American History and Government
General
Search the archives of several history magazines using keyword. Categories include world history, American history, personalities, and World War II.
At this site of the Library of Congress, you can find many primary sources of information. These documents are viewed in their original handwritten, printed, or typed format and are transcribed as necessary.
At this site of the National Archives, you can see primary documents and art works and posters.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov
America's story from the archives of the Library of Congress.
http://www.uselectionatlas.org
Election website.
Lewis and Clark
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/JOURNALS/toc.html
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
http://www.edgate.com/lewisandclark/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/west/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/
http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/
Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War provides information and links under several categories including Civil War Biographies and Civil War Battles.
http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm
The American Civil War provides links and information on many topics associated with the Civil War.
Columbian Exposition--Chicago, 1893
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/fairs/
The University of Delaware Library site on American world's fairs and expositions.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma96/WCE/title.html
The World's Columbian Exposition: Idea, Experience, and Aftermath.
The Twenties
General Sites
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/20TH/1920s.html
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1920s.html
Art Deco
http://architecture.about.com/od/artdeco/ss/artdeco.htm
Prohibition
http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/p/prohibition.htm
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=441
http://www.1920-30.com/prohibition/
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/studies/nc/nc2a.htm
Flappers and Fashion
http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/a/flappers.htm
http://www.fashion-era.com/flapper_fashion_1920s.htm
http://www.1920-30.com/fashion/
http://mens-fashion.lovetoknow.com/Men's_Fashion_in_the_1920s
http://www.rambova.com/fashion/fash4.html
Dance
Inventions
http://www.angelfire.com/tn/RoaringTwenties/
Timelines
http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1920timeline.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005247.html#axzz12QnoVzj1
Film
http://www.filmsite.org/20sintro.html
The Thirties
General Sites
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/20TH/1930s.html
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1930s.html
Hobos
http://www.horailroad.com/hobo/index.shtml
http://www.northbankfred.com/colin1.html
http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_07.html
New Deal
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1851.html
http://www.wwcd.org/policy/US/newdeal.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0835397.html#axzz12R8ewoz3
Great Depression
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/overview.htm
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/artgallery.htm
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/about.htm
http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/great-depression.htm
http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/GreatDepression.html
http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~cromer/great_depression.pdf
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/connections_n2/great_depression.html
Dust Bowl
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/dustbowl.htm
http://www.ccccok.org/museum/dustbowl.html
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1583.html
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/dust-bowl-cause.htm
Culture – Music, Art, Literature, Film, Etc.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG03/Jukebox/front.html
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display_printable.cfm?HHID=481
http://www.ushistory.org/us/48e.asp
http://www.filmsite.org/30sintro.html
Timeline
http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1930timeline.htm
http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth_4.htm
Civil Rights Movement
Details of the role of the organization in the civil rights movement.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html
Part of the African American Odyssey virtual exhibit from the American Memory Collection of the Library of Congress.
Produced on the 40th anniversary of the integration of Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas, this site offers a timeline of the events of the 1957/1958 school year, an analysis of the events, and original articles from the school's newspaper.
http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/
A timeline of Dr. King's life along with remembrances of his leadership from those who knew him best.
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml
Photographs of the civil rights movement at this Kodak site.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/
Places that played a role in the civil rights movement as compiled by the National Register of Historic Places.