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Highlight -- American Journeys
provides eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the Vikings in Canada (1000) to the diaries of mountain men (1800). Read the words of ship captains, fur traders, Indians, missionaries, and settlers as they lived through the founding moments of American history. Highlights include Christopher Columbus stepping ashore (1492), Indians' first resistance (1493), Pilgrims landing in Plymouth (1620), and Pocahontas rescuing John Smith (1607). (Institute of Museum and Library Services)

New -- Drake's West Indian Voyage 1588-1589
is a lesson in which students investigate a series of maps depicting a voyage by Sir Francis Drake that involved attacks on the Spanish settlements off the coast of Africa (Santiago), Caribbean (Santo Domingo), South America (Cartagena), and North America (St. Augustine). Students then examine a map of the entire voyage and draw conclusions about individual events and the entire voyage. (Library of Congress)

New -- NASA Science
looks at NASA's past, present, and future missions. It includes interactive tables and searches for earth, heliophysics, planetary, and astrophysics missions; information about dark matter and dark energy, planets around other stars, climate change, Mars, and space weather; science questions for NASA science missions; a "citizen scientist" page of resources to help citizens engage in scientific investigation; and expanded "For Educators" and "For Kids" pages. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

New -- Nanotechnology: The Power of Small
is the companion website for a public television series on nanotechnology and the environment, health, and privacy. See video clips of expert panels as they wrestle with dilemmas: the promise, the consequences, and potential risks of nanotechnology enhanced medicine, solar cells, and security systems. (National Science Foundation)

New -- Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860
presents over 100 books and pamphlets on experiences of African and African-American slaves in American colonies and U.S. The documents, published between 1772 and 1889, include trial cases and proceedings, journals, and other documents of historical importance. A special presentation looks at the slave code for the District of Columbia. (Library of Congress)

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Today's Document from the National Archives

Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson

The first Senate vote in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson was taken on May 16, 1868. Article XI was called the "omnibus article" because it combined all of the charges against the President. As a result of 19 voting "Not Guilty" and 35 voting "Guilty," the Senate fell 1 vote short of the two-thirds majority required for removal. After a 10-day recess, the Senate reconvened and voted on Articles II and III. In each case, the result was identical: Johnson was not guilty by a single vote. The Senate then voted to end the trial.
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