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210 South Jackson Ave., Quitman, MS

601.776.1050             Melanie Kemp, Library Media Specialist

Quitman High School

History Resources

Directories

Internet Public Library: United States History - Lots of links for “United States History” are listed, but several subcategories are listed so that you can break down the results (ex. Native American History, Historical Documents, U.S. History by Era, etc.)  http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum30.55.85/

Rough Rider Links to the Past - Lists broad categories of U.S. history.  There is a page for each category that lists individual websites for that category. http://users.cvip.net/~jsh33/

Kathy Schrock’s American History Sites - List of sites and other directories related to American history. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/history/hista.html

Yahoo Directory: 20^th Century U. S. History -  Lists each decade plus other categories including Red Scare, Civil Rights, Military History, etc.  Links to websites are located on each of those pages. http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S__History/By_Time_Period/20th_Century/

Yahoo Directory:  19^th Century U. S. History - Lists each decade plus other categories including Imperialism, Reconstruction, Orphan Trains, etc.  Links to websites are located on each of those pages. http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S__History/By_Time_Period/19th_Century/

Multnomah County Library American History - Tons of resources are categorized by different time periods. http://www.multcolib.org/homework/amhsthc.html#ahistmeg 

Discoverers

Famous Trials

Decades.com (world history by the decade)

Did you Know?

Famous Mississippians

More Famous Mississippians

101 Mississippi Facts

Mississippi Trivia

Mississippi Library Commission Miss. Trivia

Trivia from American Profile

Mississippi Writers and Musicians

Atlapedia (facts and maps on countries of the world)

Ancient Cultures

World Factbook (select country and get intro, geography, people, gov't, economy, etc. on that country)

United Nations

AFRICA:  Africa.com, Africa Guide, Geographia, Pictures, Maps & Statistics, Food in Africa/Recipes, Africa News, World Factbook, Quick Facts, African newspapers,

Medieval - Medieval World,

Supreme Court

legal glossary

U. S. HISTORY - CIVIL WAR

American Civil War

Links to Civil War sites

Civil War Photographs

Civil War  Resources

More Civil War Resources

Rutgers University list of Civil War links

The White House

U.S. Senate

U.S. House of Rep

Federal Agencies

U.S. History Links Page 

Presidents

Fact Monster: U. S. Presidents http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0777337.html

United Nations

U.S. Historical Documents (documents named and grouped into chronological categories)

U.S. Constitution online

TIMELINES

Yahoo Directory: U.S. History Timelines

http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S__History/By_Time_Period/Timelines/

Several timelines are listed

Fact Monster U. S. History Timeline

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0902416.html

Several timelines are listed beginning with “Before 1600” and ending with “2000- “