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=Primary Source Web Sites= = =

Technology

 * http://www.aeragon.com/03/ - Lots of pre-interpreted information, but has plenty of pictures for analyzing.

Submarines

 * H.L. Hunley - http://www.hunley.org/
 * http://americancivilwar.com/tcwn/civil_war/naval_submarine.html
 * http://www.onr.navy.mil/Focus/blowballast/sub/history1.htm

Ships

 * http://americancivilwar.com/tcwn/civil_war/Navy_Ships/
 * CSS Virginia - http://cssvirginia.org/
 * CSS Alabama - http://www.lib.ua.edu/libraries/hoole/digital/cssala/main.shtml
 * HMS Warrior - http://www.stvincent.ac.uk/Heritage/Warrior/index2.html

Soldier Life

 * http://www.civilwarmed.org/
 * American Memory activity Soldiers in the Civil War- http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/civilwar/soldiers/
 * Civil War Love Letters - http://spec.lib.vt.edu/cwlove/
 * Joseph Dwyer suicide - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/07/11/ST2008071102706.html

Enlisting

 * Gilder Lehrman Institute - http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/battlelines/chapter1_1a.html
 * Sullivan Ballou letter - http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/ballou_letter.html
 * Sullivan Ballou on Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_Ballou
 * Sullivan Ballou from Ken Burns Civil War - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa2hv8U8cWU
 * http://www.civilwarhome.com/enlisting.htm

St. Louis and Missouri

 * St. Louis Ladies' Union Aid Society - http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/luas/
 * Missouri - http://www.missouricivilwar.net/
 * Overview of MO battles by NPS - http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/bystate.htm#mo

Medicine

 * http://www.civilwarmed.org/
 * Civil War Battlefield Medicine - http://ehistory.osu.edu/uscw/features/medicine/cwsurgeon/

Women of Civil War

 * http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/cwdocs.html
 * http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/collections/digitized/civil-war-women/
 * American Memory activity Ladies, Contraband, and Spies - http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/women-cw/gallery.html
 * Women soldiers - http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1993/spring/women-in-the-civil-war-1.html
 * Clara Barton - http://americancivilwar.com/women/cb.html
 * The Days of Julia Johnson Fisher - http://www.dhpp.org/julia_johnson_fisher/

Children of Civil War

 * Civil War through a Child's Eye - http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/childs-eye/
 * Alice Williamson Diary - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/williamson/
 * Carrie Barry diary - http://americancivilwar.com/women/carrie_berry.html

Other
Civil War Cartoons - [|http://xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/scartoons/cartoons.html]

Revolutionary War

 * Maps - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/rochambeau-maps/index.html, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armhome.html
 * Yale Avalon Project - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/18th.htm
 * Spy Letters of American Revolution - http://www2.si.umich.edu/spies/
 * Martha Ballard Diary - http://dohistory.org/
 * Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/
 * North American Women's Letters and Diaries - http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/asp/NAWLD/

African American History
> >
 * Slavery and the Making of America - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/
 * In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience, Colonial times to 1950 - http://www.inmotionaame.org/home.cfm;jsessionid=f830701301217288002270?bhcp=1
 * Slavery in New York - http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org/index.html
 * Voices from the Days of Slavery - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/
 * The Church in the Southern Black Community - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/ncuhtml/csbchome.html
 * Television News of the Civil Rights Era - http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/civilrightstv/
 * Race and Place: An African American Community in the Jim Crow South - http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/afam/raceandplace/

Ephemera

 * An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/

West

 * California Heritage Collection - http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/calheritage.html
 * American Indians of the Pacific Northwest - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/pacific/
 * Donner Party - [|http://www.xmission.com/~octa/DonnerParty/Sources.htm]
 * Donner Party Breen Diary - http://www.books-about-california.com/Pages/Academy_Pacific_Coast_History/Diary_of_Patrick_Breen_txt.html
 * First News of Donner Party - http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/donner.html
 * Oregon Trail diaries, memoirs, and period books - [|http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/00.n.trailarchive.html]
 * Trails to Utah and the Pacific: Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869 - http://overlandtrails.lib.byu.edu/
 * Billy the Kid - http://www.outlawscribe.com/Billy_the_Kid.html
 * Jesse James - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/james/sfeature/sf_papers.html
 * Jesse James - http://www.tjstiles.net/bio.htm
 * Adventures of Daniel Boone (by Daniel Boone) - http://www.earlyamerica.com/lives/boone/

Crusades

 * Internet Medieval Sourcebook - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1k.html
 * Primary Sources on Crusades - http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/categories/crusades1.htm
 * A History of the Crusades -[|http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/History/History-idx?type=browse&scope=History.HistCrusades]

=Reconstruction=


 * Race and Place: An African American Community in the Jim Crow South - http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/afam/raceandplace/
 * America’s Reconstruction: People and Politics after the Civil War - http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/reconstruction/index.html
 * The African-American Mosaic - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
 * African-American Odyssey (LOC collections) - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/
 * Reconstruction and Its Aftermath - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart5.html
 * Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (PBS) - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/
 * In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience - http://www.inmotionaame.org/home.cfm
 * African-American Experience in Ohio: 1850 – 1920 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ohshtml/aaeohome.html
 * Jackie Robinson & Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/robinson/
 * African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/sheetmusic/brown/

=Civil Rights=


 * Wednesdays in Mississippi: Civil Rights as Women’s Work - http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/WIMS/
 * Television News of the Civil Rights Era, 1950-1970 - http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/civilrightstv/
 * Child Labor in America: 1908-1912 - http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html

=Electoral College=


 * Electoral College History - http://www.electoralcollegehistory.com/
 * U.S. Electoral College - http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/
 * Presidential Elections and the Electoral College: The Proceedings of the Electoral Commission of 1877 Congressional Record - Volume 5, Part 4 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwec.html
 * The Electoral College: How It Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections (from Department of State) - http://www.fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/28109.pdf
 * Electoral College Documents - http://www.archives.nysed.gov/education/ed_electoral_documents.shtml

=Judicial Restraint vs. Judicial Activism=
 * Marbury vs. Madison - http://www.uen.org/core/socialstudies/marbury/
 * Dred Scott v. Sanford - http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/DredScott.html
 * Plessy v. Ferguson - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may18.html
 * The Marshall Cases - http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/D/1801-1825/marshallcases/marxx.htm

=Cold War=

General Cold war
> The Cold War International History Project aims to disseminate new information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War, in particular new findings from previously inaccessible sources on > Cold War uses an extensive range of original source material including documents, photographs, posters and video. Constructed around a set of themes, each with case studies, this is a unique opportunity to work with raw primary material on the Cold War. > The Harvard Project on Cold War Studies > Dreams of a Barefoot Boy: the first in a series of new curriculum units that explore the life and times of Dwight D. Eisenhower. > An interactive timeline of Presidential history, presenting materials drawn from the Presidential Libraries. > Multimedia guide for Virginia Standards of Learning, Grade 11 History > Full Text and audio mp3 and broadband video of John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address
 * Cold War International History Project - http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1409
 * The National Archives Learning Curve | Cold War - http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/coldwar/
 * CNN - Cold War Experience: Technology - http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/experience/technology/
 * The National Security Archive - [|http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/]
 * National Security Archive/COLD WAR/Interviews - [|http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/coldwar/interviews/]
 * Documents Related to the Cold War - http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/coldwar.htm
 * Welcome to the HPCWS - [|http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hpcws/]
 * Dwight D. Eisenhower: Education - http://www.dwightdeisenhower.com/primarysource.html
 * John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum - http://www.jfklibrary.org/
 * The Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century - http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/educators/educators.php?pid=mm
 * Miller Center of Public Affairs - The Presidential Recordings Program - http://millercenter.org/academic/presidentialrecordings
 * Kennedy-Khrushchev Exchanges - http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/volume_vi/volumevi.html
 * Primary Resources for US History : The Cold War - http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/solguide/VUS12/VUS12.html
 * The Avalon Project at Yale Law School : Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
 * American Rhetoric: John F. Kennedy -- Inaugural Address - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/intro.html
 * YouTube - UniversalNewsreels's Channel - http://youtube.com/user/UniversalNewsreels
 * George Kennan's "Long Telegram" - [|http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/coldwar/documents/episode-1/kennan.htm]
 * CNN Cold War - Historical Document: Kennan's Long Telegram - http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/02/documents/kennan/

WWII Recovery
> The European Recovery Act, the 'Marshall Plan', exhibition commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of American assistance to Europe in recovering from World War II.
 * For European Recovery: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan (Libraryof Congress Exhibition) - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/marshall/

Cuban Missile Crisis
> Kennedy addresses the nation on the Cuban Missile Crisis > Phone conversation on Oct.22,1962 between John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Jack asks Ike's opinion on the cuban missle crisis. > The Hidden History of the Cuban Missile Crisis > EDSITEment, the best of the humanities on the web > The World on the Brink: John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis > The Hidden History of the Cuban Missile Crisis
 * YouTube - Kennedy addresses the nation on the Cuban Missile Crisis - http://youtube.com/watch?v=W50RNAbmy3M
 * YouTube - Duck and Cover - http://youtube.com/watch?v=C0K_LZDXp0I
 * The Avalon Project at Yale Law School : Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
 * YouTube - JFK asks Ike's advice on cuban missle crisis - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkzjodKAQhA
 * Tapes of the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: Audio Clips - [|http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/audio.htm]
 * The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: The Photographs - [|http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/photos.htm]
 * Cuban Missile Crisis short simulation - http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/neh/interactives/cubanmissilecrisis/
 * CMC Lesson Plan - http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=683
 * CMC from JFK library - http://www.jfklibrary.org/jfkl/cmc/cmc_calendar_map.html
 * CMC quid pro quo - [|http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/moment.htm]

Space Race
> Audio of Kennedy and NASA director Webb arguing about space program. > First report of Sputnik - animations of rocket used same animations as done for earlier report on the Vanguard story (partial newsreel) > Yuri Gagarin arrives at Moscow airport in his first public appearance, greeted by Khrushchev, hugged, then stands on Lenin's tomb. > JFK speaks (but no pictures of Gagarin)(partial newsreel) > President Kennedy's memorandum to Vice President Johnson requesting an evaluation of the U.S. space program and inquiring about the feasibility of particular objectives for the program. The memorandum resulted in Vice President Johnson's memorandum of April 28, 1960. > Vice President Lyndon Johnson's memorandum to President Kennedy evaluating the U.S. space program and proposing objectives for the program. The memorandum was written in reponse to President Kennedy's request on April 20 to the Vice President to undertake a the study. > Text of President Kennedy's press conference # 25, February 21, 1962.
 * Eisenhower library - Sputnik and the Space Race - http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/dl/Sputnik/Sputnikdocuments.html
 * WhiteHouseTapes.org Transcript + Audio Clip - http://tapes.millercenter.virginia.edu/clips/1962_1121_apollo/
 * Youtube - Sputnik - http://youtube.com/watch?v=MDRDl7w3nto&feature=related
 * Gragarin newsreel - http://youtube.com/watch?v=KugkoRMX6b0
 * JFK congrats Khrushchev on space flight - http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset+Tree/Asset+Viewers/Image+Asset+Viewer.htm?guid={A1468233-3BA7-4087-878E-272C48873697}&type=Image
 * JFK responds to Gragarin - Youtube - http://youtube.com/watch?v=WdLkjlKdvrg
 * JFK memo to LBJ April 20 1961 - http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset+Tree/Asset+Viewers/Image+Asset+Viewer.htm?guid={3BF2B938-43EE-44CC-AE9A-06FD7A4C63AF}&type=Image
 * LBJ response to JFK April 28 1961 - http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset+Tree/Asset+Viewers/Image+Asset+Viewer.htm?guid={8F644E67-939B-4048-98D7-8D2011423C52}&type=mpd
 * JFK news conference after John Glenn - http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Press+Conferences/003POF05Pressconference25_02211962.htm

NSC 68
> Economic charts to help you understand the National Debt, Budget Deficits and the looming crisis caused by entitlement spending.
 * Statistic: NSC 68 - http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/history/modules/mod32/main.htm
 * Wapedia - Wiki: NSC-68 - http://wapedia.mobi/en/NSC-68
 * NSC-68 United States Objectives and Programs for National Security - http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nsc-hst/nsc-68.htm
 * Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation: Tying U.S. Defense Spending to GDP: Bad Logic, Bad Policy - http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/policy/securityspending/articles/tying_spending_to_gdp_bad_policy/
 * U.S. Military Spending, 1946–2009 — Infoplease.com - http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0904490.html
 * U.S. defense spending since 2001 - http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/policy/securityspending/articles/defense_spending_since_2001
 * Education Spending State and Local Public Spending 1902-2013 - Charts - http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/education_spending_20.html#usgs30230
 * U.S. expenditures for defense and education - http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/edgraph.html
 * NASA Budget - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Budget
 * Perot Charts » Charting Government Fiscal Irresponsibility - http://perotcharts.com/

Berlin Crises
> A contemporary film of the Berlin crisis, July 1948
 * YouTube - John F Kennedy - Berlin Crisis - http://www.thehistoricalarchive.com/jfk.html
 * YouTube - Berlin Blockade and Airlift - http://youtube.com/watch?v=5GoIL9gVonQ

Presidential debates/commercials
> September 1960 the TV debates that proved the supremacy of the image over the word! > Controversial Lyndon Johnson campaign ad from 1964.Classic example of how politicians use fear to get votes.
 * The Living Room Candidate - http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/
 * YouTube - Nixon/Kennedy TV Debate - http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ur92R4Gvcj4
 * The Great Debate & Beyond : The History of Televised Presidential Debates - http://www.museum.tv/debateweb/html/index.htm
 * YouTube - Classic Political Ad: Daisy Girl (1964) - http://youtube.com/watch?v=OKs-bTL-pRg
 * 1960 Kennedy-Nixon Debate (Part I) - Internet archive - http://www.archive.org/details/1960_kennedy-nixon_1

Soviet perspsective

 * Revelations from the Russian Archives - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/intro.html
 * Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives - http://gulaghistory.org/