Two descriptions, brief and detailed, of the battle, a great battle description taken from the Confederate Military History and post battle reports from seven generals.

Interactive and animated maps and timelines of historical events and time periods in American history from pre-European times until post-World War II.

[Free Registration/Login Required] "A variety of materials demonstrates the rise and fall of civil rights for African Americans during the latter half of the nineteenth century, including constitutional amendments, sharecropper...

Read the complete text of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which set out guarantees for citizenship in post-Civil War America as well as the punishments for those who tried to obstruct these guarantees.

This site is a collaborative work-in-progress involving a team of four scholars based in the US, Ireland and the UK. It consists of ten learning units on topics revolving around the emancipation of slaves in the American South following...

This unit features authors of Antebellum America and how they portray the American identity through their literature. Click on the tabs to explore the various resources available to enhance this unit.

With this lesson plan, learners learn about the lives of African Americans during Reconstruction. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).

An overview of Reconstruction provided by the University of Houston. Provides images and the political climate that occurred during this part of American History.

Alluding to a famous Hawthorne quote, "Scribbling Women" is collection of dramatized stories written by American female authors. Some resources may require a free membership.

A map of the United States after the American Civil War showing political facts, boundaries, and conflicts regarding the post-Civil War reconstruction (1865-1892).

This collection of resources examines the life and work of freed slaves after the Civil War. Includes questions and answers on sharecropping in the American South, as well as a personal account from a former slave who became a sharecropper.

Article outlining the development of new thought, legislation, politics, and the Reconstruction plans in the South.

Overview of the Native American push for Civil Rights in a post World War II America.

This August of 2002 report discusses post-September 11 treatment of Arab and Muslim people residing in the U.S.

Section overview on the Latino Movement in which Hispanic Americans pushed for civil rights in post World War II America.

Commemorates the first semi-permanent European settlement in the Lower Mississippi Valley (1686); an American Revolutionary War skirmish (1783); the first territorial capital of Arkansas (1819-1821); and the American Civil War Battle of...

These historically significant primary documents trace the evolution of the church in the black south into a significant part of the community.

How much did the events of the tumultuous postwar era reshape American national identity? Kim discusses the extent to which developments like the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam, and student protests of the 1960s changed...

A chronology of the life of Hector Garcia, founder of the American G.I. Forum, and Latino civil rights activist.

Text of the short story "The Riding of Felipe" by Frank Norris. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

The New York Times Learning Network provides a variety of archived news articles, lesson plans, and resources concerning the issues and events that surfaced from the September 11, 2001 attacks.