Historical Documents

Picture of Cesar Chavez
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
George Putnam’s response to Commander Weems
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Judiciary Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Metahistory & Historiography
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Manuscript of the Platt Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Rep. Joe Courtney
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Frederick J. Turner
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Clinton OK City Bombing Speech
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
"Keep Off!" cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Virginia Plan Front Page
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Article
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
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)
Epitaph
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Bill Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The Burning of Jamestown during Bacon's Rebellion of 1676. Painting by Howard Pyle, 1905.
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Letters from An American Farmer
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)
Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference in February 1945
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Sam Waterson
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Mexican female laborers engaged in pecan shelling
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
News Article: “Many Deaths”
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
New York Daily Tribune, “Freedom Triumphant”
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The text of the 2nd Amendment
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Supports of the Dream Act holding a Banner
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Political cartoon depicting President Roosevelt using the Monroe Doctrine to keep Europe out of Santo Domingo
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Rebecca Nurse
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Charleston Mercury Article
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Document
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Hoyt Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
P.V.H. Weems' Letter to Amelia Earhart
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)
Columbus Manuscript
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Students kneeling in prayer
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)