Resource Guides: GEN: Great History Websites: US: Government & Law

Particular Cases/Legal events

Salem Witch Trials

Government

The American Presidency Project
One of the most comprehensive collection of web resources on the American presidency, including documents, public papers, executive orders, addresses, press conferences, debates, election data, approval ratings and much more.
Brennan Center for Justice
Independent, nonpartisan law and policy organization that provides current information on legal and policy issues, such as automatic voter registration and small donor public financing.
CIA Historical Collection
Elections and Voting Data Guide: United States (U.S.) and International
Princeton University - Data, statistics, media, and other resources on elections and voting, turnout, campaigns and nominations, electoral administration, and more, both in the United States and internationally.
FBI Records: the Vault
FBI files on people, organizations, events, from early 20th century to 1990s (Albert Einstein, Al Capone, Eleanor Roosevelt, Marilyn Monroe, Cesar Chavez, POW/MIAs, PETA, SNCC, ESP,Roswell, much more). Released under Freedom of Information Act requests.
History & Politics Out Loud
Database of "politically significant" audio recordings. Majority of material is from John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon.
Living room Candidate
Video of presidential campaign commercials 1952-2016
National Security Archive
Selected declassified documents of the US government on a wide range of subjects: Nuclear History, Middle East, Latin America, Asia, Intelligence and Secrecy, September 11, etc. A valuable collection of primary sources.

Immigration

Ellis Island Museum (educational resources page)
History, virtual tours, ship manifests and genealogical databases
Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930
Collection of selected historical materials that document voluntary immigration to the US from the signing of the Constitution to the onset of the Great Depression.
Immigration History
From the U of Texas - includes Asian, European and South American immigration with history and current immigration policies, facts and statistics.
Mexican Migration Project
Princeton Univ. - Database of on the characteristics and behavior of documented and undocumented Mexican migrants to the United States

Law

Brennan Center for Justice
Independent, nonpartisan law and policy organization that provides current information on legal and policy issues, such as automatic voter registration and small donor public financing.
National Security Archive
Selected declassified documents of the US government on a wide range of subjects: Nuclear History, Middle East, Latin America, Asia, Intelligence and Secrecy, September 11, etc. A valuable collection of primary sources.
Prisons Today
Interactive exhibit at Eastern State Penitentiary explores the impact of policies that have left the U.S. with one of the world’s highest rates of incarceration.