Social Studies Documents

When John Dillinger used a wooden gun to escape from the Lake County jail in Crown Point, Indiana, Melvin Purvis sent Director Hoover a telegram. ...

The Queensberry Rules 1. To be a fair stand-up boxing match in a twenty-four foot ring or as near that size as practicable.2. No wrestling or hugging...

A richly illustrated article, about HMS Resolute, was published in the December 27, 1856 issue of The Illustrated London News. When the ship arrived ...

African-Americans who fought in World War I endured continuing racial discrimination after returning home. That was also true of the federal governmen...

This graphic, from the University of Texas at Austin, depicts where racial groups predominately lived during South Africa's apartheid era.  Based...

This table is one of twenty-five similar tables listing cases in which animals were accused of crimes.  In the town of Autun, France - during the...

This document, from the National Archives, is the draft of President Reagan's famous speech which he delivered in Berlin.  Included here is the p...

This document, from the National Archives, is the draft of President Reagan's famous speech which he delivered in Berlin.  Included here is the p...

Facsimile of the verdict in the trial of United States v. Susan B. Anthony. Click on the image for a better view.

In his book Auschwitz: Technique and Operation of the Gas Chambers, Jean Claude Pressac (originally a Holocaust denier until he reviewed documentary e...

This map, based on the 1981 Census of India, depicts the general breakdown of religious affiliation in the country.  Mumbai, located in the state...

Image from the British Law Courts Report by Lord Mersey. Click on the image for a better view.