APUSH-----LINKS THAT MAY HELP :)
Always a work in progress....if u find helpful sites (or broken links), please let me know so that I might add (replace) them....
----has chapter summaries from American Pageant as well as practice quizzes, timelines etc etc etc
a new one from Oscar
another Pageant note site.
new one from Robbie Pugh :)
American Pageant quizzes located here.
http://college.hmco.com/history/us/bailey/american_pageant/11e/students/ace/
The AP US Everything Pages was created by the students of Mr. Sewell's three
AP US classes at Irvine High School in June of 1997.
Unit 1 (1600-1763) Unit 6 (1865-1900)
Unit 2 (1763-1783) Unit 7 (1900-1920)
Unit 3 (1783-1800) Unit 8 (1920-1940)
Unit 4 (1800-1840) Unit 9 (1940-1960)
Unit 5 (1840-1877) Unit 10 (1960-1990)
1600 notecards, outlines, presidential bios etc...good for quick reviews.
Specific Era Resources
(Credit for this outstanding page goes to Mr. Remmell at Santa Margarita Catholic High School.)
The Unfinished Nation
- learning links and discussion areahttp://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aaslavry.htm - The African American Journey
www.Thehistorynet.com - The
History Net Archives
American
Memory Collection - from the Library of Congress
From Revolution
to Reconstruction - A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period
until Modern Times
The Great
Chicago Fire - from the Chicago Historical Society
www.mckinley.lib.oh.us/mckinley/biography.html -McKinley biography
Historical Maps of the United States - from the University of Texas
Invention Dimension -
Information on famous inventors and their inventions
www.mayflowerhisotry.com -
colonial history reference
Presidential
Libraries IDEA Network - information about Presidents and First Ladies
Presidents of the
United States - from the Internet Public Library
Rare Map Collection - from the University of Georgia Libraries
Jamestown Rediscovery Project
- ten-year interdisciplinary project searching for the remains of 1607 Jamestown
Archiving Early America
- primary source materials
Mount Vernon
Educational Resource - official web site of George Washington's historic
home
The Albany Plan - a hypertext document
Benjamin
Franklin: A Documentary History - reviews his life in different stages
Articles of Confederation - brief summary and a link to the original from
Archiving Early America
Whiskey Rebellion - brief summary and a link to the original order from
George Washington from Archiving Early America
US
Constitution - hypertext version of the original
Yankee Doodle
- song lyrics
Common Sense by Thomas Paine - from the Modern History Sourcebook
Bill of Rights - online text
John Adams - a biography from White House.gov
George Washington -a biography from White House.gov
Paul Revere House - the historic
house on line with biography and more
Quakers- who are the Quakers?
Salem witch hunt- an account of events in Salem
declaration of independence- This site provides a wealth of information about the signers of the Declaration, the history of the Declaration, and an online version of the Declaration for you to read. Whoopee!!
Jeffersonian Era -Links from McGraw-Hill
The
Federalist Party - From Information Please
The
Formation of a National Government - Notes from an online history text
John Marshall - a biography
Thomas Jefferson - a biography from White House.gov
James Madison - a biography from White House.gov
James Monroe - a biography from White House.gov
John Quincy Adams - a biography from White House.gov
Andrew Jackson - a biography from White House.gov
Andrew Jackson - Excellent! another biography ... more detailed
The Trail
of Tears - from North Georgia history
The War of 1812 -
from Multieducator
www.hps.gov/fomc/index.html -
Fort Mchenry National Monument
The
American Whig Party - a brief history of this brief party
Mountain Men
and the Fur Trade - is an on-line Research Center devoted to the history,
traditions, tools, and mode of living, of the trappers, explorers, and traders
known as the Mountain Men
Exploring the West from Monticello - the story of Lewis and Clark's
exploration
French and Indian war- a brief history
America's West -
Development and History - from the Frontier and Pioneer days of the Wild
West, to today's Modern West
Donner Online
- cooperative learning activity with links for exploring the Oregon Trail and
the fate of the Donner Party
California Gold Rush
- a page dedicated to the Gold Rush
Battle of Little Big
Horn - archaeoloygy and history
California
gold rush- important stuff to know along with some other good resources.
the story of immigration- Ellis island
Secession Era Editorials Project - editorials from US Newspapers
Dred Scott
Decision - a copy of the actual court documents
James K. Polk - a biography from the White House.gov
Zachary Taylor - a biography from the White House.gov
Millard Fillmore - a biography from the White House.gov
Franklin Pierce - a biography from the White House.gov
James Buchanan - a biography from the White House.gov
Abraham Lincoln - a biography from the White House.gov
John Brown - chronology of events, biography, eye witness accounts, and more
Ulysses S. Grant
-a page dedicate to the Northern General and later President, tons of stuff
General Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson - a short biography
Antietam on the Web - a site dedicated to remembering the bloodiest battle
of the Civil War
Battle of Shiloh - a brief description of the battle
US Civil War Center - "To
locate, index, and / or make available all appropriate private and public data
regarding the Civil War."
The
American Civil War Homepage - a ton of links to aid in the study of the
Civil War
The Civil War Home Page
- links, letters, photos and more
American Civil War
- Civil War Timeline, State Battle Maps, Alphabetic Battle Listing, and more!
A
Nation Divided - from the History Place a chronological format
Abraham Lincoln Online - everything you'd ever want to know about #16
compromise of 1850 - fugitive slave act
Gettysburg- day by day history.
the battle of Gettysburg- from the history place.com
civil war resources-
every thing you need to know.
Walt
Whitman Archives - texts, biography, and more
Henry David Thoreau - texts, quotes, biography, and more
The Know
Nothings - an encyclopedia overview from Information Please
The Underground Railroad - loads in information from UC Davis
Conflict of Abolition and Slavery - from the African-American Mosaic,
Library of Congress
Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments - The text
The Life and Works of Herman
Melville - biography, works, whales, and more
The
Last of the Mohicans - by James Fenimore Cooper
Fredrick Douglass - National Historic Site
Ralph Waldo Emerson - a page created by someone who must really like Emerson
Brook Farm -
encyclopedia style information from information please
Fredrick Douglas - a biography
Fredrick
Douglas - from the National Park Service
Uncle Tom's Cabin - full electronic text
Cotton Gin - from the Modern History Sourcebook
James Watt - a biography written in 1925
A New View of Society... - by Robert Owens
The Subjection of Women - from the Modern History Sourcebook
Susan B. Anthony (1869) - from the Modern History Sourcebook
Internet Modern History Sourcebook - links for the Industrial Revolution
transportation revolution- 1815-50
Plessy v. Ferguson - information about the Supreme Court decision
Recontructing a Nation - web notes from an online college history course
elizabeth cady
stanton - short bio from Spartacus school net
from slavery to freedom- the
African American pamphlet collection
william lloyd garrison-
from PBS people and events
Child Labor in the US 1908-1912 - photos with narrative of children at
work
America in the Gilded Age - from the American Experience (PBS)
Coal Mining in the Gilded Age - pictures and text
Age of
Imperialism - an online history from small planet
The Rough Riders by
Theodore Roosevelt - a first hand account
World War I - Trenches on the Web - THE place to go for World War I on
the Internet
WWI
Document Archive - This archive of primary documents from World War I has
been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List
July 28, 1914 - Austria declared war on Serbia
The Western
Front - summary of fighting on the Western Front from the War Times Journal
The Schlieffen Plan - a description on Germany's war plan
airplanes - The
Aerodome - Aces and Aircraft of WWI
The Eastern
Front - summary of fighting on the Eastern Front from the War Times Journal
Armenian Massacre: 1915 - brief description of the massacre
Zimmerman note - text of the notes
April 1917 - President Wilson's war message
November 11, 1918 - brief summary of events at the end of the war
The Fourteen Points - the text of Wilson's speech
influenza (the flu) epidemic - transcript from news program that discussed
the epidemic
Great War - PBS Online
- provides greater depth to the events, places and figures addressed in the
television series
History File: Yugoslavia & The Balkans - from BBC News
Women Win the Vote - from the National Women's History Project
Scope
"Monkey Trial" - descriptions of all the key participants and clippings from
the news reports of the time.
Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti - includes interviews, letters, and video clips.
Radio Days: A Soundbite History - old radio shows from the Depression Era
The New Deal Network -
events, achievements, and personalities associated with the New Deal
The Lindbergh Trial
- information about the kidnapping of the Lindbergh Baby and the trial that
followed
Munich Pact - the text
Battle of
Stalingrad - an account of this decisive battle
Holocaust - a cybrary of the
Holocaust (for more Holocaust links click here)
Resistance Movements - brief descriptions with links to more information
The invasion of France - page after page of information about D-Day focus on
airpower
D-Day
- site made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of D-Day
atomic bomb - documents on the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki
August 9, 1945 bombing of Nagasaki - remembering Nagasaki from the
Exploratorium
The History Place - WWII in Europe - timeline with photos and text
UBOAT.net - information about
submarine warfare 1939-1945
WWII Resources -
Primary source materials on the Web. Original documents regarding all aspects of
the war.
WWII Homepages - links to WWII Homepages
Cybrary of the Holocaust - Loads of information about the Holocaust.
Includes a Teacher's Guide to teaching the Holocaust
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Find out about the Museum and the Holocaust. Includes a Teacher's Guide and
guidelines for teaching about the Holocaust
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Home Page - visit the Museum of Tolerance
Responses to the Holocaust - a hypermedia sourcebook for the humanities
The United Nations - UN Homepage
The
UN Charter - the text
General
Assembly - brief background on what the GA does from the UN
North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) - NATO's homepage
Berlin
Wall - background, construction, measurements, fall
Cold War - from the Soviet Archives exhibit
Korean War - web page dedicated to the "forgotten war"
http://library.thinkquest.org -
Jackie Robinson breaks barrier