Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Historical Society: Waging War: The Battlefront: The Deadliest Enemy?
Discusses how bacteria and viruses killed many more Civil War soldiers than wounds from weaponry. Presents some of the medical instruments used by military doctors, and an artificial leg invented by the first amputee of the war, James E....
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Era of Expansion and Reform
This resource, a speech by Woodrow Wilson to Congress on April 8, 1913, gives a great review of how the United States transformed from from a rural country to an urban one. It includes a review of industrialization, new inventions,...
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity
The Engines of Our Ingenuity is a radio program that tells the story of how our culture is formed by human creativity. The program uses the record of history to reveal the way art, technology, and ideas have shaped us. Episode topics...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Woods Averell
William Woods Averell was a career United States Army officer and a cavalry General in the American Civil War. After the war he was a diplomat and became wealthy by inventing American asphalt pavement.
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