United States History
Major
Topics in U. S. History
A summary of the major topics in U. S. History from the Revolutionary War to
September 11th, 2001. Includes primary sources, learning tools, visual aids
and resources. From the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
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Time Capsule
Enter the day, month and year of your birth for information.
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History
Channel--This day in history
Search here for events that happened on a specific day and month.
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Today
in History
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day and month.
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Information
Please: Today in History
Find events that happened on a specific day and month.
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Timelines
of the 20th Century
Choose the year you were born and check the major events happening at this time.
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Digital
History
"developed to support the teaching of American History in K-12 schools
and colleges"; it includes a textbook, essays, multimedia presentations,
a database of links, classroom handouts, and much more "
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On
this day...
Search here for events that happened on a specific day and month.
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History
of the World
Search by continent to find a chronology of events. Many events have links to
further information.
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United
States History Chronology
Find the most important events occuring in the United States.
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Native Americans
Kathi Mitchell, a teacher
in New Hampshire, with numerous links to indivdual Native American tribes.
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Salem Witchcraft
Witch Trials
Used by Mrs. Marshall's
classes.
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Salem Witchcraft
Trials, 1692
From National Geographic,
this site is very interactive and takes you into the world of Salem, Mass. in
1692.
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Salem Witch Trials:
Documentary Archive and Transcription Project.
The University of Virginia
has created webpages with court records, personal letters, maps and archives
of significant events.
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Salem Witchcraft
Trials, 1692
The University of Missouri
School of Law has created webpages with a summary of events, a chronology, images,
maps, an example of an arrest warrent. transcripts of accusations.
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Role of Religion & Religious
Liberty
Western Expansionism and Reform 1829-1869
Westward
Expansion History Resources
A series of links from Histor Esearch.
Westward
Expanisionism
From Digital History
Westward
Expansion And Regional Differences
From the State Department and their
Outline of U. S. History
The
Old West: Eyewitness to History
Includes primary source information on vigilante justice,
buffalo hunts, the Gold Rush, the Pony Express and Stagecoaches, transcontinential
railroad, Custer, Wounded Knee, ranchers, farmers, cowboys and much more.
Wild
West
Collection of links about aspects of the West from cowboys,
to women's roles, lawmen, outlaws, recipes, Native Americans, poetry, songs
and more.
American West Photographs: 1861-1912
From the National Archives
The
Oregon Trail
Designed for younger students, this is a great site on the
basics of the Oregon Trail from Idaho State University.
The
Gold Rush
Designed for younger students, this is a great site on the
basics of the Gold Rush from Idaho State University.
Rise of the United States to a world power
Slavery
Aboard
the Underground Railroad
Discover current locations where the Underground Railroad operated as well as
find historical information on slavery, anti-slavery groups, operating the railroad
and the Civil War.
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Africans
in America
Judgement Day gives an extensive description of the three decades leading up
to the Civli War. The Search link is at the bottom of the screen. ng in the
United States.
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African American Odyssey: Underground
Railroad: A record of facts, authentic narratives, letters...
Wonderful primary source material on African Americans during
the Antebellum period
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Industry
The
Robber Barons
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Gilded
Age-Robber Barons
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Industry
grows bigger
Overview of the time of monopolies, focusing primarily on Carnegie,
but including information on the Standard Oil Company, Western Union and the
food industry.
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The
Robber Barons Page
Includes who they were, information about Morgan, Rockefeller,
and Carnegie, as well as a listing of the 40 richest Americans of all times.
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Civil
War
Primary source documents, music, web
links, the places, the battles and a timeline help fill out this extensive site.
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American
Civil War
Timelines, battles, women in the war,
primary source documents, maps, famous individuals, places and images all show
the events during the civil war.
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Selected
Civil War Photographys
From the
Library of Congress, these primary source photographs include scenes of military
personnel, preparations for battle, and battle after-effects. The collection
also includes portraits of both Confederate and Union officers, and a selection
of enlisted men.
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This timeline has a link the the Causes
of the War, as well as hotlinks to various events during this time period.
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Reconstruction
(1865-1896)
A timeline with hotlinks to specific
events occuring during Reconstruction.
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Reconstruction
Era
A series of links from About.com about
facets of the Reconstruction Era.
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Reconstruction
Timeline
Year by year guide to events from 1865-1879
with hyperlinks to more detailed information.
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Gilded Age (1878-1889)
The Library of Congress
gives a brief introduction to the time period followed by numerous articles
featuring women, Broadway, sports, the time controversy, Coca-Cola, labor issues,
energy, literature, inventions and more.
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AP US History-www Resources-Gilded
Age
A large number of high quality links to information including: politics, urban
life, industrialists, robber barons, populists, the New South, suffrage and
temperance, immigration, civil rights and society and culture.
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The Gilded Age Industrial Revolution
in America
Provides a history and geneology of the wealthy families of America including:
The Mining Bonanza Kings, The Railroad Barons, The Banks, the Merchant Princes,
Organizers of the Trusts and Utility Tycoons.
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The Age of Industry: The Development
of Western Civilization
Linked here are a variety of websites covering Industry, Art, Literature and
Drama, Music and Dance and Daily Life.
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The BBC has a great site here on the concept of Industrialization, the Industrial
Revolution, and Invention. Links to the side highlight specific inventions that
changed the world.
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Progressive
Movement
Great series of articles from Discovering
Collection that cover religion, presidential administrations, business and
economy, government and politics and much more during the Progressive Era.
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Progressive
Era
Great article from ABC-CLIO American
History summarizing the major events and people during the Progressive Era.
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Progressive
Era History Resources
Links to websites from muckrakers,
women's sufferage, imperialism, labor, and haymarket among others.
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The Progressive
Movement
Short overview of the Progressive
Era, but links to subcategories will furnish you with more information.
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Imperialism
and the Progressive Era
Links for the major events from this time period including the Spanish-American
war, Standard Oil Company, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, Cuban
Revolution and immigration.
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Learn About
the Progressive Era
Maps, images, timelines
and summarizations give information about this time period.
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How
the Panama Canal Works plus Canal History
Images of how the canal works and some
quick facts
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Encyclopaedia
of USA History: Immigration to the USA 1860-1960
Wonderfully organized site with links to statistics, time periods of immigration,
what life was like, immigration acts, and issues about immigration.
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US Immigration and Its Effects
Immigration
of different ethnic groups are linked here along with primary source documents
detailing opposition to immigration.
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Tenement
Museum
Lower East Side Tenement Museum. This site tells the true story of the real
American immigrants who lived in 97 Orchard Street between 1860-1935.
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Immigration
in American Memory
From the Library of Congress' American Memory
site featuring immigration from the 1780s to the present.
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Ellis
Island
Multimedi
site about Ellis Island featuring personal narratives from immigrants. The timeline
page shows world events leading up to the wave of immigrants. Students can fill
in the "Who Are You" page and learn whether or not they would be admitted
to the U.S.
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American Immigration
The American Immigration Home Page was started as a part
of a school project for a 10th grade American History Class. The project was
meant to give information as to how immigrants not only were treated, but also
why they decided to come to America.
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The Growth and Distribution
of American Cities: 1790 to 2000
Maps from each decade show the movement of Americans.
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Great War
& Jazz Age (1914-1928)
Depression & WWII (1929-1945)
The Great Depression
Link to Diamond Assignment Resources
Gale
Resources
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Grolier
Encyclopedias
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America
from the Great Depression to World War II
Photographs from the Depression from the Library of Congress, also click on
the image and get information about this time period.
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Causes
of the Great Depression
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America's
Great Depression Timeline
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Crash
Chart for 1929
Currently not available. See Ms. Elliott for access.
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Photographs
of the Great Depression
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Timeline
of the Dust Bowl
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Depressions
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Slouching
Towards Utopia?: The Economic History of the Twentieth Century
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Timeline
of the Great Depression
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Great
Depression and World War II
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Children
of the Great Depression
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Overview:
The Great Depression
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Internet
Modern History Sourcebook: The Depression
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The
Roaring Twenties and The Great Depression
Scroll down to find a variety of topics.
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The
Great Depression: An African American Perspective
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Online
Archive of California
Find images here by typing in Great Depression.
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Gale Resources
Choose Discovering Collection and research your
topic in this electronic database.
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Grolier World War II
Find the events leading to World War II, its military
operations, diplomacy, statistical data, and results, under numerous headings.
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Holocaust History Project
A free archive of documents, photographs, recordings,
and essays regarding the Holocaust, including direct refutation of Holocaust-denial.
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Historical Text Archive
Numerous websites selected by Don Mabry including
an actual digital image of a ration book and other primary source documents.
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World War II
Information on World War II organized into topic headings.
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Normandy, 1944
From Britannica.com, this features information
on the buildup, the invasion, fighing inland, breakout and memories.
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World War II Propaganda Posters
Use the index to select different topics
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Atomic Bomb Decision
Primary source documents showing the decision on
using the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
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Atomic
Bomb WWW Museum
Information on the dropping of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
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Nazi Gold
Documents from PBS Frontline concerning Switzerland's
wartime actions and its role as a banker for Nazi Germany.
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USS Arizona
Exhibit featuring photos and text on the sinking
of the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor.
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Powers of Persuasion
Poster Art from World War II.
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World War II Oral Histories
at Tankbooks.com
World War II oral histories.
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Midway@nationalgeographic.com
Video
clips and images from a documentary trip to the sunken USS Yorktown. Includes
a diary, historical background, maps, and ship details.
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Women Come to the Front
Exhibit featuring photos and text on the sinking
of the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor.
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World
War II
Information on Hitler, the German, British, Soviet, Italian, Japanese &
United States High Command. Also included are a WWII trivia page, glossary,
and listing of links.
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Flashpoints: Guide
to World Conflicts
Search for the country
in which a conflict is occuring and get an overview including historical foundations
for that issue.
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Civil Rights Timeline
Detailed timeline from 1954 to 1992 outlining major events affecting the civil
rights movement.
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MLK Page
From Western Michigan University's Department of Political Science, this page
presents a timeline of major events from 1954-1965 in the life of Martin Luther
King, Jr.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Information presented by the Seattle Times about the Martin Luther King, Jr.,
the movement, the legacy, and the holiday.
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USM
Oral History Civil Rights Documentation Project
Great Oral History transcripts can be found here as well as a timeline of the
period.
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National
Civil Rights Museum
Check out the Gallery here. The story of Civil Rights in the United States from
the 1600s through today is shown in brief vignettes and pictures.
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CNN
Cold War Glossary
Information on Cold War terms with definitions.
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Newseum:
The Berlin Wall
An interactive site on the news and how it differed between East & West
Berlin, the history and politics behind the Berlin Wall, Staliin's use of phiotographys
for propaganda purposes. and an essay on the German media.
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Historical
Atlas of the Twentieth Century
Atlas of what the world looked like including the Cold War era, with details
on which countries aligned with the American/Allied governments and which ones
aligned with the Soviets.
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We
Didn't Start the Fire
Flash program featuring the song by Billy Joel with images of events during
the Cold War.
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We
Didn't Start the Fire
from the BBC
Great site giving details and background information on the events in Bill Joel's
"We Didn't Start the Fire" song.
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We
Didn't Start the Fire:
The History Behind Billy Joel's Song
Teacher created page expounding on the events covered in Billy Joel's song.
(Some links appear to no longer work)
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We
Didn't Start the Fire
Includes an excerpt from the original
music video by Billy Joel and "this webpage is based on a paper written
for my Sociology class pertaining to the social implications of the song "We
Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel."
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Alternatime
Every
conceivable timeline available on the web.
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Timelines
of History: 20th Century 1900-2000
Click
on the year to find the major event occuring at that time.
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Timelines
of History: 21st
Century
Click
on the year to find the major event occuring at that time.
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HyperHistory
Online
Use
the frame on the left to choose the time period you need
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Cold
War Interactive timeline
Major
events during the cold war are covered here.
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History
Channel Timeline
Select
the century, then the decade and lastly the year to access a timeline.
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Korean
War from ABC-CLIO
Wide variety of links to information on the events leading
to the war, the personalities involved, as well as images. See links on the
right for additional information.
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The
Korean War, June, 1950-July, 1953 from Discovering Collection
Summary of the war and notes about the principal in personalities
involved. Links on the left will furnish further information
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Korean
War: History
Many links to information on weapons, battles, with maps
and graphics.
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more]
Korean
War: 50th Anniversary
Gives a short history with timelines, biographies, along
with photos.
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The Armed Forces
Integrate
Essay on the changes in the armed forces with the integration
of African Americans.
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Vietnam Online
PBS presents this site dealing with sections such as: Introduction, In the trenches,
Vientma timeline, reflections and biographies.
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Vietnam
War
A pictorial depiction of scenes from the Vietnam War. Some information is included,
however it is brief.
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Vietnam: Echoes
from the Wall
Aimed
primarily at educators and students. The site claims to have 4,000 primary source
documents on line. In addition, there are FAQs, a timeline, a slew of resources
including links and information on the VVMF.
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The
Wars for Viet Nam 1945-1975
An Overview of the wars in Vietnam, documents and links to other websites are
featured here.
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The
Vietnamese: Vietnam War
Links to many websites on the war, some first person narratives, photos taken
by North Vietnamese photographers.
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NSA and the Cuban
Missile Crisis
A
look at the Cuban Missile Crisis from the perspective of the intelligence community.
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The Cuban Missile
Crisis
Using
audio files from John F. Kennedy, the events that unfolded from October 18-29,
1962 are documented.
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The Cuban Missile
Crisis, 1962: A Political Perspective after 40 Years
"A
collection of declassified documents and other information about the Cuban Missile
Crisis. Includes photographs, audio clips, submarine naval charts, a detailed
chronology, and analyses. Also includes materials from the 40th Anniversary
Conference held in Havana in 2002 and links to related news articles and publications.
From the National Security Archive at George Washington University." (www.lii.org)
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updated 4/30/2008