African American History
- Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: A Selection of Primary Sources This link opens in a new windowBrowse the section 'Slavery and Abolitionist Movement,' or use the magnifier to search for Underground Railroad.
- Legislative Insight This link opens in a new windowSee the Timeline Browse in the top banner, for civil rights legislative histories, which include links to the 13th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution.
- Oxford African American Studies Center This link opens in a new windowContains over 10,000 articles, primary sources, images, maps, and timelines. Core content includes Black Women in America and African American National Biography.
Constitutional Amendments
Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments by Call Number: Online at GVRL (Gale E-Books)ISBN: 1598843168Publication Date: 2010-04-22Navigate the Table of Contents:
Vol. 2: N-W
*Nineteenth Amendment
*Twenty-Second Amendment
Women's History
Women and Politics Around the World by Call Number: Online at ABC-CLIOISBN: 1851099883Publication Date: 2009-03-30Scroll contents to Vol.2: "Women in Switzerland: From Backwardness to Uneven Progress." Note: Swiss women were granted the right to vote in 1971.
American Revolution
The Oxford Handbook of the American Revolution by Call Number: Online via Oxford HandbooksISBN: 9780199746705Publication Date: 2012-12-06In the section 'Cultures and Crises,' see the chapter:
"Political Protest and the World of Goods," by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
Landmark Supreme Court Cases
I Dissent: Great Opposing Opinions in Landmark Supreme Court Cases by Call Number: Online via Proquest Ebook CentralISBN: 9780807000366Publication Date: 2008-06-01
Do Great Cases Make Bad Law? by Call Number: Online via Oxford Scholarship OnlineISBN: 9780199765881Publication Date: 2014-03-11Contents is organized by court case.
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowScroll to the U.S. Supreme Court Library, or click below for an overview of the history of the Supreme Court and Landmark Cases:
https://heinonline-org.ezproxysuf.flo.org/HOL/Index?collection=usreports&set_as_cursor=clear - Nexis UniContains Federal and State court cases (primary documents).
Scott v. Sandford, (Supreme Court of the United States March 5, 1857, Decided; December 1856 Term)
Atomic Bomb - WWII
History in Dispute, Vol. 5: World War II, 1943-1945 by Call Number: Online via GVRL (Gale E-books)ISBN: 9781558624115Publication Date: 2000-03-17Open the Table of Contents tab to find the chapter:
'Atomic Bomb: Was the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Justified?'History in dispute. Vol. 3: American Social and Political Movements, 1900-1945: Pursuit of Progress by
Call Number: Online at GVRL (Gale E-Books)Publication Date: 2000Use the Table of Contents tab to find the essay:
"Atomic Bomb: Why did President Harry S Truman Order the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?"