American History Resources

Be sure to check the Museums page as well.




The Old Governor's Mansion Educational Resource Site--This site is centered around the restoration of the old governor's mansion in Georgia.  It includes ways the info can be used in the classroom.

American History Sources for Students--   This site features subheadings like U.S. Presidents, U.S. Geography, The American Revolution, The Civil War, Colonial America, and Law and Government.

This link from The History Teacher.Com is a list of links to places where history is being recreated, for instance, Civil War reenactors, brokers of antique clothing, etc.

Spanish Conquest of Native America

Presidential Election Statistics from 1789 to the present.

An Abridged History of the United States
FDR Cartoons Presidential Sites Resources
America's Revolutionary War The War of 1812--an index
American History Sources History of the Cherokee Indians
The Mayflower Web Pages American History Links
From Revolution to Reconstruction:  A Hypertext on American History

George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens

Images of the American West---These are actual black and white photos.

The New Deal Network---Includes: Who We Are, How to Participate,  Classroom Activities, Student Web, Projects, Past Features, and Online Resources.

 The Constitution of the United States of America---Full Text

The Declaration of Independence---Full Text

 The University of Oklahoma Law Center:  Chronology of Historical Documents

 University of Washington's homepage for the study of the Pacific Northwest

The Early American History Crossword Puzzle--This puzzle is changed and past editions can be accessed.

Archiving Early America:  Historic documents from 18th century America

American History 102:  Civil War to the Present

Native American History Class Projects

A Short History of American Labor:  Adapted from March 1981, AFL-CIO American Federationist

The National Park Service: Spanish-American War Centennial Web Page

American History in Cyberspace:  Categorized by time period

A History of Women in America---This page takes a minute to load.

Women in American History, by Encyclopedia Britannica

The American People:  Creating a Nation and Society--This is an American history textbook.

The American Nation:  A History of the United States--This is an American history textbook.

Words and Deeds in American History:  Celebrating the Library of Congress' Manuscript Division's 1st 100 years

Cultural Maps "is dedicated to the graphical presentation of non- graphical information -- whatever that turns out to mean. At present, it has something to do with maps in the ordinary and normal sense of the term; the immediate goal is to build a digital American Historical Atlas. To the extent that maps serve as guides not only to the physical terrain but also and importantly as charts of the mapmaker's mental and cultural terrain, of the memories and desires, anxieties and assumptions he projects upon any terra incognita, we have begun building an historical geography of America."

Okinawa during the American occupation

The History Place---Links to many topics in American History

The World History Links Page--Scroll down to United States History Links

These pages created and maintained by Lea Burnside.