Absolutism
Industrial Revolution & Capitalism
Overview
CAPITALISM: Frequently Asked Questions
Women's Rights: The
Seneca Falls Convention and the Declaration of Women's Rights
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848
Modern History Sourcebook: The Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Conference, 1848
Timeline of Legal History of Women in the United States
Nationalism
Philosophical definition, overview and analysis: Nationalism
Communism
Overview
China 's Revolution under Mao Zedong and the Communist Party
The Chinese Revolution of 1911
“The Chinese Revolution and the Chinese Communist Party,” an essay by Mao Zedong.
Overview of the Communist Revolution:
--Nationalism and Communism
--Anti-Japanese War
--Return to Civil War
--The People's Republic of China
Fascism
What is Fascism?” by Benito Mussolini.
Overview with international perspective
The Great Depression
Overview 1
Overview 2
A Photo Essay on the Great Depression
Genocide/Holocaust
Overview
Overview 2
A Holocaust Photo Essay
Pearl Harbor
Events Leading to the Japanese Attack of Pearl Harbor Hawaii
Japanese Note to the United States United States December 7, 1941
The attack
A Photo Essay
Document: “Pearl Harbor Speech” by Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations
Background: “From the League of Nations to the United Nations”
Short history
Concise overview
Document: The Charter of the United Nations
The Korean War
Overview
Korean War – Photos
Questions and answers about the Korean war
Women’s Movement (1960’s)
Timeline of Legal History of Women in the United States
Essay: “The Successes and Failures of Feminism,” By Barbara Epstein.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
"The Cuban Missile Crisis," by
John Swift
Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement
The life of Martin Luther King Jr.
Document: "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Document: "I Have a Dream."
Document: "I've Been to the Mountaintop." (Speech given the day before he was assassinated)
The Vietnam War
Vietnam War Statistics
A Vietnam Photo Essay
A Vietnam War Timeline
The Cold War / End of the Cold War
Overview
Document: “Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech.”
Essay: “The End of the Cold War.”
Perestroika
Overview: Gorbachev and Perestroika: "Lessons from the Failure of Perestroika" (Once at the page, clik on the View Pdf link)
China and the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989
China explodes at Tiananmen
Islam as a Political Force
Analysis: “Islam's Imperial Dreams.”
Essay: “Islam and Power.”
Analysis: “Roots of Conflict: The Islamist Critique of Western Value.”
The Gulf War
Overview
Video Excerpts (Click on the Video Excerpt Box, on the top right corner, on the High Bandwidth red area)
Document: The Perspective of the Secretary of State
Timeline
Gulf War Photographs
