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about...Education
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RadioWorks - Congressional Power Trips
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Current Legislation in
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HOW OUR LAWS ARE MADE
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Extra Lesson Plan: The Presidential Nominating System
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Plan Unit: Elections in the United States
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The
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The
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Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S.
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America
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Newseum:
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Electionworld.
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Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S.
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A Century of
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A Mencken Sample - On
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Papers of the War
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ENGINE: United States Constitution
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Multitude of Amendments: ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
A
Multitude of Amendments: The Constitution
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39 delegates.
Colonial Hall:
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Separation of Church and
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On Slavery
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Debating
Teenage Rights
Constitution
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RIGHT WING VIEWS OF THE CONSTITUTION & THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
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Index
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- tons of links to right wing rhetoric!
Who Is Running
America?
Undermining the
Constitution - A History of Lawless Government
Our Enemy, The
State
Constitution Society Home Page
THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF
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Brady Campaign to
Prevent Gun Violence
Gun Control -
SpeakOut.com
Bureau of
Justice Statistics Presale Handgun Checks, 1997
The Second
Amendment Under Fire: The Uses of History and the Politics of Gun Control
United
States vs. Miller
Bowling for
Columbine: Library: Teacher's Guide
PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE
EUTHANASIA
AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE: ALL SIDES
Frontline: The
Kevorkian Verdict
MISC. CONSTITUTIONAL TOPICS
Schoolhouse
Rock - America Rock - "The Preamble"
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Constitution Test - test administered today for immigrants applying for U.S.
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List
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Worldwide Guide to Women in
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the Historian
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Presidents and Secretaries
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Heads of State and Government
Vincent Ferraro,
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Encyclopedias of
International Relations
U.S. DIPLOMATIC
HISTORY RESOURCES INDEX
American Foreign Policy Council
Foreign Policy: Your portal to
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Foreign
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History 176
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Documents Relating
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Americas Program: A New
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Global
Policy Forum - Empire?
Digital
History - The Politics of Oil
WTO History
Project
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U.S.
AID to Regions & Countries
ReliefWeb Homepage
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Hall of Honor
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FBI -
Your FBI - History - Heraldry of the FBI Seal
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FBI Kids & Youth Educational
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FBI - Freedom of Information Act -
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DOJ: U.S. Department of Justice Home Page
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CRIME STATISTICS
Bureau
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Bureau of Justice
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Statistics Capital Punishment Statistics
Bureau of Justice
Statistics Firearms and Crime Statistics
Juvenile
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SSBR: Crime Statistics
NACJD: National Archive of
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Crime
Statistics/Rates Link Guide and Tutorial
GOING TO COURT?
Explanations
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GLOSSARY: Court
Terminology
LII: Federal
Rules of Evidence
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DEATH PENALTY
U.S.
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FORENSICS
Crime
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Fingerprint
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Resources
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BEGINNING
OF THE PENITENTIARY MOVEMENT
JUVENILE JUSTICE - DRUGS - GUNS
Office
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
National Center for Juvenile Justice
Juvenile Justice
Statistics
Juvenile Justice: Facts And
Figures
YOUTHS TRIED AS
ADULTS REOFFEND MORE QUICKLY, UF STUDY FINDS
DEA - Home Page
DEA Briefs &
Background, Drugs and Drug Abuse, Drug Descriptions
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Bureau for International Narcotics
and Law Enforcement Affairs
Web of Addictions
The Drug Reform
Coordination Network
Gun Control -
SpeakOut.com
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun
Violence
Bureau of Justice
Statistics Firearms and Crime Statistics
GENERAL & MISC. SITES ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Perspectives
on the United States Criminal Justice System
FSU School of
Criminology Criminal Justice Links
famous mugshots
Criminal
Justice for Kids
More info on the Law may be found above in the section on the Judiciary.
$$$MONEY, TAXES, TRADE, LABOR, & THE ECONOMY$$$
MONEY - PAST & PRESENT
U.S.
Treasury
U.S. Treasury - Education
U.S. Treasury - For Kids
About the
Federal Reserve
Frequently Asked
Questions about the Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Board:
General Information
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP)
FRBSF American Currency Exhibit -
the History of U.S. Currency from Independence to the Present Day!
FRBSF American
Currency Exhibit: Artistry and Imagery - Index
of Bills - Notes
No Longer in General Circulation - Fun
Facts About Money from the FRBSF
United States Secret Service - Not
justprotection of the President - also handles counterfeiting.
United States
Secret Service: Know Your Money - Counterfeit Awareness
United States
Secret Service: History of United States Currency
**** Whose face is on the $100 bill? You will find it at this site. Portrait
and Back
U.S.Treasury
- Fact Sheets on Currency & Coins
TIMELINE: Money
Fundamental
Facts about U.S. Money
History
of the Motto "In God We Trust"
In
God We Trust on our currency
United
States one-dollar bill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Money in North
American History: From Wampum to Electronic Funds Transfer
Surfing the Net with Kids:
Paper Money
Six Kinds of United States Paper
Currency
Where's George - track down where
the money in your pocket has been.
How did the
pyramid get on the one dollar bill?
History of Money from
Ancient Times to the Present Day
Origins of Money and
of Banking
Democracy and
Government Control of the Money Supply
Warfare and Financial
History
Money - Past, Present
& Future
The History of The United
States Penny Online
It Makes Cents
Comparative
Chronology of Money 1920 - 1938 : annotated history timeline
NOVA Online/Secrets of Making
Money
On2 Money / A
History of Money
Perspectives in
Numismatics
**** American
Economic History by Scott
Currency Photos List
Now, have some fun with Money at Money
Origami and Dollar
Bill Money Origami - Lisa's Japanese Pages!!
For more on money in the past, check out specific time period pages on my Table of Contents page.
U.S. & WORLD ECONOMY
Glossary
of Economic & Banking Terms: FRBSF
U.S. National Debt Clock
Economy at a Glance Menu: Regional, State,
& Metropolitan level
U.S. Economy at a Glance
USA: Outline of the
American Economy
Outline
of the U.S. Economy
**** American
Economic History by Scott
**** Dismal Scientist: Economic
Analysis and Data for the World
Economy.com
U.S. Department of Commerce Home Page
IMF -- International Monetary Fund Home Page
International Trade Administration -
U.S. Department of Commerce
WTO History
Project
Global
Policy Forum - Empire?
Digital
History - The Politics of Oil
NATIONAL DEBT & DEFICIT
FAQ
About the Budget ... and the National Debt
U.S. National Debt
Clock
Federal Budget Spending, National Debt,
Deficit
CHART:
Interest on the National Debt
CHART: National
Debt Increases
The Department of the Treasury's
Learning Vault Home Page
THE STOCK MARKET & INVESTING
Stocks,
Commodities and Markets
The Stock Market Game
EduStock:
Learn about the Stock Market!
Understanding
How Glass-Steagall Act Impacts Investment Banking
The Wall Street Journal Online
Bloomberg.com:
401(k) Calculator - Retirement
Calculator
CNN.com In-Depth Specials -
Enron on Trial
INFLATION CALCULATORS
*****The
Inflation Calculator - Accounting for inflation, $5.00 in 1957 is now worth
$33.98!!! The $0.35 loaf of bread my Mom sent me to the store to buy in 1966 now
costs $2.05! Just plug in an amount and its corresponding value for any year
from 1800 - 2005!
***** dMarie Time Capsule is
another super site!!! Type in a date and see what was the average salary; how
much a house cost; and the price of a loaf of bread!
The Salary
Calculator: relocation, cost of living, real estate
Consumer Price
Index Calculator
Bloomberg.com:
401(k) Calculator - Mortgage
Calculator - Currency
Calculator - Retirement
Calculator
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES - CURRENCY CONVERTERS
XE.com:
The Universal Currency Converter(tm)
Bloomberg.com:
Currency Calculator
fxtop.com online currency converters o:)
Currency Calculator
Foreign currencies and
currency Exchange Rates history graphs
TAX TIME!
IRS
- The Digital Daily: Income Tax Forms, Instructions, Publications - Site
Map - Tax
Information for Individuals - Forms
and Instructions - 1040
Central
Tax Statistics - IRS
Tax and Accounting Sites Directory
The Tax History Project at Tax Analysts
Tax History Musuem
INFO FOR CONSUMERS
U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
U.S. Consumer Gateway: Home Page
Teen Consumer
Scrapbook
Consumer Price Index Home Page
Consumer Price Index FAQs
Consumer Price
Index Calculator
Food, Nutrition, and
Consumer Services
Consumer Information Center, Pueblo, CO
AnnualCreditReport
- By law, Americans are allowed to receive credit reports FREE once a year.
VARIOUS SITES RELATING TO MONEY
Fort
Knox Home Page
Economic
Security for All - Table of Contents
Economic Security Project Web Site
Better Business Bureau System -- Promoting
Fairness and Integrity in the Market
TheStreet.com:
The Basics of Business History: Top 100 Events at a Glance
The Salary
Calculator: relocation, cost of living, real estate
Bloomberg.com:
401(k) Calculator - Mortgage
Calculator - Currency
Calculator - Retirement
Calculator
Follow The Money: The Institute
on Money in State Politics
Opensecrets.org--Money in politics
data
Political Money Line
INDUSTRY, LABOR UNIONS AND LABOR HISTORY
TIMELINE:
Labor Movement
Bureau of Labor Statistics Home Page
BLS Data Home Page
LaborNet: Online communications for a
democratic labor movement.
United States
Labor and Industrial History Audio Archive
A Curriculum of United States
Labor History for Teachers.
A
History of Labor Day
AFSCME Labor Links: Women's
Labor History
Women in Industry -
A Study in American Economic History
Adam Smith:
The Division of Labor - Adam
Smith and the Division of Labor
NAICS -- North American
Industry Classification System
Industry Productivity Home Page
American
Labor History
Focus
on Work & Labor History
How
labor won its day - The History of Labor Day
Eight-Hour
Movement
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR
ORGANIZATION - ILO Web site
WWW Virtual Library: Labour and Business
History
oneworld.net:guides: child
labour
The
History Place - Child Labor in America
History
of Child Labor
Child
Labor and Child Labor Reform in American History
LOST LABOR: Images of Vanished
American Workers 1900-1980
The Rise of Industrial
Unions
The Bread and Roses Strike of
1912
Labor-Management
Conflict in American History
Samuel Gompers - Samuel
Gompers Papers
Triangle Fire
american history sweatshop
exhibition
Occupational Safety & Health
Administration - OSHA HOME PAGE
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission Home Page
Welcome to Labor Arts
More info on Labor History on specific time period pages on my
Table of Contents
page.
NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement
NAFTA
Information
North
American Free Trade Agreement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Office of NAFTA and
Inter-American Affairs
Mexico Online NAFTA Resources
Directory
Maquiladora Twin Plant
Resources & Manufacturing Directory
STATS, STATS, and more STATS
Fedstats:One
Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics
Statistics site
has many links for gathering statistics of all kinds.
The Economic Statistics
Briefing Room - more economy stats above in the U.S.&
World Economy section.
The Social Statistics
Briefing Room
SSBR: Health Statistics
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Data and Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Home Page, a part of the U.S. Dept. of Education
Home, Digest of Education
Statistics Tables and Figures
FedStats: Education
Statistics
SSBR: Education
Statistics
The NCES Fast Facts Tool provides quick
answers to many education questions
Official Web site of the Federal
Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
National Data Archive on Child
Abuse and Neglect
Child Abuse: Statistics,
Research, and Resources
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics, US DOT
ASFAR: Drinking Age
SSBR: Demography
Statistics - Much more below in the CENSUS section!
Bureau of Justice Statistics Home page
& SSBR: Crime Statistics
- more statistics on crime can be found above in the Criminal
Justice section.
Bureau of Labor Statistics Home Page
FedStats: Labor Statistics
Tax Statistics - IRS
Office
of Immigration Statistics: Statistics
Immigration
Data
USDA-National Agricultural
Statistics Service, Agricultural Statistics
Hate Crime
Statistics
BIOS: Environmental Statistics
Online
Population Reference Bureau
STATISTICAL
RESOURCES ON THE WEB/DEMOGRAPHICS
TIME100:
1900 vs. Now: Statistics on the U.S.A.
Baby Boomer Headquarters: Boomer
Statistics
U.S.Depository Ready
Reference Collection
Divorce Statistics
Collection
KIDS COUNT
2005 KIDS COUNT Data
Book Online
America's
Children 2005
GeoHive : Global Data
- GeoHive : Global Statistics
NationMaster.com - Where
Stats Come Alive!
Detailed
Country Profile: United States
Center for History and New
Media - Poll Builder
The Baby Name
Wizard: Official Home - The
Baby Name Wizard: NameVoyager
MORE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
U.S.
Federal Government Agencies
GovSpot - federal, state and
local government resources.
State Government
and Politics
US
Government Information Sources
U.S. Customs Service
Official Web Site
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
STAPPA/ALAPCO: State/Local Air
Pollution Control Agencies
U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)
Federal Interagency Forum on Child
and Family Statistics
US Immigration and
Naturalization ServiceHome & USINS
Glossary - more info on the INS can be found on my 20th
Century America page.
ParkSmart:The National Park Service
and National Park Guide - more
info can be found on my General
U.S.A. History page.
Welcome to the Office of Management
& Budget (OBM)
US Patent and Trademark Office Home Page
Peace Corps: The Toughest Job You'll
EverLove!
United States Postal Service
History of the United
States Postal Service
National Postal Museum displays
America's postal history
Postmasters
General of the United States
US Secret Service Home Page
Social Security Online and Social
Security Online History Page
Food and Drug
Administration Home Page and History
of FDA - more info on US agriculture can be found on my General
U.S.A. History page.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management Home
Page - Civil Service
Time Service Department The official
clock of the U.S. at the Naval Observatory.
WAR,
Terrorism, Hate Groups, Human Rights, Censorship, Civil Rights, Cult Groups
**** WARNING!! Some of these sites can be disturbing, both in rhetoric and graphics.
OPERATION
ENDURING FREEDOM - THE WAR ON TERRORISM
For info on America's War on Terrorism, 9/11, and the Wars in
Afghanistan & Iraq, please visit my War
on Terrorism page.
FOR MORE INFO, CHECK OUT:
General U.S.A. History
From Colonies to Revolution
19th Century America
20th Century America
Presidents
50 States
TEXAS
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