Historical Documents

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Hoyt Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Franklin Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Lincoln Address
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Molefi Kete Asante
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
This map shows the land acquired through the Gadsden Purchase Treaty
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Seneca Falls Convention
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Alexander Hamilton
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Oberlin College
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Big Stick in the Caribbean
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
President Joe Biden gives his Farewell Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Charles A. Beard
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
John Demos
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Custer's Last Charge
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
American Progress
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), Multiple Eras
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
News Article: “Fierce Blizzard: 11 Deaths in U.S.A."
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The acquitted defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial reunite with their families.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
This political cartoon illustrates James Buchanan beset by figures who employ quotes from the Ostend Manifesto to legitimize their criminal acts.
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
H.R. 14
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
John F. Kennedy
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Mexican agricultural laborer top sugar beets near Stockton, California.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Hamilton is Mortally Wounded by Burr
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Alan (Moondog) Freed
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Picture of Henry Teller, the author of the Teller Amendment
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Eisenhower's Farewell Address
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Eight base layers of the National Map
Metahistory & Historiography
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Original Supreme Court documentation of Brown v. Board
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Samuel De Champlain
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Daisy Bates Letter
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)