Social Studies Department / U.S History Web Links

Library of Congress and the National Archives

The National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/research/

The Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/

Web Links

Colonization of America
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0809222299/45391/USHistory1.html

The Constitutional Convention
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/

Lincoln's Writing
http://housedivided.dickinson.edu/sites/lincoln/

Lincoln-Douglas Debates
http://housedivided.dickinson.edu/debates/

Emancipation Proclamation
http://housedivided.dickinson.edu/sites/emancipation/

Gettysburg Virtual Tour
http://housedivided.dickinson.edu/sites/civilwar/gettysburg-virtual-tour/

Videos
America The Story of Us - All Episodes
http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us/episodes

French and Indian War
The War that made America Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVY4H9P6nKU

The War that made America Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpS8Rqi10UI

The War that made America Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTM0KyY86DA

The War that made America Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwbRRihtXcY

The Constitutional Convention 1787
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbf23u6g1k8

Jacksonian Democracy
The Spoils System, Kitchen Cabinet
http://www.history.com/topics/jacksonian-democracy/videos
Indian removal Act, Trail of Tears, Nullification Crisis
http://www.history.com/topics/jacksonian-democracy/videos/jackson-cherokees-tariffs-and-nullification?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false
Andrew Jackson vs the Bank of the United States
http://www.history.com/topics/jacksonian-democracy/videos/jackson-censured-in-bank-war?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Reform Movements of the 19th Century
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/the-transcendentalism-movement-and-social-reform.html#lesson\

A House Divided ( Underground Railroad, Dred Scott Case, Emancipation Proclamation, Civil War, Two Party System, Civil Liberties)
http://housedivided.dickinson.edu/video/index.html