Historical Documents

Joseph Foraker, the sponsor of the bill
Foraker Act of 1900
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
American Progress
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
El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan (Spiritual Plan of Aztlan)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), 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)
LULAC Logo
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)
Federalist No. 47
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Newspaper discussing the 1934 Treaty of Relations
1934 Treaty of Relations
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Measures Proposed to Amend the Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
Sam Waterson
Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union Address, as read by Sam Waterston May 23, 2004
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
John Adams
John Adams- Brief Biography
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
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)
Representatives meeting in Paris to sign the Treaty
Treaty of Paris of 1898
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
National Chicano Moratorium sign
National Chicano Moratorium
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
President Bill Clinton with Albert Gore and Janet Reno, 1993. Courtesy: Library of Congress
Legacy of the Clinton Administration
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
U.S. Constitution
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Pamphlet
Democratic ticket. Our principals the Constitution. For President John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky For Vice President Joseph Lane of Oregon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan’s “Evil Empire” Speech
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography
James Warren
Letter from John Adams to James Warren, 7 October 1775
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
First edition cover of Bill Clinton's autobiography
Bill Clinton on Life after the Presidency
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams- Brief Biography
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Arraignment of Guiteau
The Trial of Charles Guiteau: An Account- Excerpt
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
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)
Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Judiciary Act
Judiciary Act of 1789- Excerpts
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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)
Federal Deficit Under Clinton
The Budget and Deficit Under Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Picture of Cesar Chavez
1984 Commonwealth Club Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Abigail Adams Obituary Notice
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
John L. O'Sullivan
John O'Sullivan, Manifest Destiny
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)
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)
Washington Consensus
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The President Dead
The President Dead- September 19, 1881
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Letters from An American Farmer
Letters from an American Farmer, J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur
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)
Rail Splitter
“The Last Race of the Rail-Splitter,” Broadside, ca. 1861
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Historical Images

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)
Sir, I Think I Figured Out What the Clinton Legacy Is…
Sir, I Think I Figured Out What the Clinton Legacy Is…
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Court of France
Benjamin Franklin at the Court of France
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Map
Map of Troop Movement During Shays’ Rebellion
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Separated cartoon
Separated
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Big Stick in the Caribbean Sea Cartoon
The Big Stick in the Caribbean Sea
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
James Buchanan surrounded by criminal quoting the Ostend Manifesto
The Ostend Doctrine
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas
Benjamin Singleton- Recruitment of Black Homesteaders, 1878
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)

Collections

Signing the Magna Carta
The Magna Carta Comes to America, by A.E. Dick Howard
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony Cast Her Ballot And Was Arrested, by Godfrey D. Lehman
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Red Scare
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)
U.S. Constitution
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)
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)
Kennedy at his desk
On History, by John F. Kennedy
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras