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Historical Documents

The President Dead- September 19, 1881

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

Lincoln as They Saw Him by Herbert Mitgang- Excerpt

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

Emma Goldman's Deportation

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

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)

Charles Guiteau Letter to William T. Sherman

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

Gadsden Purchase Treaty

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp

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)

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

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

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

“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)

“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)

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

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)

"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)

Abigail Adams Obituary Notice

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

American Progress by John Gast

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

Federalist No. 47

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

John O'Sullivan, Manifest Destiny

Stamp Act of 1765

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

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

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

Richard Nixon’s "Checkers" Speech

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

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)

Silent Spring- Excerpt

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

Ronald Reagan’s “Evil Empire” Speech

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

Luisa Moreno, one of the main organizers of the Congress

Spanish Speaking People's Congress

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

Letter from John Adams to James Warren, 7 October 1775

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

Amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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

A Gold Hunter's Experience, Chalkley J. Hambleton

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)

Foraker Act of 1900

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

Judiciary Act of 1789- Excerpts

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

Collections

Lincoln at the Time of the Cooper Union Speech

Lincoln, the Orator by Harold Holzer

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

Taking Another Look at the Constitutional Blueprint, by Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, et al

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

The Great Red Scare, by Allan L. Damon

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

Religious Education-Confronting Issues As Old As Public Schools, by Kevin Baker

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

Clinton's Legacy, by Kevin Baker

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

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

How the Wilderness Was Won, by Stewart L. Udall

Franklin Charms Paris, by Tom Fleming

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

The Slaves Freed, by Stephen Oates

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

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)

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