Tubman 

    Sherman 

    Civil War Slave Sale 

     

    Lincoln 

     

    		  

     

    The Civil War
    Jim Crow
    The Great Depression     

    Gettysburg 

     

    Missouri Compromise 

    In US History in Context search for the Missouri Compromise article from the Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. 

     EBSCO History Reference Center  has a good overview which can be opened here.
    Manumission  

    Go to Encyclopaedia Britannica  and search for Manumission (high school article). 

    Student Resource Center, Jr.  has an article good for many of these topics.  Search for From Slavery to Freedom (1850-1877).  It is an American Eras article. 

    The Gale Library of Daily Life has an excellent article titled Manumission in US History in Context .  The Dictionary of U.S. History also has an article in US History in Context  titled Manumission. 
     Abolition  Go to  Student Resource Center, Jr.   and search for
    a.  Slavery: Abolitionism and Antislavery Movements
    b.  Reform Movements: Abolition (1815-1850)     

    Go to this United States History in Context article Abolition 

    Go to Encyclopaedia Britannica  and search for

    a.  abolitionism (high school article)
    b.  abolition (elementary level article) 
     Fugitive Slaves  Go to the Student Resource Center, Jr.  article Fugitive Slaves from the African American Almanac. 

    Go to the United States History in Context article Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act or Runaway Slaves in the United States 

    Go to Encyclopaedia Britannica  and search for

    a.  Fugitive Slave Acts (high school article)
    b.  Fugitive Slave Acts (elementary level article)
    Underground Railroad  Search Encyclopaedia Britannica  for Underground Railroad (middle school article)
    Read the United States History in Context UXL Encyclopedia of U.S. History article Underground Railroad, Civil War article Underground Railroad, or the Gale Library of Everyday Life article Underground Railroad.
    Check out the Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Government and Politics article Underground Railroad at Student Resource Center, Jr.  
    Emancipation Proclamation 

    U.S. History in Context's article Emancipation Proclamation from Americans at War 

    In Encyclopaedia Britannica  search for Emancipation Proclamation (use Middle School)

     Student Resource Center, Jr.  has many articles on Emancipation Proclamation.  Try the ones from Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History and DISCovering World History 

    The actual text can be found in Student Resource Center, Jr.  by searching for Emancipation Proclamation (1863) 
    Ku Klux Klan  In Encyclopaedia Britannica  search Ku Klux Klan (middle school article)
    Student Resource Center, Jr.  has many articles on the Ku Klux Klan.  Try the ones from Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History  and DISCovering U.S. History
    U.S. History in Context has a number of articles - Ku Klux Klan (from U*X*L Encyclopedia of U.S. History) and      Ku Klux Klan (from Civil Rights in the United States) 
    Plessy V. Ferguson  In Encyclopaedia Britannica  search Plessy V. Ferguson (high school article)
    In Student Resource Center, Jr.  search Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) UXL Multicultural for the Supreme Court's ruling.  An excellent explanation of the case can be found by searching Plessy v. Ferguson and reading the resulting  Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Government and Politics article.

    US History in Context has a number of good articles.  Just search Plessy V. Ferguson and in the left column click on Reference..
    Harlem Renaissance   In Encyclopaedia Britannica  search for Harlem Renaissance (use Middle School for an overview and High School for in depth)
    Gaines v. Canada 

    Put this search term, Missouri ex rel. Gaines V. Canada in US History in Context
    The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions by Kermit L. Hall has a good overview of this case (scroll down to find it).

    EBSCO History Reference Center has the Supreme Court decision.
    Farm Foreclosures 

     Student Resource Center, Jr.  's, Penny Auctions is a short interesting article referencing 1920's farm foreclosures.
    U.S. History in Context's article from the Encyclopedia of the Great Depression - Farm Foreclosures 
    Slavery  Read the Student Resource Center, Jr.  articles  From Slavery to Freedom (1850-1877) and Slavery (Issue).Encyclopaedia Britannica  has all level of articles if you just search Slavery. 
    Dred Scott Decision 

    Search for the Dred Scott Decision in Encyclopaedia Britannica  .  There are articles for elementary, middle, and high school.
    History Reference Center has a good article about Dred Scott and how the case came about.

    Search for  Dred Scott v. Sanford from Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Government and Politics in Student Resource Center, Jr.   
    Jim Crow   EBSCO History Reference Center has a good, short article.  Search for Flash Focus: "Jim Crow"
    In     Encyclopaedia Britannica  search Jim Crow (high school article)
    Student Resource Center, Jr.  has two good articles - Jim Crow Laws.  Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History and
    Jim Crow Laws from Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Government and Politics