Historical Documents

"Help the Guatemalans!" poster
American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Big Stick in the Caribbean
Big Stick Diplomacy
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Washington Consensus
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
First Assembly of Virginia, 1619
Laws Enacted by the First General Assembly of Virginia, 1619
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Fidel Castro signing the first agrarian law in 1959
Law #3 of the Sierra Maestra on Agrarian Reform
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Puerto Rico v. Shell Co.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
1901 Supreme Court
Downes v. Bidwell
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Supports of the Dream Act holding a Banner
Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
Picture of Ernesto Miranda
Miranda v. Arizona
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Royal Charter of Connecticut, 1662
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
U.S. v. Brignoni-Ponce
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Manuscript of the Platt Amendment
Platt Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Rio Treaty
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Newspaper discussing the 1934 Treaty of Relations
1934 Treaty of Relations
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Newspaper documenting the court case
Botiller v. Dominguez
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Federalist No. 48
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Picture of Henry Teller, the author of the Teller Amendment
Teller Amendment
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Hamilton and Washington
Letter to George Washington from Alexander Hamilton
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
President Thomas Jefferson
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Photo of the 1921 Supreme Court
Balzac v. Porto Rico
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Pro-DACA Protestors
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Banner calling for the U.S. Navy to leave Vieques
Vieques Island Protests
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Poster discussing the Good Neighbor Policy
Good Neighbor Policy
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Stop forced sterilization poster/image
Madrigal v. Quilligan
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Painting of Joh Quincy Adams
"Ripe Fruit" Theory
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
George Mason
Virginia Declaration of Rights
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
1901 Supreme Court
DeLima v. Bidwell
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
President Johnson signing the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
"Keep Off!" cartoon
Monroe Doctrine
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Mexican girls in San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio ISD v. Rodriguez
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Cuban Missile Crisis
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Temporary Protection Status (TPS)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
"History Will Absolve Me" Speech
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
No Annexation of Texas
Texas Annexation Treaty
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Map illustrating the outcomes of the Adams-Onis Treaty
Adams-Onis Treaty
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Cuba, Volume VI
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
United States v. Vaello Madero
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Arizona v. United States
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Children from different ethnic background pledging allegiance to the U.S. flag
Plyler v. Doe
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Proclamation 3447
Proclamation 3447
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Collections

The Boston Tea Party
"The Sparck of Rebellion" (Boston Tea Party), by Douglas Brinkley
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Alexander Hamilton
The Unknown Alexander Hamilton, by James Thomas Flexner
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Colonists Arriving in Jamestown
Why Jamestown Matters, by James Horn
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620), ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Signing the Magna Carta
The Magna Carta Comes to America, by A.E. Dick Howard
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Bill Clinton
Clinton's Legacy, by Kevin Baker
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Historical Images

The Cuban Melodrama cartoon
The Cuban Melodrama
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Separated cartoon
Separated
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Poster discussing the Good Neighbor Policy
Strengthen Good Neighbor Policy: Understand Our Southern Neighbors
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)