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America From the Great Depression to World War II [read review]
Archive of photographs from the U.S. Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information (FSA-OWI) which span the years 1935-45.
lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html
The American Experience: America and the Holocaust
Explores the complex social and political factors that led the American government to turn its back on the plight of the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust
Coupons and Counterfeits: World War II and the U.S. Black Market
By Garrett Moritz.
www.gtexts.com/college/papers/j2.html
Marshall Plan (5)
dir.yahoo.com/.../1940s/Marshall_Plan
Zoot Suit Riots (7)
dir.yahoo.com/.../1940s/Zoot_Suit_Riots
1943 Detroit Race Riots (1)
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Bedford Virginia Army Air Force B25 Crashes (1943)
Tribute to the crew, with recent pictures of crash scene, official government report, history, and newspaper articles.
www.wp21.com/b25crash/index.htm
New York Shipbuilding in World War Two
Dedicated to the men and women of The New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden, NJ and the sailors they sent into harm's way.
members.aol.com/nyship/home.html
Operation Paperclip (3)
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50th Anniversary of the Creation of the State of Israel, 1948-1998
Information from the Harry S. Truman Library regarding the U.S. recognition of the State of Israel.
www.trumanlibrary.org/israel
New Deal Network
Educational guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s, from the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. Find Depression documents, photographs, and politcal cartoons, as well as background and facts about the era.
newdeal.feri.org
I was a Negro in the South for 30 Days [read review]
Ray Sprigle posed as a black man in 1948 to experience firsthand what life was like living under the system of legal segregation known as Jim Crow.
www.post-gazette.com/sprigle/default.asp
Roosevelt, Franklin D.@
Find sites for Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States who was elected to four terms in office. Sites offer biography, history, timeline, election results, political speeches, military and foreign policy, and records repository for the U.S. President whose legacies include the social security system and the regulation of the Wall Street.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Presidents/Roosevelt__Franklin_D___1882_1945_
Texas City Disaster@
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Truman, Harry S.@
Learn about Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States whose presidency was eventful in foreign affairs. Sites offer life, career, presidency, museum exhibits, photos, documents, speeches, and personal letters of one of the few U.S. Presidents who had to face too many domestic challenges marked by economic shortages, strikes, and more.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Presidents/Truman__Harry_S__1884_1972_

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