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Explorers The Constitution, Law and Supreme Court Sectionalism World War II  General Links on American History
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Advanced Placement Help

Sites of A. P. Teachers

Mr. Steve Mercado of Chaffee High School - lots of links

AP Students.com: notecards, outlines of history, testing tips and links

History Teacher.net - Ms. Susan Pojer of Horace Greeley High School in N.Y

Terry Jordan of Orange High School

Greg Felmuth at Polytechnic School in Pasadena - Quizzes, charts, and outlines

Keith Wood of Murray High School

Mr. Hyman from Fort Myers, FL

Grant Conway at Winston Churchill HS

Mr. Anthony Perno

Mr. Tom Traynor of Greensburg, PA

Mr. Steve Armstrong

Online Student Collaborative

Student-Created Support Site

Online Quizzes

History Teacher.net- Ms. Susan Pojer

Quizzes to go with every unit for the textbook, American Pageant

Sample Test Questions from Mr. Terry Jordan

Quizzes from Gary Felmuth

CMHS Online Tests

America: A Concise History by James A. Henretta, David Bordy and Lynn Dumenil

The American Pageant by Thomas A. Bailey, David M. Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen

The American Nation by John Garraty

The American People by Gary Nash

Prentice Hall Review of American History and Government

Study Aids

Cram Packet

U.S. History Notecards

DBQ Tutorial

Election Maps

Political Parties Overview

College Board - AP History Site: DBQ Tutorial and Sample Essays with Comments

AP History Notes - notes on each chapter to go with the textbook, American Pageant

History Links from Tennessee Tech - Super list of links

A HyperHistory of the United States - online textbook, biographies, essays from colonial times to present

An Abridged History of the United States - Online Textbook by William Brinton

Time Page History Links - Links to every era of American history

US History for AP Students - test-taking tips, links and

Explorers

European Voyages of Exploration - great site with links to information about European explorers

Where did Columbus land? - explores the questions surrounding where Columbus made landfall

North Carolina's First Inhabitants - text on NC's first colonists 12,000 years before Roanoke

Where Conquistadors Went in North America - Extensive information on De Soto and links to other explorers

Conquest and History Links - Lots of links about early explorers and Native Americans

Discovers' Web - Some nice person has attempted to provide links to all the information on the web about voyages of discovery

A Talk by Jared Diamond - Why did human history develop differently on different continents for the last 13,000 years?

A discussion of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel - a review by a professor of economics

A review of Guns, Germs and Steel -An ingenious attempt to explain differences in achievement

Another review of Guns, Germs and Steel - From For a Change Magazine

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Colonial America

Pilgrims and Puritans - background essay on the subject

Our English/Puritan Heritage - Background on events in England leading to immigration of Puritans

Mayflower Web Page - All sorts of information on the Mayflower. Find out if you had an ancestor on the Mayflower

The Massachusetts Bay Colony - History of the colony

Jamestown Uncovered - Article on the interesting discoveries from recent archaelogical excavations at Jamestown

Jamestown Rediscovery Project - Information about excavating Jamestown and history of the colony

Captain John Smith - interesting article

John Smith - information about his role in Jamestown

The Real Pocahontas - article with links to information about John Smith, John Rolfe and Powhatan

The Establishment of Jamestown and Decline of Indian Power - college essay

Archiving Early America - has primary source materials

Early History of Rhode Island - history from earliest Indian tribes to information about Roger Williams

Salem, Massachusetts Site - Information about the Salem Witch Trials

Salem Witchcraft Hysteria - National Geographic interactive site

Witchcraft in Salem Village - Great site with primary documents, trial documents, narratives, maps

Salem Witch Museum - background information

Chronology of Salem Witch Trials - From the Memorial Site

Salem Witchcraft Trials - information on the trials, chronology of events and evidence

Witchcraft in Salem Village - information about the background to the trials and the evidence used at trial

The Salem Witch Conspiracy - articles written by descendants of two of the accused including Rebecca Nurse

17th Century Colonial New England - Sites with emphasis on Salem Witch Trials including a comparison of the play, The Crucible, and the facts

Anne Hutchinson - Article with biographical information and her relevance to women today

Anne Hutchinson - high school essay

William Penn - Biographical information

William Penn - Good information

James Oglethorpe - Lecture given at Oxford

Cycles of American History/Colonial Period - Has links to many sites on Colonial America. Excellent starting point

Historical Highlights of North Carolina - Information about early NC settlers

Sir Walter Raleigh - Biographical Information

First English Settlement in the New World - Information on Roanoke, Grenville and Lane's colony and Jamestown

Journal of Early America Review - Online magazine with articles about early America

Founding the American Colonies - Has links to information on the original 13 colonies

Colonial American History Online - Has links to sites related to Colonial America

Virtual tour of Historic Philadelphia - Tour Philadelphia while sitting at home

Colonial Kids - Think Quest web page to learn about life in colonial times

United States -1600-1775 - More sites on Colonial America than you can shake the proverbial stick at (but why would you want to?)

American History Sources for Students - Many links to sites relating to the Colonial Period

An Outline of American History - Hypertext history of the Colonial Period

Migrations - A multimedia course exploring the migrations of Europeans and Africans onto Native American lands

Amerindian Migrations and Population Decline 1500-1700 -article

Justice in the Colonies - article from Colonial Williamsburg site on how the colonists dealt with criminals

Curious Punishments of Bygone Days- information on punishments such as the ducking stool and the pillory

The Atlantic Slave Trade - Library of Congress exhibit and article

The Middle Passage - Evidence to use for debate

Slave Narratives - texts of experiences of slaves from 17th century to emancipation, description of the slave trade by slave traders and the memories of a slave kidnapped at age six

The History of Slavery: 1619 - 1789 - Detailed article and chronology about the early years of slavery in America

The Economics of the Slave Trade - Article

Chronicling Black Lives in Colonial New England - article from The Christian Science Monitor

Black History in New Hampshire - Chronicles the history of blacks in NH from their first arrival in Portsmouth

Slavery in the Early American Colonies - article on the roots of slavery

Colonial African-American Life - article from Colonial Williamsburg site

Original 13 Colonies - LInks to information on each colony

13 Original Colonies - Information on the founding of each colony and comparing them

Original 13 Colonies - More links

The United States and New Netherland - Hypertext essay on the history of the Dutch in America

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic - Library of Congress exhibition and articles

Net's Colonial America - Lots and lots of links

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Revolutionary America

 

General Sites

Revolutionary War links - Multitudinous sites on the Revolution

18th Century History - Comprehensive site on world history by decade in the 18th century

Revolutionary War.org - Claims to have a list of links second to none on the Revolution. A great resource

Internet Resources on the Revolution - Lots of links relating to causes, battles, maps, famous people

American Veterans: The American Revolution - Pictures, statistics and battle summaries

More Revolutionary War links - exactly what I said

American Revolution Home Page - timeline, battle histories and extensive biographies of key figures

Even More Links for the Revolution - Lots of links

An Outline of History - Hypertext on events leading up to the Revolution

Sons of America Revolution - Summary of the Revolution and links to articles from their journal

The Revolution Year by Year - History of the Revolution with links to more information

Links to The Revolutionary War - lots of links

America's Revolutionary War - Hypertext history of the causes of the war and major battles

A Journey towards Freedom - Online discussion for students and teachers, links, games

The History Place: American Revolution - Background and details about the American Revolution plus tips on writing a research paper

Liberty - Companion to the PBS Series with summary of events and a game you can play to test your knowledge of events

NM's Revolution - Links to sites about the American and French Revolutions

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French and Indian War

French and Indian War Magazine - Lots of information

The French and Indian War - Links to information on the war

The French and Indian War - Electric Library Encyclopedia article

The Seven Years War Website - Articles and links

The French and Indian War - List of links from GeoCities

The French and Indian War: A History - story of the war year by year

French and Indian War's Impact on America - Essay from online textbook

Colonel Benjamin Franklin - article about Franklin's role in French and Indian War

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Countdown to Revolution

Sugar Act and Stamp Act - background information

Captain Thomas Preston's Account of the Boston Massacre - Also link to an anonymous account, and John Hancock's speech

Paul Revere's Etching of the Boston Massacre - Background Information

Essay on Boston Massacre - Tribute to Crispus Attucks

Boston Tea Party - short history with some hyperlinks

The Regulators of North Carolina - site devoted to this lesser known battle that served as a preface to the Revolution

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Declaration of Independence

World Quest: Declaration of Independence - Summary of events leading up to the Declaration and background on the signers

The Declaration: A Bill of Indictment Against the King - Hyperlinked summary of events leading to the Declaration

Founding.com: A User's Guide to the Declaration of Independence - Great site with history, discussion of issues involved, timeline, biographies

Writing the Declaration - John Adams' memories of how Jefferson came to write the Declaration

US History.Org - information on historic Philadelphia hosted by Independence Hall

Colonial Hall - Biographies of all the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, trivia questions on the Declaration

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Battles and Military History

Battles of the Revolution - Information on selected battles

Awesome Links on the Revolution - Links on causes of the Revolution, Boston Massacre, famous people, maps, Declaration of Independence, Continental Congresses, etc. It's all here.

Canadian Forces College - more links and military history

Tactical and Weapons of the Revolutionary War - short overview

The Continental Army - Online book from the Center of Military History

Battles of Lexington and Concord - Outline of American History

Battles of Trenton and Princeton - Nice summary

Drums Along the Mohawk - Nice site with information on the Revolution in New York State and biographies of individuals on both sides

History of the Battle of Saratoga - primary sources, biographies of people involved

Battle of Saratoga - Information from the Battlefield site and map of the battle

Battle of Saratoga - From Worcester Polytechnic Institute, includes military analysis

Battle of Monmouth - summary

Cowpens - Articles abut people involved in the battle from the historic site web page

The Southern Campaign - short summary

The Battle of Guilford Courthouse - one man's website

Battle of Yorktown - Timeline and analysis

Yorktown - short articles on the battle with timelines

Yorktown Site - summary and timeline and information on the battle

The Navy during the Continental Period - History of the Navy from the revolution to 1890 from the Naval Historical Center

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Maps of Battles and Campaigns

Maps of National Battlefields Sites - arranged alphabetically

Maps of the Revolution - selected battle sites

Military Battles and Campaigns - historic maps

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Famous People

Ethan Allen - Hypertext biography

The Enigma of Benedict Arnold - Article from Early America Review

Benjamin Franklin - from Franklin Institute; has biography

Benjamin Franklin - from Franklin Institute with emphasis on his scientific work

Nathanael Greene - Nice website with biography

A Biography of Alexander Hamilton - Good information

Thomas Jefferson - Monticello site

Thomas Paine's The Crisis - college essay

Mount Vernon's Educational Resources - biography of George Washington

Biography of George Washington - Online book

How George Washington and his spectacles saved the American Republic - article

Brief Informational stories - short stories on Nathan Hale, Patrick Henry and Benjamin Franklin

Sons of Liberty: Patriots or Traitors - article

The Revolution's Black Soldiers - Summary with some links

A Scholar's Showcase - Essays on the Revolution from the role of Blacks in the Revolution to portrayals of lesser known figures in the Revolution

 

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Women and the Revolution

Notable Women Ancestors - click on names of notable women to find out more about roles individual women played during the Revolution

Amazing Women of the Revolution - story of Deborah Samson

Unruly Women - article about two women involved in the Revolution

Women and the Revolution - short overview

Captain Molly - Story of first woman to be wounded in the Revolution

Deborah Samson - essay from the Massachusetts Historical Society

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Miscellaneous

History of Spying during the Revolution - Good information on Intelligence techniques, personalities, and intelligence operations. Published by the CIA

Spies and the Revolution - Stories of spies and primary documents

Was the American Revolution a Revolution? - good essay

Little Known Facts of the Revolution

A Revolutionary Simulation - A Think Quest game that lets you simulate the role of being a commander in the Continental Army

What if the American Revolution Had Been Avoided? - Alternate History

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The Constitution, Law and Supreme Court

The Founders' Constitution - Excellent site that gives detailed background of every aspect of the Constitution

United States Supreme Court Collection - Biographies of current members

Signers of the American Constitution - National Archives site with biographies of everyone who signed the Constitution

Cornell Supreme Court Site - Searchable Site of Supreme Court Cases: search by topic

Supreme Court Cases - Summaries of the main issues and the decisions involving important Supreme Court Cases

Famous Constitutional Cases - selected links to significant cases

Oyez Page - Search for Supreme Court Cases

FindLaw Constitutional Law Center - Documents relating to the Constitution and early US history, Supreme Court decisions

FindLaw First Amendment Cases - Index of Supreme Court cases dealing with issues arising from the First Amendment

First Amendment Cyber Tribune - Site devoted to issues arising from the First Amendment

American Civil Liberty Union - Page has links to issues such as abortion, racial equality, AIDS, student rights, women's rights, etc. The ACLU has a decidedly liberal slant but the information is good

Students' Rights - American Civil Liberties Union page with information touching on issues relating to students

The Freedom Forum - Information on issues dealing with freedom of the press

Justice Web Site - Devoted to Supreme Court rulings on Capital Punishment

American Civll Liberties Union and the Death Penalty Info - Links to articles and sites about the Death Penalty

Famous Trials - information about some of the most famous cases in American history; they also have trivia games on famous cases and the Bill of Rights

James Madison: Godfather to the Constitution - article from Early America Review

Web Guide to the Constitution - Links to articles on the Web about the Constitution tied to the specific article or amendment

The US Constituiton.Net - Wonderful site with answers to Frequently Asked Questions (over 90), relation to current events, in depth discussions of selected topics, searchable

The Constitution of the United States: Its Sources and Applications- great site on the history, hyperlinks, explanation of issues connected to the constitution, landmark cases

A More Perfect Union - history of the constitutional convention

Washington Post - Links to articles from the newspaper dealing with Supreme Court issues

Guide to the Supreme Court - Information on history of the court, procedures, current cases and justices

Virtual Supreme Court - University of Pennsylvania Law School page with online discussion of the term limits case

Court TV Online - Information about cases that Court TV is following including many that deal with constitutional issues

The Missing 13th Amendment - Interesting historical find and interpretation of its implications

Constitutional Issues: Suite 101 - Links to sites that deal with constitutional issues

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Presidents

C-Span - Find out out over 50 historians rated the presidents. Click on "Overall Results" to find out how the presidents rate or pick individual presidents to find how they rated on a list of 10 qualities.

WSJ Ranking of the Presidents - The Wall Street Journal's ranking of the presidents with articles on overrated and underrated presidents

Lists of US Presidents - Information on presidents grouped by subject area such as Zodiac signs, military service, or who survived assassination attempts. This is a great way to find the answer to Questions of the Week.

Which Presidents the Presidents like - article with several interesting quotes of presidents on other presidents

Rating the Presidents is Bunk - article criticizing the trend of finding the greatest of anything

POTUS: Presidents on the Internet - Lots of information on election results, cabinet members, significant events during our 43 presidents' terms

Members of the President's Cabinet - List of President George W. Bush's Cabinet

Presidents on the Net - Links to everything you could ever want to know about the Presidency and specific presidents

EC Online - Everything you need to know about the Electoral College and a defense of the system

Outline of American History - Biographies of all the Presidents

Useless facts about the Presidents

The White House Page - biographies of all the presidents and information about the White House

The American Experience: The Presidents - information on selected 20th century presidents

The American Presidency - Grolier online encyclopedia links about presidents

POTUS: Internet Public Library on Presidents - links to biographies, documents, audio and video files.

Grolier's Encylopedia on the Presidency - Articles about the power of the presidency

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Early United States History: Building a New Nation

Washington's Farewell Address - also you can click on where it says Historical Documents and see other important documents such as the Declaration of Independence, MLK's speech, Gettysburg Address

George Washington: Founding Father - PBS site with biographical information and links to documents written by Washington on religious liberty and slavery

Rediscovering George Washington - PBS site for documentary

Alexander Hamilton Page - Lots of information

Biography of Alexander Hamilton - From early career to his death in the duel

The Duel - Site from the PBS documentary about the about the duel between Hamilton and Burr

Thomas Jefferson - links on Jefferson

Into the Unknown - PBS site on the Lewis and Clark expedition - online game

Lewis and Clark Expedition - links relating to the expedition

The Long March of Lewis and Clark - article from Wild West Magazine

Sacajawea - Article

James Madison Site - Biographical information, links and quiz

The War of 1812 - information and links about that war

War of 1812 - Military History Site with lots of links

War of 1812 - Great site with biographies of people involved in the war and information on important battles as well as quizzes that you can take

Military Heritage Site on War of 1812 - Has trivia, quizzes, articles and animated battles

War of 1812 - Thinkquest created site to teach about the war with interactive quizzes

How Much do you know about the War of 1812? - Interactive quiz

War of 1812 Links Page

Old Hickory's Finest Hour - detailed history of Battle of New Orleans

James Madison Web Site - LInks to primary documents and biography

The Age of Jackson and Reform

General Sources

19th Century - Huge list of links from AOL

Tales of the Early Republic - Site devoted to US during Jackson's time

19th century periodicals - search by subject

The Avalon Project from Yale University - Lots of 19th century documents

Tales of the Early Republic - lots of links to primary and secondary sources

Readings on Jacksonian America- lots of primary sources on a multitude of topics

Exploring Tocqueville - C-Span site with excerpts from his writing and a map of his journey

Democracy in America - Online Hypertext

Journal of a Residence and Tour of the United States - online text of a visit by a European who stayed mostly in free Black communities and wrote of his experiences there. Scroll the Table of Contents - there's something for ervery subject here.

Eyewitness to History - Experience events through the words of those who witnessed it: covers American history from the 18th century to the present

Black Quest Power Links - African American History, Culture and Black Studies Resources

Jackson Miscellanies - Site devoted to primary documents and analysis from Jackson's presidency

Andrew Jackson's Presidency

Andrew Jackson - links on Jackson from Red Rock Elementary

A campaign biography of Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson and the Bank - essay

Henry Clay: An Online Tribute - timeline and portraits

Margaret Bayard Smith describes Jackson's inauguration

Daniel Webster writes of Jackson's arrival in Washington

Jacksonian and Jeffersonian Democracy

The Abolitionist Movement

Essay on Slavery by George E. Channing 1841

Map - Percentage Enslaved 1820 and 1840

My Bondage and Freedom by Frederick Douglass 1855

The Narrative of Sojourner Truth - 1850

Exploring Amistad - Site devoted to the slave revolt aboard the Amistad

Amistad Page - many links

Amistad Site - Information on the favorite case as well as on the copyright case against the Spielberg movie

John Quincy Adams' Speech before the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court's Decision in the Amistad Case

The Gilder Lehrmen Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition - has lots of primary documents

The Confessions of Nat Turner

Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture - an amazing multi-media archive with the full text online plus links to all sorts of material, including texts, songs, and movie clips, relating to the period

William Lloyd Garrison's Opening Editorial for the Liberator

Freedom's Journal - the first African American newspaper 1827

David Walker's Appeal - excerpts

Journal of a Residence and Tour of the United States - online text of a visit by a European, Edward S. Abdy, who stayed mostly in free Black communities and wrote of his experiences there

Bostonians Break up Abolition Meetings - picture

African-Americans convene for their second national convention 1932- article from the Liberator

Selections from the writings of William Lloyd Garrison

African Colonization and Other Observations - comments by Edward S. Abdy

The Anti-Slavery record - for the Anti-Slavery Society 1835

Peter Osborne addresses a crowd of African Americans celebrating American independence 1832

Abolitionist Songs

Pro-Slavery riots in Cincinnati

Founding of the New England Anti-Slavery Society - from a biography of William Lloyd Garrison

Frederick Douglass on Colonization - from the North Star

Excerpt from a biography of William Lloyd Garrison

Links on Harriet Beecher Stowe

Transcendentalists, Cultural Changes, Scientific Developments, Literature, and Art

Transcendentalists.com

Transcendentalism

The American Renaissance and Transcendentalism

Ralph Waldo Emerson - information and links to his writings

Henry David Thoreau - information and links to his writings

Others in the Circle - a couple dozen links to information and writings

Walt Whitman - online texts

Margaret Fuller

The Hudson River School - Artcyclopedia

Hudson River School - Art collection

The Hudson River School and Landscape Painting

Hudson River School - Yahoo's list of links

Hudson River School

Hudson River School - PBS site

I Hear America Singing - PBS site of composers, artists, and writers

Religious movements, Second Great Awakening, Communalism, and the Mormons

Evangelicanism, Revivalism and the Second Great Awakening - history of religious movements in this period

Religion in the 19th Century

Evangelicism as a Social Movement

Alexis de Tocqueville observes Religious Enthusiasm 1831-32

Lyman Beecher and the Problem of Religious Pluralism in the 19th Century - essay

Charles Finney recalls his days in Oneida, New York

What a revival of religion is - lecture by Charles Finney

Lecture on Revival of Religion from William Sprague 1833

The Moral Argument Against Calvinism - 1809 article by William Ellery Channing

Sermons by William Ellery Channing - 19th century Unitarian minister

The Roots of the Second Great Awakening - college lecture

Religious Groups, Benevolent Organizations, and American Pluralism - college lecture

Episcopalian Backwoodsmen

Religious Origins of American Identity - college lecture

Religion and the New Republic - Library of Congress art exhibit

Religion in the 1830s and 1840s - several primary documents

Mormonism and the American Mainstream

Prophet Joseph Smith relays God's message

The Mormon Trek - map

Official Site of the Church of the Latter Day Saints

National Museum of American Jewish History

Roman Catholics and Immigration

Roman Catholics and Immigration in 19th Century America

Knownothingism

African American Perspectives - Pamphlets from the 19th century

Religion of the Slaves

Religion in the South - College Course

A New View of Society by Robert Owen - four essays

Women and the Oneida Community - documents

New Harmony - A documentary Source Problem - 19 primary sources

Their Habits of Order are Carried to the Extreme - A Lowell Worker visits the Shakers

All was New to Me and Strange - a visitor to a Shaker Community -1830

Women's movement, Temperance movement, reform efforts in education, prisons, and care of the insane

75 Suffragists - famous people in the Women's Movement

Women in America- Lots of primary documents arranged by topic

Women and Social Movements - lots of topics and each has primary documents

How Did Diverse Activists Shape the Nineteenth-Century Dress Reform Movement? - primary documents and images

Women's Lives in the 19th Century - links

Seneca Falls Convention - links to newspaper reports on the convention

The Rise of Women's Movements

The Women's Rights Movement - primary documents

Lucretia Mott - documents

The Susan B. Anthony House

A Treatise on Domestic Economy for Young Ladies at Home by Catherine Beecher - 1841

Angelina Grimke - site created by a college student

Louisa May Alcott - information and her works

Julia Ward Howe

The Women's Christian Temperance Movement

Six Sermons on Intemperance by Lyman Beecher 1828

Links on Harriet Beecher Stowe

Christian Motherhood - etching

Moral Reform and Northern Antebellum Women - documents

Reverend M'Ilvaine Denounces Intemperance - 1839 sermon

On the Proper Occupations of Women in America - James Fenimore Cooper

Manners of Young American Women: Their Interaction with Bachelors - James Fenimore Cooper

Extreme Youth in Marriage - Frances Trollope

Improving Female Education by Emma Willard 1819

Educational Institutions in the Early Republic

Legal Rights of Widows to property by James Fenimore Cooper 1824

Observations on the Real Rights of Women - Hannah Crocker - 1818

Excerpt from the Memoirs of Susan Mansfield Huntington - 1815 on child bearing

Public Meeting Places for Young Women - Charles Dickens

Oberlin Women and Social Movements - documents

Votes for Women's Suffrage - 1850 - 1920 - Library of Congress collection

Notable Unitarian Women

Men who supported Women's Movement - documents

Antebellum Reform - The Shift to Immediatism - 1830

Asylum and Penitentiaries - four primary documents

Letter from a Quaker visitor to a prison 1829

Sectionalism

History of the Alamo - site developed by Redland Elementary School

The Alamo: 13 days of Glory- short history

Mexican War - PBS site with several articles about the causes, effects and the course of the war

The Mexican War and After - Extracts from the American Military History historical series

The Mexican American War and Texas Independence - Analysis of the Causes of the War

US-Mexican War - Frequently Asked Questions, documents, history of the war

Invasion Yanqui - has information on the war and pictures, maps and images

The Gold Rush - links to information

The Gold Rush - PBS documentary site

The Donner Party - Site devoted to that ill fated party

 

 

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Civil War

General Sites

American Civil War Homepage - One of the best places to start to find links to information, battles information and biographies

The Civil War Online - Extensive link list of over 5000 Civil War links. You can spend hours here.

The Valley of the Shadow - Has extensive primary sources from both a Virginia and a Pennsylvania town; contains newspapers, diaries, obituaries, letters

The American Civil War - Informative site with history of the cause of the war, generals and other information with links

The Time of the Lincolns - PBS site with information on slavery, politics, women and the life of the ordinary soldier.

Lincoln and The Civil War - has links to newspapers in the North and South and their original articles. Great source for primary documents.

Civil War Weekly - Excerpts from real magazines of the week by week events of the Civil War

The Civil War Homepage - Civil War letters, diaries, photos, battles and documents

The CivilWar.com - Has lots of information about almost every topic from battles to biographies of famous people involved in the war and Civil War Potpourri on various topics

Civil War Links - AOL list of links

Civil War Portrait - Explore the people, places, and events of the Civil War through the photographs and images in the Civil War Portrait. Each page includes links to related articles here on TheHistoryNet, as well as external links to Civil War sites on the internet.

Civil War Timeline - from the History Place

Rutgers' The Civil War on the Internet - Links to lots of Civil War resources including the period leading up to the war and the Abolitionist movement

Outline of the Civil War - Hyperlinked detailed outline of events of the Civil War

North and South Magazine - Online Magazine about the Civil War

The Civil War Times - Another magazine on the Civil War from The History Net; searchable archives

The Civil War in Miniature - Has tidbits of information, quizzes, games, clipart and links to other sites

America's Civil War Magazine - Has detailed articles on various topics and links to past volumes. Not all articles are available online

This Week in the Civil War - Headlines and stories for each week of the War

The Civil War in Brazoria County - Detailed study of events leading to the War, the War and Reconstruction with particular emphasis on its effect on one county in Texas

Documenting the American South - First-person narratives about the South with concentration on Southern women and slaves from UNC Chapel Hill

Maps of National Battlefields of the Civil War - extensive list arranged alphabetically

The Diary of David Humphrey Blair - diary of an Ohio soldier

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Causes of the War

Events and Causes of the Civil War - Southern Comfort Site which has other information about Southern states and secession

Causes of the Civil War - Primary Sources from the Southern point of view

Causes of the Civil War - Links and documents

History of the War Between the States - Information on the events leading to the War

Documents on Causes of the War - primary documents from the 1850s

Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture - A Multimedia archive

The Caning of Senator Sumner - Articles from newspapers in the North and South about the beating of Charles Sumner in the US Senate

The Kansas-Nebraska Act - Editorials about the Act from Northern and Southern newspapers

Dred Scott Decision - Article from The History Place

The Dred Scott Decision - Articles from newspapers in the North and South commenting on the decision

John Brown and the Harper's Ferry Raid - lots of information on John Brown

John Brown's Holy War - Site from the PBS series, American Experience

The Father of American Terrorism - Article on John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry from American Heritage Magazine

John Brown's Raid - Articles from newspapers in the North and South at the time commenting on John Brown

John Brown's Raid - Article

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Battles

Civil War Battles - Extensive link list to sites devoted to battles

Civil War Battles - Another extensive list of battles with information and links on each one

Civil War Battlefields - Summaries arranged by state

Civil War Battle Statistics - Chart of battles, commanders and casualties

Crisis at Fort Sumter - Detailed information

Mission To Relieve Sumter - Article

Fort Sumter - article and links

War Watchers at Bull Run - article about the crowds who came to watch the battle

Battle Between the Merrimac and the Monitor - pictures, maps and information

Hampton Roads: Battle of the Ironclads - article

Battle of the Ironclads - article and pictures

"A Very Bloody Affair" - The Battle of Shiloh

The Devil's Own Day - Battle of Shiloh

Battle of Shiloh: A Very Bloody Affair - article

Battle of Fredricksburg - Good information from Military History Online

Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania - Good information

Wilson's Creek - article from CivilWar.com

Never Were Men So Brave - Article on Fredericksburg

Military History Online - Articles on Antietam, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg

Stonewall's Forgotten Masterpiece - Article on Stonewall Jackson's victory at Harpers' Ferry as a prelude to Antietam

Antietam - photos, biographies, medical information and information on the battle

The Battle of Antietam on the Web - good maps and narratives

The Battle of Antietam - information from About.com

The Burning Shame of Chancellorsville - article about the Union XI Corps

The Irish Brigade at Chancellorsville - article from America's Civil War Magazine