For the average American hig school history class wikipedia would suffice, if not go above and beyond.
You might want to add that President Wilson in his 14 points said each nation should be allowed to develop as it pleases, or something along the lines of self determination. Yet, did he practice that at home? He also used American troops to invade Russia, so much for self determination.
Wikipedia on the FBI:
The FBI originated from a force of Special Agents created on July 26, 1908, by Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. At first it was named the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and it did not become the FBI until 1935.
Under J. Edgar Hoover, who became director of the Bureau on May 10, 1924, the agency spent much of its energy investigating political activists who were not accused of any crime (e.g., Albert Einstein as a socialist).
The FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opened on November 24, 1932.
During the 1930s, the agency played a prominent role in apprehending a number of well-known criminals who had conducted kidnappings, robberies and murders throughout the nation. These included John Dillinger, "Baby Face" Nelson, Kate "Ma" Barker, Alvin Karpis and George "Machine Gun" Kelly. It also played a decisive role in reducing the scope and influence of the Ku Klux Klan. Through the work of Edwin Atherton, the FBI claimed success in apprehending an entire army of Mexican neo-revolutionaries along the California border in the 1920's.
Beginning with the 1940s and continuing into the 1970s, the agency investigated cases of espionage against the United States and its allies. Eight Nazi agents who had planned sabotage operations against American targets were arrested.
Although Hoover initially doubted the existence of a close-knit organized crime network in the United States, the bureau later conducted operations against known organized crime syndicates and families, including those headed by Sam Giancana and John Gotti.
Hoover's investigation of Martin Luther King was also notorious. The FBI found no evidence of any crime, but attempted to use tapes of King involved in sexual activity for blackmail. Further, the FBI sent anonymous letters to King encouraging him to commit suicide.
Also in the 1960s, the FBI carried out domestic surveillance against anti-war activists and black leaders. The work, dubbed Cointelpro, led to the destruction of lives and careers of persons involved in first amendement protected activities who somehow ran afoul of the FBI's widespread net.
The FBI was started to hunt down political activists prior to the renaming. As was easily seen during the red scare many anarchists and communists and socialists went down hard. But also notice the hypocritical position the US is in. All sorts of politicians are flocking to Dr King's wife's funeral, yet the FBI was closely following him.
Also a fun little fact, the FBI was investigating Albert Einstien. Use wikipedia on Albert and under external links I think you can find Alberts record from the FBI.
This also might help from the IWW website which features a chapter from Howard Zinn's (His book is taught in many college history courses now) "A Peoples History of the United States" about the 1919 Seatle General Strike.
http://www.iww.org/en/culture/articles/zinn15.shtmlI also found a site saying the Sedition or Espionage acts in certain states were never repealed. And a group of law students found this and were activily campaigning agasint it. Sadly though, I cant find the website at the moment.
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