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The United States of America
Background & History

Jasper Johns: Flag, 1954/55, MOMA, New York

 

    ·  This page: The USA                                                                    Background/History
    ·  New pages: The USA: Themes/Topics                  New York City                    Guns

Brooklyn Bridge © Copyright 2005 Søren Viit Nielsen
 

The USA
 

• The White House, President George W. Bush

• President Bush's Radio Address by date and topic Hver uge sender President Bush en radiotale til nationen om et aktuelt emne. Denne er tilgængelig i både skrift og lyd

• CIA - The World Factbook

• Facts about the USA  US Department of State

• America.gov Telling America's Story To The World - U.S. Dept. of State

• The Declaration of Independence National Archives

• The Constitution of the United States National Archives

• USA.gov the U.S. government's official web portal

• Capitol Complex Overview Architect of the Capitol

• The Library of Congress

• U.S. Census Bureau the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy

• Population Reference Bureau information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications

• The Presidency and Electoral Politics Grolier Encyclopaedia
   

• Guardian Unlimited Special Report. United States of America
   

• Embassy of the United States of America Copenhagen

Elections

Election process
 

    ·  BBC: Vote USA 2008               Quick guide: Election process                   Glossary
 

    ·  The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-
        2004 presenting more than 250 television commercials from every election year
      beginning in 1952
 

Parties
 

    ·  Republican National Committee GOP.com. The Republican Party (often GOP for
      Grand Old Party)
    ·  The Republican Party Wikipedia
 

    ·  Democratic National Committee national leadership for the Democratic Party
    ·  The Democratic Party Wikipedia
 

 

Cartoons   Cartoons by Daryl Cagle

• American studies at the University of Virginia (xroads)

• Outline of U.S. History usinfo.state.gov

• Digital History - et meget udbygget site om Amerikansk historie. På hjemmesiden findes en online "U.S. history textbook", over 400 annoterede kilder og primærkilder. Foruden materiale om slaveri, Mexican-Americans, og Native American history findes masser af materiale om USAs politiske, sociale og retslige historie, essays om forskellige emner, samt multimedieudstillinger.

• Early American History The website "Archiving Early America" aims at documenting the colonial period. It contains a wide range of primary source material from 18th Century America. Here you will find important historical documents such as The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution and The Bill of Rights as well as a digital thumbnail library

• The History Place American Revolution, U.S. Civil War, 20th Century Topics, World War II, Vietnam War, Presidents of the United States

• Brief Timeline of Am. Lit. and Events Pre-1620 to 1920

• Witchcraft in Salem Village

• Colonial Williamsburg 18th-Century Living History Museum Historisk site om USA i kolonitiden. Sitet er opdelt i overskuelige sektioner, hvoraf især lærer-ressourcer og den såkaldte "History Explorer" skal fremhæves
   

• Documenting the American South

• The Valley of the Shadow Two communities in the American Civil War

• Civil War Photos Over 1,000 Civil War Images, Photographs

• United States History from 1900 Catalogue of Internet Resources
   

Speeches
 

• American Rhetoric The Online speech bank is an index to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two.

• Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States George Washington to George W. Bush

• Famous Speeches

20th Century
 

• American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century Kingwood College Library. The purpose of these pages is to present a series of web guides on the decades of the twentieth century
   
• The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2004 presenting more than 250 television commercials from every election year beginning in 1952
   
• nycsubway.org 150 years of rapid transit in New York City

• American Cultural History 1920 -1929

• The Jazz Age

• The New Era American Prohibition,  New Negro, New Deal

• The Great Depression

• The New Deal Network is an educational guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s

• Documenting America  Indeholder billeder fra USA's historie 1935-46 offentliggjort af Library of Congress

• Voices from the Dust Bowl the Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941. The Library of Congress

• Migrant Workers Photos by Dorothea Lange. The Library of Congress

• The Roaring Twenties A web directory that covers prohibition, culture, literature, entertainment, music, sports, and the black migration - dead link?

• The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression A comprehensive directory that covers all facets of the 1920's & 1930's
   

1950s - 2000
 

• The Literature & Culture of the American 1950s

• Behind the Picket Fences: America in the 1950's Site covers social, racial, gender, economic, and cultural issues of the 1950's - dead link?

• The Sixties Project Specialized paths for scholars, sixties survivors, and casual surfers
  
  John F. Kennedy

• JFK Library and Museum - Resources for Teachers and Students
• Photo history of JFK The History Place
• The Kennedy Assassination - det bedste og mest omfattende web-site om mordet på Kennedy
• The Kennedy Assassination. 40 Years Later The New York Times
   

The Vietnam War

The Three Soldiers  © Copyright 2005 Søren Viit Nielsen

• Investigating the Vietnam War

• The Viet Nam War

• Vietnam War Catalogue of Internet Resources

• Vietnam Veterans Homepage Purpose: To honor Vietnam Veterans, living and dead, who served their country on either side of the conflict. Mission: To provide an interactive, on-line forum for Vietnam Veterans and their families and friends to exchange information, stories, poems, songs, art, pictures, and experiences in any publishable form

• The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
   

2001

• America's War against Terrorism

• A Nation Challenged The New York Times

• September 11 News.com Images, photos, archived news

• Teaching 9/11 The Clarke Center

• 9/11 As History

© Copyright 2005 Søren Viit Nielsen
 

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