Historical Documents

ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Joseph Jackson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Picture of the Proclamation
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Lincoln First Inaugural Address
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Speech on the Challenger Disaster
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Supports of the Dream Act holding a Banner
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
“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.
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Bill Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Lincoln Assassination Headline
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Clinton OK City Bombing Speech
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Picture of Henry Teller, the author of the Teller Amendment
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Philip Frenau
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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)
John Demos
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Corwin Amendment
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
President Thomas Jefferson
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Original document of Voting Rights Act to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
A mother and daughter sit outside the Supreme Court
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), 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)
Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Mystery Poem
Multiple Eras, ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
"Help the Guatemalans!" poster
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Letters from An American Farmer
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)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Earhart Letter
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Newspaper documenting the court case
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Statement by Frank E. Gannett
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
U.S. Constitution
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
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)
Hamilton and Washington
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
John Brown Entrance Into Hell Song
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Theodore Roosevelt mountain climbing in the West, 1880
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