The text of the Reconstruction Acts of 1867. Section one establishes military districts in the South.

The text of the first Reconstruction Act providing for the government of the former Confederate states by placing them in military districts.

The text of a 1649 colonial act concerning religion in Maryland. Describes punishment of any who reject Christian teaching.

The original text of British Prime Minister William Pitt's actual speech to Parliament describing his disapproval of the Stamp Act and why he felt it should be repealed.

Features the full text of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices and prohibited trusts.

Complete text of the Sedition Act of 1798 passed by the Federalists to strengthen national security.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the Underground Railroad and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

The background essay provided in this lesson plan on the later ramifications of the 14th Amendment explains the Congressional legislation of all types during Reconstruction. Click on the 'View' button to read the Amendment.

This site titled, "From Revolution to Reconstruction," provides excerpts from the text of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, part of the Compromise of 1850.

Read the complete text of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which set out guarantees for citizenship in post-Civil War America as well as the punishments for those who tried to obstruct these guarantees.

This site discusses the actual effects of the Maryland Toleration Act. Clicking on "Text" will take you to the original document.

This is an abridged version of the Civil Rights Act of March 1, 1875, with brief commentary. The Act was later declared unconstitutional

A detailed description of three major attempts made by Herbert Hoover and his administration to get money back into circulation and stem the tide of the Great Depression. Read about the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the...

View the complete speech by Alabama governor George Wallace condemning the Civil Rights Act.

Original text of the plan for the reconstruction of Indian communities, developed by the American Indian Movement (AIM.)

Senator Charles Sumner gives his opinion on the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson in 1868.

Thomas Nast's political cartoon from a Harper's Weekly 1877 edition plus a description of the dispute over the election of 1876.

This letter, from a farmer in 1767, addresses his conceerns regarding the Townshend Duties and their effect on the colonies as a whole.

This resource, a speech by Woodrow Wilson to Congress on April 8, 1913, gives a great review of how the United States transformed from from a rural country to an urban one. It includes a review of industrialization, new inventions,...