America Becomes a World Power
1890-1915
American Presidents
Discovering Collection
Search under the name of the President
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/DC?locID=s0070
The Presidents of the United States
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
POTUS: Presidents of the United States
Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/
Presidents
From Revolution to Reconstruction�and what happens after
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/
Major World Events
World History
HyperHistory On-Line
Includes 3000 years of history, people, events and maps arranged by decade.
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
Discovering Collection
Timeline Search
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/DC?locID=s0070&ste=13
American Memory Timeline
Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/index.htm
New Inventions
Discovering Collection
History Search
Select topic U.S. History |
and narrow with keyword Invention
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/DC?locID=s0070&ste=3
Inventors Hall of Fame
Search by Decade, Invention, Person, or Date of Induction into the Hall of Fame
http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_search.asp
Technology Timeline
The American Experience, PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/timeline/f_timeline.html
The Great Idea Finder
Innovation Timeline, Chronological
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/timeline.htm
Discoveries
1900-1996
A Science Odyssey, PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/eventindex.html
People
[20th century]
A Science Odyssey, PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/bioindex.html
The Greatest Inventors and Inventions
ThinkQuest
http://library.thinkquest.org/5847/
Inventors and Inventions from 1851-1900, the second half of the nineteenth century
Zoom Inventors and Inventions
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1800b.shtml
Important People
Discovering Collection
Person Search
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/DC?locID=s0070&ste=12
For nationality, choose American
The birth date is before 1915
The death date is after 1890
You will retrieve a list of important people who were alive between 1890 and 1915.
Check their biographies to see if they contributed anything important to this amazing time in U.S. History.
Biography on A & E
Search by name, keyword, and occupation/category
http://www.biography.com/search/index.jsp
Biographies
From Revolution to Reconstruction�and what happens after
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/
Timeline
People, Events, Data
1870-2000
The First Measured Century, PBS
Click on the person's name to find out more about them.
http://www.pbs.org/fmc/interact.htm
Overviews of the Period
Yearning to Breath Free
Freedom: The History of US, PBS
1871-1904
http://www.pbs.org/fmc/interact.htm
Safe for Democracy
Freedom: The History of US, PBS
1903-1926
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web11/index.html
Timeline Creation Tools
Create Your Own Timelines
http://www.ourtimelines.com/create_tl_2c.html
Interactive Timeline
ReadWriteThink
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/
Updated 25. April 2008 L.Averill
