This libguide examines the major developments in America from the founding of the early colonies through the Reconstruction Era. Primary focus is placed on those concepts that have shaped the nation such as Constitutionalism, slavery, and individualism.
An online research management platform including a bibliography composer and note-taking features.
What is it?
NoodleTools is a resource that allows students to evaluate resources, build accurate citations, archive source material, take notes, outline topics, and prepare to write. it generates accurate MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian references with options to annotate and archive lists of documents. It offers a visual 'tabletop' to manipulate, tag and pile notecards, then connect them in outlines to prepare for writing. Why use it?
Use this resource if you are looking for an all-in-one resource to assist with note-taking, citations, and pre-writing projects.
The American yawp: A massively collaborative open U.S. history textbook, vol. 1: To 1877 by 
Containing multitudes : A documentary reader of U.S. history to 1877 by 
Cultivating empire: Capitalism, philanthropy, and the negotiation of American imperialism in Indian country by 
Fighting for citizenship: Black Northerners and the debate over military service in the Civil War by 
Harnessing harmony: Music, power, and politics in the United States, 1788-1865 by 
The lost tradition of economic equality in America, 1600-1870 by 
Medicine, science, and making race in Civil War America by 
Seeing red: Indigenous land, American expansion, and the political economy of plunder in North America by 
Thirteen clocks: How race united the colonies and made the Declaration of Independence by 
The Whigs' America : Middle-class political thought in the age of Jackson and Clay by 