General United States Information

Statistical Abstract of the United States

www.census.gov/compendia/statab

Look at the bottom of the page for some general statistics - these aren't terribly up-to-date

Click on 2004-2005 edition to link to a page from the most recent Abstract

The resulting page loads slowly and will give you links to pdf files for different sections of this report

We also have this in print which might help you find certain information more quickly (317.3 STA)

Social Security Online

www.ssa.gov

Find info on Social Security here

For history and stats, look under resources on the right side of the page

The Polling Report

www.pollingreport.com

Offers the results on a number of polls concerning various topics concerning issues in the USA

 

Civil and Youth Rights

American Civil Liberties Union

www.aclu.org

An organization that works to protect individuals' rights

The Civil Rights Project

www.civilrightsproject.ucla.edu

Works to erase color barriers in today's society

From Harvard University

Student Press Law Center

http://splc.org

Offers information about rights for student and teachers who work on school newspapers

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

www.usccr.gov

All things civil rights: investigates complaints; collects, studies, and offers information; appraises laws and policies

 

Civil Rights History

The African-American Mosaic: A Library Of Congress Resource Guide

www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam001.html

Follow the links to find interesting information about the Great Migration

Africana Online – Black History

www.africanaonline.com

Offers links to pages that share information about many events within the civil rights movement

Search for your topic in the search box

American Visionaries: Frederick Douglass

www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/douglass

Learn more about Frederick Douglass and his world

From the National Parks Service: Museum collections

Black Voices

http://bv.channel.aol.com

Type a topic in the search window to get info on your topic

Previously Africana

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project

www.stanford.edu/group/King

From Stanford – there is a ton of information here from the text of his speeches to chronologies to biographical information

You will find additional information on the civil rights movement here as well

Harlem Renaissance

Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro

http://etext.virginia.edu/harlem/index.html

Sneak a peek at the Harlem Renaissance through this online copy of the Survey Graphic - a journal of socialwork from the 1920s

Harlem, 1900-1940

www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/index.html

Learn more about the African-American community during the Harlem Renaissance and beyond

Exhibits include: Activism, Arts, Business, Community, Sports, Writers and Intellectuals

The History of Jim Crow

www.jimcrowhistory.org/home.htm

This site offers many resources under the links at the bottom of the page

Out of the Past: 400 Years of Lesbian and Gay History in the America

www.pbs.org/outofthepast/home.html

Click on the tiny links in the top right corner of this site, then in the links going down the right side of this page for a great timeline of historical events

Pathways to Freedom: Maryland and the Underground Railroad

http://pathways.thinkport.org

Learn more about the underground railroad that the types of communication that people used to support the process

Powerful Days in Black and White

www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml

View these photos taken by photojournalist Charles Moore of the Civil Rights Movement

The Psychedelic 60s

www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/sixties/index.html

Links provided here will lead to more info

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow

This PBS site offers insight on how US law perpetuated segregation

Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education

http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/index.html

Learn about history and read reflections (from people educated before, during, and after this time period)

Check out the resources link, especially the timeline

Stonewall and Beyond: Lesbian and Gay Culture

www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/exhibitions/sw25/

An Exhibit covering the Stonewall Riots and more

We Shall Overcome – Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement

www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights

Click on a map to go to a page of links to find more info about some of the key places in the civil rights movement

 

Election and voting information

Trying to figure out who to vote for? Try these links:

Commitment 2008

www.wmur.com/politics/index.html

Check out the presidential candidates at the WMUR website

Want to do a side-by-side comparison? Try here: www.wmur.com/compare-candidates/index.html

Scroll to the bottom of the page to learn more about registering to vote

Project Vote Smart

www.vote-smart.org/election_president.php

Read about each candidate's views, stances, voting records and more...

SelectSmart.com

www.selectsmart.com/president/2008.html

Answer questions in this survey to find out which candidates align closely with your views and priorities.

General Voting Information

Electoral College Calculator

http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/calculator.html

Try your hand at predicting who will win the next presidential election

Federal Election Commission

www.fec.gov

Includes information on campaign finance, laws and regulation, enforcement and more...

League of Women Voters

www.lwv.org

An organization dedicated to making democracy work for all people

Find information on public policies, elections, and the democratic process

Project Vote Smart

www.vote-smart.org

Offers a library of unbiased information designed to help the voter become informed

Includes "biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings"

The Thirty Second Candidate

www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate

Covers advertising of political candidates through history

Vote: The Machinery of Democracy

http://americanhistory.si.edu/vote

Learn about how votes have been collected over the years

Created before the 2004 election

Your Vote Matters

www.yourvotematters.org/ala

Offers information concerning how to register to vote

 

Government

Ben's Guide to the U. S. Government

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/index.html

Learn about the parts of our government, how they work, and what they are responsible for

Congress.org

www.congress.org

Contains information about elected officials and how to contact these people

Find current bills in the house and senate

Read "Soapbox" entries - opinions of people around the USA on various issues and bills

Congress Committee Profiles

www.opensecrets.org/cmteprofiles/index.asp

Choose a house or senate committee from the drop-down menu to view its profile

Federal Judicial Center

www.fjc.gov

Includes information on federal court operations and procedures as well as some court history

Hall of Presidents

www.npg.si.edu/exh/hall2/index.htm

Check out these portraits of the Presidents along with a little history about each person

From The National Portait Gallery

House of Representatives

www.house.gov

Want to learn who represents you?

Need to know what is going on in the house?

This is the place for you!

Learn more about representatives and congressional committees by choosing from the drop-down menus

Official US Executive Branch Websites

www.loc.gov/rr/news/fedgov.html

Visit sites related to the Executive Branch of our government

Presidents of the United States

www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index.html

Here are some bios of the presidents

Search by date or name

POTUS (Presidents of the United States)

www.ipl.org/div/potus

Offers biographical info, election results, Cabinet members, notable events, relevant links, interesting facts

Find here many speeches and papers

Click on the president's name to take you to further information

From Internet Public Library

Senate

www.senate.gov

Learn more about our senators and how the Senate works at this site

This Nation.com

www.thisnation.com

A comprehensive site about United States government and politics

US Courts

www.uscourts.gov

You will discover all kinds of information about various courts here

White House

www.whitehouse.gov

Learn what our president is doing in the White House

 

History

American Cultural History

The Nineteenth Century

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/19thcentury.html

The Twentieth Century

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html

Offers information in Culture in the US by decade

Some links not available for viewing

Africans in America

www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html

Describes slavery from 1450-1865

Includes Narrative, Additional Resources, Teachers'Pages

From PBS

American Memory Collection Finder

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html

Choose a time period found on the top right hand corner of the page and browse by subject

Brought to you by Library of Congress

America's Story from America's Library

www.americaslibrary.gov

Learn about: amazing americans, periods in history, states, recreation

You can even see, hear, play music, clips and more

Created with youth in mind

Binding the Nation

www.postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibits/2a_binding.html

Learn about the history of the postal system in the USA: pony express, out west, and more

Delve into philately (stamp collecting)

From the Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Chronology of US Historical Documents

www.law.ou.edu/hist

Many historical documents from the Magna Carta (1215) to George W. Bush’s State of the Union Address (2004)

Clash of Culture in the 1910s and 1920s

www.publichistory.org/reviews/View_Review.asp?DBID=74

Contains segments on prohibition, the Scopes Trial, The New Women, Anti-Immigration and the KKK

Digital History

www.digitalhistory.uh.edu

Check out the timeline - It offers information by time and place

Check out the links on the left side of the page to get information on various topics

Offers a limited keyword search through the link entitled Documents in the middle of the page

Find information on a number of pivotal court cases

100 milestone Documents

http://ourdocuments.gov/

Documents in American History – includes an image, text, and history of each document

September 11: Bearing Witness to History

http://americanhistory.si.edu/september11

Look at this exhibit of artifacts from this historical event

Read people's reactions

Twentieth Century: Year By Year

www.infoplease.com/millennium1.html#century

Check out historical information by decade

Within these Walls

http://americanhistory.si.edu/house/default.asp

Visit a house from Ipswich, Massachusetts and learn about the families that lived there over the past 200 years

 

American History through the Revolution

Liberty! Chronicle of the Revolution

www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle.html

Offers a simple overview of the Revolution

Check out newspaper articles and a timeline under Chroncile of the Revolution, and a number of facts under Perspectives on Liberty

The Pilgrim Story

www.pilgrimhall.org/museum.htm

Learn about the Pilgrims arrival in the New World

From the Pilgrim Hall Museum

Plymouth Colony Archive Project

http://etext.virginia.edu/users/deetz/

Offers a wealth of information about Plymouth Colony

Founding.com: A Users Guide to the Declaration of Independence

www.founding.com/home.htm

Click on Timeline to learn about events leading up to the Declaration of Independence

Contains several primary documents

 

Salem Witchcraft Trials and Puritanism

Famous American Trials: Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692

www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SALEM.HTM

www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/profiles/linder/linder.htm (Info about the author)

Find a ton of information here. Start with the timeline that is found under Chronology

National Geographic: Salem Witch Hunt

www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem/index.html

Make an interactive journey through the Salem Witch Trials

Boston and the Rise of the Puritan Movement

http://www.bostonuk.com/index.cfm?id=865

Learn more about the Puritan Movement in Boston

Court TV: Salem Witch Trials

www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_guilty/salem_witches/1.html

Find a book full of information here

Look at the chapter names on the right side of the page to find specific information

Salem Massachusetts Witch Trials

www.salemweb.com/guide/witches.shtml

Take a virtual visit to Salem to learn about the witch trials

Make sure to make use of the hyperlinks within these pages

Salem Witch Trials

http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/salem.html

Offers background info on the Puritans, the witch trials in both Europe and Salem, a chronology of the Salem Witch Trials, and many good links

 

Civil War History

Civil War @ Smithsonian

www.civilwar.si.edu/home.html

Check out the timeline - you will need to click on the time spans on the left side of the page

Collections include a number of topics listed on the left side of the page - then click the arrow in the bar at the top of the page to progress through the collection

You can also learn about the history of the Smithsonian during the Civil War

From the Smithsonian National Portait Gallery

 

Immigration History and Process

Immigration History

American Family Immigration History Center

www.ellisisland.org

Try out the Ellis Island link

Angel Island Immigration Station

www.aiisf.org

Click on Immigration Station History

Becoming American: The Chinese Experience

www.pbs.org/becomingamerican

Find information under "The Chinese Experience"

Ellis Island

www.ellisisland.com/indexHistory.html

Use the links at the bottom of the page to navigate the site

This page is very slow to load

From the Ellis Island Immigration Museum

Immigration

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/immig/introduction.html

Learn about the immigrants who came to the United States

Information broken down by culture

Immigration

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration

Offers a couple of family stories, some charts and graphs about who came and when, a virtual tour of Ellis Island

Keystone-Mast Collection: Immigration

http://photo.ucr.edu/projects/immigration

Some great photos of Ellis Island and the immigration experience

A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the US Constitution

http://americanhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/experience/index.html

Learn more about the Japanese American experience during World War II

US Immigration: Internet Modern History Sourcebook

www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook28.html

Immigration history broken down by immigrant nationality and time period

Current Immigration Process

US Immigration

www.immigrationagency.org

Provides support for people who are currently immigrating to the United States

This is a support organization, not a government site - notice the org in the URL

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

http://uscis.gov

From the United States Government

 

Our Legal System, Laws, and Rights

American Civil Liberties Union

www.aclu.org

Learn about your rights and the rights of others

The United States Constitution with Explanatory notes

http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/rights/structur/explan.htm

Amendments to the Constitution

www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/constitution_amendments_11-27.html

The Charters of Freedom

www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/charters_of_freedom/charters_of_freedom.html

This site is slow to load. It has links to:

The Declaration of Independence

The Constitution

The Bill of Rights

The Constitution and Amendments

http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/aae/side/amend.html

Follow the links to more information about The Constitution and Amendments.

More links lead to information about our Presidents and Congress.

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet

http://thomas.loc.gov/

Learn all about our legislative system or read about a specific bill at this site.

 

State Information

Census 2000 gateway

www.census.go v/main/www/cen2000.html

See States and County facts - near top right portion of the page

States and Capitals

www.50states.com/

There is a good amount of information here

Stately Knowledge

www.ipl.org/di v/kidspace/stateknow/

Good information, carefully chosen links. This also links to each state’s site.

This can be slow to load

United States Economy at a Glance

www.bls.gov/eag/eag.us. htm

Use the drop down menu in the top right corner of the page to get information about each state from the United States Department of Labor.

 

Supreme Court Cases

Findlaw

www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html

Put a search topic in the box, use the drop down menu to select US Supreme Court

This site has access to cases from 1893 - Present

FedWorld.gov

www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/index.htm

Searches cases from 1937 - 1975

Legal Information Institute: Supreme Court Collection

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/historic.htm

Try the topic search here for a great subject directory approach to Supreme Court cases

Oyez

www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage

Offers abstracts of more than 100 Supreme Court cases

Check out what is on the docket, take a virtual tour of the Supreme Court building, learn about the justices

Find out what is currently on the docket

Supreme Court of the United States (Official Site)

www.supremecourtus.gov/

Recent and current Supreme Court news, information on how it all works, and a bit of its history

Contains cases from 2000 forward

 

Generated: Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Updated: Wednesday, May 12, 2005

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