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Nat Turner by T. Thomas Fortune

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Hamilton's Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States

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

Susan B. Anthony Trial Statement (1873)

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

Amnesty Oath of Robert E. Lee

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

Letter from Helen Keller to Alexander Graham Bell, February 19, 1907

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

Septemper 11 Proclamation

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)

Letter from John Adams to James Warren, 7 October 1775

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

Columbus’s Account of 1492 Voyage- Excerpt

ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)

Black Code

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

House proposing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution

Civil Rights Act 1866

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

A mother and daughter sit outside the Supreme Court

Brown v Board of Education of Topeka

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

Cloture Rule

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

DoD News Briefing on Pentagon Attack 6:42 p.m. EDT

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

Abigail Adams Obituary Notice

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

First edition cover of Bill Clinton's autobiography

Bill Clinton on Life after the Presidency

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

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Newspaper with the headline "Nixon Resigns"

US vs. Nixon Court Decision

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

Mexican female laborers engaged in pecan shelling

Pecan Shellers Strike

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

Salem Covenant of 1629

ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)

Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle

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

Royal Charter of Connecticut, 1662

ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)

Silent Spring- Excerpt

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

Executive Order 9981

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

Letter from Benjamin Franklin to the Committee of Secret Correspondence

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

The document on permanent display in the Rotunda is the enrolled original Joint Resolution passed by Congress on September 25, 1789, proposing 12-not 10-amendments to the Constitution.

U.S. Bill of Rights

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

Monroe Doctrine

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

The Confessions of Nat Turner- Excerpt

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Annual Address by Joseph Jackson

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

Virginia Plan

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

Reconstruction Amendments 1865-1870

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

Michigan Civil Rights Initiative 2006

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)

Consular Convention Between the United States and Austria-Hungary

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

Transcript of Letter from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Dr. Egleston Regarding his Polio Attack, 10/24/1924

ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

Trenton State Sentinel and Capital, Editorial

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

Alexis De Tocqueville, Democracy in America

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)

Amendments Proposed by the Peace Conference, February 8-27, 1861

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

Gideon v. Wainwright

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

The rough draft of The Declaration of Independence written in June, 1776.

Jefferson’s “original Rough draught” of the Declaration of Independence

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

Laws Enacted by the First General Assembly of Virginia, 1619

ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)

English Bill of Rights

ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Quotations of Alexander Hamilton

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

Patsy Murr, first grader at Fulton School in Lancaster, Pa., gets her Salk shot from Dr. Norman E. Snyder as she is held by Mrs. Walter Sourweine, April 25, 1955. Others view the proceedings with mixed emotions

The Dangers of the Antivaccine Movement- Excerpt

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

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

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

Downes v. Bidwell

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

YouTube Video of Dream Sequence from Spellbound

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

Tierra Amarilla Land Grant and Courthouse Raid

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