Learners will examine documents to determine if the justice system was fair and Constitutional in its treatment of the National Women's Party picketers.

The National Park Service explains the history of The Statue of Liberty, which includes a brief biography on Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.

Lesson with activity in which students study and analyze the challenges surrounding constitutional rights and national security by focussing on the Alien and Sedition Act, 1798 and definitions of American freedom. Links to primary...

In the early stages of the new nation's government the members of Congress sought to protect the citizens from political tyranny. Social freedoms emerged in the twentieth century when FDR begged for economic protection of U.S. citizens.

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center features the history of slavery in the United States, from the gallant actions of those who organized the Underground Railroad to stories of those who escaped to freedom. Strategically...

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

This highly informative site presents the story of the Amistad and the Mende Africans' legal battle and quest for freedom in Connecticut. Highlights the key players and the places they stayed at and attended.

Learn about religion in the East African island nation of Comoros, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile, which includes general facts, history, and religious data.

Learn about religion in the Melanesian island nation of Vanuatu, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile. Includes general facts, history, and religious data.

A classroom activity enhancing study about slavery in the United States focused on the Underground Railroad. Students will explore the slave and free states and look at routes the Underground Railroad took to help slaves escape to...

Learn about religion in Guinea, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.

Learn about religion in Guyana, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.

Learn about religion in Indonesia, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.

Learn about religion in the Israeli Occupied Territories (Palestine), in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.

Compilation of religious data and research about Ireland, along with regional and world comparisons. Also includes select socioeconomic data.

Learn about religion in Kazakhstan, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.

Short story that explores the cultural and linguistic resources that sustained African Americans in the first years of freedom. This resource focuses on Charles Chesnutt and the influence he achieved by writing about race for a white...

Drawings of West Africans and two accounts of Africans before enslavement, one by an African of Gambia, one by a French traveler to Senegal. They examine how Africans lived in freedom before enslavement.

In this lesson plan, students will consider "The Statue of Liberty: The Meaning and Use of a National Symbol." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

In this transcript of President George W. Bush's radio announcement to the country concerning the invasion of Iraq, he explains the nation's reasons for entering into war. (March 22, 2003)

National Archives exhibit of the primary source document, Deed of Gift, Statue of Liberty, July 4, 1884.

A chapter that explores how white perceptions influence African American identity. Although granted freedom, citizenship, and suffrage by the Civil War amendments, W. E. B. Du Bois explains how the emancipated black person had yet to be...

Discusses the efforts of African Americans to be recognized as equal citizens after the Civil War, and the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. Includes links to supplemental information.

The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) provides an elaborate overview of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Content includes detailed background information behind the document, photos of the original...