American History Sources for Students:
Modern Era - 1940's - 1990's
Mercury Theater on the Air - lots of great programs for listening or downloading from the 1930's and early 1940's
Medicine and Madison Avenue - a look at ades during this century for many products
Commercials of the Past - radio commercials of the 30's through 50's products are featured
Cultural History 1930-1940 - Kingwood college does a great job with this site
American Cultural History - the next page of links and information from Kingwood College
FDR Cartoons - nicely categorized
Historic Posters - 907 graphically diverse original posters produced from 1936 to 1943 that are part of the American Memory collection
Manzanar - a story of Japanese Internment
African American History Through Art: 20th Century - great site by a high school class
The People's Century - from 1900 to 1999 by PBS
Harry S. Truman Good background.
Project Whistle Stop - huge site of Truman related pages: documents, audio, cartoons, and more
The Atomic Bomb Decision Here are the documents.
Cultural History 1940 - 1949 - great background
American Cultural History - lots of information
The 50's Cruise through.
The Age of McCarthyism - documents and background
American Cultural History 1960-69 - lots of resources
NASA Homepage - entrance to the space agency and a massive amount of resources
JFK A very comprehensive source.
The Cuban Missile Crisis Here are the documents.
The Cuban Missile Crisis - Real Audio broadcasts
Time Line of the Civil Rights Movement Trace the history here.
Montgomery Bus Boycott - overview
Martin Luther King Jr. Comprehensive links
Watergate - great information from the Washington Post
The Psychedelic Sixties - comprehensive
Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy - The Cuban Missile Crisis - great primary sources
American Cultural History 1970 - 1979 - great site
Meltdown at Three-Mile Island - a PBS companion site
Retro - e-zine of culture of the first 75 years of this century
Exxon Valdez - EPA report
Iran Contra Affair Here is the report of the independent counsel.
Recent - Massive resource list from Creative Impulse
Red Files - the PBS companion site
Editorical Cartoons - ways to look at recent events from the Washinton Post
Editoons - features some of the best from a variety of news papers
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