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The President Dead- September 19, 1881

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

Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln

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

Charles Guiteau Letter to William T. Sherman

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

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

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

All People Are Living Histories—Which Is Why History Matters

Metahistory & Historiography, Multiple Eras

Cooper Union Address

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

David Hoyt Jr. to his Father, Regarding Shays' Rebellion- Letter

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

Abigail Adams Obituary Notice

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Zellman v. Simmons-Harris

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

Measures Proposed to Amend the Constitution

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

John O'Sullivan, Manifest Destiny

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)

Treaty of Alliance with France

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

The Trial of Charles Guiteau: An Account- Excerpt

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

Judiciary Act of 1789- Excerpts

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

Maryland state ticket. Election, Tuesday November 6th, 1860...For President of the United States John Bell of Tennessee. For Vice President of the United States, Edward Everett of Massachusetts

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

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

John Adams- Brief Biography

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Stamp Act of 1765

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

John Adams Letter to Abigail Adams: February 16, 1801

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

Federalist No. 48

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

Alexis De Tocqueville, Democracy in America

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

Book Review by Chandra Miller Manning

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

Abigail Adams- Brief Biography

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Brutus No. 15- Excerpt

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.

Sedition Act of 1918

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

National Republican platform adopted by National Republican Convention, held in Chicago. May 17, 1860.

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

"The Evolving Federal Role in Education: An Introductory Essay" (Excerpt)

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

John & Abigail Adams Correspondence

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

“The Last Race of the Rail-Splitter,” Broadside, ca. 1861

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

President Joe Biden gives his Farewell Address

President Joe Biden’s Farewell Address

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)

Insanity Defense Overview

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

The Insanity Defense: An Intersection of Morality, Public Policy, and Science

ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)

Federalist No. 47

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

H.J. Res. 80, proposing to amend the Constitution of the United States

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Collections

The President and the Lunatic, by Bruce Watson

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

Franklin Charms Paris, by Tom Fleming

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

US Army helicopters fire into the tree line to cover South Vietnamese ground troops in March 1965

First Blood In Vietnam, by Stanley Karnow

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

The “Horrid And Unnatural Rebellion” Of Daniel Shays, by Alden T. Vaughan

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

The Magna Carta Comes to America, by A.E. Dick Howard

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

Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson

Two Intimate Enemies, by Joseph J. Ellis

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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

How the Wilderness Was Won, by Stewart L. Udall

Historical Images

A new declaration of independence in the year 1885

ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Bust of Stephen Douglas over Northern Democratic Party's presidential campaign shield

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

Map of Troop Movement During Shays’ Rebellion

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

The Union must and shall be preserved. For President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin of Maine.

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

Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas

Benjamin Singleton- Recruitment of Black Homesteaders, 1878

An Heir to the Throne, Or the Next Republican Candidate

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