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U.S. HISTORY - WORLD WAR I

American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election [Read Audio
    Homer Cummings (Dem) and Henry Cabot Lodge (Rep) provide a perfect contrast in view towards the League of Nations and international commitments of the Versailles Treaty.  Statements can be read as well as heard.

The Art of the First World War

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
    PBS series about World War I. Features interviews, maps, photographs and an interactive timeline.

Great War: 80Years On
    BBC News Online looks back at what became known as "the war to end all wars"

Letters Home From the War

Posters from the Great War (from the great Trenches on the Web site listed below)
    Include posters from all participants--Canada, Great Britain, Russia, Germany, the United States, Ireland, etc.

Scott's Official History of the American Negro in the World War
    Full text of a very important contemporary source.

Trenches on the Web

The Versailles Treaty, June 28, 1919
    All 440 articles of the Treaty, with suggested readings, maps, and charts.

January 2010