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Multicultural Sites 
(General Sites, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, African Americans)

General Sites

• Multicultural Home Page

Hispanic Americans

Native Americans

• Native American Resources on the Internet - links to Native American history, culture, and tribes; includes documents, photographs and timelines
• Biographies of Indians of North America
• History of the Cherokee Nation - this is an excellent site which includes the history of this Native American tribe from before the arrival of the European until today.  It has photographs, first-person narratives and maps
  Massacre at Wounded Knee - this uses primary sources to describe this event

African Americans

History

• African-American Mosaic - from the Library of Congress
• Museum of African-American History
• Black History - an excellent collection of links
• African Americans in 1800s America - this is an excellent resource for information on African Americans in the 19th century
• Africans in America - history of racial slavery in the United States -- from the start of the Atlantic slave trade in the 16th century to the end of the American Civil War in 1865 presented by PBS
• African American Odyssey - from the Library of Congress; explores black America's quest for equality from the early national period through the twentieth century.
• Slavery - the Peculiar Institution - explores slavery in the United States using primary documents
• Amistad - from Cornell University School of Law; read about this slave revolt that had a major impact on American history
• The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life - this is a visual record of experiences of Africans who were enslaved and transported to the Americas and the lives of their descendants in the slave societies of the New World.

Biographies

• Internet African-American Challenge
• African American Contributions in Science and Math

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement

• Biography of Martin Luther King - also includes speeches and a link to Martin Luther King Home Page
• Martin Luther King - speeches and documents from Stanford University
• The Civil Rights Museum - visits the sites and meet the people of this famous movement

Literature

• African-American Writers of the 19th Century
• American Slave Narratives
• Universal Black Pages - complete source of information for black literature on the web
• The Harlem Renaissance

Music

• Archives of Early Lindy Hop
• Black History Music - Detroit Free Press
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Sports

• Negro League Baseball Online

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Today in History

• The 20th Century - you can find the events that occurred on the day you were born; just choose the year and then scroll down for the day and the event.
• The Numbers - you can locate the movies for each year and month; scroll down and click on the index for each year.
• Flashback - this site will give you information on the economy including individual prices for consumer items.  It is arranged by decade and can be searched by year
  Today in History - American Memory Project of the Library of Congress
• dMarie Time Capsule - you can locate information on your birthday by entering month, day, and year
• The Day I Was Born - at this site you will find information on all the events on the day you were born; you will have to fill in your birth day on the calendar to access the information; you can even create an online project
• Yahoo! This Day in History
• A Day in History - Search by month and year; it will give you a list of events for each year
• History Channel
• Famous Birthdays
• On This Day - Archives of the New York Times
• MPR's The Writer's Almanac - Today in Literary History
• This Day in Movie History - births, deaths, marriages; you can search by month, day and year.
• This Day in Music History - Pick your Own Day
• This Date in Baseball

Colonial and Revolutionary Period

• Colonial America Hotlinks - this site contains a list of sites on colonial America
• Religion and the Founding of the American Republic
• Colonial Cooking - this is from the archives of colonial Williamsburg
• 13 Originals - the story of the first colonies including maps
• The Middle Colonies - Pennsylvania
• New England Colonies - Plymouth Plantation
• The Lost Colony - this is an excellent site
• The Virginia Company -
• Archiving Early America -  this site uses newspapers, maps and magazines of the time to explore early America
• Colonial American Links - includes virtual tours of Jamestown, Williamsburg, Plymouth and Yorktown
• Salem Witch Trials - a brief overview
• Salem Witch Trials Page - contains court transcripts and timeline
• The Salem Witchcraft Trials - primary documents including transcripts, biographies and photographs
• Salem Witch Chronology - A time line of the 1693 witch trails. Includes the names the accused and the accusers.
• Salem Witch Trails - This is a site which has images of the trial as well as legal proceedings. It includes the texts to original documents such as examinations, petitions and death warrants.
• Witchcraft Hysteria - This is a National Geographic interactive guide which provides a comprehensive chronicle of the Salem witch trials. Includes access to discussion forums and a bibliography.
• The Salem Witch Trails - First person accounts, history of witch trails from Europe to Salem, bibliography and related links. 
  Salem Witch Trails - were the victims of 1692 really "Witches" as described in the trial records?
• Secrets of the Dead - Find out how Linda Caporael's detective work on the behavior of the Salem witches led to ergot, a common grain fungus can lead to convulsions, muscle spasms and other symptoms which were experienced by those convicted of witchcraft in Salem.
• Ergotism: The Satan Loosed in Salem? -  2 April 1976 Science article on Linda Caporael's findings on ergot.
• A Virtual Tour - this tour of the American Revolution is sponsored by Libertynet
• Liberty - this is the online companion to the PS series on the Revolutionary War

The Constitutional Debate

• The Founders Constitution - the Constitution, annotated line by line with links to documents and letters explaining the intellectual and legal background the founders' reasoning behind the words they chose
• A Century of Law Making  for a New Nation - from the Library of Congress' American Memory Project; the records of the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention and the United States Congress
• Publius - a journal devoted to the increase of knowledge about federalism; sponsored by Lafayette University
• The Federalist
• The Federalist Papers - this site provides a context for the documents
• The AntiFederalists
• The Anti-Federalists Papers - this site provides a context for the documents
• The U.S. Constitution Online - The Articles of Confederation; includes a comparison of U.S. Constitution and the Articles of Confederation
• The Constitution Society - organization dedicated to the principles of constitutional republican government; the links to the concepts of federalism, founding documents and rights and duties are excellent
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Avalon Project - Primary documents in law, history and government.
• Historical Documents from the Library of Congress - includes the Declaration of Independence, Constitutional Convention and Federalist Papers.
• Hypertext on American History - Includes documents by year, essays and Presidents. Be sure to look at the essays for term paper ideas.
• Archiving Early America - America's Freedom Documents
• The Federalist Papers - from the Avalon Project; scroll down to access each paper
• The Federalist - from Emory Law School
• The Legacy of James Madison - from James Madison University; the life of James Madison is used to discuss the early political development of the United States
• Index to Anti Federalist Papers
• U.S. Constitution Online - this site includes a constitutional topics page and a comparison of the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution
• The U.S. Constitution - this is an excellent site maintained by the Constitution Society

• Lincoln Assassination - this site provides information on this topic and even includes conspiracy theories
• Assassination Photos from the Smithsonian
• Primary Sources on Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln Historical project from Northern Illinois University contain   Primary materials that related to  eight major historical themes  related to Lincoln
• Mr. Lincoln - from the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress
• Trials of the Lincoln's Assassination from Famous Trials

• Chronological List of Civil War Battles - includes descriptions of the battles
• Civil War Battles Home Page - this site contains information on the battles, maps and pictures
• Civil War Battles - this site organizes battles of state; includes a brief description of the battle, commanders and casualties; this is an excellent site
• National Civil War Museum - includes Civil War maps and timeline, state battle maps, battles, and biographies; a very good site
• Home of the American Civil War - this site has information on the battles and biographies of the leaders and commanders; scroll down on the page
• Major Battles of the Civil War - includes a brief description and photo of each battle
• Civil War Battles in Georgia
• Fredericksburg Battlefield - this is an excellent site with detailed information and photographs of the battle from the National Park Service
• Antietam Battlefield
• Gettysburg

World War I

• The Great War and the 20th Century - PBS production includes television and print archives to explore the history and effect of World War I
• History of World War I
• United States and World War I - be sure to scroll down for other links
• The Great War - BBC News
• Spartacus Encyclopedia of World War I
• World War I Documents - its archives are international in focus. The site includes conventions, treaties and official papers plus biographies and photos.
• The Treaty of Versailles

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World War II

Background of World War II - The Spread of Militarism

• Euro Documents - Primary documents of Western Europe
• Nazi Germany - An overview and chronology are followed by outlines of the Third Reich military, police and political organizations; biographies and links to related articles
• Nazi Propaganda - translated speeches, flyers, pamphlets, posters, cartoons and essays
• History of the United Kingdom - Primary documents
• Munich Agreement - Avalon Project, Yale University
• Peace in Our Time - Neville Chamberlain's speech; reaction to Munich Agreement
• Battles of World War II - Maps of World War II provides an overview of WWII through a collection of maps that present the battles and campaigns fought in the various theatres of war.

Primary Sources on World War II

• Oral History Archives of World War II  Sponsored by Rutgers University, this site contains interviews with men and women of this period.
• World War II Maps
• World World II on the Web
• World War II Posters - site maintained by Northwestern University and contains 300 posters issued by the United States
• Powers of Persuasion - World War II political posters from the National Archives

 

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Vietnam War

• The Vietnam War Archive - pictures and audio files
• The Vietnam War - this is from PBS's television show, Vietnam a television history
• Vietnam War Documents and Photos - primary source material from the University of 
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