U.S. HISTORY

Use this link to the Prentice Hall website to help review and prepare for chapter tests. There are several drop-down menus and frames from which to choose. When you first enter the link, you will scroll down and choose a chapter from the right frame, then choose an activity you want to complete from the left frame. The right frame provides the reading and work section while the left frame provides the options for reviews, internet links, self tests, and more. This is the Magruder link.

Mr. Rimovsky has created this list of URL's for use in the history department. The list is constantly growing and includes sites that will assist all US History students as well as his AP History students. Click here for Mr. Rimovsky's AP History syllabus or the US History syllabus.

Click here for the 20th Century links.

1607-1763

• Plymouth Colony Archive Project explains the Plymouth Colony and purposes of the settlement. It also contains considerable primary sources and is a research project completed by the University of Virginia.
• West Virginia Archives and History (as part of Virginia) provides an extensive list of links for information in the colonial settlement.
• Colonial New England gives information about the settlement and development of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth Colonies. Emphasis is on early religious basis but moves through the 1600’s and the Halfway Covenant. This is an excellent compare/contrast between New England and Virginia colonies.
• Baacon's Rebellion (1676) is viewed as an early stirring of the revolutionary movement.
• The Beginning, Progress, and Conclusion of Bacon's Rebellion from a manuscript by T.M. Bacon is viewed by his contemporary as a hero and traces a two year period prior to the rebellion through Bacon’s death. [Good primary source document]

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1763-1776

• French and Indian War's Impact on America traces the causes, course, and consequences. It also provides background for the basis of the American Revolution.
• West Virginia Archives and History  gives information about this state's role in the French and Indian Wars; Native Americans in WV.

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1776-1787

• Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union is a summary of the Articles of Confederation with weaknesses and powers delegated to the federal government. Full text of Articles is included. If prompted for a username, just cancel and you will be taken to the site.
• http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/ihb/tlnword.html Northwest Ordinance Act of 1787 in a timeline depicting events involved in the three phases: pre-Act period to 1787, from 1787 to 1791, and post-1791. The last period reflects specifically on the Act’s impact in Indiana.
• Federal Survey System Land Act of 1785. Short summary of what the Act consisted.

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1790's

POLITICAL

• Hamilton vs. Jefferson presents their views on domestic issues. (The Federalist Era)

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

• This link provides John Adams' speech on the XYZ Affair.
• Read through the Yale University's website to learn about  Convention of 1800 ending the XYZ Affair.
• Jay Treaty of 1794 (full text)
• Treaty of San Lorenzo Pinckney’s Treaty (Full text)

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• Epodunk has great information. Don't miss the multimedia link for the Erie Canal.This site uses music, maps, and narratives with added presentations on cities growing up on the canal.

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1820's

• The historic section of the White House website gives information about Andrew Jackson, his party, and his views.

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1840-50's

• Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad  specifically tells the tale of quilts as a means for escape and the messages they contained. Unfortunately, this site is also selling books related to the material.

• Infoplease gives a look at the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the Mexican War, and the Wilmot Proviso as events resulting in the Compromise of 1850 and the slavery issue.
• The article Antibellum Slavery shows slavery to be detrimental to the South’s economy.
• This article shows slavery as beneficial to the South’s economy

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1860's

CIVIL WAR

• The American Civil War Homepage provides links to civil war sources as well as music from the Civil War period. The music alone is worth the site!

• Civil War: United States Colored Troops is an excellent site for information about black soldiers in the civil war. The site identifies links to specific regiments, their background, and battles in which black troops fought. This is an excellent site not only for U.S. History but for multicultural studies.

• Harper’s Weekly gives explanations of the Presidential Elections from 1860-1884. Explanations of the cartoons are given in the enlargements.
• Battles of the Civil War  and their significance are given at this site. This site also provides complete U.S. History from colonial to 1990.

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1880's

SOCIAL (LABOR)

• Photos of Coal Miners at Work offers pictures of coal mining activities including "breaker boys."

• The People: Coal Mining in the Scranton, Streamtown, Pocono, and Wilkes-Barre Region provides another site depicting mining life and child labor.

• American Memory: Library of Congress is a  site for the Haymarket Square Riot in Chicago; part of the labor movement during the late 19th century.

• Chicago Historical Association provides photos and documents showing the Haymarket Square Riots.

• Chicago Historical Association Exhibitions gives a number if exhibitions related to Chicago/Illinois history that are of national importance. The site includes the Great Chicago Fire, Haymarket Square Riot, Mary Todd and Lincoln's assassination, Martin Luther King Jr., etc.

ECONOMIC

• The Gilded Age WebQuest: Documenting Industrialization in America includes highlights of the Gilded Age including technological innovations, big business, immigration and urbanization.

CULTURAL

• New York Public Library: Small Town America gives scenes from America. Be sure to search for Coney Island to view scenes or go to "Browse" for gallery specific area.

• Naturalism and Realism authors and artists are listed, as well as links to specific sites.

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1890's

SOCIAL/ECONOMIC

• The Old Country in the New World offers works and some pictures related to child labor during the last quarter of the 19th century. This site also shows the "breaker boys" in the mines.

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