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Salem Oath for Residents

ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)

The Confessions of William Styron by Yvonne French

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Emancipation Proclamation 1863

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

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

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

Virginia Declaration of Rights

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

2nd Amendment to the Constitution

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

Argument of Roger S. Baldwin Before the Supreme Court in the Case of U.S. Appellants vs. Cinque, and Other, Africans of the Amistad

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Custer's Last Charge (Song)

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

Salem Covenant of 1629

ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)

Abigail Adams Obituary Notice

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Democratic Party Platform, June 18, 1860.

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

Address of the Honorable S. F. Austin, Delivered at Louisville, Kentucky, March 7, 1836

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

The acquitted defendants in the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial reunite with their families.

People v. Zamora

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

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

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

Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology (Excerpt, page 18)

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

Susan B. Anthony Trial Statement (1873)

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

Joint Resolution Proposing a 13th Amendment to the Constitution

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

Trial of Rebecca Nurse- Excerpt

ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)

The Crittenden Compromise

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

President Carter and Omar Torrijos shaking hands after signing the Torrijos-Carter Treaties

Panama Canal Treaty of 1977

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

“Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection” from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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

The President Dead- September 19, 1881

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS)

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

"History Will Absolve Me" Speech

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

Alfred Hitchcock at Radio City Music Hall

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

The Palestinian National Charter

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

The North Atlantic Treaty

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

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement

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

3rd Amendment to the Constitution

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

Adams-Onis Treaty

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Americans Call for Term Limits, End to Electoral College: Gallup.com

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

Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Viet-Nam

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

Emancipation Proclamation

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

"The American Senate" Published

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Royal Charter of Connecticut, 1662

ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)

Did The Federal Ban On Assault Weapons Matter?

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

Articles of Confederation

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

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)

C-SPAN’s 2021 Survey of Presidential Leadership

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

Arizona v. United States

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

Temporary Protection Status (TPS)

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

Brazil-U.S. Trade-Mark Agreement

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Harriet Beecher Stowe- Short Biography

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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)

Fugitive Slave Act of 1793

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

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

President Jackson's Proclamation Regarding Nullification, December 10, 1832

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Helen Keller, March 23, 1907

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Platt Amendment

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

An appeal to the Congress of the United States from the Society of Old Brooklynites : for the erection of a monument over the remains of 11,500 prisoners who died on board the British prison ships during the Revolutionary War- Excerpt

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