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The political cartoon for the year 1775

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

Bust of Stephen Douglas over Northern Democratic Party's presidential campaign shield

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

A new declaration of independence in the year 1885

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Collections

Taking Another Look at the Constitutional Blueprint, by Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, et al

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson

Two Intimate Enemies, by Joseph J. Ellis

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Chief Justice John Marshall & Associate Justice Joseph Story

Marbury V. Madison- The Case of the “Missing” Commissions, by John A. Garraty

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

A Nation of Immigrants, by Bernard Weisberger

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), Multiple Eras

The Magna Carta Comes to America, by A.E. Dick Howard

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

The President and the Lunatic, by Bruce Watson

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

The Great Red Scare, by Allan L. Damon

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

US Army helicopters fire into the tree line to cover South Vietnamese ground troops in March 1965

First Blood In Vietnam, by Stanley Karnow

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

The “Horrid And Unnatural Rebellion” Of Daniel Shays, by Alden T. Vaughan

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

How The Seventies Changed America, by Nicholas Lemann

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

Historical Documents

The Trial of Charles Guiteau: An Account- Excerpt

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

“The Last Race of the Rail-Splitter,” Broadside, ca. 1861

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

Puerto Ricans rally for civil rights outside City Hall in New York City.

Katzenbach v. Morgan

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

John & Abigail Adams Correspondence

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Theodore Roosevelt mountain climbing in the West, 1880

Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation

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

FDR Address to the Civilian Conservation Corps

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

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)

Roosevelt shortly after giving one of his famous fireside chats.

Fireside Chat 9: On ‘Court-Packing’

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

John Adams- Brief Biography

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

The Young Lords Organization

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

“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.

Sedition Act of 1918

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

Susan B. Anthony Trial Statement (1873)

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

Excerpt from Palmer's speech: "The Case Against the Reds"

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

U.S. v. Brignoni-Ponce

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

Silent Spring- Excerpt

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

Texas Revolution

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Texas Annexation Treaty

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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

Latino Students Protesting Proposition 187

California's Proposition 187

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

Abigail Adams Obituary Notice

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Political cartoon depicting the results of the Cuban Adjustment Act

The Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966

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

The Insanity Defense: An Intersection of Morality, Public Policy, and Science

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Federalist No. 48

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

George Washington Letter to Benjamin Lincoln

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

Richard Nixon’s "Checkers" Speech

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras

Abigail Adams- Brief Biography

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Judiciary Act of 1789- Excerpts

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

Bill Clinton’s America

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

John Paul Stevens, the author of the majority opinion

INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

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

C-SPAN’s 2021 Survey of Presidential Leadership

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

National Chicano Moratorium

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

Maryland state ticket. Election, Tuesday November 6th, 1860...For President of the United States John Bell of Tennessee. For Vice President of the United States, Edward Everett of Massachusetts

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

Rochester Evening Express, Editorial

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

National Republican platform adopted by National Republican Convention, held in Chicago. May 17, 1860.

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

Charles Guiteau Letter to William T. Sherman

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

Children from different ethnic background pledging allegiance to the U.S. flag

Plyler v. Doe

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