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The American Revolution site sponsored by The History Place.
American Revolutionary War includes information and links to other related sites.
Bibliographies of the War of American Independence U.S. Army Center of Military History.
Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention Broadsides Homepage from the Library of Congress.
Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention.
Map Collection and the University of Georgia.
A Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North-America Setting Forth the Causes and Necessity of Their Taking Up Arms.

Civil War

The American Civil War Homepage
American Civil War Resources
Civil War home page indexes numerous Internet resources.
Civil War Cartoons is a paper that investigates American visual satire during the Civil War era.
Civil War Circuit is a webring for Web sites focused on the American Civil War.
Civil War Treasures from the New-York Historical Society includes stereographs, photographs, posters, sketches, letters (including three from Walt Whitman), papers, and more.
The Underground Railway: Niagaras Freedom Trail from Canadas Digital Collection Project is a multimedia tour of the area and its unique history.
United States Civil War Center at Louisiana State University.
Dred Scott site based at Washington University, St. Louis, includes court documents.
U.S. Civil War Generals This is a concise index to the Generals who fought on both sides of the US Civil War, and has been specifically prepared for the Internet.
Civil War Women site is being built at Duke by transcribing and scanning some of the manuscript collections which document women's experiences in the Civil War.
Making of America is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
The Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony site presents an account of the history and selected documents and maps of this refuge for escaped slaves.

World War I

World War I Document Archive .
Statistical Summary of the war with Germany.
Trenches on the Web is an extensive library of Internet resources.
Woodrow Wilson as Commander-in-Chief .

Great Depression and World War II

America's Great Depression .
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution exhibit from the National Museum of American History (NMAH) focuses on the experiences of Japanese Americans who were placed in detention camps during World War II, and is a case study in decision-making and citizen action under the U.S. Constitution.
American Involvement in World War II .
A People At War Exhibit highlights the contributions of the thousands of Americans, both military and civilian, who served their country during World War II. Documents from the National Archives and Records Administration.
Band of Brothers miniseries from HBO focused on World War II also has supplemental material including veterans' stories, a timeline of events related to the war, details on drop zones and paratroopers' uniforms, explanations of the defensive strategies, and more.
Donovan Collection of Nuremberg Documents . site, presented by the Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion, offers online access to the personal documents and papers of General William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan.
Historic Government Publications from World War II site is a searchable database from Southern Methodist University.
An Interim Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Act and the Japanese War Crimes Provisions of the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act.
The Pearl Harbor Attack Hearings .
Hyperwar A HYPERTEXT History of the Second World War.
Pearl Harbor Attack [Naval Historical Center].
July 1942: United We Stand is a presentation of the early 1940's via magazine covers and commentary about them.
Sliding into the Great Depression . is a chapter from J. Bradford DeLong's writings on the global economy of the 20th century.
Nuremberg War Crimes Trials .
The Roaring '20s and the Great Depression indexes relevant web sites.
A People at War highlights the contributions of the thousands of Americans, both military and civilian, who served their country during World War II.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Digital Archives provides online access to 10,000 digitized documents.
World War II Timeline overview of World War II, encompassing the events leading to and from the attack on Pearl Harbor.
War Relocation Authority Camps in Arizona, 1942-1946 photo essay is accompanied by brief explanations of the rationale behind the relocation effort, as well as reproductions of governmental decrees that set the effort to relocate in motion.

Cold War

Cold War Policies site has textual information as well as photographs.
Cold War Hot Links created by an anthropologist who is writing an historical account of the influences of the Cold War on American anthropology.
Bay of Pigs: 40 Years After .
Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy The Cold War.
The Harvard Project on Cold War Studies .
The Real Thirteen Days : the hidden history of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy Cuban Missile Crisis.
Cuban Missile Crisis and Aftermath Foreign Relations Series Volume Summary.
NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis .
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Books .
The Pentagon's Spies -- NSA The latest electronic briefing book from the National Security Archive features declassified documents from 1965 to 1995.
The Secret History of the ABM Treaty, 1969-1972 site includes 42 newly declassified documents explaining why the U.S. and the USSR agreed that the Treaty was in their best interest, and how it specifically restricts what the Bush administration can do on missile defense.

Korean War

Authority of the President to Repel the Attack in Korea
Korean Legal Research Resources on the Internet
KoreanWar.com Useful guide outlines individual contributions by the Communist, Korean, American and U.N. Combatants.
Korean War Maps .
Korean War - 50th Anniversary Home page.
U.S. Army Center of Military History Collection of publications about the war includes descriptions of key combat actions, analysis of airborne operations and statistical data.

Vietnam War

Investigating the Vietnam War .
Fall of Saigon collection of essays, articles, historic maps, and photos about this historic event during the Vietnam War. From the New York Times Learning Network.
History Channel Richard Nixon's speech announcing the end of the Vietnam War. Need to have Real Audio to listen to this.
Vietnam Online was developed to accompany "Vietnam: A Television History," the television series produced by WGBH Boston.
The Vietnam War Internet Project is an educational organization dedicated to providing information and documents about the various Indochina Wars and to the collection and electronic publication on the web of oral histories and memoirs of both those who served in and those who opposed those conflicts.
The Vietnam War Declassification Project To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh and Saigon, the staff of the Gerald R. Ford Library reviewed for possible declassification nearly 40,000 pages of National Security Adviser files. This exhibit illustrates the wealth of material now available for research.

Last Quarter of the 20th Century

The Pentagon Papers: Secrets, Lies, and Audiotapes is an electronic collection of material related to the Pentagon Papers.
US Intelligence and the Polish Crisis 1980-1981 tells the story of the 1980-81 Polish invasion crisis; full text online.
Final Report of the Independent Counsel In Re: Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan Association Regarding Monica Lewinsky and Others is a 237-page final report filed May 18, 2001, but released March 6, 2002.

September 11, 2001

Hot Topics: Terrorist Attacks on the U.S., September 11, 2001 .
September11.archive.org offers a searchable compilation of hundreds of sites that reported on the terrorist attacks.
Television Archive provides audio and video files from news agencies around the world on September 11 and the following week.

Biographical

A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. offers an extensive reading list for users interested in finding out more about the leader of the Civil Rights Movement.
Hall of Black Achievement is a repository of the significant achievements and contributions of African Americans, Cape Verdeans, and Hispanics of African descent.
Jefferson Digital Archive offers extensive information on former US President Thomas Jefferson.
Lincoln North: The Joseph N. Nathanson Collection of Lincolniana .
Thurgood Marshall .

Congress

Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation 1774-1873 is a linked set of published congressional records of the United States of America from the Continental Congress through the 42nd Congress.
Hinds' Precedents of the House of Representatives of the United States , published by the GPO in 1907, is useful as both an historical document and for its insights into parliamentary procedure and precedents in the House.
Congressional Gold Medals given since March 1776.

Judiciary

History of Authorized Judgeships in US District Courts provides dates and legislative authority for establishment, realignment, and creation of additional judgeships for the U.S. District Courts.
Judges of the U.S. Courts contains the service record and brief biographical information for all judges who have served on the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Circuit Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court since 1789.
Federal Death Penalty Cases includes both qualitative and quantitative information about federal death penalty cases.
Famous American Trials covers a wide time period from the Salem witchcraft trials to the Scope's monkey trial to the trial of O.J. Simpson.

Presidency

Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents.
State of the Union Addresses full text speeches 1993-2000.
Index of the Presidents contains information and documents of their speeches, writings, biographies and anything else related to their person or the office they are holding.
The American Presidency from the Encyclopedia Americana.
Federal Government Resources - President of the United States listing of important web sites for public policy and government resources by the University of Michigan.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States -- William J. Clinton.
Presidents of the U.S. is a comprehensive site containing background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents.
The Day Reagan Was Shot - The Atlantic Monthly.
White House Archives compiled by Texas A&M for 1992-1995; searchable.
Presidential Pardons information on the Jurist site.
Lists of U.S. Presidents ranked by history, number of pardons, and number of states won.

Social and Cultural

American Family Immigration History Center at Ellis Island provides a searchable database that contains records on the 22 million passengers and ship crew members who passed through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924.
Beginning Library Research on African American Studies contains numerous subject categories, including race/identity, press, literature, and history.
Documenting the American South: North American Slave Narratives, Beginnings to 1920 collection of eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and early twentieth-century slave narratives.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian on American social and cultural history.
Afro-American Almanac is an on-line presentation of the African in America.
The Underground Railway: Niagaras Freedom Trail from Canadas Digital Collection Project is a multimedia tour of the area and its unique history.
Latino/Hispanic Resources links and full text articles from the Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research.
Mexican American History and Culture provides access to several relevant sites.
Index of Native American History Resources on the Internet.
Movie Archive focuses mainly on everyday life, culture, industry, and institutions in North America in the 20th century.
Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian photographic images.

Speeches

Great Speeches From HistoryChannel.Com vast collection is drawn from the most famous broadcasts and recordings of the twentieth century. Real Audio needed to listen.
Douglass: Archives of American Public Address is an electronic archive of American oratory and related documents.
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents.
Speeches of the 1960 Presidential Campaign
Speeches and Speechmakers links to resources maintained by the University of Iowa Communications Department.
State of the Union Addresses full text speeches 1993-2000.
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies site includes a list of inaugural firsts, photographs, and related links.

General History Indexes

BoondocksNet.com hosts a number of exhibits and primary document collections concerned with the history of anti-imperialism in the United States and some related topics.
HistoryWired site from the National Museum of American History (NMAH) showcases hundreds of items from the museum's collection, many currently not on display.
National Archives and Records Administration web site features the cornerstone documents of our government as well as many of their current and past exhibits.
American Memory - collections of primary source and archival material relating to American culture and history.
Making of America Collection (MOA) Update a collection of late-nineteenth-century American books and journals in full-text; can be searched or browsed.
United States History Index to a wide variety of materials.
Free Speech Movement Student protest U.C. Berkeley, 1964-65.
American History links alphabetically listed by subject.
USA Historical Texts indexes primary sources and transcripts from the Magna Carta to modern times.
American Originals site provides access to original documents of the United States government from 1776 to the latter half of the 20th century.
Foreign Relations of the United States full text volumes from 1900-01 and 1903-18.
The Pentagon's Spies -- NSA The latest electronic briefing book from the National Security Archive features declassified documents from 1965 to 1995.
Wright Air Development Center Digital Collection This resource includes scanned government technical reports created by WADC throughout the 1950's and 1960's as part of the space race.


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