Harriet Beecher Stowe threw gas on the fire of the slavery issue with the publication of her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Read about her background as an abolitionist, and find out the influence her book had in the North and even in Great...

A good look at the issues debated about the admission of new states, particularly those that would be made from the Louisiana Purchase. Read about why the issue of allowing slavery in the new states was such a hard decision for Congress....

A large site that tracks the history of the Nebraska area begins with the formation of the earth, moves through the earliest human activity in Nebraska, and then through proto-historical and historical Nebraska. The Kansas-Nebraska Act,...

American history from 1820-1861 is interwoven with the history of the Capitol as it was expanded to accommodate a growing government body. A timeline of significant events in the debates over slavery, the addition of free and slave...

This thoughtful unit explores the history of school desegregation legislation, including a discussion of the impact of the Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education decisions. A six-week plan of lessons, along with other sample...

This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....

A supplement to a ten-part film series on jazz, this resource describes the growth and development of jazz music from the gritty streets of New Orleans to the Lincoln Gardens on Chicago's south side, where Louis Armstrong first won fame,...

Describes Preston Brooks' attack on Senator Charles Sumner, May 22, 1856, in the Senate after Sumner's famous speech, "Crimes Against Kansas."

Designed for educators and students, the Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum presents this brief history of famed baseball player Jackie Robinson. An introductory video provides a snapshot of information about Jackie Robinson.

This clickable map of the United States gives students access to research information from history and tourism to attractions and famous historic figures.

The tank-like Nine-banded Armadillo's range has greatly expanded northward in the last 100 years. In the mid-1800s it was found only as far north as southern Texas; by the 1970s it lived in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Tennessee; now...

Teachers and students can find a comprehensive summary of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case. Learn about the myths and find out the truth. The activities offered are especially meaningful. Students can perform a...

Locate all the information you want to know about Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Kansas City Chiefs. Includes interesting facts and details about the facility and team, history of the venue, and news.

From the Encyclopedia of American Social History. Read about the black migration to the West, primarily Kansas and Oklahoma after the end of Reconstruction and the institution of black codes in the South.

In-depth information about the Red Scare that started in the United States at the end of World War I, and ended in the early 1920s. Discusses its history, including strikes in Seattle and Boston, causes, and results of the anti-communist...

This University of Michigan site provides the full text of "Kanzas and Nebraska," written by Edward Everett Hale. The book gives the history, geographical, and physical characteristics of these territories, as well as an account of the...

April 1865 was a momentous month in American history. On April 9, the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union forces of Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War. Then on April 14, the victorious President...

Provides information on the various types of barbed wire and its uses. Includes photographs of several varieties of barbed wire.

Activities and an easy to read biography on President Barack Obama for the elementary student. With printable activity pages; including cloze activities, synonym sheets, essay topics and more! Also includes links to information on the...

This site from the National Park Service provides the history of Nidodemus, Kansas, first western town planned by and for African-Americans. Settled by exodusters, the town served as a symbol as a land of opportunity for blacks escaping...

Describes a publicity stunt at Crush, Texas in 1896, that was put on by the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company. Two locomotives were made to collide head-on before an audience of almost 50,000 people. The event took a bad turn...

Outlines the political events prior to the Civil War as the United States expanded its territories to include new states and conflicts arose over the issue of slavery.

Read about the famous civil rights protest in Little Rock, Kansas in 1957 when nine African American students attempted to enter Central High School on the first day of school. Despite the presence of federal troops at the school for the...

She was born July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas. Amelia Earhart was one of our most celebrated aviators then, and still is today. She broke all sorts of flying records and charted new territories in a time when there were very few people...