Historical Documents

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Frederick J. Turner
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Mexican female laborers engaged in pecan shelling
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Hoyt Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Jefferson Davis
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Image of the first page of Declaration of Independance
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Banner calling for the U.S. Navy to leave Vieques
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Longstreet Letter
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Rep. Joe Courtney
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Homestead Act
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Manuscript of the Platt Amendment
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
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)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Protestors at the Supreme Court
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
President Joe Biden gives his Farewell Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Poster discussing the Good Neighbor Policy
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Judiciary Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Truman's Order De-Segregating the Military
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Dead Soldiers at Gettysburg
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
A mother and daughter sit outside the Supreme Court
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Mark Twain in 1907
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Seneca Falls Convention
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Cover of Life Magazine 1913
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Text of the 4th Amendment
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Excerpt from Champlain
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Class Photo at a Mexican-American School Featuring Future President Lyndon B. Johnson
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)
Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Helen Keller, March 23, 1907
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Grant Inauguration
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
1903 Editorial Cartoon Depicting the Treaty
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Abigail Adams
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Alexis de Tocqueville
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)
Washington's_Farewell_Address
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
National Chicano Moratorium sign
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)