United States History Resources

[ United States History ]
[ United States History from the Discovery of America through 1877 ]
[ United States History from 1877 to the Present ]
[ United States Historical Documents ]
[ Library/College/Association/Organization History Web Sites ]

United States History

• A Hypertext on American History from the Colonial Period until Modern Times
  An American History text with links to documents, essays, and biographical information on the presidents and other famous Americans.
  
  
• United States Historical Census Data Browser
  Census data from 1790 to 1970.
  
  
• National Register of Historic Places
  
  
• Documenting the American South: Beginnings to 1920
  Primary resources on Southern history, literature, and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th Century.
  
  
• The History Place
  Articles and information on European and American history topics..
  
  

United States History from the Discovery of America through 1877

• The European Voyages of Exploration: The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
  This tutorial introduces the student to the colonization efforts of Portugal and Spain. It also examines the geographical, technological, economic, political, and cultural patterns of the 15th and 16th centuries.
  
  
• The American Civil War Homepage
  Gathers together in one place links to the most useful sites about the American Civil War.
  
  
• American Revolution: First Phase
  An explanation of the causes of the war, a description of the Continental Army, an analysis of British & American strategy, and a narration of the first battles.
  
  
• Winning of Independence, 1777-1783
  Description of the failure of British forces to reclaim American colonies.
  
  

United States History from 1877 to the Present

• Websites for the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
  
  
• Vietnam: Yesterday and Today
  Provides information about the Vietnam War, lists of Vietnam War resources, and links to sites about the Vietnam War.
  
  

United States Historical Documents

• American Memory : Historical Collections of the National Digital Library
  Includes photos and prints, documents, motion pictures, maps, and sound recordings.
  
  
• American Treasures of the Library of Congress
  A permanent Library of Congress exhibition of the rarest, most interesting or significant items relating to America's past.
  
  
• The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Government
  
  
• A Chronology of US Historical Documents
  
  
• Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
  Current and historical Government publications.
  
  
• 100 Milestone Documents
  Documents of American history.
  
  
• Documents for the Study of American History
  Primary documents arranged by century.
  
  

Library/College/Association/Organization History Web Sites

• History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web
  Includes examples and links to student projects, Web-based assignments, syllabi, related resources, teaching advice, and primary source documents.
  
  
• American History 102: Civil War to the Present
  The University of Wisconsin's American History 102 course page provides a useful introduction to modern American history.

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