Historical Documents

Students Praying in School
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Picture of Mexican American students protesting
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Alien and Sedition Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
“Friends” 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
House proposing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Custer's Last Charge
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Land Grant Colleges and Universities as of 1890
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Map of North America before the Mexican-American War
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Columbus letter
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Supports of the Dream Act holding a Banner
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
work at Jamestown
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Corwin Amendment
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Thoreau
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Johnson with his attorney
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Mexican girls in San Antonio, Texas
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Original Document of Former President Roosevelts Executive order 8802
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)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Manuscript of the Platt Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Original Document of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Luisa Moreno, one of the main organizers of the Congress
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
1901 Supreme Court
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Young Mexican men stand outside a jail in Los Angeles, California, after police arrested them during the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Lincoln Assassination Headline
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Franklin Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Political cartoon depicting the results of the Cuban Adjustment Act
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Mexican female laborers engaged in pecan shelling
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Sitting Bull Arrest Letter
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Dead Soldiers at Gettysburg
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Map showing American territorial gains
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)