GENERAL SITES:
REGISTER TO VOTE
Inflation Calculator Inflation Data Political Commercials through history Historical Maps American History through currency U.S. Flag etiquette (American Legion) Language Translation Historic American Flags (U.S. Embassy)... NOTE: the newly appointed ambassador to Sweden discontinued this service of providing a chronology of historic American flags and the history thereof.
APUSH REVIEW:
History Teacher AP notes (for the 12th edition of Pageant) APUSH notes Pageant practice quizzes Brinkley Notes College Board Sample Questions Invader's Realm Sample Quizzes
U.S. HISTORY SITES:
National Archives Political History Online Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents (U of Oklahoma) Avalon Project at Yale University Library of Congress: American Memory History Online (The Gilder Lehrman Institute) A Hypertext on American History The Constitution (with explanations) The American Experience, PBS The American President, PBS The American Presidency History Matters American History at About.com Don Mabry's Historical Text Archive Census: 1790-1960 FedStats (statistics from U.S. gov't) Inflation Counter The New Deal Network Cold War, CNN Cold War links Biography of America Teach with Movies Movie Mistakes Popular Songs in American History Columbia American History Online (CAHO) US Supreme Court Decisions American Literature (17th to 19th century)
EDITORIAL CARTOONS:
Thomas Nast FDR Cartoons Modern Political Cartoons United Media Editoons Slate Cartoons FDR Cartoons Crash of the Millenium Cartoons Dr. Suess Went to War (WWII)
BIAS REPORTING: (L=leans Left, C=Centrist/ Moderate leaning, R=leans Right)
Fox News (R) CNN (C/L) ABC (C/L) CBS (C/L) NBC/ MSNBC (C/L) Wall Street Journal (C/R) New York Times (L) National Public Radio (L) Washington Post (L) Los Angeles Times (L) USA Today (C) The Nation (L) Atlantic Monthly (L) The Progressive (L) Capitol Hill Blue (L) Christian Science Monitor (C) Washington Monthly (C) Cook Political Report (C) World Press Review (C) National Review (R) Weekly Standard (R) Right Wing News (R, duh) The New Republic (R) Politico (R) Drudge Report (R) Associated Press (C) Gallup Polling Rasmussen Polling Zogby Polling Talking Points daily memo
GOVERNMENTAL WEBSITES:
Executive Branch White House Census Bureau State Department Treasury Department Department of Defense Justice Department Interior Department Agriculture Department Commerce Department Labor Department Department of Health and Human Services HUD Department of Transportation Department of Energy Department of Education Department of Veterans Affairs Department of Homeland Security The Electoral College National Archives Presidential Libraries link Library of Congress Inauguration page Atlas of Presidential Election Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Federal HUGE Websites Recovery Funds USA.gov (Government web portal) Federal Citizen Information Center FedWorld Federal Budget CARS (Cash for Clunkers)
Legislative Branch Senate organization U.S. Senate Main page U.S. House of Representatives Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson project on Leg. information Washington Post Congressional Votes database (How did someone vote?) C-Span Congressional Glossary of terms
Committees and Subcommittees List and links to Congressional Committees and subcommittees
Judicial Branch U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Supreme Court case finder (oyez) Landmark USSC cases University of MO, Famous historical trials REALLY REALLY Good site regarding the USSC (history, judges, cases, et cetera): CSPAN
Agencies (E=Executive, I=Independent, L=Legislative) Census Bureau (E) Federal Election Commission (I) Central intelligence Agency (I) Environmental Protection Agency (I) Federal Communications Commission (I) Federal Reserve Board (I) U.S. Postal Service (I-ish) Securities and Exchange Commission (I) Centers for Disease Control (E) National Security Agency (E) Congressional Budget Office (L) General Accounting Office (L)
Grand Canyon State AZ Governor's Office AZ Senate AZ House of Representatives AZ Supreme Court
GOVERNMENT GENERAL INTEREST:
NGOs, Interest Groups, and Government documents CLEARING HOUSE Republican National Committee Democratic National Committee Libertarian Party Socialist Party Green Party
Machiavelli's The Prince Electoral Vote counter/ current numbers Candidate opinions on the issues Project Vote Smart Open Secrets (tracking $ in Gov't) Political Graveyard (scandals and downfall) Congressional Votes record (Washington Post) New York Times Political Navigator Political Parties... all of them Political Parties list, more of them Practice Quizzes and Notes
DOCUMENTS:
General Sites National Archives Top 100 American Documents list (w/ background and explanations) Documents of American History (Library of Congress) Historic Supreme Court Cases Ellis Island passenger manifests
Presidential Libraries Herbert Hoover FDR Harry Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower JFK LBJ Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan George Bush I Bill Clinton
Specific Documents Mayflower Compact Salem Witch Trials (1692) Declaration of Independence Constitution (Good printable version) The Constitution (National Archives) The Constitution (w/ some explanations) Congressional Documents (1774-1873) Bill of Rights (original 12) Bill of Rights (10) All Constitutional Amendments Articles of Confederation (1781) George Washington papers (1741-1799) Washington's Farewell Address Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) Aaron Burr trial (1803) Monroe Doctrine (1823) Lincoln speeches Emancipation Proclamation (1863) Gettysburg Address (1863)
POLITICAL IDEOLOGY (PI) and OTHER QUIZZES:
Political Compass (PI) IDEALOG survey (PI) Who is your President? (PI) Beyond "Who is your President?" (PI) Party matchmaker (PI) World's smallest political quiz (PI) Pew Research "Where Do You Fit... Beyond the Red White and Blue" (PI)
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