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U.S. History: Resources for Students, Teachers and Researchers

Information about the United States, once hidden in library stacks, on microfilm or between the heavy covers of history textbooks, is now available at your fingertips with this U.S. History Web Guide. It’s never been so easy to find U.S. history resources. Whether you seek primary information or background articles, our Web Guide shows you where to find what you’re looking for.


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Introduction to U.S. History

Even a quick glance at the history section of your local library or a basic search on the Internet ... read more »

Native American History

The history of America begins not with the first European explorers to visit the continent but with ... read more »

European Explorers and Colonists in America

The internet is wonderful source for discovering European explorers and colonists in ... read more »

Slavery in America

The tragedy of slavery in America is an undeniably influential part of ... read more »

The American Revolution

Many of the most famous events in American history happened during the Revolution. From the first ... read more »

Early United States History

The early years of the United States, roughly 1800–1840, drastically shaped the political and ... read more »

The Civil War

There may be as many Web sites devoted to the Civil War as there are for the rest ... read more »

Settling of the American West

The exploration and settling of the American West began well before the Civil War. ... read more »

The Late 19th Century, the Industrial Revolution, and the Gilded Age

In the late 19th century the United States began to change from a rural nation to an urban one. The ... read more »

The United States in World War I

It took a few years, but eventually the United States became involved in the great global conflict ... read more »

The Roaring ’20s and Prohibition

After World War I it seemed as if the whole country decided to loosen up. Welcome to the ... read more »

The Great Depression and the New Deal

In the 1930s the United States faced its greatest crisis since the Civil War. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression that followed brought an end to the Roaring ’20s. The party was over, and for many Americans, life became a matter of survival.

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  • Perhaps at no other time in American history did the lives of average Americans change as drastically as they did during the Great Depression. The sites below don’t just focus on the big historical events, but detail the experiences of ordinary Americans as well.

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America in the 1930s was created by the University of Virginia, and uses multimedia to showcase the lives of Americans throughout the decade. There’s a timeline of events, plus a section on the 1930s in film, in print, and on radio.
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The Depression News portrays the Great Depression in the format of an online newspaper in the style of the 1930s. The page, part of the Michigan Historical Museum’s Web site, has sections specifically designed for the needs of teachers and students.
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New Deal Network has over 20,000 photographs, documents, diaries, and more that depict life during the Great Depression, and the effects of the New Deal. There’s a section on teaching the New deal in the classroom, a series of articles on topics like “Electricity for All,” and “The Magpie Sings the Great Depression.” There’s also an e-mail discussion list for teachers and historians.
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The Library of Congress publishes “Voices from the Dust Bowl,” a site that documents the lives of migrant workers who moved to southern California during the Midwest Dust Bowl years. You’ll find photos and audio files of songs and interviews with these Americans.
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The United States in World War II

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The 1950s United States and the Cold War

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The 1960s United States

The 1960s in the United States was one of the most turbulent decades in ... read more »

The 1970s United States

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