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• 1893 World's Fair

  http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA96/WCE/title.html
  This hypertextual thesis explores the World's Columbian Exposition through a virtual tour, investigates visitors' reactions to the fair and analyzes the social, political and cultural legacies.

• A Biography of America

  http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/
  Includes key events, maps, video transcripts, and related links for each era in American history.

• ALHN 1920s

  http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnilus/alhn1920.html
  Collection of information about American History in the 1920s.

• America's Story

  http://www.americaslibrary.gov/
  Presented by the Library of Congress, a site with information about American people and historical events, and each of its states.

• American Experience

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/
  Companion to the PBS history series; includes features on a range of people and events in American history, from Hawaii's last queen to Joe DiMaggio.

• American History Listings

  http://americanhistory.about.com/index.htm
  From About.com. Listings follow historic topics from the full spectrum of America's past, with subjects ranging from the Civil War, to Edison's first phonograph.

• American History Resource Page

  http://members.tripod.com/gpf/history.html
  Links to reference sites for American history topics dealing with people, politics, events and literature.

• American Memory

  http://learning.loc.gov/
  Primary source and archival materials relating to American culture and history from the Library of Congress, as part of the National Digital Library. Research tools, educational resources, and related LOC collections provided.

• American Memory from the Library of Congress

  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/
  Primary source and archival materials relating to American culture and history.

• American Treasures of the Library of Congress

  http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/
  Permanent exhibition of the "rarest, most interesting or significant items relating to America's past". Exhibit divided into three sections covering History, Philosophy, and Fine Arts.

• An American Time Capsule

  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/
  Collection of printed ephemera documenting more than three centuries of daily life in America and elsewhere. Including broadsides, posters, programs, handbills, menus, and proclamations.

• Classification of American Wealth

  http://www.raken.com/american_wealth/index.htm
  History and genealogy of the wealthy families of America, from colonial times until present.

• CLIO Visualizing History

  http://www.cliohistory.org/
  Dedicated to developing innovative American history projects, exploring how historians, photographers, journalists and artists enhance and deepen our knowledge of the past by engaging history from a variety of perspectives.

• Dr. James B. Calvert: History

  http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/hist/histhom.htm
  A collection of essays about U.S. history.

• Early American Digital Library

  http://earlyamericanimages.com/
  A wealth of rare and hard-to-find images featuring the people, places and events of early America's historic past.

• Gold Rush Gallery

  http://www.goldrushgallery.com/
  Documentation of the discovery of gold in the southern Appalachians, the history of the US Branch Mint at Dahlonega, Georgia, and a large collection of US gold coins (minted from 1796-1933).

• History Buff's Home Page

  http://historybuff.com/
  Devoted to press coverage of events in American history; containing an extensive, searchable library. Categories include the Civil War, baseball, journalism hoaxes, old west characters, crime figures, and the Inaugural Addresses of all U.S. Presidents.

• History Quest

  http://historyq.freeservers.com/
  Unusual and little known facts on American History.

• HistoryWired: A few of our favorite things

  http://historywired.si.edu/index.html
  Images of diverse objects from the National Museum of American History include famous, unusual, and everyday items with interesting stories to tell.

• Jewish-American History on the Web

  http://www.jewish-history.com/
  An online archive of original documents, journals, books and literature on the subject of Jews in 19th-Century America.

• Lectures on American History

  http://www.cs.unm.edu/~sergiy/amhistory/
  The events that shaped the thinking of the American people.

• LIFE Photos

  http://life.time.com/
  Classic and unpublished photos of the 20th century's major events and public figures from LIFE magazine.

• National Security Archive

  http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/
  Document compilations dealing with U.S. foreign policy, military and intelligence, political events, and nuclear technology. Located at the George Washington University.

• New York World's Fair

  http://www.nywf64.com/
  Experience this great 1960's World Exposition in text and graphics. Descriptions and feature presentations on each pavilion or exhibit.

• Talking History

  http://talkinghistory.oah.org/
  A 30-minute weekly radio show produced by the Organization of American Historians. Podcast available. The show is available to more than four hundred stations nationwide on the Public Radio Satellite System and internationally on the Voice of America.

• The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

  http://www.gilderlehrman.org/
  Promotes the study and love of American history. Their website serves as a portal for American history on the Web; offers educational material for teachers, students, historians, and the public; and provides current information about the Institute's programs and activities.

• The Great Seal of the United States of America

  http://www.greatseal.com/
  Offers information about the origin, relevance, and meanining of this symbol.

• The History Place

  http://www.historyplace.com/
  Informative website focussing on American history from the Colonial period to present-day. Many on-line exhibits include timelines, photographs and famous speeches.

• The Time Page

  http://www.timepage.org/
  William Murray's examination of cycles in United States history.

• Today in History

  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
  Each day, an event from American history is illustrated by digitized items from the Library of Congress American Memory historic collections.

• Touring Turn-of-the-Century America

  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/detroit/dethome.html
  Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920. Includes over 25,000 glass negatives and transparencies as well as about 300 color photolithograph prints, mostly of the eastern United States.

• U.S. History Research Links

  http://members.tripod.com/~Mark1212/
  Links to sites that cover a broad range of topics from the Revolutionary War to Reconstruction. Includes information databases, such as The Smithsonian Institution and the American Treasures of the Library of Congress.

• United States of America 223

  http://www.angelfire.com/hi/OS000000/USA.html
  Includes history of the flag, text of the Declaration of Independence, and tributes to popular Presidents.

• United States of America and the Netherlands

  http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/essays/general/the-united-states-of-america-and-the-netherlands/
  Site with a focus on shared Dutch-American history. Answers many questions about colonization, trade and commerce, modern migration, and the other ties between the two countries.

• US History Resources

  http://www.mshotz.net/ushistory.htm
  Indexed directory of online resources for American history along with suggested lesson plans and curricula.

• USA 1840-1960

  http://spartacus-educational.com/USA.htm
  Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia, about the history of the United States, but from Britain.

• VL: United States History

  http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/
  Extensive collection of links sorted by topic and historical perdiod and maintained by George Laughead, Jr., from the Virtual Library History Network.

• With Americans of Past and Present Days

  http://www.bartleby.com/238/
  Collection of seven essays published by Jean Jules Jusserand in 1916 tracing French-American relations by biographical vignette.

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