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Read about the women and men involved in helping women strive for and achieve equality.
Read about one of the greatest presidents and humorists in American history. Also, find in depth information about the assassination conspiracies surrounding Lincoln's death.
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Jefferson, Washington, and the origins of America as a united nation are just a few events that occurred in American History during the 18th Century.
The fine sites from the other categories pertaining to this time period. The Monroe Doctrine, the Civil War, the Underground Railroad, and so much more.
The latest century, and the incredible road that was taken. The net links section of this amazing time we just lived in includes World Wars I and II, FDR, Hauptmann, Chavez and more.
Use these awesome resources to learn more about important historical figures including the Presidents. Access biographies, speeches, writings, diaries and all that the internet has to offer for each individual. This list is continually expanded
Read about the French, Spanish and English explorers that travelled across the Atlantic and explored the New World. From Columbus to Lewis and Clark, find biograhies, routes, archaeoligical sites and more.
France, England and Spain all influenced the formation of the New World and Colonial America. The colonies in America were diverse and cannot easily be categorized. Read about the daily life along with the individual histories of the first thirteen colonies.
The debate over the Revolutionary War as a true 'revolution' will not be resolved. However, without this struggle America might still be part of the British Empire. Find out about the people, places and events that shaped the revolution.
The fledgling United States needed to flex its muscle one more time to convince Great Britain it was truly independent. Read about the people, places, battles and events that proved to the world America was here to stay.
The Jacksonian Era was a time of great political upheaval in American History. Learn about the events that would lead to more party involvement and a greater democratic sense.
The War Between The States, The Battle For State's Rights, or a hundred different names, this time from 1861-1865 was the most devastating war, if not numbers-wise, then most certainly on the American psyche.
The period after the Civil War was a time of rebuilding. It was necessary to heal the divisions based on sectionalism and race. Read about the people and events that brought this country back together.
The Industrial Revolution changed the course of human history. The United States used the power of this revolution to catapult itself into a world superpower. From the Cotton Gin to railroads to the automobile the Unites states lead the world in ingenuity.
The 'Gilded Age',a term coined by Mark Twain, referred to the overt opulence exhibited by the wealthy in the industrial era. The Progressive Era was partly a response to the disparity between rich and poor. Individuals at this time were campaigning for economic, political and social reform.
This brief conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States arose out of Spanish policies in Cuba. However, many claim that yellow journalism was at least partially to blame with their pro-rebel sentiments and the way they dealt with the sinking of the Maine.
The first Great War was to be the war to end all wars. This conflict changed the landscape of Europe. Find out about the people, places, battles and events of World War I.
The Women's Suffrage Movement highlights a time in America when women were speaking up and demanding to be represented. They compared their cause to that of the Founding Fathers who were fighting against 'Taxation Without Representation'. Only through voting could they get their collective voice heard.
The Great Depression and the New Deal, perhaps the most harrowing period of our nation's history; and the remarkable steps taken towards recovery. Timelines, photos, FDR, and more.
World War II was the war to end aggression by ruthless dictators. The allies fought for humane treatment of all people. This war is characterized by extremes. People remember the heroes with fondness and the perpetrators of the Holocaust with hatred.
Read about the people, places and events that shaped the modern United States Civil Rights movement. The Brown decision heralded the beginning of the movement. However, many more struggles had to be endured before seeing a real change in the American landscape.
With the end of World War II a new era began in the world. The world was divided and held by two superpowers: The United States of America and its allies against the Soviet Union and its allies.
The Korean War has been called the forgotten war because of its placement between the glory of World War II and the agony caused by the Vietnam War. Read about the people, places and events that deserved to be remembered.
Vietnam was a war that brought great pain to many Americans. Some would consider it to be an unnecessary war. Discover its history and understand why it is an integral part of American History. A war that was fought at home as well as abroad; in Washington, Chicago, Berkeley and Ohio, as well as Saigon.
In 1991, America was involved in a war with Iraq over the seizure of land in Kuwait. This is considered the first high-tech war in which America was involved. Read about the background, events and outcomes of the war.
Many scandals have rocked the United States throughout its history. Learn more about each of these events that have shaped American History.
Learn about the traitors throughout America's history from the Revolutionary War to the present.
America has often been called the land of immigrants. In fact, there have been four major periods of immigration in America's history from the colonial period to today. Read about the laws and effects of immigration through these resources.
The Age of Imperialism, when the United States flexed it's new-found power after building their industries to new heights. Dipping their fingers into international waters helped to further build these industries. This was accompanied by Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Era, and further changes.
Places, images, maps, events, and Native-Americans; this site covers from the Donner Party to Cochise; from Marcus Daly to the history of Hoover Dam; and dozens more.
Whether it's interest in the Negro Baseball League, viewing the memorial for Roy Wilkins, or daily looks at "This Day in Black History", this resource list covers the basics and more.
Many different cultures are included in this group that has accomplished so much for America, and yet has had more than it's share of prejudice and abuse.
Whether it is singing, acting, dancing, writing, paining or otherwise, these performers and areas of arts and entertainment expand our enjoyment of the arts.
Crimebusters, crimestarters, the punished and the punishers. Dealing with the administration of the law (as opposed to the judiciary), as well as those who broke the law.
A listing of fun quizzes, puzzles, and other fun things to enhance the enjoyment of learning American History. Help Paul Revere evade the British, or take Douglas Linder's exceptional Supreme Court quiz. Test your knowledge, learn, and have fun...all at once!
Links to the hot sites from all three branches; executive, judicial and legislative. Our presidents, justices and representatives.
Hispanics have always played major roles in building this country and making it a better place. This section includes many sites on the Mexican-American War, as well as a great site on Cesar Chavez.
This section focuses on those whom our government has ruled to be enemies of the state for their political beliefs, ideological beliefs, or just because of their ancestry. From Japanese internment camps to Leonard Peltier, our government, like any government, has had a long history of holding political prisoners.
Documents are some of the most important primary sources of history. Read the actual texts of the documents that have shaped American History.
Links to an extensive listing of periodicals dealing with all sorts of aspects to American History. Everything from Early American Homes to Historic Traveler to Vietnam.
Some web sites from the folks that give the effort to preserve the legacy of those who went before.
Links to some of the more interesting collections of our nation's artifacts.
From the Wizard of Menlo Park to Bell, this fascinating site also includes first-rate sites on some of the great inventions in our nation's history.
Symbols of our nation such as circuses, Uncle Sam, Liberty Trees, and the flag.
Read the stories and see the images of the terrible tragedies that are part of America's past. Find information on the Hindenburg, the San Francisco Earthquake and the Challenger explosion among other disasters.
Many people including the United States government have treated Native Americans poorly throughout American History. These resources help you explore the information available about the different groups of Native Americans from the past and the present.
From the Yankees to Basketball to those who played the games in this country; this section pays homage to that "sporting" tradition in this country.
Discover and visit the awesome monuments throughout the United States and the world that commemorate important events in American History.
From the French & Indian War to the Gulf War, here are the sites covering our nation's military history from the beginning.
Read about the important people, places and events that shaped the history of the Lone Star state.
The history of the U.S. labor movement is the history of this country. But along with the achievements the struggle has produced, have come the violence and confrontations that exist when profit is made on the backs of the American worker.
From sea to shining sea and beyond. History of American spots all over. Towns, cities, states, commonwealths and more. Is your "neck of the woods" in there?
The histories behind those special American Holidays that give (most of us) such joy and gladness. No, Elvis' birthday is not in here.
American politics has a tradition of being a two-party system. This spans all the way back to the Federalists and Anti-Federalists battling it out over the Constitution. Read about the different parties that rose and fell over time including the third parties that never 'made it'.
These resources provide a wealth of information to aid in researching information about the 43 men who have been elected President of the United States.
William C. Quantrill, the leader of Quantrill's Raiders during the American Civil War, was responsible for many atrocities including the Lawrence Massacre. Learn how this schoolteacher eventually became vilified by the North and a hero to the South.
The people, places, and events of United States Aviation History.
The United States Space program is run through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Learn more about the history of US Space Exploration.
Read about the fascinating Prohibition era, a time when America decided to (legally) give up drinking alcohol. Unfortunately, the experiment ended in failure with growing crime rates and lawlessness.
He was one of the most influential and corrupt politician in United States History. Learn more about the man that ran Tammany Hall and thus New York City.
Any plane that carries the President of the United States gains the radio call sign 'Air Force One'. This plane is a symbol of the nation and one of the most coveted perks of the presidency. Learn more about this magnificent airplane and its role in history.
The leading general of the Confederacy. He was a brilliant strategist and made the southern war effort legitimate despite overwhelming odds.
The Presidents of the United States, from Washington to Bush; with some added surprises you may not have known! Polls, First Ladies, elections, and more!!
From Garvey to Evers, King to Malcolm and beyond; some of the many great African-Americans that have made their marks in our nation's history. Statesmen, military heroes, poets, entertainers and more.
Places such as Rosewood, Princeton, Portsmouth, the Schomburg Museum and others reminders of the great legacy of African-Americans.
The Million Man March, Slavery, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the 1963 March on Washington are among some of the major events of African-American History.
Quizzes and more on this site that gives even more for your knowledge of African-American history.
Ansel Adams, Frederick Douglass, Stephen Decatur, Countee Cullen and so much more; bios on many of the historic figures in our nation's history. Last names A-F
Dr. King, Huey Long, Marcus Garvey and so much more; bios on many of the historic figures in our nation's history. Last names G-L.
FDR, Groucho, Paul Robeson, and so much more; bios on many of the historic figures in our nation's history. Last names M-R.
Sitting Bull, Harriet Tubman, and Victoria Woodhull are just a few of the historic figures in our nation's history.
Read about the brave souls who explored the American continent.
Many of the events that led up to the secession of the Southern States, and catapulting this country into its most devastating war.
The leaders of the two governments for the war. Both the Union and Confederate governments had legendary leaders and cabinet officers that fought equally hard for their cause. Lincoln, Davis, Seward, Stephens and more.
Lee, Grant and many others are part of this section that looks at the people that fought the Civil War. The soldiers as well as the generals, and those others who contributed fighting and not fighting, including some that may surprise you.
Non-Battle spots that are just as much a part of the history of the Civil War. Includes Andersonville, Elmira, Charleston, the Sultana, and more.
From Fort Sumter to Appomattox, Antietam to Wilderness--these are the battles so etched in our minds almost 140 years later.
The Dred Scott decision, the Crittenden Compromise, the Gettysburg Address, and the Emancipation Proclamation are but a few of the documents, images, letters and diaries in this section.
The northern and southern states were so different and had so many points of contention that clashes between them were inevitable. Unfortunately, no one could stop the division that led to the Civil War. This bloodiest of wars was a tragedy that still affects Americans today.
Learn all about George Washington, the first President of the United States.
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Learn all about Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.
Learn all about James Madison, the Fourth president of the United States.
Learn all about James Monroe, the Fifth president of the United States.
Learn all about John Quincy Adams, the Sixth president of the United States.
Learn all about Andrew Jackson, the Seventh president of the United States.
Learn all about Martin Van Buren, the Eighth president of the United States.
Learn all about William Henry Harrison, the Ninth president of the United States.
Learn all about John Tyler, the Tenth president of the United States.
Learn all about James K. Polk, the Eleventh president of the United States.
Learn all about Zachary Taylor, the Twelfth president of the United States.
Learn all about Millard Fillmore, the Thirteenth president of the United States.
Learn all about Franklin Pierce, the Fourteenth president of the United States.
Our Chief Executives, the Presidents! Their lives and their families. Polls, elections, unknown presidents and more!!
They are all here; the Chiefs to the Associates. Jay to Marshall to Story to Cardozo to today. The Constitution and its Amendments. Great Judical cases in our nation's history. It is all here.
Our Congress, form the Speakers of the House, to the U.S. Representative Homepage, to Legislative acts.
Learn all about James Buchanan, the Fifteenth president of the United States.
Learn all about Andrew Johnson, the Seventeenth president of the United States.
Learn all about Rutherford B. Hayes, the Nineteenth president of the United States. Hayes term of office brought about the end of reconstruction with the Compromise of 1877.
Learn all about James Garfield, the Twentieth president of the United States.
Learn all about Chester Arthur, the Twenty-First president of the United States.
Learn all about Grover Cleveland, the Twenty-Second and Twenty-Fourth president of the United States.
Learn all about Benjamin Harrison, the Twenty-Third president of the United States.
Learn all about William McKinley, the Twenty-Fifth president of the United States.
Learn all about William Howard Taft, the Twenty-Seventh president of the United States.
Learn all about Woodrow Wilson, the Twenty-Eighth president of the United States.
Learn all about Warren G. Harding, the Twenty-Ninth president of the United States.
Learn all about Calvin Coolidge, the Thirtieth president of the United States.
Learn all about Herbert Hoover, the Thirty-First president of the United States.
Learn all about Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Thirty-Second president of the United States.
Learn all about Harry S Truman, the Thirty-Third president of the United States.
Learn all about Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Thirty-Fourth president of the United States.
Learn all about John F. Kennedy, the Thirty-Fifth president of the United States.
Learn all about Lyndon B. Johnson, the Thirty-Sixth president of the United States.
Learn all about Richard Nixon, the Thirty-Seventh president of the United States.
Learn all about Gerald Ford, the Thirty-Eighth president of the United States.
Learn all about Jimmy Carter, the Thirty-Ninth president of the United States.
Learn all about Ronald Reagan, the Fortieth president of the United States.
Learn all about George H. W. Bush, the Forty-First president of the United States.
Learn all about William J. Clinton, the Forty-Second president of the United States.
Learn all about George W. Bush, the Forty-Third president of the United States.
Learn all about Ulysses S. Grant, the Eighteenth president of the United States.
Extensive resources and information about the numerous conspiracies that surrounded the terrible tragedy that befell the nation on April 14, 1865.
Read all about the accidental discovery of gold by James Marshall on John Sutter's land that led to the California Gold Rush of 1849.
A new breed of individual arose in the aftermath of the Civil War - the Gunslinger. Read about the life and times of gunfighters such as Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett and many others.
The west was not called 'wild' for nothing. Find out how the military and the lawmen tried to make it safe for settlers.
Learn more about the Native Americans of the Old West.
Explore the many places that make the West so rich in history and beauty.
Americans of the past believed in the idea of 'Manifest Destiny'. This drive to span the continent created an impressive country but brought with it many problems.
Geronimo was a fierce leader of the Apache tribe. Learn more about this figure who was eventually captured and imprisoned by the United States.
Sabotage? Mechanical Failure? Lightning? What caused the Hindenburg tragedy? Read about these theories and others that arose to explain this terrible event. Also, discover the most likely explanation of what actually caused the disaster.