US National Archives
Our Documents: Executive Order: Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese
Summarizes the background behind this order that moved people of Japanese ancestry to relocation centers in 1942. Provides a link to an image of the original document and a copy of the text.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: Draft Elizabeth Cady Stanton's the Woman's Bible
This site features a draft of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Woman's Bible and summarizing text from Library of Congress.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Segregation Separation: Making of African American Identity: V. 3
This resource summarizes and links to primary source articles examining the relationship between segregation and racial separation highlighting some of the effects of segregation on the black community post World War I.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Separating: Making of African American Identity: V. 3
Article summarizes and provides links to audio and text versions of a speech made by Malcolm X one month after he left the Nation of Islam over a disagreement with its leader Elijah Muhammad. Includes questions for discussion.
Library of Congress
Loc: Religion and the Founding of American Rep.: Religion and the Federal Gov
This site from the Library of Congress presents selections of articles, writings, and pictures that summarize the beliefs of the early American politicians that morality and personal independence were essential for the country. Links to...
Library of Congress
Loc: u.s. Statutes at Large: The Ballinger Pinchot Affair
Background information summarizing the Ballinger-Pinchot disagreement and links to primary source document that resulted from an investigation.
University of South Florida
Usc: Effects of Background Music on Math Test Scores
This is a paper from the University of Southern California that summarizes the findings of a study conducted on how popular and classical background music affect the math test scores of students.
Other
Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum: Remarks, "The Trouble With Washington"
Who is Gerald Ford? Learn about the 37th President of the United States through his own words. In this speech he gave in 1996, he summarizes his political beliefs, his battles, his failures, and his accomplishments. Contains humorous and...
Library of Congress
Loc: congress.gov: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010
Summarizes the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, which was introduced to the Senate on April 15, 2010.
ABC Bookworld
Bc Bookworld: Interview With Leonard Cohen by Alan Twigg
Leonard Cohen was interviewed in 1979, 1984 and 1985 by Alan Twigg. This is a summarized transcript of those interviews.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Mitrokhin Archive
The Mitrokhin Archive consists of summarized notes taken by Vasili Nikitich Mitrokhin, a former KGB archivist who defected to the United Kingdom after the fall of the Soviet Union. Primarily, this collection contains items from his...
US Navy
U.s. Navy: Desert Shield Desert Storm
This site summarizes the role of the U.S. Navy in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Compiled from the reports of operationalcommanders and from information gathered at U.S. Navy headquarters, the lengthy document presented at...
Other
The Telegraph Office: Samuel F. B. Morse Obituary
Contains texts of Samuel F.B. Morse's obituaries written in The New York Times and The Evening Star. Each of the obituaries summarize Morse's life and accomplishments.
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Common Sense Americanism: Treaty of Ghent
This page briefly summarizes the causes of the War of 1812 and the text of the treaty which ended it. Links to a few significant names.
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