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Senate Page on the History of Political Parties

???A political party is made up of individuals who organize to win elections, operate government, and influence public policy. The Democratic and Republican parties are currently the primary parties in Congress.??? This site contains links to inform ...

http://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Political_Parties_vrd.htm

Grenada, Operation Urgent Fury (23 October - 21 November 1983)

Narrative history of Operation Urgent Fury, the U.S. military invasion of Grenada in 1983. Provides details of the operation from the perspective of U.S. troops. Includes a list of U.S. ships participating in the operation, and a selected bibliograph ...

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq95-1.htm

Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798 - 2004

"This report lists hundreds of instances in which the United States has used its armed forces abroad in situations of military conflict or potential conflict or for other than normal peacetime purposes. It was compiled in part from various older ...

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl30172.htm

History Matters

"Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History survey courses, this site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents and threaded discussions on teaching U.S. history. We e ...

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM)

USJFCOM "is one of nine combatant commands in the Department of Defense, and the only combatant command focused on the transformation of U.S. military capabilities." Its site features news and reports, such as the March 2006 "historica ...

http://www.jfcom.mil

Transforming Society: The GI Bill Experience at NC State

Companion to a 2004 exhibit "prepared ... to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the GI Bill and to honor the veterans who have attended NC State." The illustrated essays (featuring photographs, campus publications, student essays, and le ...

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/exhibits/gibill/

The Financial Crisis: A Timeline of Events and Policy Actions

This website "provides information related to ... market events and the actions the [Federal Reserve] and other governmental enterprises have taken" related to "a period of severe turbulence in world financial markets." Includes a ...

http://www.stlouisfed.org/timeline/

State Economic Stimulus Plans

This chart, from 2009, shows U.S. state-level stimulus plans proposed "in response to the current economic recession." The table includes a description of each stimulus plan (many for infrastructure improvements), and, where available the p ...

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/stimulusplans.htm

Economy Watch: Washington Post Coverage of the Financial Crisis

News and analysis about the 2008/09 financial crisis. Includes a "Crisis 101" section covering the origins of the crisis (with a narrated slideshow), the October 2008 bailout bill, effects of the meltdown of the credit market, a timeline co ...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/economy-watch/

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act

Compilation of documents concerning the 2008 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (EESA) and the implementation under the EESA of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Provides text of the EESA bill, press releases and statements, regulations and ...

http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/eesa/

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