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Bibliographies
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Syllabi
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Hyperlinks

U.S. HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY

U.S. History

You may also see historical documents of American history and American biographies.

Internet Public Library - Selected U.S. History Web Sites
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum30.55.85/  Web resources with audio visual resources well represented

Librarians' Internet Index - "Web Sites You Can Trust" in Major Topics in American History
http://lii.org/pub/topic/history_united_states

The "American Experience" with Transcripts of Broadcasts by PBS - PBS.Org   (Public Broadcasting Service)
http://www.pbs.org/history/history_united.html

Presidents of the U.S. - Cabinet members, biography links
http://www.potus.com/

American history links, by time period and specific topic.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/By_Time_Period/
http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html

The History Beat
http://www.search-beat.com/history.htm
The History Beat covers United States history, world history timelines, and history resources on the Internet

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U.S. Flags

History of the American Flag
With pictures!   Betsy Ross
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagfact.html

Historical U.S. Flags, Well Described - United States Embassy Stockholm
http://stockholm.usembassy.gov/usflag/flaghist.html

U.S. Flag Depot - Historical Flags, with story or background, available for sale
http://www.usflagdepot.com/store/page1.html

Flags of the 50 States
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/flags/stflag.shtml

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Speeches

"Top 100 Speeches"
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

American Rhetoric.Com - Speech Bank
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm

Speeches of President Obama - Read and review Current Speeches - white house.Gov
http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing_room/Speeches/

Read the U.S. Constitution or Martin Luther King's  "I Have a Dream" speech.  You can find other historical speeches and letters, which are primarily from 18th & 19th centuries.  
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/

Century of Great African American Speeches - Transcripts - American RadioWorks
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/sayitplain/index.html

History.Com - Search and View Short Videos on U.S. History
http://www.history.com/media.do?searchTerm=Famous+Speeches&action=search

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Biography

American biographies - Public Broadcasting Web Site
http://www.pbs.org/history/history_biographies.html

Presidents of the United States
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/   Internet Public Library - Links to Presidents
http://www.presidentsusa.net/  CB Presidential Research Services
Resources are hyperlinked by President or topics, such as assinations, scandals, staff, election campaigns, quotes, rankings & public opinion, and more.

InfoPlease.Com - American and world figures
http://www.infoplease.com/people.html

Also, see: additional biographies. (You will be taken to the reference web page.)

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U.S. Geography

You may also see additional geography resources. (You will be taken to the reference web page.)

Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/united_states.html
Links to maps of the United States, on-line
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/histus.html  Access historical maps of Indian tribes, exploration and settlement, and territorial expansion of the United States.

U.S. Geological Survey Web Site:  Design and explore interactive multimedia maps of the United State's natural and socio-cultural landscapes.  
http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/

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News & Polls

Current News

You can also see additional news sources.  (You will be taken to the reference web page.)

Major U.S. Newspapers
http://latimes.com/           L. A. times on-line
http://nytimes.com/           N.Y. Times on-line
http://www.WashingtonPost.com/           Washington Post
http://www.usatoday.com/           U.S.A. Today
http://www.time.com/time/           Time Magazine
http://abcnews.go.com/           ABC News
http://cnn.com/           CNN
http://www.c-span.org/           C-SPAN

News from hometowns in the United States
http://www.WashingtonPost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/50states/

Opinion Magazines & Political News
http://www.world-newspapers.com/news-magazine.html
http://newslink.org/mpol.html
http://dmoz.org/News/Analysis_and_Opinion/Magazines_and_E-zines/
http://directory.google.com/Top/News/Analysis_and_Opinion/Magazines_and_E-zines/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Politics/Political_Opinion/Progressive/Magazines/

Polls

Gallop Fast Facts on Public Opinions
http://www.gallup.com

Roper Public Opinion Archives
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/

Additional Public Polling Resources - Institute of Governmental Studies. University of California, Berkeley
http://igs.berkeley.edu/library/gallery-us.html#OPINION

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U.S. GOVERNMENT

American Government Primers

InfoUSA
Democracy
One-page primers on the fundamentals of democracy
Introduction to the U.S. system
Guiding principles

American Government Primer, On-line
http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop.html

American government 101 - About.Com
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/rightsandfreedoms/u/gov101.htm
"The basic structure and functions of the United States Federal Government" - Robert Longley

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Comprehensive Government Web Sites

USA Services - Federal Citizen Information Center
http://www.info.gov/
"Have a question about Federal programs, benefits, or services? We handle millions of inquiries from citizens trying to find answers to their questions about government. Pick your favorite way to get out of the government maze!"

Gov Spot
http://www.govspot.com/
Is this the best web site on government?   Check it out.

First Gov:  
http://www.firstgov.org/
U.S. Government's official web portal - Reference center

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Government Agency Directories

Students.Gov: Student Gateway To U.S. Government
http://www.students.gov/STUGOVWebApp/index.jsp
Pay for your education-- Scholarships, grants, student loans, financial aid, work-study, internships, passports, government forms, U.S. government 101, links and more

LSU Libraries Federal Agencies Directory
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/index.html
This web site may be the longest and most extensive site on the planet!

Abbreviations & Acronyms of the U.S. Government, A-Z
http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/subjectareas/gov/docs_abbrev.html

State and Local Government on the Net - San Diego State University Library
http://www.statelocalgov.net/
Access information, on states or cities, by the category you need.

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Elections and Politics

Check Voting Records:   Links
http://www.govspot.com/shortcuts/votingrecords.htm

Vote Smart -  Find Out Your Representative / Voters' Self Defense Manual
http://www.vote-smart.org/
Voting records, issue positions of candidates, interest group ratings, public statements, public statements, campaign finances, voter registration, ballot measures and more     

Politics 1
Homepage
ID Your State and Federal Officeholders -  50 State Pages
Links to right, left, libertarian, and radical political organizations, with links to political parties  (including 3rd parties) and political campaigns.
Scroll down to links to political organizations, arranged by major political issues.

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Interest Groups

Map Light.Org - Find an Interest Group - Directory
http://www.maplight.org/map/us/interest
Legislator's contributions received by interest groups:  Go.

Open Secrets .Org
http://www.opensecrets.org/
Open Secrets web site provides current information on the money American politicians raise and spend and the money which special interest groups contribute to politicians

About.Com - Issues, Organizations, and Interest Groups
http://usgovinfo.about.com/blorgs.htm

E-mail Directories

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
E-mail the President, Vice President, or First Ladies

U.S. Congressional E-mail Directory
http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html
Provides E-mail addresses for U.S. Senators and Congress men and women, arranged by State

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Legislature - U.S. Congress

Enter your zip code, find out your representative.
http://www.vote-smart.org/

U.S. House of Representatives web site.
http://www.house.gov/

U.S. Senate Web Site
http://www.senate.gov/

News and Coverage on the U.S. Congress - C-SPAN
http://www.c-span.org/

Check Voting Records
http://www.govspot.com/shortcuts/votingrecords.htm

Current U.S. Federal Legislative Information
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Bills, laws, Congressional Record, reports, and links to further information.

Search the U.S. Code: Menu Directory - Laws Made and Passed by the U.S. Congress
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/

U.S. Law, by Subject
http://library.lp.findlaw.com/index.html#subject

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Executive Branch (U.S.)

Executive Branch Agencies: Directory
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/index.html

Executive Branch - Resources
http://www.govspot.com/executive/

Links to Topics on Presidents of the United States - CB Presidential Research Services
http://www.presidentsusa.net/

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Web site for the current President of the United States

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Supreme Court & Federal Courts

Supreme Court Decisions, by topic
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/topiclist.html
Last 10 Years
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm
Historic Decisions

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html
Web site contains searchable database of the Supreme Court decisions since 1893 and it contains direct links to major Supreme Court decisions of the most recent two years.

Federal Courts

U.S. Courts - Court Locator and Electronic Services
http://www.uscourts.gov/

Frequently Asked Questions: How to file a federal case, federal judges, and jury duty
http://www.uscourts.gov/faq.html

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions on U.S. Constitution Issues
Click here for several links.

Project Vote Smart Federal Judiciary Links
Federal Courts

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Government Publications

Government Printing Office - Links to U.S. Government Publications
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/

Government Documents - Interleaves.Org
http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/uspolitics.html#govdocs
Find government documents not readily available to the general public

100 Milestone Documents - Fundamental Government Documents and Laws of U.S. History, 1776 - 1965 - Ourdocuments.Org
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?flash=true&page=milestone

Government Forms and Tax Forms

Forms.Gov - U.S. Government Forms Catalog
http://www.forms.gov/bgfPortal/main.do
"The Forms Catalog provides citizens and businesses with a common access point to federal agency forms." - Search by agency name, keyword, or form number."

IRS Downloadable tax forms
http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/   IRS forms & publications page
Print, by form number
Topical index to forms

California Franchise Tax Board - Downloadable tax forms
http://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/index.html   State of California tax forms

Bankrate.com - Downloadable tax forms
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/itax/edit/forms/forms_home.asp

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U.S. Budget

U.S. Budget with Charts of Recent Years and Projections - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget

National Debt Clock
http://brillig.com/debt_clock/  Ed Hall with U.S. Dept. of Treasury data

Introduction to U.S. Budget - Kei Koizumi - American Association for the Advancement of Science
http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/prleader1107.pdf  Clear PowerPoint slides, developed in 2007

You may also check out  Economic indicators and statistics

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National Security and 9-11

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Web Site
http://www.fema.gov/

Department of Homeland Security Web Site
http://www.dhs.gov/index.shtm

National Security Archives - George Washington University
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/

9-11 Commission Report Text
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/911report/documents/911Report.pdf
Posted by the Washington Post

Alternative Views to the 9-11 Commission
http://www.question911.com/

Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Web Links - United States Institute of Peace
http://www.usip.org/library/topics/terrorism.html

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State of California

State of California Homepage
http://www.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp
Links to various aspects of life in California, such as government, education, history and culture, travel, natural resources, business and employment.

States in the United States

Netstate.Com:   Maps, Symbols, & Almanacs, Government for each State
http://www.netstate.com/states/index.html

Homepages and agencies of the 50 States, tribal councils, and territories-- Hyperlinks:
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm

Quick Facts for Each State, from U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/qfd/

Flags of the 50 States: Scroll down for links.
http://www.netstate.com/state_flags.htm

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American Law

Declaration Of Independence
Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers
U.S. Constitution
U.S. Code, State Law, and Constitutional Law (Case Law)
U.S. Historical Documents
Constitutions Of Other Nations

Additional Legal Resources  (You will be taken to another web page.)

(Constitutions of Native and World's Nations)

Native American Constitutions
http://thorpe.ou.edu/const.html

Constitutions of the World
http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/index.html
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/06constitutional/03forconst/index.html

U.S. Constitution

Also, see Constitutional Law

Text of U.S. Constitution, by Section
http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html

Information on U.S. Constitution, indexed hyperlinks
http://www.usconstitution.net/index.html

Topics on U.S. Constitution
http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop.html

Founders' Almanac: Background Information on Founders of the U.S. Constitution, Documents
http://www.heritage.org/research/features/almanac/

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Declaration of Independence
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm  Text of Declration of Independence
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/   Information about the Declaration of Independence

Federalist Papers and Anti-Federalist Papers
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/federalist/fedxx.htm  Federalist papers
http://www.wepin.com/articles/afp/  Anti-federalist papers

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U.S. Code, State Law, and Constitutional Law (Case Law)

U.S. Code   (Federal Law)
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/#TITLES    Index to U.S. Code titles
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/topn/    Table of Popular Names of Many Laws

State Law
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/#statelaw

Law in the U.S., by Subject
http://library.lp.findlaw.com/index.html#subject

Constitutional Law  (Supreme Court Decisions on U.S. Constitution)
Historic U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: Major Cases  The 'Lectric Law Library
Major U.S. Supreme Court Decisions  Cornell.edu
Major Landmark Cases  LandmarkCases.Org
U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, by Topic  Cornell.edu

Some Major U.S. Court Cases on Habeas Corpus and National Security through History
http://www.uscourts.gov/outreach/topics/habeascorpus_landmark.htm

U.S. Constitution Annotated with Explanations of Case Law (court decisions and interpretations) for most Clauses of the Constitution.  Very comprehensive
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/constitution/.html
http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/constitution/

Links to U.S. Case Law and more
http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/  

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U.S. Historical Documents

This Nation.Com
http://www.thisnation.com/library/index.html
U.S. Constitution, Bill Of Rights, Magna Carta, Declaration Of Independence, major supreme court decisions, inaugural addresses, patriotic songs

The Founder's Almanac - Guide to the American Founding Fathers and their Lives - Heritage.Org
http://web.archive.org/web/20040807142806/www.heritage.org/research/features/almanac/
Web site slow, but operates

Most Influential Documents in American History, by Peoples' Vote - Our Documents.Gov
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?page=vote
100 milestone documents - Our Documents.Gov

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Civil Rights

U.S. Dept. of Justice. Civil Rights Division.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crt-home.html
Web site includes search box, reports on special topics, and selected decisions and briefs filed by the Division.

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
http://www.aclu.org/

Civil Rights Organizations and Resources
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Issues_and_Causes/Human_Rights/Organizations/"
Yahoo.Com's civil rights page, topics A-Z

Your Constitutional and Civil Rights, plus advice from law firms
http://www.expertlaw.com/library/pubarticles/Criminal/Const.html#Q1  ExpertLaw.Org - Law Offices of Aaron Larson
http://www.flexyourrights.org/frequently_asked_questions  Flex Your Rights.Org

Free Speech (1st Amendment)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment01/

Search & Seizure (4th Amendment related) Links
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment04/

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Court decisions and federal laws regarding civil rights
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/civil_rights.html

List of Natural Rights and Civil Rights - Constitution.Org
http://www.constitution.org/powright.htm

Affirmative Action Resources
http://aad.english.ucsb.edu/aa.html

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Immigration and U.S. Citizenship

Why Become a U.S. Citizen?
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/cdr/hmong/current-events/citizen-e.html

100 "INS" Questions
http://www.immigrationguide.com/citiq.htm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis  Services, forms, laws, green cards, and adoption information

Immigration Super Highway
http://www.theodora.com/is.html   Immigration Super Highway - Information arranged by topic, with forms
 

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AMERICAN CULTURE

Introduction to American Culture - U.S. Embassy
http://usa.usembassy.de/etexts/factover/ch1.htm

American Values

Core Values - CIVITAS
http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/dowagiac/duhsw/hssocstcv.html
Gives a concise list and description of American core values and beliefs, compiled from CIVITAS: Framework for Civic Education Bulletin No. 86, 1991.

Core American Values - Google Results
Enter to find discussions of core American values.

Syllabi

Popular Culture - Bibliography - Book lists
http://www.ryerson.ca/mgroup/popcult.html

You may also, search "American Government syllabi" in Google.

Bibliographies

Enter "American culture bibliography" in Google, and browse by topic.