University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Clash of Cultures
Overview of the 1920s era clash in values in which religious fundamentalism flourished alongside literary and artistic movements of African-Americans and other American intellectuals.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Blackface Minstrelsy in Modern America
This collection uses primary sources to explore blackface minstrelsy in modern America.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Sharecropping
Features numerous facts about the history and events of sharecropping, a system of working land owned by others for a share of the yield.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Enforcement Acts
The purpose of the Enforcement Acts was to implement and extend the fundamental guarantees of the Constitution to all citizens and protect ex-slaves from violence carried out by the Ku Klux Klan.
Other
Industry and the Five Year Plans
This site describes the industrialization plans implemented by Stalin. Examines the success and failures of each and how they were achieved. Information is laid out so that it is easy to access and understand.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: War and Uneasy Neutrality
Overview of Roosevelt administration U.S. foreign policy and the challenge to remain neutral in an era of expansionist totalitarian regimes of Italy, Germany and Japan.
Library of Congress
Loc: From Slavery to Civil Rights
This interactive timeline lets students select an era in the history of blacks in United States. Text tells the highlights of the time and primary source materials are linked that pertain as well.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" by Mildred D. Taylor
Selected (8) reading passages (grades 6-10) to pair with "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" by Mildred D. Taylor. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry tells the story of the Logan family combating racial tension and segregation in Mississippi during...
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Siteseen: American Historama: Freedmen's Bureau
Interesting facts about the Freedmen's Bureau established to help and protect emancipated slaves (freedmen)in 1865.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: Ap Us History Study Guide, Period Five: 1844 1877
[Free Registration/Login Required] Advanced Placement U.S. History learning module on Civil War era America and the transformation of society, 1844-1877. Comprehensive study tools include videos, essays, primary source documents, and...
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Siteseen: American Historama: Rutherford Hayes
Facts, biography, and accomplishments of the life of Rutherford Hayes and summaries of important events during his presidency.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Ulysses S Grant
Facts, biography, and accomplishments of the life of Ulysses Grant and summaries of important events during his presidency.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Andrew Johnson
Facts, biography, and accomplishments of the life of Andrew Johnson and summaries of important events during his presidency.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Populists Advocate Easy Money
This resource outlines the economic policies advocated by the Populists, including a demand for the unlimited coinage of silver.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Machines and Science Help Farmers
Interresting site from the University of Groningen explaining the incredible impact of machines and technology on developing resources and improving agriculture.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Economic Growth and Stability
Overview of the early 20th Century, post-depression era period of economic growth and stability brought about by Keynesian economics and the New Deal.
Ohio State University
Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History (Lesson Plans)
Two dozen lessons that focus on using political cartoons as primary source resources for teaching American history. Lessons cover a range of topics in U.S. history from the Civil War era forward and are linked to Ohio content standards.
Ohio State University
Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History (Lesson Plans)
Two dozen lessons that focus on using political cartoons as primary source resources for teaching American history. Lessons cover a range of topics in U.S. history from the Civil War era forward and are linked to Ohio content standards.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Battle of Little Bighorn Facts
Provides a summary and list of interesting facts about the Battle of Little Bighorn.
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American History: Outlines: Roosevelt's Reforms
Article outlines the sweeping social, economic, and environmental reforms imposed by President Theodore Roosevelt during the early 20th Centruy Progressive Era.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Ambivalent Empire
Overview of U.S. domestic, foreign and colonial policy during an era of U.S. expansion and imperialism.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Early American and Colonial Period to 1776
Background information about the literary traditions of the pre-Colonial and Colonial period. Includes information about Native American oral traditions and Native American cultures. Follow the links to the Early American era and to...
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Siteseen: American Historama: Civil Rights Act of 1875
Learn about the Civil Rights Act of 1875 that extended the fundamental guarantees of the Constitution to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Civil Rights Act of 1866
The purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 was to protect ex-slaves (Freedmen) from legislation in the Southern States such as the Black Codes and the Vagrancy Laws and help African Americans obtain equal status under the law.