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“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)

Bill Clinton’s America

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

Sylvia Mendez, one of the children at the center of this case.

Mendez v. Westminster

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

League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)

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

Letter to Dr. Wiggam, circa 1932

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

P.V.H. Weems' Letter to Amelia Earhart

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)

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)

The Confessions of William Styron by Yvonne French

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

The Liberator Comments on Nat Turner’s Insurrection

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

The acquitted defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial reunite with their families.

People v. Zamora

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

Birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll? Memphis has plenty of evidence in its favor

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)

Texas Revolution

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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)

Temporary Protection Status (TPS)

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

El Plan de Santa Barbara (Plan of Santa Barbara)

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

Oklahoma Bombing Memorial Prayer Service Address

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

Jovita Idar, shown in this picture, and her family helped organize this event

Meeting of the Mexicanist Congress

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

Court Proceedings and Testimony Regarding the Denmark Vesey Rebellion

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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

Joint Resolution Proposing a 13th Amendment to the Constitution

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

List of Coroner's Jurors, Testimony of John H. Behan and clerk's cover and file sheet

Testimony of John H. Behan and Clerk’s Cover and File Sheet, 1881

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

Gettysburg Dedication Day Ceremony a Naturalization Ceremony & remarks from Steven Spielberg

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

“The Land of Romance” Poem

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

The Young Lords Organization

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

The Confessions of Nat Turner- Excerpt

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Frederick Jackson Turner- Short Biography

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

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

Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp

An outstanding picture of 1937 – tragedy. Photo by Acme Newspictures, Inc., 1937 Dec. 15.

Miss Earhart Forced Down at Sea, Howland Isle Fears; Coast Guard Begins Search

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

H.R.14 — 38th Congress (1863-1865)

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

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)

Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin on Lincoln, The Movie and Man- Excerpt

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

John O'Sullivan, Manifest Destiny

Black Code

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Historical Images

Sign Near Tombstone, Arizona. Boot Hill Graveyard

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

Cochise County Case No. 48. Coroner’s Transmittal Page to the Clerk of the District Court Cochise County

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

Earhart's flight started in Oakland, California and made it all the way to Darwin, Australia. She was only 3 stops away from returning to Oakland when she disappeared.

Map of Amelia Earhart’s Final Flight Path

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

St. Nicholas Magazine Cover

Emancipation by Thomas Nast

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

Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas

Benjamin Singleton- Recruitment of Black Homesteaders, 1878

Alexander Graham Bell with Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan at the meeting of the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, July 1894, in Chautauqua, N.Y

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

"Cowboys off the Trail" - statuary after painting by Frederic Remington, entrance to pike, World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo.

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

Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee

Collections

The Place of Good Abode, by Shelby Foote

Scribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys

The Magazine that Taught Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Millay How to Write, by Paul Rosta

Multiple Eras, ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Nat Turner Revisited, by William Styron

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

Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind

Hollywood History, by Mark C. Carnes

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

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

Who Was Wyatt Earp? by Allen Barra

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)