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History of the United States: U. S. History Timelines and Chronologies

Use this guide to locate print and electronic resources for research in U. S. History.

U.S. History Timelines/Chronologies on the Library Reference Shelf


•   Day By Day: The Twenties                      
        REF  D723 D43 2008, Vol. 1-2 

•    Day By Day: The Forties                      
        REF  D427 .L4 

•   Day By Day: The Fifties                       
       REF  D842.5 .M47 1979
 
•   Day By Day: The Sixties                       
      REF  D840 .P27 1983, Vol. 1-2 

•   Day By Day: The Seventies
      REF  D848 .L4 1988, Vol. 1-2  

•   Day By Day: The Eighties
     REF  D848 .M45 1995, Vol. 1-2

•   The Seventies in America
    REF E169.12 .S447 2006, Vol. 1-3

•   The Nineties in America
    REF  E839 .N56 2009. Vol. 1-3

•   Columbia Chronicle of American Life
     REF  E169.1 G667 1995                                        

•   The Timetables of Women's History
      REF  HQ1121 .G74 1994

•   The Timetables of African American History
      REF  E195 .H295 1995 

•   What Happened When: A Chronology Of Life   
      and Events in America
      REF  E174.5 .C32 1989

•   National Geographic Eyewitness to the 20th Century
     REF D421 .N37 2004

•   The Timetables of Technology
     STACKS  T15 .B73 1994

•   The Timetables of Science   
     REF Q125 .H557 1988


 

U.S. History Timelines/Chronologies on the Web


•    America's Best History: U. S, History Timeline
        America's Best History

•    American Education History: A Hypertext Timeline  
        Edmund Sass. Ed.D., College of St. Benedict
        /Saint John's University.

•    American History Timeline (1780-2000)  
        Animated Atlas.

•    U. S. History Timeline
        Infoplease


Timelines on Specific Topics

•    America on the Move  (Transportation in American History)
      National Museum of American History

•    Asian American History Timeline. Ancestors
      in the Americas 
        Center of Educational Telecommunications

•   Civil Rights Movement Timeline
         Infoplease

•    Events in Hispanic American History
         Gale. Cengage

•   Flagtime (States, Dates of Admission, Flags)
          Betsy Ross. Independence Hall Association.
          Philadelphia

•    President's of the United States
         The Whitehouse. Washington

•    Women's History Timeline
          Gale. Cengage


Multiple Timeline Websites

•    The History Place Timelines (Timelines on the American Revolution, U.S. Civil War, World War 1 & 11, Vietnam War, Indians of North America, This Week in History, This Month in History, Picture of the Week)