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"American Journeys contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD1000 to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later."

"Memorial Hall Museum Online American Centuries ...view from New England Explore American History with hands-on activities, exhibits, lessons, historic documents and artifacts."

An interactive exhibit on early American art from the National Museum of the American Indian.

The creation of the 50 star American Flag by Robert Heft

Story of the creation of the 50 star American flag by a high school student, Robert Heft

Has a vast collection of documents and images on American history.

A leading online resource for American History teachers & students

A tremendous resource for social studies teachers.

A long and very comprehensive list of primary sources regarding colonial and revolutionary American history--which means it also includes some sources on early modern European history, esp. English history

Large collection of videos about American history.

Library of Congress collection of materials on the Spanish American War

Youtube Playlist Learn about the political, social, and economic changes in the Union and the Confederacy and the Civil War's long-term economic and intellectual impact. A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War, 1861-1865 narrates the history of the American Civil War. While the course examines individual engagements and the overall nature of the military conflict, the focus is less on the battlefield than on political, social, and economic change in the Union and the Confederacy. Central to the account are the road to emancipation, the role of black soldiers, the nature of Abraham Lincoln's wartime leadership, internal dissent in both the North and South, the changing position of women in both societies, and the war's long-term economic and intellectual impact. We end with a look at the beginnings of Reconstruction during the conflict. This course is part of the series, The Civil War and Reconstruction, which introduces students to the most pivotal era in American history. The Civil War transformed the nation by eliminating the threat of secession and destroying the institution of slavery. It raised questions that remain central to our understanding of ourselves as a people and a nation - the balance of power between local and national authority, the boundaries of citizenship, and the meanings of freedom and equality. The series will examine the causes of the war, the road to secession, the conduct of the Civil War, the coming of emancipation, and the struggle after the war to breathe meaning into the promise of freedom for four million emancipated slaves. One theme throughout the series is what might be called the politics of history - how the world in which a historian lives affects his or her view of the past, and how historical interpretations reinforce or challenge the social order of the present. See other courses in this series: The Civil War and Reconstruction - 1850-1861 The Civil War and Reconstruction - 1865-1890 "The Civil War and Recons

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

"American History: From Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium"

I just added a link for this book to http://www.textbooksfree.org/History%20Internet%20Library.htm and http://www.textbooksfree.org/Free%20Nonbusiness%20Books.htm

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

"The American Presidency Project (americanpresidency.org), was established in 1999 as a collaboration between John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Our archives contain 104,815 documents related to the study of the Presidency."

"The Mid-Atlantic region of North America - stretching from New York south to Virginia - was a pivotal area in the early development of the American colonies and the United States. This website looks at this region and its history through maps created up to 1850." Cool.

The Mid-Atlantic region of North America - stretching from New York south to Virginia - was a pivotal area in the early development of the American colonies and the United States. This website looks at this region and its history through maps created up to 1850

This is an enormous, diverse collection of images and audio files based around US history. It's a very eclectic collection so tagging was difficult. If you're doing anything on American culture this would probably be helpful.

An excellent collection of images on African-American or indeed American social history in the C19th.

A presentation of 68 motion pictures recording images of that American adventure in old-style colonialism, the Spanish-American War. Filmed in the US, Cuba and the Philippines.