New Pages Added/Modified:
Top 100 American Speeches of All
Time - Compiled by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
and Texas A & M University, this list reflects the opinions
of 137 leading scholars of American public address.
A Full List of the 56 Signers of the Declaration
of Independence
Hidden
Mysteries - Civil War Game - Join General Walker, loyal follower
of Abe Lincoln, for a Civil War adventure. Search original battlefields
for clues and letters left by members of a secret society. These
individuals hid millions of dollars in gold, cash, and coin. Scour
20 hidden object levels while advancing through time from the Battle
of Fort Sumter in 1861 to Lee`s surrender at Appotomattox in 1865.
Cross rivers and grassy knolls to unearth Hidden Mysteries of the
Civil War.
The Constitutional
Timeline - The Centuries of Citizenship: A Constitutional Timeline
is an online experience highlighting some of the key dates and events
that mark more than 200 years of our constitutional history. These
timeline entries, taken as a whole, tell the evolving story of the
U.S. Constitution and the continuing role that it plays in our lives.Visitors
can browse through a collection of stories and headlines -- annotated
by images, audio and video clips and interactive content -- to explore
some of the people, events and issues that have shaped the Constitution
and the history of our nation.
The Jimmy Carter Presidential Daily Diary - This site provides
access to the official log of the president's activities during
his administration. The President's Daily Diary Online consists
of a separate, text searchable PDF* file for each day.
An amazing amount of information!!!
The 1828 Campaign of Andrew Jackson: Expansion of the Voting Base
- After completing this lesson, students will be able to: Give examples
to indicate how the franchise was extended and limited in the first
half of the 19th century. Cite some differences in the newly enfranchised
population that could affect the way they would vote.
State
of the Union Addresses - provides access to the corpus of all
the State of the Union addresses from 1790 to 2006. SOTU allows
you to explore how specific words gain and lose prominence over
time, and to link to information on the historical context for their
use. SOTU focuses on the relationship between individual addresses
as compared to the entire collection of addresses, highlighting
what is different about the selected document.
Amazing in my opinion!!!
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