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General United States Information
Statistical Abstract of the United States
www.census.gov/compendia/statab
Offers statistics on a number of topics.
The resulting page loads slowly and will give you links to pdf files for different sections of this report
We also have this in print which might help you find certain information more quickly (317.3 STA)
Social Security Online
www.ssa.gov
Find info on Social Security here
For history and stats, look under resources on the right side of the page
The Polling Report
www.pollingreport.com
Offers the results on a number of polls concerning various topics concerning issues in the USA
Civil and Youth Rights
American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org
An organization that works to protect individuals' rights
The Civil Rights Project
www.civilrightsproject.ucla.edu
Works to erase color barriers in today's society
From Harvard University
Student Press Law Center
http://splc.org
Offers information about rights for student and teachers who work on school newspapers
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
www.usccr.gov
All things civil rights: investigates complaints; collects, studies, and offers information; appraises laws and policies
Civil Rights History
The African-American Mosaic: A Library Of Congress Resource Guide
www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam001.html
Follow the links to find interesting information about the Great Migration
Africana Online – Black History
www.africanaonline.com
Offers links to pages that share information about many events within the civil rights movement
Search for your topic in the search box
American Visionaries: Frederick Douglass
www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/douglass
Learn more about Frederick Douglass and his world
From the National Parks Service: Museum collections
Civil Rights Movement Veterans
www.crmvet.org
Shares the stories of civil rights movements veterans
Contains a timeline, photo album, stories, letters and more
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/
From Stanford – there is a ton of information here from the text of his speeches to chronologies to biographical information
You will find additional information on the civil rights movement here as well
Songs of the Civil Rights Movement
http://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/99315652/songs-of-the-civil-rights-movement
Listen to a few songs from the civil rights movement from NPR
Two Nations of Black America
http://pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/rac
So what does Black America look like now?
Check out this page that addresses the divide in the black community
We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
www.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights
This site from the National Parks System offers information from a variety of civil rights sites
Harlem Renaissance
The History of Jim Crow
www.jimcrowhistory.org/home.htm
This site offers many resources under the links at the bottom of the page
Out of the Past: 400 Years of Lesbian and Gay History in the America
www.pbs.org/outofthepast/home.html
Click on the tiny links in the top right corner of this site
In the links going down the right side of this page for a great timeline of historical events
Pathways to Freedom: Maryland and the Underground Railroad
http://pathways.thinkport.org
Learn more about the underground railroad that the types of communication that people used to support the process
Powerful Days in Black and White
www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml
View these photos taken by photojournalist Charles Moore of the Civil Rights Movement
The Psychedelic 60s
www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/sixties/index.html
Links provided here will lead to more info
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow
This PBS site offers insight on how US law perpetuated segregation
Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education
http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/index.html
Learn about history and read reflections (from people educated before, during, and after this time period)
Check out the resources link, especially the timeline
Stonewall and Beyond: Lesbian and Gay Culture
www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/sw25/
An Exhibit covering the Stonewall Riots and more
We Shall Overcome – Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights
Click on a map to go to a page of links to find more info about some of the key places in the civil rights movement
Election and voting information
Trying to figure out who to vote for? Try these links:
Commitment 2008
www.wmur.com/politics/index.html
Check out the presidential candidates at the WMUR website
Want to do a side-by-side comparison? Try here: www.wmur.com/compare-candidates/index.html
Scroll to the bottom of the page to learn more about registering to vote
Project Vote Smart
www.vote-smart.org/election_president.php
Read about each candidate's views, stances, voting records and more...
SelectSmart.com
www.selectsmart.com/president/
Answer questions in this survey to find out which candidates align closely with your views and priorities.
Be aware that there is a lot of advertising on this page
General Voting Information
Electoral College Calculator
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/calculator.html
Try your hand at predicting who will win the next presidential election
Federal Election Commission
www.fec.gov
Includes information on campaign finance, laws and regulation, enforcement and more...
League of Women Voters
www.lwv.org
An organization dedicated to making democracy work for all people
Find information on public policies, elections, and the democratic process
Project Vote Smart
www.vote-smart.org
Offers a library of unbiased information designed to help the voter become informed
Includes "biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings"
Registering to Vote and Voting
www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Voting/Register.shtml
Offers information concerning how to register to vote
The Thirty Second Candidate
www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/front.html
Covers advertising of political candidates through history
Vote: The Machinery of Democracy
http://americanhistory.si.edu/vote
Learn about how votes have been collected over the years
Created before the 2004 election
Government
Ben's Guide to the U. S. Government
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/index.html
Learn about the parts of our government, how they work, and what they are responsible for
Congress.org
www.congress.org
Contains information about elected officials and how to contact these people
Find current bills in the house and senate
Read "Soapbox" entries - opinions of people around the USA on various issues and bills
Congress Committee Profiles
www.opensecrets.org/cmteprofiles/index.asp
Choose a house or senate committee from the drop-down menu to view its profile
Federal Judicial Center
www.fjc.gov
Includes information on federal court operations and procedures as well as some court history
Hall of Presidents
www.npg.si.edu/exh/hall2/index.htm
Check out these portraits of the Presidents along with a little history about each person
From The National Portait Gallery
House of Representatives
www.house.gov
Want to learn who represents you?
Need to know what is going on in the house?
This is the place for you!
Learn more about representatives and congressional committees by choosing from the drop-down menus
Official US Executive Branch Websites
www.loc.gov/rr/news/fedgov.html
Visit sites related to the Executive Branch of our government
Presidents of the United States
www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index.html
Here are some bios of the presidents
Search by date or name
POTUS (Presidents of the United States)
www.ipl.org/div/potus
Offers biographical info, election results, Cabinet members, notable events, relevant links, interesting facts
Find here many speeches and papers
Click on the president's name to take you to further information
From Internet Public Library
Senate
www.senate.gov
Learn more about our senators and how the Senate works at this site
This Nation.com
www.thisnation.com
A comprehensive site about United States government and politics
US Courts
www.uscourts.gov
You will discover all kinds of information about various courts here
White House
www.whitehouse.gov
Learn what our president is doing in the White House
History
100 milestone Documents
http://ourdocuments.gov/
Documents in American History – includes an image, text, and history of each document
The 1911 Triangle Factory Fire
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire>
Read about the fire, look at primary sources, see images and more
The Nineteenth Century
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/19thcentury.html
The Twentieth Century
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decades.html
Offers information in Culture in the US by decade
Some links not available for viewing
Africans in America
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
Describes slavery from 1450-1865
Includes Narrative, Additional Resources, Teachers'Pages
From PBS
American Memory Collection Finder
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html
Choose a time period found on the top right hand corner of the page and browse by subject
Brought to you by Library of Congress
America's Story from America's Library
www.americaslibrary.gov
Learn about: amazing americans, periods in history, states, recreation
You can even see, hear, play music, clips and more
Created with youth in mind
Binding the Nation
www.postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibits/2a_binding.html
Learn about the history of the postal system in the USA: pony express, out west, and more
Delve into philately (stamp collecting)
From the Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Chronology of US Historical Documents
www.law.ou.edu/hist
Many historical documents from the Magna Carta (1215) to George W. Bush’s State of the Union Address (2004)
Clash of Culture in the 1910s and 1920s
http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/clash/default.htm
Contains segments on prohibition, the Scopes Trial, The New Women, Anti-Immigration and the KKK
This Day in American History
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
Offers information on what happened today in American history, or you can check out the archives for other days
Digital History
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu
Check out the timeline - It offers information by time and place
Check out the links on the left side of the page to get information on various topics
Offers a limited keyword search through the link entitled Documents in the middle of the page
Find information on a number of pivotal court cases
History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu
Here are primary source documents and other information
Check out the various ways to search this information
Library of Congress
www.loc.gov
Browse the Library of Congress page to find all kinds of information about MANY topics
Native Words, Native Warriors
http://nmai.si.edu/education/codetalkers
Share information about the codetalkers
September 11: Bearing Witness to History
http://americanhistory.si.edu/september11
Look at this exhibit of artifacts from this historical event
Read people's reactions
Twentieth Century: Year By Year
www.infoplease.com/millennium1.html#century
Check out historical information by decade
Within these Walls
http://americanhistory.si.edu/house/default.asp
Visit a house from Ipswich, Massachusetts and learn about the families that lived there over the past 200 years
American History through the Revolution
Liberty! Chronicle of the Revolution
www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle.html
Offers a simple overview of the Revolution
Check out newspaper articles and a timeline under Chroncile of the Revolution, and a number of facts under Perspectives on Liberty
The Pilgrim Story
www.pilgrimhall.org/museum.htm
Learn about the Pilgrims arrival in the New World
From the Pilgrim Hall Museum
Plymouth Colony Archive Project
http://etext.virginia.edu/users/deetz/
Offers a wealth of information about Plymouth Colony
Founding.com
http://founding.com
Offers all kinds of information on the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, a timeline and more
Salem Witchcraft Trials and Puritanism
Famous American Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692
www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SALEM.HTM
www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/profiles/linder/linder.htm (Info about the author)
Find a ton of information here. Start with the timeline that is found under Chronology
National Geographic: Salem Witch Hunt
www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem/index.html
Make an interactive journey through the Salem Witch Trials
Court TV: Salem Witch Trials
www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_guilty/salem_witches/1.html
Find a book full of information here
Look at the chapter names on the right side of the page to find specific information
Salem Massachusetts Witch Trials
www.salemweb.com/guide/witches.shtml
Take a virtual visit to Salem to learn about the witch trials
Make sure to make use of the hyperlinks within these pages
Civil War History
American Civil War Collection
http://etext.virginia.edu/civilwar
Letters, texts, newspapers - Many primary source documents
American Civil War Collections at the Electronic Text Center
http://fletcher.lib.udel.edu/collections/cwc/index.html
Contains letters, diaries, papers, photographs and more from the civil war
The Becker Collection
http://idesweb.bc.edu/becker
Drawings of the American Civil War Era
Civil War @ Smithsonian
www.civilwar.si.edu/home.html
Check out the timeline on the left side of the page
For more information click on Collections on the left side of page, then check out the topics you will find there
You can also learn about the history of the Smithsonian during the Civil War
From the Smithsonian National Portait Gallery
The Civil War
www.sonofthesouth.net
View tons of Civil War content here including many primary source documents
Find newspaper articles and photos here
Civil War Soldiers and Salors System
www.itd.nps.gov/cwss
Do you know someone who fought in the Civil War?
If so, type in their name and learn about how their regiment serviced.
Civil War Trust
www.civilwar.org
This organization is entrusted with preserving our Civil War Battle Fields
View maps and photos here
Also biographies, history, lesson plans, quizes, games and much more
Gilmer Civil War Maps
http://dc.lib.unc.edu/gilmer/
Pull up maps,which are listed by state
A. Lincoln at 200
http://publications.newberry.org/lincoln/
Includes two exhibits: Lincoln and the West, and Lincoln and the Civil War
Love Letters from the Civil War
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/cwlove
And for the romantically inclined...
New York City Draft Riots
www.virtualny.cuny.edu/riots.html
The USA is all about protest, check out the NY City Draft Riots
Poetry and Music of the War Between the States
www.civilwarpoetry.org
Contains the poetry and lyrics of music of the Civil War
Women Soldiers of the Civil War
www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1993/spring/women-in-the-civil-war-1.html
An article from Prologue magazine about women who posed as men and fought in the civil War
Immigration History and Process
Immigration History
American Family Immigration History Center
www.ellisisland.org
Try out the Ellis Island link
Angel Island Immigration Station
www.aiisf.org
Click on Immigration Station History
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
www.pbs.org/becomingamerican
Find information under "The Chinese Experience"
History of Immigration
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/index.html
This page was designed for teachers but there is plenty here for students as well
Immigration
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration
Offers a couple of family stories, some charts and graphs about who came and when, a virtual tour of Ellis Island
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the US Constitution
http://americanhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/experience/index.html
Learn more about the Japanese American experience during World War II
US Immigration: Internet Modern History Sourcebook
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook28.html
Immigration history broken down by immigrant nationality and time period
Current Immigration Process
US Immigration
http://uscis.gov
From the United States Government
Our Legal System, Laws, and Rights
American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org
Learn about your rights and the rights of others
The United States Constitution , Annotated
www.america.gov/st/usg-english/2008/April/20080416203407eaifas0.6335565.html
This explains a bit of the constitution to make it easier to understand
The Charters of Freedom
www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/
This site is slow to load. This page has links to many online exhibits including The Charters of Freedom:
The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
The Bill of Rights
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Learn all about our legislative system or read about a specific bill at this site.
State Information
2010 Census
http://2010.census.gov/2010census/
Look up a bunch of statistics on this page
Census 2000 gateway
www.census.go v/main/www/cen2000.html
See States and County facts - near top right portion of the page
States and Capitals
www.50states.com/
There is a good amount of information here
Stately Knowledge
www.ipl.org/div/stateknow
Good information, carefully chosen links. This also links to each state’s site.
This can be slow to load
United States Economy at a Glance
www.bls.gov/eag/eag.us. htm
Use the drop down menu in the top right corner of the page to get information about each state from the United States Department of Labor.
Supreme Court Cases
Findlaw
www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
Put a search topic in the box, use the drop down menu to select US Supreme Court
This site has access to cases from 1893 - Present
FedWorld.gov
www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/index.htm
Searches cases from 1937 - 1975
Legal Information Institute: Supreme Court Collection
www.law.cornell.edu/supct
Selected Historic Decisions of the US Supreme Court
Oyez
www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage
Offers abstracts of more than 100 Supreme Court cases
Check out what is on the docket, take a virtual tour of the Supreme Court building, learn about the justices
Find out what is currently on the docket
Street Law, Inc.
http://www.streetlaw.org/en/landmark/home
Information on selected cases
Supreme Court of the United States (Official Site)
www.supremecourtus.gov/
Recent and current Supreme Court news, information on how it all works, and a bit of its history
Contains cases from 2000 forward
Updated: May 15, 2012
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