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1860 Republican Party Platformother1860Troubled Times: The Tumultuous 1850s
A Black Union Soldier Comments on Treatment by Southerners (1870)other1870The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1877
A Gaspesian Indian Defends His Way of Life, 1641other1910Early Globalization: The Atlantic World, 1492–1650
A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935)other1935Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
A Phillip Randolph and Franklin Roosevelt on Racial Discrimination in the Defense Industry (1941)other1941Fighting the Good Fight in World War II, 1941-1945
A Slave Auctionother1972The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1877
Abigail Bailey Escapes an Abusive Relationship, 1815other1815Growing Pains: The New Republic, 1790–1820
Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, 1865other1865The Civil War, 1860–1865
Accusations of witchcraft, 1692 and 1706other1868Early Globalization: The Atlantic World, 1492–1650
Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933)other1933Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
Alexander Stephens on Slavery and the Confederate Constitution, 1861other1861The Civil War, 1860–1865
Alexis de Tocqueville, “How Americans Understand the Equality of the Sexes,” 1840other1997Industrial Transformation in the North, 1800–1850
Alice Stone Blackwell, Answering Objections to Women’s Suffrage (1917)other1917Americans and the Great War, 1914-1919
Andrew Carnegie on “The Triumph of America” (1886)other1886The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870-1900
Angelina Grimké, Appeal to Christian Women of the South, 1836other1836Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses, 1820–1860
Arthur Rothstein, "Results of a dust storm. Cimarron County, Oklahoma" (1936)other1936Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932
Atlantic History in Global Perspectiveother1999Creating New Social Orders: Colonial Societies, 1500–1700
Barbara Jordan, 1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address (1976)other1976Political Storms at Home and Abroad, 1968-1980
Barry Goldwater, Republican Nomination Acceptance Speech (1964)other1964Contesting Futures: America in the 1960s, Political Storms at Home and Abroad, 1968-1980
Bartolomé de Las Casas Describes the Exploitation of Indigenous Peoples, 1542other2007The Americas, Europe, and Africa Before 1492
Beer Destroyed in the District of Columbia (1923)other1923The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919-1929
Bertha McCall on America’s “Moving People” (1940) The American Yawp Readerother1940Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932, Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
Bertha McCall on America’s “Moving People” (1940)other1940Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941, Fighting the Good Fight in World War II, 1941-1945
Black Philadelphians Defend their Voting Rights, 1838other1838Jacksonian Democracy, 1820–1840
Black scientist Benjamin Banneker demonstrates black intelligence to Thomas Jefferson, 1791other1986Growing Pains: The New Republic, 1790–1820
Blacksmith Apprentice Contract, 1836other1835Industrial Transformation in the North, 1800–1850
Bonus Army Camp at Anacostia Flats (1932)other1932Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932
Boston King recalls fighting for the British and securing his freedom, 1798other1798America's War for Independence, 1775-1783
Boston trader Sarah Knight on her travels in Connecticut, 1704other1920Rule Britannia! The English Empire, 1660–1763
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)other1954Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
C. W. Turner, "A flapper girl" (1922)other1922The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919-1929
Charles A. Lindbergh, “America First” (1941)other1941Fighting the Good Fight in World War II, 1941-1945
Charlotte Forten complains of racism in the North, 1855other1953Troubled Times: The Tumultuous 1850s
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper” (1913)other1913The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870-1900
Chelsea Manning Petitions for a Pardon (2013)other2013The Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Chinese Merchant Complains of Racist Abuse, 1860other1877A Nation on the Move: Westward Expansion, 1800–1860
Civil War songs, 1862other1862The Civil War, 1860–1865
Congressman Arthur L. Miller Gives “the Putrid Facts” About Homosexuality” (1950)other1950Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
Creating the System: Railroads and the Modern Corporationother2011Industrialization and the Rise of Big Business, 1870-1900
Creek headman Alexander McGillivray (Hoboi-Hili-Miko) seeks to build an alliance with Spain, 1785other1785Growing Pains: The New Republic, 1790–1820
David Walker’s Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, 1829other1830Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses, 1820–1860
Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945)other1960Fighting the Good Fight in World War II, 1941-1945, Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
Dorothea Dix defends the mentally ill, 1843other1843Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses, 1820–1860
Dorothea Lange, "Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age 32" (1936)other1936Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932
Dorothea Lange, "Hooverville of Bakersfield, California" (1936)other1936Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932
Dorothy West, “Amateur Night in Harlem” (1938) The American Yawp Readerother1938Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932, Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
Dorothy West, “Amateur Night in Harlem” (1938)other1938Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932, Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
Dwight D. Eisenhower, “Atoms for Peace” (1953)other1953Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
Eliza Lucas Letters, 1740-1741other1896Rule Britannia! The English Empire, 1660–1763
Ellen Welles Page, "A Flapper's Appeal to Parents" (1922)other1922The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919-1929
Emergency Banking Act (1933)other1933Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
Emergency Relief and Construction Act (1932)other1932Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932
Emily Doe, Victim Impact Statement (2015)other2016The Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Emma Goldman on Patriotism (July 9, 1917)other1917Americans and the Great War, 1914-1919
Eugene Debs, “How I Became a Socialist” (April, 1902)other1902Leading the Way: The Progressive Movement, 1890-1920
Extracts from Gibson Clough’s War Journal, 1759other1861Rule Britannia! The English Empire, 1660–1763
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (1925)other1925The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919-1929
FDR, Executive Order No. 9066 (1942)other1942Fighting the Good Fight in World War II, 1941-1945
Francis Daniel Pastorius Describes his Ocean Voyage, 1684other1912Creating New Social Orders: Colonial Societies, 1500–1700
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fireside Chat on Banking (1933)other1933Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address (1933)other1933Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
Franklin Roosevelt’s Re-Nomination Acceptance Speech (1936) The American Yawp Readerother1936Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932, Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
Franklin Roosevelt’s Re-Nomination Acceptance Speech (1936)other1936Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” 1852other1852Jacksonian Democracy, 1820–1840
General Benjamin F. Butler Reacts to Self-Emancipating People, 1861other1861The Civil War, 1860–1865
George Fitzhugh Argues that Slavery is Better than Liberty and Equality, 1854other1854Cotton is King: The Antebellum South, 1800–1860
George M. Garcia, Vietnam Veteran, Oral Interview (1969/2012)other2012Contesting Futures: America in the 1960s
George R. T. Hewes, A Retrospect of the Boston Tea-party, 1834other1834Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests, 1763-1774, America's War for Independence, 1775-1783
George W. Bush on the Post-9/11 World (2002)other2002The Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Gloria Steinem on Equal Rights for Women (1970)other1970Political Storms at Home and Abroad, 1968-1980
H.J. Res. 75, Proposed Equal Rights Amendment (1923)other1923The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919-1929
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1852other1852Troubled Times: The Tumultuous 1850s
Harriet H. Robinson Remembers a Mill Workers’ Strike, 1836other1898Industrial Transformation in the North, 1800–1850
Harriet Jacobs on Rape and Slavery, 1860other1861Cotton is King: The Antebellum South, 1800–1860
Harry Truman Announcing the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima (1945)other1945Fighting the Good Fight in World War II, 1941-1945
Hector St. Jean de Crèvecœur Describes the American people, 1782other1904Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790
Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams (1918)other1918The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870-1900
Henry David Thoreau Reflects on Nature, 1854other1910Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses, 1820–1860
Henry George, Progress and Poverty, Selections (1879)other1879Industrialization and the Rise of Big Business, 1870-1900, The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870-1900
Henry Grady on the New South (1886)other1890The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870-1900
Herbert Hoover on the New Deal (1932)other1934Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932, Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
Herbert Hoover, "Statement on the National Business and Economic Situation" (1929)other1929Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932
Hernandez v. Texas (1954)other1954Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960, Contesting Futures: America in the 1960s
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, “Lynch Law in America” (1900)other1900The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870-1900
Immigration Act of 1924other1924The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919-1929
Industrializing Americaother1995Industrialization and the Rise of Big Business, 1870-1900
Intimidating Former Slaves (1860)other1868The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1877
Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives (1890)other1890The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870-1900
James Madison Asks Congress to Support Internal Improvements, 1815other1825Industrial Transformation in the North, 1800–1850
Jerry Falwell on the “Homosexual Revolution” (1981)other1981From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980-2000
Jesse Jackson on the Rainbow Coalition (1984)other1984From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980-2000
Jimmy Carter, “Crisis of Confidence” (1979)other1979Political Storms at Home and Abroad, 1968-1980
John F. Kennedy on the Separation of Church and State (1960)other1960Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
John Lawson Encounters North American Indians, 1709other1709Early Globalization: The Atlantic World, 1492–1650
John O’Sullivan Declares America’s Manifest Destiny, 1845other1845A Nation on the Move: Westward Expansion, 1800–1860
Joseph McCarthy on Communism (1950)other1954Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
Journal of Christopher Columbus, 1492other1893The Americas, Europe, and Africa Before 1492
Juanita Garcia on Migrant Labor (1952)other1952Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
"K.K.K. parade, 8/8/25" (1925)other1925The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919-1929
Laura C. Kellogg on Indian Education (1913)other1913Leading the Way: The Progressive Movement, 1890-1920
Lester Hunter, “I’d Rather Not Be on Relief” (1938) The American Yawp Readerother1938Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932, Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
Lester Hunter, “I’d Rather Not Be on Relief” (1938)other1938Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
Letter of Cato and Petition by “the negroes who obtained freedom by the late act,” in Postscript to the Freeman’s Journal, September 21, 1781other1781Growing Pains: The New Republic, 1790–1820
Letters from Venezuelan General Francisco de Miranda regarding Latin American Revolution, 1805-1806other1808A Nation on the Move: Westward Expansion, 1800–1860
Lillian Hellman Refuses to Name Names (1952)other1952Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
Lucy Parsons on Women and Revolutionary Socialism (1905)other1905Leading the Way: The Progressive Movement, 1890-1920
Lutiant Van Wert describes the 1918 Flu Pandemic (1918)other1918Americans and the Great War, 1914-1919
Making the White Man's Country Whiteother1999Jacksonian Democracy, 1820–1840
Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds, "Crazy Blues" (1920)other1920The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919-1929
Manuel Quezon calls for Filipino Independence (1919)other1919Americans and the Great War, 1914-1919
Marcus Garvey, "Explanation of the Objects of the Universal Negro Improvement Association" (1921)other1921The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919-1929
Margaraetta Mason and Lydia Maria Child Discuss John Brown, 1860other1860Troubled Times: The Tumultuous 1850s
Mary Polk Branch remembers plantation life, 1912other1912Cotton is King: The Antebellum South, 1800–1860
Mary Smith Cranch comments on politics, 1786-87other1787Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790
Nat Turner explains the Southampton rebellion, 1831other1831Cotton is King: The Antebellum South, 1800–1860
National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)other1933Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
National Labor Relations Act / Wagner Act (1935)other1935Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
National Organization for Women, “Statement of Purpose” (1966)other1966Contesting Futures: America in the 1960s
National Prohibition Act / Volstead Act (1919)other1919The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919-1929
New Worlds for Allother1997Early Globalization: The Atlantic World, 1492–1650
Nixon Announcement of China Visit (1971)other1971Political Storms at Home and Abroad, 1968-1980
Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)other2015The Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Olaudah Equiano Describes the Middle Passage, 1789other1790Creating New Social Orders: Colonial Societies, 1500–1700
Pat Buchanan on the Culture War (1992)other1992From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980-2000
Paul Robeson’s Appearance Before the House Un-American Activities Committee (1956)other1956Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
Phyllis Schlafly on Women’s Responsibility for Sexual Harassment (1981)other1981From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980-2000
Plessy v. Fergusonother1896The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1877
Poem about Civil War Nurses, 1866other1866The Civil War, 1860–1865
Pontiac Calls for War, 1763other1907Rule Britannia! The English Empire, 1660–1763
Powell v. Alabama (1932)other1932Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932
Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 1842other1842Troubled Times: The Tumultuous 1850s
Prohibition Chiefs Testify Before Ways and Means Committee (1925)other1925The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919-1929
Radical Possibilities of the American Revolutionother1992Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790
Rebecca Reed accuses nuns of abuse, 1835other1835Jacksonian Democracy, 1820–1840
Reconstructing Raceother2003The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1877
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act (1932)other1932Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932
Reconstruction in Texasother1906The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1877
Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (1968)other1968Contesting Futures: America in the 1960s
Revivalist Charles G. Finney Emphasizes Human Choice in Salvation, 1836other1834Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses, 1820–1860
Rhode Islanders Protest Property Restrictions on Voting, 1834other1834Jacksonian Democracy, 1820–1840
Richard Nixon on the American Standard of Living (1959)other1959Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
Rose Cohen on the World Beyond her Immigrant Neighborhood (ca.1897/1918)other1918The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870-1900
Samson Occom describes his conversion and ministry, 1768other1982Rule Britannia! The English Empire, 1660–1763
Samuel Morse Fears a Catholic Conspiracy, 1835other1835Jacksonian Democracy, 1820–1840
Sarah Grimké Calls for Women’s Rights, 1838other1838Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses, 1820–1860
Second Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1937) The American Yawp Readerother1937Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932, Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
Senator Margaret Chase Smith’s “Declaration of Conscience” (1950)other1950Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
Sermon on the Duties of a Christian Woman, 1851other1851Cotton is King: The Antebellum South, 1800–1860
Social Security Act (1935)other1935Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
Statement by John Kerry of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (1971)other1971Political Storms at Home and Abroad, 1968-1980
Statements from The Parents Music Resource Center (1985)other1985From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980-2000
Statements of AIDS Patients (1983)other1983From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980-2000
Stories from the Underground Railroad, 1855-56other1872Troubled Times: The Tumultuous 1850s
Susannah Rowson, Charlotte Temple, 1794other1824Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790
Tennessee Valley Authority Act (1933)other1933Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
The 9/11 Commission Report, “Reflecting On A Generational Challenge” (2004)other2004The Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
The Fears of the Jeffersonian Republicansother1981Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790, Growing Pains: The New Republic, 1790–1820
The Frontier as a Place of Ethnic and Religious Conflictother1987Go West Young Man! Westward Expansion, 1840-1900
The Frontier as the Forefront of Capitalismother1985Go West Young Man! Westward Expansion, 1840-1900
The Hope of the Framers to Recruit Citizens to Enter Public Lifeother1987Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790
The Indians' New Worldother1984The Americas, Europe, and Africa Before 1492, Early Globalization: The Atlantic World, 1492–1650
The Legend of Moshup, 1830other2007Early Globalization: The Atlantic World, 1492–1650
The Port Huron Statement (1962)other1962Contesting Futures: America in the 1960s
The Pressure of the People on the Framers of the Constitutionother1987Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790
The story of the Virgin of Guadalupeother1649The Americas, Europe, and Africa Before 1492
The Truman Doctrine (1947)other1947Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
The Unknown American Revolutionother2005America's War for Independence, 1775-1783
Theodore Roosevelt on “The New Nationalism” (1910)other1910Leading the Way: The Progressive Movement, 1890-1920
Thomas Jefferson’s Racism, 1788other1853Growing Pains: The New Republic, 1790–1820
Thomas Morton Reflects on Indians in New England, 1637other1883The Americas, Europe, and Africa Before 1492
Thomas Paine Calls for American independence, 1776other2008Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests, 1763-1774, America's War for Independence, 1775-1783
Venture Smith, A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, 1798other1798Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790
W.E.B DuBois, “Returning Soldiers” (May, 1919)other1919Americans and the Great War, 1914-1919
Walter LaFeber, That 'Splendid Little War' in Perspectiveother1968Age of Empire: American Foreign Policy, 1890-1914
Walter Rauschenbusch, Christianity and the Social Crisis (1907)other1907Leading the Way: The Progressive Movement, 1890-1920
William Lloyd Garrison Introduces The Liberator, 1831other1886Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses, 1820–1860
William Wells Brown, “Clotel; or, The President’s Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States,” 1853other1853Cotton is King: The Antebellum South, 1800–1860
Women in South Carolina Experience Occupation, 1780other1819Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests, 1763-1774, America's War for Independence, 1775-1783
Woodrow Wilson on the New Freedom (1912)other1913Americans and the Great War, 1914-1919
Woodrow Wilson Requests War (April 2, 1917)other1918Americans and the Great War, 1914-1919
Worlds of Goods in the Northern Coloniesother1986Rule Britannia! The English Empire, 1660–1763
Wyandotte woman describes tensions over slavery, 1849other1849A Nation on the Move: Westward Expansion, 1800–1860
Zora Neale Hurston, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" (1928)other1928The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919-1929

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