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Etc: Maps Etc: United States and the Slavery Prohibition Issue, 1850

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States and territories at the time of the slavery prohibition issue in 1850, after the Missouri Compromise of 1820. The map is color-coded to show the areas where slavery was prohibited by State Law, slavery was...
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Etc: Maps Etc: United States at the Outbreak of the Civil War, 1861

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States and territories in 1861 at the outbreak of the Civil War. The map is color-coded to show the Union Free States, the Confederate States seceded before April 15, 1861, the Confederate States seceded after April...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1861

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States in 1861 after the secession of the Southern States. The map is color-coded to show the Free Union States, Union Slaveholding States, Confederate States, and the territories of Washington, Dakota, Nevada, Utah,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1850

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States in 1850, showing the frontier line, indicate by the thick black line. The map shows the States added to the Union between 1840 and 1850, including Florida (1845), Texas (1845), Iowa (1846), Wisconsin (1848),...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Compromise of 1850, 1850

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States showing the effects of the Compromise of 1850. The map is keyed to show the free states and slave states, and notes California admitted to the Union as a free state; the Nebraska Territory as free by the...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Hernando Cortes 1485 1547

For Students 5th - 7th
Furnished is a brief summary of the life and explorations of Spanish explorer, Hernando Cortes. Take a look at the photos and maps of his journey of what today is called Mexico.
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Library of Congress

Loc: The Cultures and Histories of the Americas

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibit of a vast array of documents, artifacts, and maps detailing cultures in the Americas including the indigenous groups as well as Europeans after contact. From the Library of Congress.
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Map of New Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn the history of the controversial creation of the atomic bomb in the United States. Sound clips from National Public Radio and a photo gallery help to give you a first hand experience of the making of the atomic bomb.
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Inscription Rock, New Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
Two maps and four accounts of the Spanish exploration of North America that reflect the goals of the conquistadors and fascination with the land they examined-and the brutality of their treatment of native peoples.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, 1898

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1898 of Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. The map includes an inset map of Cuba and the Isthmus of Nicaragua. "The surface of the Rocky Mountain highland in Mexico is quite similar to that of the great plateau...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Mexico, Central America and the West Indies, 1852

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1852 of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. The map shows territorial boundaries at the time, including the Mexican States, capitals and major cities and ports, railroads, rivers, lakes, mountain systems, and terrain...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mexico and West Indies, 1855

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies showing the foreign territorial possessions and independent countries in the region in 1855. The map is color-coded to show the territorial and island possessions at the time of Spain...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mexico, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of Mexico showing major cities and ports, railroads with connections to the railroad network in the United States, shipping routes from New Orleans and San Francisco with distances given in nautical miles, rivers with...
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Etc: Maps Etc: From New Orleans to the Gulf, 1862

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the Mississippi River from New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain to the mouth on the Gulf of Mexico. The map shows the location of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, two Confederate forts essential to the protection of New Orleans,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Vicinity of New Orleans, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1916 of the Mississippi River Delta from New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain to the mouth of the river on the Gulf of Mexico. The map shows railroads, swamp lands, navigation lights, and water depths in fathoms. The 3, 10, 20,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Environs of New Orleans, 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1903 of the Mississippi Delta region showing the site of New Orleans, Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Borgne, and the course of the Mississippi River through the bird's-foot delta to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1800

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of North America and Central America showing territorial claims and possessions in 1800. The map is color-coded to show the territories of the United States, British, Spanish, French, and Russians, and indicates areas of disputed...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1783

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of North America, Central America, and northern South America at the end of the American Revolutionary War (1783). The map is color-coded to show the territory of the United States at the time, British possessions in Canada,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1858

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1858 of North America showing the boundaries at the time for Russian America (Alaska), Greenland, British America or New Britain, Canada East and Canada West, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies...
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Etc: Maps Etc: The Mississippi River Route of Hennepin, 1697

For Students 9th - 10th
A facsimile of a portion of the map created in 1697 describing the exploration and discoveries of Father Louis Hennepin in New France and Along the Mississippi. The map shows the region from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico along...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South America, 1921

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1921 of South America showing the political boundaries of the time, major cities, railroads, terrain, rivers, and coastal features, and includes an insert map of the Galapagos Islands. " South America, the fourth largest grand...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: United States, 1845

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States in 1845 after the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and the annexation of Texas. The map is color-coded to show the States and territory of the United States west to the Pacific with the dates...
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Cayuse Canyon

The Us50

For Students 9th - 10th
This clickable map of the United States gives students access to research information from history and tourism to attractions and famous historic figures.
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Etc: The Territory of the United States, 1845 1886

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1886 of the United States showing the territories ceded by Mexico and the acquisition of Alaska. The map is color-coded to show the possessions of the United States, Great Britain, and Mexico at the time, and the Mexican...

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