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Historical Documents

Abigail Adams- Brief Biography

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Rochester Evening Express, Editorial

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

Ronald Reagan’s “Evil Empire” Speech

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography

Botiller v. Dominguez

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Children from different ethnic background pledging allegiance to the U.S. flag

Plyler v. Doe

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

Barack Obama’s Keynote Address

ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography

Letter From Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams – June 13, 1804

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

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)

National Chicano Moratorium

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Torres v. Puerto Rico

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

Bill Clinton’s America

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

“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.

Sedition Act of 1918

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

Political cartoon depicting the results of the Cuban Adjustment Act

The Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966

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

S.J.RES.150 -- To designate June 15, 1991, as "Magna Carta Day".

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

Decision delivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren

Hernandez v. Texas

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

El Plan de Santa Barbara (Plan of Santa Barbara)

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Puerto Ricans rally for civil rights outside City Hall in New York City.

Katzenbach v. Morgan

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

U.S. v. Brignoni-Ponce

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

Balzac v. Porto Rico

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

First edition cover of Bill Clinton's autobiography

Bill Clinton on Life after the Presidency

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

John Adams Letter to Abigail Adams: February 16, 1801

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

Charles Guiteau Letter to William T. Sherman

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

Theodore Roosevelt mountain climbing in the West, 1880

Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation

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

Statement by Frank E. Gannett

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

Texas Revolution

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

“I Have Sinned” Speech

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

In this isolated mountainous Spanish American community in Ojo Sarco, New Mexico, a one-room school serves students across eight grades with just two teachers. These teachers work with minimal equipment, relying on the blackboard to teach the alphabet, penmanship, and grammar.

Serna v. Portales

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Susan B. Anthony Trial Statement (1873)

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

Texas Annexation Treaty

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

John Paul Stevens, the author of the majority opinion

INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

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

Clinton's Farewell Address

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

Democratic Party Platform, June 18, 1860.

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

Miranda v. Arizona

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

Silent Spring- Excerpt

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Multiple Eras

John Adams- Brief Biography

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Latino Students Protesting Proposition 187

California's Proposition 187

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

Proclamation 3869

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

Emma Goldman's Deportation

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

Foraker Act of 1900

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)

Collections

The Great Chief Justice, by Fred Rodell

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Chief Justice John Marshall & Associate Justice Joseph Story

Marbury V. Madison- The Case of the “Missing” Commissions, by John A. Garraty

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

A Nation of Immigrants, by Bernard Weisberger

ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), Multiple Eras

Emigrants crossing the plains, by F.O.C. Darley

How the Wilderness Was Won, by Stewart L. Udall

FDR vs. the Supreme Court, by Merlo J. Pusey

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

On History, by John F. Kennedy

ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present), Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras