Find a copy of the Platt Amendment, written out in beautiful handwriting, which can be enlarged for easier viewing. In addiiton is a transcription of this document, and information about it. This was a document signed with Cuba after the end of the Spanish-American War which strove to protect the independence of Cuba. It also allowed the United States to lease Guantanamo Bay.

Learn about this landmark Supreme Court case on the issue of racial discrimination . Provides an image of a document from the case files and a transcript of the opinion delivered in 1896 by Justice Henry Brown "which sustained the constitutionality of Louisiana's Jim Crow law."

Original video [24:26] of President Richard Nixon as he defends his office on Watergate charges.

Interactive image of the original document through which President Andrew Jackson called for "Indian Removal," in 1830. Includes transcription as well as background and overview of the text and results of the Indian Removal policy.

Check out this site from the National Archives and Records Administration on the US Constitution and the United States Code for laws and provisions regarding presidential elections.

Vintage film [26:30] from 1963 on the AN/VRC-12 Radio set. Technical information from the Department of Defense describes features, capabilities, installation, operation and maintenance.

The site for National Archives and Records Administration gives you the Records of the Interstate Commerce Commission, beginning with its history.

This is a copy of the original Resolution for Annexation of Hawaii. There is also a copy of Queen Liliuokalani's official protest to the House of Representatives. Links to larger copies, a typed transcript and PDF download are also available.

Video [52:04] published in 1965 by Central Intelligence Agency presents account of U.S. intelligence activities previously covert.

Available on this informative site is an interactive copy of the original Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890. You can also view larger images, a typed transcript, and download a .PDF file. Beneath the interactive image is a brief but informative background and history on the act.

Explanation of the importance of the Social Security Act and how it differed from social security initiatives of European countries. Includes a facsimile of the act's official entry in the Enrolled Acts and Regulations of Congress, along with a transcript.

Original video [23:03] from 1948 describes the story of modern gasoline. Produce by the U.S. Department of the Interior in conjunction with Standard Oil Company.

The document outlining the terms of surrender, agreed upon by Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, which ended the Civil War in 1865. Interactive image accompanied by background information and transcript.

A lesson plan that includes a history of Chinese labor in America and pertinent historical documents and analysis sheets about the Chinese Boycott Case.

This comprehensive site from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) describes the history of the participation of colored troops in the Civil War and government efforts to research and compile records about them. Provides plenty of lesson resources for teachers also.

This National Archives and Records Administration site relates the history of Eli Whitney and his remarkable inventions. Links to sites with patent information on the cotton gin. Tons of teacher's resources can be found at this site.

This site provides background information for a lesson that correlates the National Standards for Civics and Government to the study of D-Day.Site also provides documents and photo's. Many teaching resources can be found at this site.

See Anthony's 1874 petition to Congress in complaint against her arrest and fine for having voted in an 1872 election. From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).