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3rd Amendment to the Constitution

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

18th Amendment

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Consular Convention Between the United States and Austria-Hungary

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Letter to Dr. Wiggam, circa 1932

ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

Royal Charter of Connecticut, 1662

ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)

President George Bush's Address Announcing End of Major Combat Operations in Iraq

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Viet-Nam

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Charter of the United Nations

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Harlem, a poem by Langston Hughes

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Barack Obama’s Keynote Address

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography

In this isolated mountainous Spanish American community in Ojo Sarco, New Mexico, a one-room school serves students across eight grades with just two teachers. These teachers work with minimal equipment, relying on the blackboard to teach the alphabet, penmanship, and grammar.

Serna v. Portales

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

News Article: “Fierce Blizzard: 11 Deaths in U.S.A."

ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

Stamp Act of 1765

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

British White Paper of 1922 on Palestine

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Gadsden Purchase Treaty

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Original document of the enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress pertaining to the Civil Rights Act

Civil Rights Act 1964

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren

Hernandez v. Texas

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Reconstruction Amendments 1865-1870

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Map of North America before the Mexican-American War

Treaty of Limits

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Truman's Order De-Segregating the Military

Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Camp David Accords

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

The Real Nat Turner by Dr. Molefi Kete Asante

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Loving v. Virginia 1967

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Fugitive Slave Bill Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Democratic Party Platform, June 18, 1860.

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Foraker Act of 1900

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

The Narrative of Sojourner Truth

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Federalist No. 78

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Timeline of Alexander Graham Bell, 1847-1922 (Excerpts)

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

President Reagan signing the Immigration Reform and Control Act

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Class Photo at a Mexican-American School Featuring Future President Lyndon B. Johnson

Delgado v. Bastrop ISD

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

House proposing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution

Civil Rights Act 1866

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Barack Obama's Second Presidential Inauguration

President Barack Obama's Second Inaugural Address

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Land Grant Colleges and Universities as of 1890

Second Morrill Act 1890

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Picture of Mexican American students protesting

East Los Angeles Walkouts

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

The Plan of San Diego

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Executive Order 10925

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

The Frost King, a short story by Helen A. Keller

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

The document on permanent display in the Rotunda is the enrolled original Joint Resolution passed by Congress on September 25, 1789, proposing 12-not 10-amendments to the Constitution.

U.S. Bill of Rights

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Explanation of Cover Photograph of Book "A Hundred Miles of Bad Road" by Philip Randazzo

ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)

Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary

Pierce v. Society of Sisters

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

American Progress by John Gast

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

Cuban Missile Crisis

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Sioux Treaty of 1868- Excerpts

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Cover Sheet Summarizing Disposition of the Dred Scott Case by the U.S. Supreme Court

Dred Scott v. Sandford

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Mexican agricultural laborer top sugar beets near Stockton, California.

Bracero Program

ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

Franklin’s Epitaph

ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Rescue Agreement (1968)

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)