Historical Documents

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Lincoln First Inaugural Address
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Custer's Last Charge
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
Helen Keller signature
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Theodore Roosevelt mountain climbing in the West, 1880
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), Multiple Eras
A Gold Hunter's Experience
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)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Dead Soldiers at Gettysburg
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Alexander Hamilton
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
"Help the Guatemalans!" poster
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Image of the first page of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Treaty
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
“Now for a Round-Up” by W.A. Rogers. This political cartoon was published in the New York Post following the passing of the 1901 Sedition Act, an updated revival of the original law that targeted Filipinos, Latin Americans, and union organizers.
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The President Dead
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Frederick Douglass Address Cover Page
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
First edition cover of Bill Clinton's autobiography
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Mexican female laborers engaged in pecan shelling
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
The Defeat of Braddock
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
John Demos
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
A. Mitchell Palmer
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Mexican girls in San Antonio, Texas
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The Original Social Security Act
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Shabana Maani, gives a polio vaccination to a child in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday March 29, 2021 (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Children from different ethnic background pledging allegiance to the U.S. flag
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The rough draft of The Declaration of Independence written in June, 1776.
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Hamilton and Washington
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
English Bill of Rights
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)