Helpful Links in American History

These are sites that I have found helpful in teaching and learning about U.S history. Please visit them and, if appropriate, thank the creators for making the resources available to us all.

Document Collections
Survey Text Sites

Other Sites of Interest

Selma to Montgomery March Civil Rights March, 1965
From Steve Schapiro American Edge

Document Collections

Avalon Project at Yale University (a comprehensive list of primary source documents)

Primary Source Collections (extensive list of sources gathered by the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress)

Making of America is a collection of social history documents from the 1850s through Reconstruction.

From Revolution to Reconstruction is an ambitious collection of documents assembled by a team at the University of Groningen.

Links to Sources in Early American History. From the University of Michigan, a collection of web resources aiding research in a number of historical areas, this site is particularly helpful for ethnic studies and gender issues topics. (It's name is misleading, as many of the links point to recent American history sites).

Internet Modern History Sourcebook. A very complete (one might say exhaustive) set of links to all types of historical information, organized by topics, such as Immigration, Imperialism, Nationalism, etc. Compiled by Paul Halsell of Fordham University.

World War I Document Archive--A group of volunteers at the World War I Military History List created this archive which is thorough and complete.

Survey Text Sites

America, A Concise History by James Henretta

America and Its Peoples by James K. Martin

America Past and Present by Robert Divine

The American Experiment by Steven Gillon

The American Nation by Mark Carnes

The American Pageant by David Kennedy

The Enduring Vision by Paul Boyer

Making America by Carol Berkin

A People and a Nation by Mary Beth Norton

Other Sites of Interest

Edsitement, from the National Endowment for the Humanities, provides many helpful resources for teachers

U.S. Supreme Court cases: Findlaw (A keyword and name searchable database for all Supreme Court cases from 1893-present)

Supreme Court Decisions (A full-text, searchable index of all Supreme Court decisions from 1937-1975)

Famous American Trials by Doug Linder (a well-constructed, informative site detailing some of America's most notorious trials)