When a student asks, for example, what people thought about issuing greenbacks during the Civil War, research that might before have taken weeks can now be done in minutes. Questions like this can be answered on the fly in class, or better yet, when the course is taught in a computer lab, groups of students can be given the question as a lab assignment. Suggestions and comments are always welcome. The following is a very brief list sources for online primary source materials related to U.S. Economic History, to supplement the sources mentioned above in the text. These resources should be considered as a starting point only, since the web is such a fluid place.
More resources are available every day.
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