Articles

1832 - Lincoln the Indian Fighter (April/May 2007 | Volume: 58, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Proud to be a Mill Girl (Spring 2012 | Volume: 62, Issue: 1)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Man Who Invented the Newspaper (August/September 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 4)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Tragedy of Bridget Such-a-one (December 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 8)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Did Burr Commit Treason? (Spring 2012 | Volume: 62, Issue: 1)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
“Never Take No Cut-offs“ on the Oregon Trail (May/June 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 3)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Man Who Knew Mozart (April/May 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 3)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Light-Horse Harry's Tragic Fight for Freedom of the Press (Summer 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 3)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Awful March of the Saints (Fall 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 5)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Decatur’s Heroic Life and Tragic Death (November/December 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 7)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Andrew Jackson Censured for a “High Crime” (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Compromise 3: Clay and The 1850 Debate (Summer 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
King Cotton (September 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 5)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Nat Turner’s Rebellion in 1831 (August/September 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 4)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Nullifiers (October 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 6)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
When Our Ancestors Became Us (December 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 8)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Lincoln and Presidential Character (October 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 6)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Polk's Peace (Winter 2010 | Volume: 59, Issue: 4)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Andrew Jackson Guts His Cabinet (April/May 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
A Company Town (April 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The President vs. the Senate (September/October 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 6)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Two Years That Made the West (Summer 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 3)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Blighted Life of the Writer, Circa 1840 (August/September 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 5)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Comparing Notes with Lewis And Clark (April/May 2003 | Volume: 54, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Erie Rising (April 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 2)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The San Patricios (November 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 7)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Collections

Daniel Boone Escorting the American Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap by George Caleb Bingham
Pioneers In Petticoats, by Helena Huntington Smith
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson
Two Intimate Enemies, by Joseph J. Ellis
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The American Cowboy
How The Frontier Shaped The American Character, by Ray Allen Billington
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
John Brown, the Abolitionist
The Father of American Terrorism, by Ken Chowder
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Historical Documents

Caroline Churchill
"Little Sheaves" Gathered While Gleaning After Reapers. Being Letters of Travel Commencing in 1870, and Ending in 1873
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)
John Brown Constitution Cover Page
Pamphlet, John Brown’s "Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States"
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Article
The Problem of the West
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
This map shows the land acquired through the Gadsden Purchase Treaty
Gadsden Purchase Treaty
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Black Code
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams- Brief Biography
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Brutus No. 15- Excerpt
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Portrait of Andrew Jackson
President Jackson's Proclamation Regarding Nullification, December 10, 1832
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Argument of Roger S. Baldwin Before the Supreme Court in the Case of U.S. Appellants vs. Cinque, and Other, Africans of the Amistad
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
John Demos
My Favorite Historical Novel by John Demos
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Liberator
The Liberator Comments on Nat Turner’s Insurrection
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Judiciary Act
Judiciary Act of 1789- Excerpts
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Texas Declaration of Independence
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Cover Page
Fear of Insurrection: Chapter 12 of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
1853 Treaty on Free Navigation of the Parana and Uruguay Rivers
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe- Short Biography
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Map showing American territorial gains
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
This political cartoon illustrates James Buchanan beset by figures who employ quotes from the Ostend Manifesto to legitimize their criminal acts.
Ostend Manifesto
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Historical Images

Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas
Benjamin Singleton- Recruitment of Black Homesteaders, 1878
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)