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Created by the EIU History Department to assist students of Eastern Illinois University in meeting the Illinois state standards for specialization in the social sciences.
History - Standard 2 Links
The following web-site links have been compiled because they may assist you in your study of this standard in preparation for your certification test.

Civil War
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/
Interdisciplinary site, extensive information.
http://www.civil-war.net/
Very large "clearinghouse", some original content. Also includes photos.
Causes:
http://members.aol.com/jfepperson/causes.html
Uses primary sources (with links) to illuminate Civil War.
http://www.swcivilwar.com/cw_causes.html
Well-written essays on Civil War and causes.
http://www.americancivilwar.info/pages/timeline.asp
Time line of causes and events leading to Civil War.


Civil-War Leaders:

http://www.us-civilwar.com/leaders.htm
Listing and biographical essays on Civil Way leaders.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/precivilwar/index.cfm
Learning module discussing social reformers before and during the war.
Reconstruction:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook27.html
Primary source links to important era documents.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/civilwar/recontwo/recontwo.html
LOC site with primary source material and extensive links.

Dawn of the Twentieth Century

Immigration:
http://www.ellisisland.org/Immexp/indexframe.asp
Immigrant experience - timeline and personal accounts.
http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/index.htm
Gov't site with extensive documentation and information.


Urbanization:
http://www.ecb.org/tracks/mod9.htm
Urbanization, especially immigration influences.
http://www.theusaonline.com/people/urbanization.htm
Overview essay on topic, links.
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/ppa/usppares7.html
Extensive collection of links, mostly to LOC.
Populism:
http://history.smsu.edu/wrmiller/Populism/texts/populism.htm
SMSU site - extensive links and essays.
http://www.ku.edu/history/VL/USA/populism.html
Multiple links, some documentation.

Progressivism:

http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/rbannis1/Progs/
Links to primary documents, essays.
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/election_cartoons_1912/election_cartoons_1912.html
Images and lessons for topic, lots of information.
World War I:
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/
Extensive site for primary documents.
http://www.firstworldwar.com/
Huge site with lots of information and links.

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