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American
Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
"Provides many links on the decades of 1900-1980
(by decade) concerning the culture
and history of American during that time.
Topics for each decade include
historic events, technology, books, music, fashion
and fads, personalities, education, theater,
film, radio, television and more.
People's
Century: 1900-1999
PBS Online presents the history of important
events throughout the century.
Time
100: 1900 vs. Now
"This site compares today's US population,
age, wages, marriages & divorces, doctors,
energy, farms, and more with those of 1900."
AMERICA:
From the Great Depression to World War II
This Library
of Congress American Memory site provides access to 160,000 black-and-white
and 1600
color photographs
from the Farm Security Administration -- Office of War Information Collection.
AMERICA
in the 1930's
View the 1930s through the lenses of its
films, radio programs, literature, journalism, museums,
exhibitions,
architecture, art, and other forms of cultural expression.from The University
Of Virginia.
AMERICA
Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers Project 1936-1940
Check out their link to Voices of the Thirties.
New
Deal Network
This is an educational
guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Voices
from the Dustbowl
The
Hollywood Gangster of the 1930's
Explaining the Hollywood interpretation of the 1930's
gangster.
Timeline
of the 1930's
A timeline
of the 1930's, including: Politics and Society, Science and Technology,
Arts and Culture, and World Events.
Revisiting
Watergate
"Watergate
Revisited provides a look back at Nixon's legacy with:
• A video Live Online
with Ben Bradlee, the former executive editor with the Post and Woodward,
currently
an assistant
managing editor at the paper;
• An archive of Post
stories from the period;
• A photo gallery
of Post and other photos from theWatergate era as well as a collection
of cartoons from
the era;
• A multimedia page
including audio from the famous tapes and video clips from some of the
famous moments
during
the scandal."
Kent
State
FBI investigation
of the events at Kent State in 1970.
Timeline
of Technical History (1970-1979)
A timeline
of the 1970's in the area of Science and Technology.
The
American Experience: Vietnam
"The American
Experience presents an exhaustive look at the Vietnam War:
the people, the places, the issues,
and the outcomes"
Columbine:
Hope from Heartbreak
Different articles written about Columbine.
Oklahoma City Tragedy
Information of the bombing in Oklahoma City, the trial and links to pages related to the OKC Bombing from CNN.
American
Cultural History: 1990-1999
A cultural
history of the decade
The
Gulf War
Provides information on the Gulf War of the 1990's,
including: photos, build up, and air war.
The
World Trade Center bombing of 1993
Information
on how the bombers were identified and caputured and how the bombing happened.
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