American History
...browse and learn from the Historical Collections for the National Digital Library at the Library of Congress. Includes thousands of historical documents, maps, photographs, movies, and prints.
The American Revolution
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/
Check out the Boston Massacre, the English colonial era, and the birth of a new nation at The History Place Web site.
1492: An Ongoing Voyage
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html
What happened when Columbus arrived in America--and after?
Ad*Access
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/
This site archives over 7000 images from US and Canadian newspapers and magazines from 1911 through 1955. The site focuses on radio, television, transportation, beauty and hygiene, and World War II.
America's Story
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/
Read about Buffalo Bill, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Edison, Duke Ellington, Harry Houdini, and more. To go back in time click on the time period you want to learn more about. Learn short facts about each state. Watch videos and listen to audio here.
Famous Trials
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/ftrials.htm
Rosenberg trial, Salem Witch trials, Mississippi burning trial, and more.
History: The National Park Service : Ask a Question
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/askhist.htm
Ask a historian anything about American history or the National Park Service and receive an answer back.
Library of Congress: American Treasures
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/
Thomas Jefferson's handwritten draft of the Declaration of Independence, Maya Lin's original drawing for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the first motion picture deposited for copyright and more!
From Revolution to Reconstruction...and what happened afterwards
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/
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