URL's for US History from 1900 to 1960
Click here for Mr. Rimovsky's AP History syllabus or the US History syllabus.
POLITICAL
WWI is a great site with a vast amount of information including battles, memorials, songs, propaganda posters from many countries, and the Christmas truce of 1914.
1920's
CULTURAL
Everypoet Search for poets and their works.
Poets Students can search for poets and their works.
Fallingwater is an example of Frank Lloyd Wright's "prairie style" architecture.
Artchive gives examples of Reginald Marsh's paintings. This is an excellent site for artistic eras throughout American history.
Artchive is a great source for all periods of art with representative U.S. artists and strictly American art schools. The Hudson River, Impressionist, Classical and others are included as well as photographers. Search the site by artist or period but a scrolling index makes the search simple.
Masters of Photography shows examples of Alfred Steiglitz's photography as part of the images.
Paul P. Reuben Website: Perspective in American Literature - a Research and Reference Guide provides works of Langston Hughes including "I, Too, Sing America," 1926 and "Harlem," 1951. Both works side by side offer good comparisons of black optimism in the 1920's and pessimism in the early 1950's. This site looks at fine arts in the Harlem Renaissance from 1919-1937.
SOCIAL
Great Depression and World War II is a photographic collage of Hoovervilles around the country
POLITICAL
1930's
POLITICAL
FDR Cartoon Archive contains cartoons during the FDR era. Excellent source of many cartoons supportive and critical of FDR.
ECONOMIC
The New Deal Network has an extensive photo gallery. It includes the TVA project with dams on the Tennessee River with the Pickwick Landing spillway.
The New Deal Network also deals with Civilian Conservation Corps during the depression.
SOCIAL
People and Environmental Change on the Northern Great Plains has a photo gallery and brief history of the dust bowl on the Plains during the Depression it also includes a short film (26 seconds) of dust storm scenes.
1940's
MILITARY
POLITICAL (JUDICIAL)
Academic Info U. S. History Gateway: Digital Library includes extensive coverage of all facets of U.S. History. Many sub-sites with photographs and original documents. This is a good place to go for background and detail information.
American History: 1865 - present has outlines from lectures by Professor Schultz of the University of Wisconsin for his 1st year college classes.
American History is broken down by 18th and 19th centuries and eras during the 19th and 20th centuries. Each era has sub-lists which may include U.S. History maps, photographs, speeches, cartoons, and much more. You need to explore this site to fully grasp the extent of its information.
First World War is a great comprehensive site for that period in our history.
Hypertext on American History contains an extensive list of historical documents, essays, biographies, and presidential speeches pertaining to American History.
Hypertexts contain the works of many authors, social philosophers, and government publications either in total or abbreviated. An excellent source for English and History classes.
U.S. Government Agencies is an extensive alphabetized list of U.S. Government Agencies.
US History from colonial period to 1990 is here in chapter form. Just click through the chapters and learn.
Excellent site for an outline overview of U.S. History AP students should refer to this site for not only the outline, but supplemental information supporting specific views of political development in the country (e.g. Lockean Theory for Classical Theory on government) American AP History level