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History
Resources
American
Memory
A gateway to primary source materials relating
to the history and culture of the United States.
The site offers more than 7 million digital items
from more than 100 historical collections. The
materials can be searched by topic and by format
(including music)
African
American Odyssey
This special section of the American Memory project
traces African American history from Slavery to
Civil Rights, in IX chapters.
America’s Story (part of America’s
Library)
A government-sponsored site, with a brief survey
of the history of the U.S. (in 12 short chapters),
with many further links – also to individual
states, their history, tourism etc.. Also offers
individual stories on "Amazing Americans"
such as Buffalo Bill, Pocahontas etc. ). Also
audio and video fragments.
Archiving
Early America
Early America is explored through the media of
the day (background and facsimile reproductions
of newspapers, maps, magazines and writings).
The topics include The Declaration of Independence;
The Constitution; The Bill of Rights; Milestone
Events; Maps; The Lives of Early Americans; How
to Read a 200 Year Old Document; Notable Women
of Early America.
Biography
Online
This site incorporates biographical information
from the "Cambridge Encyclopedia Database,"
the "AND Reference Data Ltd.," and "The
Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography."
Civil
War - This site, dedicated to the PBS series
about the Civil war, offers some very interesting
interactive photo galleries of Civil War images.
Encyclopaedia
of USA History 1840-1980
Part of the British Spartacus Schoolnet. Subsections
are devoted to, e.g., Slavery in the United States,
American Civil War, Novelists and Poets, etc.
From
Revolution to Reconstruction (and what happened
afterwards)
* Documents: primary sources
* Biographies of historical figures and literary
biographies
* Presidents: biographies and speeches; links
to websites dedicated to presidents
History
Matters:
This large site on USA history, designed for teachers
but also interesting for the average Internet
user, serves as a gateway to web resources and
offers unique teaching materials.
Historychannel.com
The History Channel has an interesting collection
of 20th century speeches. From Martin Luther King,
Jr.'s "I have a dream" to Lou Gehrig's
farewell to baseball.
Timepage
Historical survey with lots of links.
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