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Online Resources by Topic
Blitzkrieg (Second World War)
Encylopedia Britannia - Blitzkrieg
History Chanel - Warsaw radio describing invasion
UW Milwaukee - Nazi Invasion of Poland Photographs
The Battle of Verdun-- Trench Warfare
The most horrific battle known to man
The Bombing of Pearl Harbor
America's Story, Library of Congress - The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
U.S. Army - The Pearl Harbor attack, as remembered by the nurses who were there
National Archives - Remembering Pearl Harbor, 70 years later
National Archives - How Roosevelt attacked Japan at Pearl Harbor
National WWII Museum - The Path to Pearl Harbor
The Boston Tea Party
Digital Public Library of America - Boston Tea Party Primary Source Set
Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum - Boston Tea Party History
Massachusetts Historical Society - The Boston Tea Party
Brown vs Board of Education
U.S. Courts - Brown v. Board Re-enactment Site
National Archives - Documents related to Brown v. Board of Education
PBS - "The Supreme Court" Section on Brown v. Board
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis - State Dept. Office of the Historian
Cuban Missile Crisis - JFK Presidential Library
One Step from Nuclear War - National Archives
A Look Back: Remembering the Cuban Missile Crisis - CIA
D-Day Invasion 1945
D-Day Experiencing War-Stories From the Veteran History Project
D-Day, The Invasion of Normand-Eisenhower Presidential Library
Fall of the Berlin Wall
National Archives: Berlin Wall
CIA: A look back at the Berlin Wall
USC: the night the Berlin Wall went up
German History in Documents and Image
Nathan Bedford Forrest (Start of the KKK)
The Ku Klux Klan Hearings-Harper's Bazaar
Nathan Bedford Forrest-Civil War Trust
Grant, Reconstruction and the KKK -PBS
Harry Houdini
Smithsonian - Fox Sisters and Spiritualism
Library of Congress - Exploring an Illusionist’s Exposés through Primary Sources - This article created for teachers to use in class has links to great primary sources from LOC.
I Have a Dream Speech
Our documents: Lincoln Memorial Program
Immigration and the Nationality Act of 1906
Defining the Path to Citizenship-US Capital
Origins of the Federal Naturalization Service
Certificate of the Naturalization #1 and the "First Naturalized U.S. Citizen
Japanese Internment (Second World War)
National Archives: Japanese Internment
Library of Congress: Japanese Internment
National Park Service: Japanese Internment
Smithsonian Institution: Japanese Internment
A brief history of Japanese American Relocation
Nancy Kerrigan's Attack
New York Times: Nancy Kerrigan
This day in history: Nancy Kerrigan
Henrietta Lacks (Medical Privacy)
Henrietta Lacks: Her cells, her legacy
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: HeLa cells
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase Legislative Timeline
Jefferson Buys Louisiana Territory and the Nation Moves Westward
Louisiana: European Exploration and the Louisiana Purchase
Francis Scott Key
Smithsonian: Francis Scott Key, the Reluctant Patriot includes description of prisoner exchange
History Reader - Includes details of prisoner change
Rodney King
The trials of L.A. police officers
New York Times: L.A. Riots 25 years later
Los Angeles Times: L.A. Riots 25 years later
Mein Kampf
German History in Documents and Image
The Rise of the Nazi Party 1919-1933
Nazi Propaganda 1919-1924-Boston College
Jackie Robinson
Dodgers Purchase Robinson, First Negro in Modern Major League Baseball- New York Times
Baseball, the Color Line and Jackie Robinson-Library of Congress
Jackie Robinson-The Society for American Baseball Research
Jackie Robinson Story (1950 film)
Jackie Robinson Interview-Dick Cavett Show
Rachel Robinson: Meeting Branch Rickey (Video)
Rose the Riveter
DPLA Primary Source Set: WWII Women on the Home Front
National WWII Museum: Women in WWII
Royal Gorge War
State of Colorado - Public Utility Commission History
The O.J. Simpson Murder Case
The Trial of Orenthal James Simpson: An Account
The Trial of OJ Simpson: Selected Documents
Simpson judge OKs jury prospects who admit bias
The Space Race
National Aeronautics and Space Act text - NASA
U.S. and Soviet Documents regarding Space Race - NASA
Sputnik and the Space Race - Eisenhower Presidential Library
Development of NASA - Eisenhower Presidential Library
The Thirteenth Amendment
Library of Congress - 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
OurDocuments.gov - 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
National Constitution Center - Amendment XIII
The Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears -Cherokee Nation
Marshall-Cases: Cherokee Nation v. State of Georgia 1831-University of Groningen
A Soldier Recalls the Trail of Tears-North Carolina Digital History
Transcontinental Railroad
Congress and the American West: The Transcontinental Railroad - National Archives
The Transcontinental Railroad - Library of Congress
Landmark Legislation: The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 - U.S. Senate
Vietnam War (Beginning of)
Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy--Vietnam
Watergate Scandal
The Watergate Files-Ford Presidential Library
The Watergate Exhibit Evidence-Nixon Presidential Library
Watergate-The Washington Post
The Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers
War of 1812
The Unfinished Revolution: War of 1812
Women's Baseball (Second World War)
Baseball Hall of Fame - League of Women Ballplayers
Wisconsin Historical Society - A League of their Own
Society for American Baseball Research - Dames in the Dirt: Women's Baseball before 1945