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US Department of Justice

U.s. Department of Justice: World Trade Center Bombing Suspect Apprehended

For Students 9th - 10th
A News Release from February 8, 1995, concerning the apprehension of Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, a fugitive indicted for the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing of 1993.
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Salem Witch Trials: Examination of Tituba

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a court transcript of the examination of "Tituba the Indian Woman," on March 1, 1692, suspected of harming her children under the direction of demonic familiars. Transcript is unedited and features 17th century spellings and syntax.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Primary Resources: Maiden House Speech, 1947

For Students 9th - 10th
Then Congressman Richard Nixon delivers a speech warns the nation of a Communist spy suspected of espionage and conspiracy.
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Other

Miranda Rights: Do We Really Know Them?

For Students 9th - 10th
This article points out the importance of the Miranda rights for any suspect brought in for questioning. The author feels the right, which derives from the Fifth Amendment, must not be revoked.
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Curated OER

History Matters: Get the Rope! Anti German Violence in World War I Era Wisconsin

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this harrowing account of a German-American farmer whose nativist neighbors suspected his alliegiance to the United States after the country entered the war against Germany in World War I.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Era of Expansion and Reform

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University: Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Brigham Young University gives a firsthand account of the killings. The man that gave this account was arrested as a suspect.

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