you look further?
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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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Federal Judicial Center 
The Federal Judicial Center is the education and research agency for federal [...] »
Social Security Administration 
Explore both the history of the SSA itself and that of the Social Security [...] »
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence 
More than 1,600 learning resources from the federal government sorted by [...] »
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The Disaster of Innovation 
How the cotton gin revolutionized the use of slaves and the production of [...] »