The red, black, and white text colors and boxes allow for text visibility, simple design, and easy-to-navigate webpages.

The site's simple color scheme allows for easy reading, yet the serif font gives a sense of historical importance and nostalgia.

Right away the website dives into the purpose of the project and why it was created. It instructs the user on how to navigate and utilize the information one might find.

Who contributed to this project, the editors, affiliated institutions, etc. are readily available right under the main title of the website.

Right away I looked to the columns on the left, quickly reading through the "Historical Themes" section and deciding what I wanted to click first in that category.

Scrolling photos, especially the pic of Lincoln's face, grabbed my intention by giving me a face to the name. Right away you know who this website is about.

I believe the use of historical photos in the text allows for not only an eye-catching display, but for a clear message and point of interest.

Unlike most of the website, citations are available at the bottom of this page. Very rare on this website.

Text is easily readable and is arranged in chronological order, allowing for an assumed timeline to be formed while reading. This timeline is reinforced through the menu bars on the left

A grid or list view option is available, based on the reader's preference. This allows for greater readability and personalization of the site.

Each primary source is labeled for easy recognition, with a digitized version available once in the folder itself.

This section is arranged with hyperlinked titles and a brief overview of the event.

Sub-headers, in this case, introduce the speaker in the video, with videos arranged with hyperlinks in blocks of text.

Large text blocks, usually in paragraph form with a main title and author.

Easily accessible tags which can be used to find primary sources or anything else in the website's databases.

In the primary sources section, original scanned copies can sometimes be navigated to. For example, one can access the original music score via "Page image."

The site is fairly easy to navigate. The menus at the top bring you to the main pages, and the columns on the left bring you to the real research and information. "Extras" such as primary sources, interviews, etc. can be found through the top menus. In other words, things not directly related to the research compilations.

I think the simplicity of the text and formatting of the page, combined with photos, attracted me to the site. The subject matter (prior interest) also made me interested in the content.

The photos attracted but it is a bit disappointing that they have no captions or explanations in the text

The project contributors and their positions are clearly laid out, however, there is no apparent way to contact them if necessary.

More information is readily accessible through varied institutions. This is as it should be as history is meant to be public and easily researched using other sources.

Each section is clearly separated by red headers. The website creators even tell you how/who to cite and how to properly use materials on this site.