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History Matters: "Word Has Just Been Received:"truman Speaks on Railway Strike

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the text and listen to President Truman's speech concerning his plans to address the railway strike that was affecting the post-World War II economy. (12 min.19 sec.)
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Dirksen Congressional Center: Everett M. Dirksen Abroad, 1945: The Trip

For Students 9th - 10th
The Dirksen Congressional Center created a website focused on Everett Dirksen's travels for the House Committee on Appropriations in 1945. Details the extent of this trip with a list of places traveled, people he met with, and pictures....
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Nfa: A Fight to the Finish; u.s. And Japan

For Students 9th - 10th
These scripts (the first of two drafts) describe the events in World War II in the Pacific Theater.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: "Iron Curtain Speech"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Modern History Sourcebook which is provided for the the Fordham University gives excerpts from Winston Churchill's famous speech where he coined the term "Iron Curtain."
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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Tehran Conference: Tripartite Dinner Meeting

For Students 9th - 10th
The Tehran Conference between Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin took place between November 28 and December 1, 1943. Read the minutes of the dinner meeting on November 28 where many issues concerning war strategy...
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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Tehran Conference: Tripartite Meeting

For Students 9th - 10th
The Tehran Conference between Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin took place between November 28 and December 1, 1943. Read the notes of the of the dinner meeting that took place on November 29, which primarily dealt...
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Yale University

Avalon Project: The Tehran Conference

For Students 9th - 10th
Presented is the document issued by Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin at the conclusion of the Tehran Conference in December, 1943. Included is information about the launching of Operation Overlord, which led to...
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University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: Presidential Speeches: Radio Report to the American People on Postdam Conference

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the speech President Harry Truman gave to the American public upon his return from the Potsdam Conference in August, 1945, following the surrender of Germany.
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University of Groningen

American History: Documents: The Atlantic Charter 1941 August 14

For Students 9th - 10th
Features the complete text of the Atlantic Charter signed by President Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in 1941 which defined the Allied goals for the post-war world.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Photographs of Signs Enforcing Racial Discrimination

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographs taken in the 1940s of various public places that had posted signs for "White" and "Colored."
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Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

Harry S. Truman Library: The Marshall Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a list of the actual documents with correspondence concerning the Marshall Plan.
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Organization for Economic Co Operation and Development: Marshall Plan Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides the text of George C. Marshall's speech on the Marshall Plan as delivered at Harvard University on June 5th, 1947.

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