ANNUAL EDITIONS: United States History, Volume 1: Colonial Through Reconstruction

Internet References for: ANNUAL EDITIONS: United States History, Volume 1: Colonial Through Reconstruction, 22e

Internet References for:

ANNUAL EDITIONS: United States History, Volume 1: Colonial Through Reconstruction

Twenty-Second Edition

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General Sources

American Historical Association (AHA)

This site is an excellent source for data on just about any topic in American history. All affiliated societies and publications are noted, and AHA and its links provide material related to myriad fields of history.

American Studies Web

Links to a wealth of Internet resources for research in American studies, from agriculture and rural development, to government, to race and ethnicity, are provided on this eclectic site.

Harvard’s JohnF.KennedySchool of Government

Starting from this home page, click on a huge variety of links to information about American history, politics, and government, including material related to debates of enduring issues.

History Net

Supported by the National Historical Society, this site provides information on a wide range of topics. The articles are of excellent quality, and the site has book reviews and even special interviews. It is also frequently updated.

Library of Congress

Examine this website to learn about the extensive resource tools, library services/resources, exhibitions, and databases available through the Library of Congress in many different subfields of government studies.

Smithsonian Institution

This site provides access to the enormous resources of the Smithsonian, which holds some 140 million artifacts and specimens for “the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” Learn about American social, cultural, economic, and political history from a variety of viewpoints here.

UNIT 1: The New Land

Early America

Explore the “amazing world of early America” through early media data at this site. Topics include Pages of the Past, Lives of Early Americans, Notable Women of Early America, Milestone Events, and many more.

1492: An Ongoing Voyage/Library of Congress

Displays examining the causes and effects of Columbus’s voyages to the Americas can be accessed on this website. “An Ongoing Voyage” explores the rich mixture of societies coexisting in five areas of this hemisphere before European arrival. It then surveys the polyglot Mediterranean world at a dynamic turning point in its development.

The Mayflower Web Page

The Mayflower Web Page represents thousands of hours of research, organization, and typing; it grows daily. Visitors include everyone from kindergarten students to history professors, from beginning genealogists to some of the most noted genealogists in the nation. The site is a merger of two fields: genealogy and history.

UNIT 2: Revolutionary America

The Early America Review

Explore the website of The Early America Review, an electronic journal of fact and opinion on the people, issues, and events of eighteenth-century America. The quarterly is of excellent quality.

House of Representatives

This home page of the House of Representatives will lead to information about current and past House members and agendas, the legislative process, and so on.

NationalCenter for Policy Analysis

Through this site, click onto links to read discussions of an array of topics that are of major interest in the study of American history, from regulatory policy and privatization to economy and income.

Supreme Court/Legal Information Institute

Open this site for current and historical information about the Supreme Court. The archive contains a collection of nearly 600 of the most historical decisions of the Court.

U.S. Senate

The U.S. Senate home page will lead to information about current and past Senate members and agendas, legislative activities, committees, and so on.

The White House

Visit the home page of the White House for direct access to information about commonly requested federal services, the White House Briefing Room, and all of the presidents and vice presidents. The “Virtual Library” provides an opportunity to search White House documents, listen to speeches, and view photos.

The World of Benjamin Franklin

Presented by the FranklinInstituteScienceMuseum, “Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man” is an excellent multimedia site that lends insight into Revolutionary America.

UNIT 3: National Consolidation and Expansion

Consortium for Political and Social Research

At this site, the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research offers materials in various categories of historical, social, economic, and demographic data. Presented is a statistical overview of the United States beginning in the late eighteenth century.

Department of State

View this site for an understanding into the workings of what has become a major U.S. executive branch department. Links explain what the Department does, what services it provides, what it says about U.S. interests around the world, and much more information.

Mystic Seaport

The complex Amistad case is explored in a clear and informative manner on this online educational site. It places the event in the context of the issues of the 1830s and 1840s.

Social Influence Website

The nature of persuasion, compliance, and propaganda is the focus of this website, with many practical examples and applications. Students of such topics as the roles of public opinion and media influence in policy making should find these discussions of interest.

University of Virginia Library

Created by the University of Virginia Library, this site
examines the famous Lewis and Clark exploration of the trans-
Mississippi west.

Women in America

Providing the views of women travelers from the British Isles, France, and Germany on the lives of American women, this valuable site covers the years between 1820 and 1842 and is informative, stimulating, and highly original.

Women of the West

The home page of the Women of the WestMuseum offers several interesting links that include stories, poems, educational resources, and exhibits.

UNIT 4: The Civil War and Reconstruction

The American Civil War

This site provides a wide-ranging list of data on the Civil War. Some examples of the data that are available are army life, the British connection, diaries/letters/memos, maps, movies, museums, music, people, photographs, and poetry.

Anacostia Museum/Smithsonian Institution

This is the home page of the Center for African American History and Culture of the Smithsonian Institution, which is expected to become a major repository of information. Explore its many avenues.

Abraham Lincoln Online

This is a well-organized, high-quality site that will lead to substantial material about Abraham Lincoln and his era. Discussions among Lincoln scholars can be accessed in the Mailbag section.

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Click on the links to various articles presented through this website to read outstanding, first-hand accounts of slavery in America through the period of Reconstruction.

Secession Era Editorials Project

Newspaper editorials of the 1800s regarding events leading up to secession are presented on this FurmanUniversity site. When complete, this distinctive project will offer additional features that include mapping, statistical tools, and text analysis.

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