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News Article: “Fierce Blizzard: 11 Deaths in U.S.A."

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

4th Amendment to the Constitution

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

Court Proceedings and Testimony Regarding the Denmark Vesey Rebellion

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Royal Charter of Connecticut, 1662

ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)

Consular Convention Between the United States and Austria-Hungary

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

FDR Address to the Civilian Conservation Corps

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

Robert E. Lee’s Demand for the Surrender of John Brown and His Party

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Brutus No. 15- Excerpt

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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

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

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)

Emma Goldman's Deportation

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

Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project

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

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

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

Letter to Dr. Wiggam, circa 1932

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

Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union Address, as read by Sam Waterston May 23, 2004

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Roosevelt shortly after giving one of his famous fireside chats.

Fireside Chat 9: On ‘Court-Packing’

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

Book Review by Chandra Miller Manning

ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

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

Land Grant Colleges and Universities as of 1890

Second Morrill Act 1890

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

Democratic ticket. Our principals the Constitution. For President John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky For Vice President Joseph Lane of Oregon

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

"Little Sheaves" Gathered While Gleaning After Reapers. Being Letters of Travel Commencing in 1870, and Ending in 1873

Abraham Lincoln on he day of his speech at the Cooper Union The New York Daily Tribune, Tuesday, February 28, 1860

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

Senate Action On Cloture Motions

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

Marbury v. Madison – Opinion of the Court

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

Dawes Act of 1887

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

Plessy v. Ferguson

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

Tobacco Admission Treaty Between the United States and Austria-Hungary

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

Lincoln as They Saw Him by Herbert Mitgang- Excerpt

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

Timeline: Alexander Hamilton's Chronology, 1788-1854

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

Articles, Laws, and Orders, Divine, Politic, and Martial for the Colony in Virginia, 1610-1611.

ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)

Syllabus For The Decision District of Columbia et al v. Heller (2008)

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

Michigan Civil Rights Initiative 2006

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

The President Dead- September 19, 1881

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

Engel v. Vitale

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)

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

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

P.V.H. Weems' Letter to Amelia Earhart

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

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

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

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)

First Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant

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

Federalist No. 1

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

Translation of letter from Columbus to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)

3rd Amendment to the Constitution

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

A French Account of Braddock's Defeat in 1755, Captain de Contrecoeur

ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)

The Boston Tea Party, which led to the passage of the Intolerable Acts

Administration of Justice Act, 1774

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

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)

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)

Privileges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus: 1492

ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)

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)

Original document of the enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress pertaining to the Civil Rights Act

Civil Rights Act 1964

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

Act to Reverse the Attainders of George Burroughs and Others for Witchcraft

ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)