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	Migrant Mother Collection Dorothea Lang Library of Congress 20th Century Through the 1940's Roaring Twenties Roaring Twenties http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/roaring_twenties.htm This is a list of great list of sites for everything about the 20's. Economic History of the 20's http://econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/Slouch_roaring13.html From Berkeley - more information about the 20's Emergence as a powerful nation http://www.100.nist.gov/twenties.htm Automobiles and radios Hoover Presidential Library http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/Hooverstory/gallery03/gallery03.html Information on the decade of change. Economic Depression History: 1930-1939 http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/20TH/1930s.html A list of jump off sites of documents, gateways, biography, stories, the New Deal, culture of the 30's, and more of the life and culture. Great Depressions of the Twentieth Century http://www.econ.umn.edu/~tkehoe/papers/depressions.pdf From the University of Minnesota, this paper discusses crucial determinants of the great depressions. The Dust Bowl Drought http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/drought/drght_history.html The National Climate Data Center along with the LOC, joined for this information of the dust bowl and the depression. Open Directory Project http://dmoz.org/Society/History/By_Time_Period/Twentieth_Century/Great_Depression/ This is a series of articles about all aspects of the Depression including President Hoover's official papers. The Depression http://www.bankofny.com/htmlpages/ahi_20c.htm From the oldest bank in the United States (1784) comes this article from a bank viewpoint. Economic Problems and the Depression http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook41.html The Depression beginning after the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Also scroll to European and American Depression. Prospectives on the International Economy http://business.clemson.edu/CIT/Economy1.htm Scroll down to the article about the economy prior to the Great Depression. There are other articles of interest relating to that time period. Market Crashes http://www.investopedia.com/features/crashes/crashes5.asp Information about Oct. 1929. Hoover's Depression Papers http://www.geocities.com/mb_williams/hooverpapers/ The writings of Hoover about the Depression TOP Presidents 1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USArooseveltF.htm Lots of information with links to information including the projects set up by the New Deal. New Deal http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/depwwii/newdeal/newdeal.html American Heritage Center - FDR http://www.fdrheritage.org/new_deal.htm American Experience http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/32_f_roosevelt/psources/ps_squarefornegro.html How did the New Deal effect the south? Read this editorial from 1933. White House Biographies http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.html 1948 - Election Harry S. Truman Truman Presidential Museum http://www.trumanlibrary.org/ http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/1948campaign/large/docs/1948campaign_base.htm The Truman Library and Museum has documents, photographs, and oral histories about Truman and the Truman era. Decision to drop the bomb papers are found at this link. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/index.php Elections and politics http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~eagleton/e-gov/e-politicalarchive-1948election.html The Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University explores state and national politics through research, education, and public service, linking the study of politics with its day-to-day practice. Programs specialize in the study of: state legislatures; public opinion polling and survey research; women's participation in politics; minority and immigrant political behavior; campaigns, elections and political parties; civic education and political engagement; young elected leaders; electronic democracy Speech Explaining the Firing of MacArthur by Harry S. Truman http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=860 More information and links to the National Achieves and The Cold War International History Project. http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold. TOP Social Impact of the War - Life in the 40's Women's Baseball Association http://nywomensbaseball.com/history.html Women in New York have been playing baseball since the 1860s. During World War II, the All-American Girls Softball League became the All-American Baseball League. William E. Blake Collection of 1940s comics http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/blake1.html The collection includes over 300 rare comic books and memorabilia from the Golden Age of comic book publishing and the site has numerous images of items. Drugstore Museum http://www.drugstoremuseum.com/sections/level_info2.php?level_id=47&level=2 The soda fountain is where everyone hung out, now it is the coffee place. Facts about the decade http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade40.html The decade was dominated by the war as life changed in our country and then in the rest of the world. Rural Life in the 1940s http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe40s/life_01.html The site also has links to farming in the 1920s and 30s. Coming out of the depression, people looked for better times ahead. The war brought new challenges. The Factories http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/factories.html To support the war effort, factories turned to the manufacture of goods needed for the war. Rosie the Riveter http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/journey/rosie.html The story of real women workers in World War II. Rationing http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/events/rationing.htm A way of life during the war. Information about rationing and primary source documents http://www.archives.gov/pacific/education/curriculum/11th-grade/ww2-opa-records.html What did you do in the War, Grandma? http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/ Students in an Honors English class interviewed women about the war years. Often special relationships were formed between the two people involved. The information is often dramatic and highlights a period of time more than any print medium. Women Come to the Front http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0001.html Journalists, photographers, and broadcasters during World War II Jackie Robinson Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/jrhtml/jrhome.html Biography http://www.kclibrary.org/sc/bio/robinson.htm Book and other sites http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/apr/dodgers/ U. S. National Archive site http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/jackie-robinson/ TOP International Developments of the 1940's Conferences Teheran Conference 1943 http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/tehran.htm The three major powers, United States, Great Britain, and Russia met in Teheran, Iran to commit to world peace. Yalta Conference 1945 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1945YALTA.html The text of the agreements reached between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. Potsdam Conference 1945 http://www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/potsdam.htm Student activity from the Truman Library which includes Primary Sources and other materials. CNN http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/01/documents/potsdam.html Historical Documents The Marshall Plan, 1947 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1947marshallplan1.html Speech delivered by General George Marsha at Harvard University. Formation of North Atlantic Treaty Association Defense Treaties of the United States http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mutdef.htm Formation of NATO http://www.weblearn.ca/teachersite/DownloadPrintArchive/NATOPrint/pdfquestions/Recent/militarystructure.pdf Geography and NATO http://geography.about.com/library/misc/blnato.htm Relations with Russia http://www.nato.int/docu/basictxt/fndact-a.htm North Atlantic Treaty Organization http://www.nato.int/ Parallel History on NATO and the Warsaw Pact http://www.isn.ethz.ch/php/ United Nations About the United Nations http://www.un.org/aboutun/history.htm A short history, milestones, and achievements. UNOG United Nations Office at Geneva http://www.unog.ch/80256EE60057D930/(httpPages)/8C989922E1DBC95980256EF8005048CA?OpenDocument United Nations Archive and other information. United Nations History http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAun.htm The site includes telegrams and conversations between various "players." TOP Domestic Policies Atomic energy Act of 1946 Nuclearfiles.org http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/library/index.htm This is a great site with more original sources than many sites. In the "Library" click on the Gallery, Biographies, Treaties etc. Once you are in that section there are choices you can make to look for information. Also notice the Timeline and Key Issues on the Top. There is also a search bar which is very helpful because there is so much information. Enter a search for the Atomic Energy Act. Government Publications Library http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/guides/aec.phtml History of the Atomic Energy Commission and its continuing organizations NRC: Our History AEC to NRC http://www.nrc.gov/who-we-are/history.html Before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was established, the Atomic Energy Commission was the agency which responsible for nuclear regulations. The Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 created the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; it began operations on January 19, 1975. Taft Hartley Act 1947 Office of Human Resources http://www.princeton.edu/hr/policies/appendix/a302.htm This is a summary of the Taft Hartley Act. T-H Act http://vi.uh.edu/pages/buzzmat/tafthartley.html This is the full T-H Act. How did the T-H Act com about http://www.hnn.us/articles/1036.html The History News explains how the law came about. Fair Deal Library of Congress http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan05.html There are many original documents on this site to view. Rice University http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/%7Emwfriedm/terms/corin_27.html This is an achieves site (no updates) but lots of original documents and information. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/33_truman/truman_domestic.html This Public Broadcasting site contains information about domestic policies and other aspects of the Truman era. 22 Amendment to the Constitution U. S. Constitution http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Am22 Follow the links for the history and the states of state ratification. Submitted to Congress in March 21, 1047 and declared part of the Constitution on March 1, 1951. National Archives http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/constitution.html A great site and a great place to visit. Back to the Gateway to American History Sites


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