General Links

Reference Resources for the Industrial Revolution from KidInfo
http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Industrial_Revolution.html

18^th Century History: Industrial Revolution
http://www.history1700s.com/page1043.shtml

Industrial Revolution
http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/schools/s090/history/industrial_revolution.htm

Age of Industry
http://history.evansville.net/industry.html

Marbury v Madison
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/9.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbury_v._Madison
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761571106/Marbury_v_Madison.html

Monroe Doctrine
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/50.htm
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=23
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch5_p3.htm

Erie Canal

Multimedia Tour
http://www.epodunk.com/routes/erie-canal/index.html

Erie Canal Online
http://www.syracuse.com/features/eriecanal/

Erie Canal Info
http://www.eriecanal.org/

Encyclopedia Article
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/us/A0817585.html

National Road

National Road from the National Park System
http://www.nps.gov/fone/natlroad.htm

National Road from History Magazine
http://www.history-magazine.com/natroad.html

National Road Encyclopedia Article
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0834968.html

The Making of the National Road

http://www.connerprairie.org/historyonline/ntlroad.html

First Steam Engines

Epic of the Early Steam Engine
http://doc1.cooper.edu:8080/gateway/motive_power_fire/products/site/MPF/HTML/TopSet.html

Early Steam Engine Technologies
http://www.technology.niagarac.on.ca/people/mcsele/newcomen.htm

How Steam Engines Work
www.howstuffworks.com/steam.htm

James Watt
http://level2.phys.strath.ac.uk/ScienceOnStreets/jameswatt.html

Railroads

Impact of Railroads
http://www.needham.k12.ma.us/high_school/cur/Baker_00/baker_1800_soc/baker_by_gw_p.1/railroads.htm

Railroad History Links
http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/railroad.htm
http://www.wofford.edu/railroadodyssey/history/links.htm

Railroad History Timeline
http://www.sdrm.org/history/timeline/

Slavery

Discovery School: Understanding Slavery
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/slavery/

Library of Congress – African American Experience
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html

Encyclopedia of Slavery
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAslavery.htm

Frederick Douglass

Short Biography on Douglass
http://www.frederickdouglass.org/douglass_bio.html

Biography – Frederick Douglass
http://www.biography.com/search/article.jsp?aid=9278324&search=douglass%2C+frederick

National Park Service – Frederick Douglass
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/douglass/overview.htm

America’s Library – Frederick Douglass
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/douglass

Nat Turner

Biography – Nat Turner
http://www.biography.com/search/article.jsp?aid=9512211&search=turner%2C+nat

Nat Turner’s Rebellion
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3p1518.html

Confessions of Nat Turner
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1826-1850/slavery/confesxx.htm

Eli Whitney

Biography – Eli Whitney
http://www.biography.com/search/article.jsp?aid=9530201&search=whitney%2C+eli

Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop
http://www.eliwhitney.org/

Inventor of the Week – Eli Whitney
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/whitney.html

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