HHS 126 - US History since 1865
Resources for learning about American History

Last updated: January 15, 2012

General

American Memory from the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

George Mason University "History Matters"
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/wwwhistory/

WWW Virtual Library
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/

History Engine
http://historyengine.richmond.edu/

Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/major.asp

Investigating U.S. History
http://www.ashp.cuny.edu/investigatinghistory/

American Library Association, Using Primary Sources on the Web
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/history/resources/pubs/usingprimarysources/index.cfm

Digital History Reader, University of Vermont
http://www.dhr.history.vt.edu/modules/us/index.html

Cold War

Cold War International History Project
http://wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1409

Cold War Policies, 1945-1991
http://homepage.mac.com/oldtownman/20th/coldwar0.html

BBC: The Cold War
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/

George Kennan's Long Telegram
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/coldwar/documents/episode-1/kennan.htm

Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech
http://www.historyguide.org/europe/churchill.html

Truman Doctrine
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/doctrine.htm
http://millercenter.org/scripps/archive/speeches/detail/3343

Freedom Trains
http://www.freedomtrain.org/