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GENERAL ... AFRICAN AMERICANS ... MEN ... NATIVE AMERICANS ... PRESIDENTS ... WITCHES ... WOMEN AND WOMEN’S ISSUES
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GENERAL
Congressional Biography Directory
http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
Contains biographical information about members of Congress from 1774 to the present
Lives
http://amillionlives.com
Biographies; specific collections--women, Civil War, African Americans
Senate History Page
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Senate_Historical_Office.htm
People, origins and development, exhibits and special collections
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AFRICAN AMERICANS
See the separate webpages for African Americans
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MEN
Aaron Burr – The Burr Treason Trial
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/burr/Burr.htm
The Burr Treason trial
Aaron Burr – Today in History: A Tragic Duel
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul11.html
The Aaron Burr trial
Benjamin Franklin
http://ben.clusty.com
New Ben Franklin Web Portal
Benjamin Franklin: A Documentary History
http://www.english.udel.edu/lemay/franklin
Breaks his life down into time periods
Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man
http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/
Short biography with links to other resources
Benjamin Franklin: Links to Learn
http://abg.mclinc.org/links/BenjaminFranklin.htm
Great sites for kids, adults and older students, and research and primary sources
William Penn: Visionary Proprietor
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/PENN/pnhome.html
All kinds of information on him
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NATIVE AMERICANS
First Nations Histories
http://www.dickshovel.com/Compacts.html
Histories of many tribes with links to other essays
History of the Cherokee
http://cherokeehistory.com/index.html
History, images, maps, links
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PRESIDENTS
Abraham Lincoln Assassination
http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln.html
Conspiracy theories, John Wilkes Booth, military commission, photographs
Abraham Lincoln Online.org
http://www.netins.net/showcase/creative/lincoln.html
All kinds of information; search, resources, speeches
American Presidents: Life Portraits
http://www.americanpresidents.org/
Biographies, key events, links to reference materials and Presidential places, historical documents
Finding Precedent: Hayes vs. Tilden
http://elections.harpweek.com/controversy.htm
Electoral college controversy of 1876-77
First Ladies
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/index.html
Overview of the lives of each first lady
James Monroe
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/05pmonr.html
His accomplishments and life story with links
Monticello : The Home of Thomas Jefferson
http://www.monticello.org/
Talks about Jefferson , the house, grounds, plantation, and other resources
Presidential Sites
http://www.ibiblio.org/lia/president/pressites/
Biographies, speeches and events links for each President
Presidents
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/index.htm
Information and documents related to them and their presidency
Thomas Jefferson
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson
Online exhibition focuses on the legacy of Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson: The Architect of a Nation
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/JEFF/jeffhome.html
Discusses his political impact in the 19 th century and his architectural politics
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WITCHES
Witchcraft in Salem Village
http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft
Overview, books, maps, documents, transcripts of trials, narratives, and other sites
Salem Witch Museum
http://salemwitchmuseum.com
History and FAQs
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WOMEN AND WOMEN’S ISSUES
American Women's History: A Research Guide
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wom-mm.html
By Popular Demand: “Votes for Women” Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html
Images that complement text documents, are both searchable and browsable
Living the Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement, 1848-1998
http://www.legacy98.org/
History and timeline
National Women's Hall of Fame
http://www.greatwomen.org
Not for Ourselves Alone: the Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony
Track key events in suffrage movement through historical documents and essays
Pocahontas
http://www.apva.org/history/pocahont.html
Biography
Religious Freedom: The Trial of Anne Hutchinson
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kids/civilrights/features_hutchison.html
Overview of the case
Votes for Women
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html
Search site; browse by subject and author index
Woman Suffrage and the 19 th Amendment
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/woman-suffrage/script-intro.html
Primary documents
Women in America 1820-1842
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/FEM/home.htm
Role of women in America between 1820 and 1842
Women's History Magazine Vol 2
http://www.thehistorynet.com/WomensHistory
Focused on women and work, includes articles and biographies
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