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....

http://www.course-notes.org

----has chapter summaries from American Pageant as well as practice quizzes, timelines etc etc etc

a new one from Oscar

http://aphistorygoodhue.pbwiki.com/

www.apnotes.net/

another Pageant note site.

www.u-s-history.com

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)

Bibliography    Credits

 

 


http://www.apstudent.com/

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.)

 

General Sources

The Unfinished Nation - learning links and discussion area
National Archives and Records Administration - excellent site!. . to ensure ready access to essential evidence . . . that documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of federal officials, and the national experience
Library of Congress - Documents, photographs, movies, and sound recordings that tell America's story
Links to the Past: National Park Service - discover the past through the National Parks
US House of Representatives - official homepage of the House
US Senate - official homepage of the Senate
The White House - official homepage of the White House
American Memory - historical collections from the Library of Congress
History Buff's Home Page - devoted to press coverage of events in American history
Historic Supreme Court Decisions by Topic - abortion to wiretapping
US Census Bureau - official web page
The American Experience/The Presidents - features some of the most memorable Presidents of the Modern Presidency
The Concord Review - Exemplary essays by high school students of history from twenty countries
History On-Line - Historical Research Website
American Studies Online - The American Studies Web is a fully searchable guide to online American Studies resources
EyeWitness - history through the eyes of those who lived it

http://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

 

Colonial Period

 

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 to Jacksonian Democracy

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


 

Western Expansion

 

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.
 

Immigration


The Chinese Exclusion Act - a hypertext markup of the original bill

European immigration - statistics, and information by time period.

the story of immigration- Ellis island

 

Sectionalism and Civil War

 


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.
 

Industrial Revolution and Reform


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

 

Reconstruction


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

 

The Gilded Age, Progressivism, and Imperialism

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

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


 

Roaring 20s

 

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.
 

The Depression

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

 

World War II

 

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
 

Holocaust

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
 

Cold War

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

Korean War - web page dedicated to the "forgotten war"
 

Civil Rights

http://library.thinkquest.org - Jackie Robinson breaks barrier
 

Vietnam War


 

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