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U.S.
History
- African-American
Mosaic - a resource guide for the study of black
history and culture.
- Age
of Imperialism - read about the history of the United
States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries.
- Alaska
Boom Town - clickable photo of Nome, Alaska, circa
1905.
- American
Memory Home Page, The - Library of Congress digital
archives of American culture and history.
- American
Visions with Robert Hughes - a visual history of the
United States including a gallery and exhibition. A PBS
series.
- American
West - a look at American history from the pioneers
to today. Includes maps, photographs and more.
- Black
History - explore Afro-American issues on the Web.
- California
Heritage Digital Image Access Project - an online
photo archive of images of California history, from the
Gold Rush to the Civil Rights Movement.
- California
History for Fourth Grade - online textbook featuring
the history of California.
- Colorado
History Page
- Desert
Storm - information on all aspects of the war,
including POWs, the weapons, and the soldiers.
- From
Revolution to Reconstruction - a hypertext history of
the United States.
- Heroes
for Today - pictures and biographies of Unites States
heroes.
- Historical
Documents - a gopher site with text from the Magna
Carta to Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
- Historical
Maps of the United States - American history as shown
by maps.
- History
of the Northwest Coast, A - Anglo-Indian encounters
from 1770's on.
- Inaugural
Addresses of the U.S. Presidents - read the speeches
each U.S. president delivered on their first day in
office, starting with George Washington.
- Indiana
Historical Society - find out about Indiana history,
or discover ways you can learn track down your family
tree (if it includes Indiana folks).
- Japanese
American Internment - an exhibit depicting the camp
life of the Japanese Americans detained in California.
- Japanese
American Internment Memorial - a panoramic bronze
memorial dedicated to Japanese Americans interned during
World War II.
- Library
of Congress Learning Page - explore American history:
its people, places and events.
- Little
Rock 1957 Pages From History - from the newspapers
the Arkansas Democrat and Arkansas Gazette, follow the
developments of the the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on
Brown vs. Board of Education in May 1954 to Central High
in 1957.
- Little Rock
Central High 40th Anniversary - See how this school
handled desegregration in 1957.
- Old Sturbridge
Village - Old Sturbridge Village, one of the
country's largest living history museums, re-creates a
typical New England town of the 1830s.
- Oregon
Trail Information Center - celebrates the famous path
across America with images, historical notes and links to
related sites.
- Our
Northwest History - learn about the history and
peoples of the Pacific Northwest.
- Panama-Pacific
International Exposition - history of the 1915 Panama
Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.
- Printing
and Publishing History - for anyone who wants to
learn about journalism, printing or publishing history or
American history.
- Produce
for Victory - exhibit of poster images that link the
military front with the home front of World War II.
- Tale
of Two Revolutions - see the similarites and
differences between the French and American revolutions.
- Timeline
of the American Civil Rights Movement - these pages
were created in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Today in
History - American Memory - find out what happened
today in U.S. history.
- West,
The - take a multimedia tour of the Old West.
- WPA
Life Histories from Connecticut - a history of the
state through the words of everyday people.
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