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grades & attendance)

APUS History

APUS Government

Government

Citation

 

 

 

 

GENERAL SITES:

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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Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents (U of Oklahoma)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 t
o 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)