National Museum of American History (Washington)

A truly incredible site from American Memory provides text and audio from former slaves. Listen to men and women, some people over 100 years old, describe their days during and after slavery.

Teaching a unit to promote pride in being American? Teachnology has an excellent resource to help enhance the classroom experience.

A treasure trove of links to sites covering all aspects of American History from exploration through the early Republic. What a find compiled by a high school history teacher.

Read a brief history of U.S. submarine development as a result of their deficiency at the outbreak of WWI. Includes two photos.

Read a brief history of U.S. submarine development as a result of their deficiency at the outbreak of WWI. Includes two photos.

Read a brief history of U.S. submarine development as a result of their deficiency at the outbreak of WWI. Includes two photos.

History Magazine examines the America's love affair with the circus. Outstanding article about the history of the circus. Find links to other sources.

History Magazine examines the America's love affair with the circus. Outstanding article about the history of the circus. Find links to other sources.

Arguably the most famous essay every written about the impact of land on American history, Frederick Jackson Turner's "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" explains how Americans' relationship with the environment shaped...

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are legendary outlaws, of the American West, who robbed banks and trains. This is an account of their 1899 train robbery as reported in the June 8, 1899 issue of the Buffalo Bulletin.

This is a history of the Ninth U.S. Infantry, which served in both the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars.

Click on Puerto Rico at the top of this page for a list of first-hand accounts of war in Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War, including the capture of Richard Harding Davis and much more.

This site on the The OAS and the Inter-American System provides history, key dates, original and current member states, past and present secretaries general, and more.

Learn about; religious demographics, religious freedom, socio-economic indicators, general facts, and history, in this country overview of American Samoa from the Association of Religious Data Archives at Pennsylvania State University.

One of the most famous events in Civil Rights history, this report covers the Selma to Montgomery March for voting rights.

Like fun house mirrors, motion pictures over the past one hundred years have reflected, challenged, influenced, and altered our visions of ourselves and the world in which we live. This virtual Exhibition was produced by the Photographic...

Like fun house mirrors, motion pictures over the past one hundred years have reflected, challenged, influenced, and altered our visions of ourselves and the world in which we live. This virtual Exhibition was produced by the Photographic...

Portrait of James Monroe

Portrait of John Quincy Adams

Portrait of Daniel Webster

Portrait of Henry Clay.

Portrait of John C. Calhoun

Portrait of Martin Van Buren