Historical Documents

Painting of Jamestown Life
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
The Witches
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Lincoln and Hamlin Image
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Proclamation 3447
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
John L. O'Sullivan
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 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Students kneeling in prayer
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Cesar Chavez holding a NFWA sign
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Stamp Act
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Treaty
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Bill Clinton
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
House proposing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Daisy Bates Letter
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton (left to right) lie dead after the gunfight.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
No Annexation of Texas
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Ernesto Miranda's mugshot
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Young Mexican men stand outside a jail in Los Angeles, California, after police arrested them during the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
William Styron
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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)
Franklin Letter
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
LULAC Logo
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Helen Keller, March 23, 1907
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Reagan Being Sworn In
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras
The Defeat of Braddock
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Mexican agricultural laborer top sugar beets near Stockton, California.
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
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)
Sioux Treaty
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
George Putnam’s response to Commander Weems
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
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)
Poster discussing the Good Neighbor Policy
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
First Assembly of Virginia, 1619
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Map showing American territorial gains
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Picture of Cesar Chavez
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 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Homestead Act
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Class Photo at a Mexican-American School Featuring Future President Lyndon B. Johnson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Grand Opening, 1995. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)