Historical Documents

Fidel Castro signing the first agrarian law in 1959
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
President Reagan signing the Immigration Reform and Control Act
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
President Johnson signing the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Political cartoon depicting President Roosevelt using the Monroe Doctrine to keep Europe out of Santo Domingo
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Proclamation 3447
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
1903 Editorial Cartoon Depicting the Treaty
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
No Annexation of Texas
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Stop forced sterilization poster/image
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Pro-DACA Protestors
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
First Assembly of Virginia, 1619
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Big Stick in the Caribbean
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
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)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
"Help the Guatemalans!" poster
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Children from different ethnic background pledging allegiance to the U.S. flag
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
This map shows the land acquired through the Gadsden Purchase Treaty
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
President Carter and Omar Torrijos shaking hands after signing the Torrijos-Carter Treaties
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Poster discussing the Good Neighbor Policy
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Newspaper discussing the 1934 Treaty of Relations
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
This political cartoon illustrates James Buchanan beset by figures who employ quotes from the Ostend Manifesto to legitimize their criminal acts.
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Picture of OAS's fifty-second Assembly in Lima, Peru
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Banner calling for the U.S. Navy to leave Vieques
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
George Mason
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Picture of the Proclamation
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)
Puerto Ricans rally for civil rights outside City Hall in New York City.
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
President Thomas Jefferson
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Alliance for Progress Postage
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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)
"Keep Off!" cartoon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
1901 Supreme Court
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
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)

Collections

The Boston Tea Party
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Colonists Arriving in Jamestown
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620), ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Signing the Magna Carta
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Historical Images

Uncle Sam's New Class in the Art of Self-Government cartoon
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Big Stick in the Caribbean Sea Cartoon
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Poster discussing the Good Neighbor Policy
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Separated cartoon
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Cuban Melodrama cartoon
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Political cartoon depicting President Roosevelt using the Monroe Doctrine to keep Europe out of Santo Domingo
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)