Antebellum America
The Underground Railroad - Take the journey of a runaway slave along this dangerous route. Sponsored by National Geographic.

Manifest Destiny/Mexican War
Oregon Trail Links - Several links describing life along the trail.
Interactive Oregon Trail Map - Click on locations on the map to learn the place's significance along the trail.

Civil War
Civil War Women - A collection of primary sources (diaries, letters, photographs)
Civil War Primary Documents
The American Civil War HomepageMuseum & White House of the Confederacy Homepage

Reconstruction & the "New South"
Library of Congress Reconstruction Exhibit
Lynching Photo Exhibit Article
Reconstruction Primary Documents: Laws Fail to Protect Us / The Work of Reconstruction / The Clansman