History Resources

A perspective on the San Francisco earthquake, 1906

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Eyewitness account of the sinking of the Titanic, 1912

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Geography, World History

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Herbert Hoover on the Great Depression and New Deal, 1931–1933

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Foreign Languages

Japan declares war, 1941

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World History

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FDR on racial discrimination, 1942

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Government and Civics

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Physicists predict a nuclear arms race, 1945

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Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History

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Victory Order of the Day, 1945

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World History

President Truman’s Farewell Address, 1953

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Government and Civics, World History

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Robert Kennedy on civil rights, 1963

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Government and Civics

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Civil rights posters, 1968

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Government and Civics