Historical Documents

Sailor Wounds Pageant Spectator Disrespectful to Flag
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Marbury v. Madison
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Plessy v. Ferguson decided judgement
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
President Thomas Jefferson
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Cesar Chaves with Robert Kennedy at the end of his fast
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Adams Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Thoreau
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Children from different ethnic background pledging allegiance to the U.S. flag
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Young Mexican men stand outside a jail in Los Angeles, California, after police arrested them during the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Reagan's Farewell Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The text of the 2nd Amendment
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Manuscript of the Platt Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Indian Land for Sale
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Mexican agricultural laborer top sugar beets near Stockton, California.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Newspaper documenting the court case
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
News Article: “Many Deaths”
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
1901 Supreme Court
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Sons of Liberty dumped tea in Boston Harbor
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Abigail Adams
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
News Article: “Fierce Blizzard: 11 Deaths in U.S.A."
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
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)
Stop forced sterilization poster/image
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
H.R. 14
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Clinton OK City Bombing Speech
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
President Joe Biden gives his Farewell Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
P.V.H. Weems' Letter to Amelia Earhart
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Steven Spielburg
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
Lincoln First Inaugural Address
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
John Brown Entrance Into Hell Song
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Helen Keller, March 23, 1907
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Petition
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Molefi Kete Asante
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)