Ms Raff's Cyber-History Classroom ~ La
Quinta, California
United
States History
(to return to "homepage" click here)
General Resources
Sounds of History ~
Presidents
Tour Gravesites of
Presidents/Vice Presidents!
C-SPAN Survey of Presidential
Leadership
Great Seal of the United
States
Historical Documents
Articles of Confederation
(1781)
Historical U.S.
Supreme Court Decisions – Incredible!
Colonial America
Maps of Early America (includes some
battle maps –American Revolution)
Mayflower History,
Pilgrims & Early Plymouth Colony
All Known
"WILLS" of the Mayflower Passengers
Cotton Mather (Writings/Sermons)
Salem Witch Trials Documentary
Archive
Colonial Burial Customs (Old Burial Hill -
Marblehead, Mass.)
"Democracy in America" by Alexis de
Tocqueville
Washington ~ Official
Papers, Etc.
Washington’s
Farewell Address(1796)
American Revolution
Timelines ~ “The
History Place”
Virtual Midnight
Ride (Paul Revere/William Dawes)
"Paul Revere's Ride" by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Paul Revere’s Home
in Boston (yup, it is still there!)
Freedom Trail
Sites-Boston(includes great summaries/photos)
Listen to the Battlefield Marches!
Battles ~ Summary/Overview (even
includes the weather on day of battle!)
African Americans
in the American Revolution
Little Known Facts
of the American Revolution
Battle of Bunker
Hill (more info.)
Battles of
Lexington/Concord (more info.)
Battle of Saratoga
(includes maps)
Battle of Trenton
(more info.)
Spy Letters of the American Revolution
The New Nation (pre-Civil
War)
The Northwest
Ordinance (1787)
Proclamation of
Neutrality (1793)
Alien and Sedition
Acts (1798)
War of 1812 &
President James Madison
James Madison – in
his own words
Hermitage – Andrew Jackson’s Home
Factory Rules from the Handbook to
Lowell, 1848
An Account on the
Lives of the Mill Girls from 1836-1848
Canal System – Pennsylvania
(interactive map)
Mississippi River
–History of Transportation
Oregon Trail by Francis
Parkman (entire novel online)
Oregon Trail - includes Fantastic
Facts
Mountain Men and the Fur Trade
Mountain Men: Pathfinders
of the West
The Emigrants' Guide to
Oregon & California
Patrick Breen’s
Diary – Donner Party
Seneca Falls (1848) Women’s Rights
Seneca Falls
Convention (primary sources)
Dorothea Dix and
Mental Health
“The Last of the Mohicans” by James Fenimore Cooper
African American History
Phyllis Wheatley
(includes rare portrait/writings)
"Narrative of Sojourner Truth"
"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher
Stowe
"Up from
Slavery" by Booker T. Washington
“12 Years a Slave” by
Solomon Northup
“Narrative of the
Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave” by F.Douglass
“My Bondage and My
Freedom” by Frederick Douglass
"Clotel; or The President's
Daughter" by William Wells Brown
“The Souls of Black Folk” by W.E.B.
Du Bois
Virginia Runaway
Slave Advertisements
Former Slaves Living in Liberia (Letters)
African American
Sources in Virgina(illustrations)
African Americans
and the Military
A Chronology of
African American Military Service
African American Congressional
Medal of Honor Recipients
African Americans
Scientists & Inventors
Benjamin Banneker
& Washington, D.C.
Civil War Period
Battle Summaries –
Listed by State
Battle Summaries
-Listed by Campaigns
Civil War Regimental Rosters – by
State
Famous Personalities from the Civil
War
Soldier Database – Check here to find
a relative!!
African American
Sailor Database – Check here to find a relative!!
Civil War – Every Topic Imaginable!
American Civil War Homepage – Great
Stuff!
How Civil War Soldiers Lived! (Don’t
miss this one!)
U.S. Civil War
Center – Incredible! Tons of Info.!
Civil War Rank Insignas (Meaning of
Symbols on Uniforms)
Civil War Flags, Naval & Maritime
Info, Uniform & Dress
Civil War Cookbook (over 550 recipes)
Army Rations (What the soldiers ate)
General Thomas
J."Stonewall" Jackson
Stonewall Jackson’s Grave (arm only)
Civil War Battle Maps/Timelines/and
More
Battlefields,
Cemeteries, Forts, & Historical Parks
Anesthetics in
Field Hospitals
19th Century
Medical Terminology
Andersonville
Prison (Confederate)
Andersonville Prisoners – Searchable
Database
Civil War Pension Index
1861-1934 (Must be a subscriber to use this site)
Letters, Stories and Recollections
Civil War Women – Diaries/Letters/Photos/Etc.
GAR (Grand Army of
the Republic)
Pensions-Military Records-Prisons-Prisoners &
more
“America’s Civil
War” - Magazine
After
1865
“The New Housekeeper’s
Manual” (1873)
by Catherine E. Beecher & Harriet Beecher Stowe
The American Immigration Homepage
Find Your
Relatives! "Ellis Island Database" (1892-1924)
Triangle Factory Fire – March 25,
1911
Inventors ~ Inventions ~ Patents
Famous Landmarks & Locations
Virtual White House Tour
White House Homepage
Just for Fun!