An interactive map to search for extensive collections of primary sources for each of the United States.

Find a chronology of events surrounding the assassination of President James Garfield, followed by links to articles from newspapers across the country that detailed the asssassination, his eventual death, and trial of the assassin,...

How did the new government deal the Native Americans living in the Northwest Territory? Find out what the government did to keep the peace between the original inhabitants and the new settlers.

Designed by American Memory Fellows Linda Hamel and Linda Hedrirck, this site explores the settlements of French Canadians in New England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It provides teachers complete lesson plans for 8...

The Library of Congress offers riveting accounts of soldiers who were held as prisoners of war by the Japanese in World War II. Read about their experiences, and listen to some audio diaries or watch videos of interviews with these brave...

Read the amazing stories of World War II soldiers captured by the Germans and imprisoned in POW camps. The Library of Congress offers their stories as well as video interviews with some of these brave men.

This site provides primary source documents and commentary that give an overall look at many different aspects of abolition, the antislavery movement, and the rise of division between North and South. From the Library of Congress.

This site explores Black America's quest for equality from the early national period through the twentieth century. Content includes the work of abolitionists in the first half of the nineteenth century, depictions of the long journey...

Read the authentic notes on Virginia's selection of their delegates to the Federal Constitutional Convention. The transcript describes the nominations and the final tally - George Washington, Patrick Henry, Edmund Randolph, John Blair,...

How Yiddish theater developed in America. Connects to 77 manuscripts. Links to the Yiddish playwrights.

Text, photos, song lyrics and other primary source materials document the struggle to overcome obstacles to equal rights. Click on each image to see a larger image.

This site provides a collection of U.S. Congressional documents and debates from 1774 to 1873.

This site from the Library of Congress lists and links to many historical collections of nonfiction phamplets and manuscripts. Other searches are available. RI.11-12.10b Text Complexity

Europe following the Thirty Years War, focusing on the rivalry between Germany and Austria, in particular the competition between the Hohenzollern Dynasty of Brandenburg and Prussia, and the imperial Habsburgs of Austria.

An account of the situation after the war of 1848/49 and Bismarck's unique contributions to German history, making imperial Germany a huge success.

The political landscape in imperial Germany with its six parties (founding of the SPD) and their leaders. The struggles with Bismarck's rule are described. In the second part of the page, economy and population growth are discussed.

The rise of Adolf Hitler to dictatorial power as the leader of the NSDAP, the failed putsch of 1923, the Great Depression and its consequences for the growth of nationalistic ideas in Germany in the thirties.

This resource describes the history of a dance callled the Castle Walk, which was popular in the early 1900's. Includes information on the orgins of the dance, as well as text and images from a dance manual of the period.

Provides information about Vaudeville, a popular amusement show during the late 19th and early 20th century.

Library of Congress presents a collection of primary source material on the beginnings of the American Colonization Society and efforts of free blacks to return to Liberia during the Nineteenth Century.

This site from the Library of Congress provides links to the original land cession deals between Indians and the Federal Government are provided. Search for documents can be accomplished by searching for Indian tribe, state/territory, or...

An online version of the exhibit, "The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship", on the struggle of African Americans from Slavery to Civil Rights. Information about voting issues can be found under Reconstruction and the...

This Web site is a multimedia English-Russian digital resource that describes the American westward-Russian eastward explorations and their frontier meeting.

Collection contains images and transcripts of the papers of Hugh Lenox Scott, a soldier in Kiowa territory in 1892. He tells of the Kiowa nation, their history, culture and clashes with whites like Kit Carson.