United States
North America
General information
Maps
Flags
Immigration information
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http://nationalatlas.gov/
- National Atlas (U.S.) Online. Make interactive maps within your web browser! This program allows you to select and display map layers. Roam across America and zoom in to reveal more detail. Point at map features to learn more about them. Locate and map more than 2,000,000 geographic names in the United States. (
- United States Thematic Maps (http://www.oseda.missouri.edu/graphics/us/index.html)
- Color Landform Atlas of the United States. Access to topographic and county maps of all fifty states plus direct links to CityNet and Virtual Tourist. (http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html)
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- U.S. states and territories. Basic information including dates of statehood, pictures of flag and explanation, links to bird, tree, governor and many other related sites, etc. Excellent site. (http://www.50states.com/)
- Internet public library. Reference for all areas. Excellent USA reference site, world religion, culture, languages. (http://www.ipl.org)
- National park site map. (http://www.nationalparks.org/guide.htm)
- Smithsonian museums. (http://www.si.edu/)
- U.S. State facts inc tourism, education. (http://www.globalcomputing.com/states.html)
- U.S. Census Bureau Date. (http://www.census.gov)
- World Travel information including U.S. states. Select alphabet letter, select country. General information, history, maps, climate and clothing, passport and visa information, money, public holidays, health information and social conventions, photographic restrictions, and relationship to GMT. (http://www.wtgonline.com/)
- U. S. State information - general including flags. (http://phoenix.ans.se/freeweb/holly/state.html)
- U.S. information including flag history, civics and government, links to city.net, 50 states and capitals, state flags, historical flags. (http://www.n-polk.k12.ia.us/Pages/Departments/media/state.html)
- 50 States, Native Americans, Government, Political Process, Law, Presidents & the White House, History & People. (http://www.ipl.org/youth/)
- Regional statistics. Not easy to use. From this page, use index to select. For demographic (and immigration) data, select Demographic and Economic State and County Profiles, select state from map, select county as required, select STF1A for economic information and STF3A for family (origin and language, employment, primary & secondary ancestry, year of arrival, etc.) information. Check boxes desired. Request HTML view. (http://www.fedstats.gov/regional.html)
- U.S. Historical Census Data by year, occupation, race, sex, education, -- many, many categories. (http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/)
- This is a compilation of aerial photgraphy of many monuments, national parks, and major cities in the U.S. Can be used to teach perspectives and land forms in geography or to give students a visual understanding of major regions or monuments in the U.S. (http://www.aerialsonly.com/welcome.htm)
- U. S. state flags. (http://www.50 states.com)
- Current U.S. state flags - all U.S. States. (http://www.law.ou.edu/stflag1.html)
Immigration
For more information go to the Immigration page
- Historical immigration information. (http://www.fairus.org/history.htm)
- American Immigration home page. History of, reasons for, charts showing peaks, laws, few photos. (http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Immigration/)
- Detailed tour of Ellis Island -- background of all the steps followed by immigrants as they arrive at Ellis Island as they attempt to come to the United States. Pictures from Ellis Island circa 1908. (http://www.i-channel.com/features/ellis/)
- Information about the Irish Potato famine which sent many Irish immigrants to America's shores in the 1840's. (http://avery.med.virginia.edu/~eas5e/Irish/Famine.html)
- Foreign Immigrants in Industrial America. Pictures. (http://hum.lss.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture08.html)
- Polish immigration information. (http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~seabella/polish.html)
- Visit the interior of a New York immigrant house. See what the people wore, how they made a living, what languages they spoke. (http://www.wnet.org/archive/tenement/logcabin.html)
- Graphs showing immigration data from 1879 through about 1920. Some recent data regarding African Americans. Charts from significant historical periods showing popular opinion polls. (example: Is it right to locate Japanese/Americans [1942] and Do Jews Have Too Much Influence in Business? [1945] and others) (http://www.wisc.edu/history/404tja/graph/ppg.html)
- Tables relating to immigration 1920-1994. Tables by total number, country of origin, and other. (http://www.wisc.edu/history/404tja/tables.html)
- Immigration data by country of origin. (http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/stats/110.htm)