Read an original transcript, and view an image of a report on the Missouri Compromise of 1820. This legislation admitted Missouri and Maine as states into the Union.

The Monroe Doctrine has been used in the past 180 years to let the United States' stance on European involvement in the Western Hemisphere be known. On this interesting site you can view an interactive copy of the original pages of the...

Read the complete text of the Virginia Plan that proposed a strong central government consisting of three branches. You can also view images of the original drafts.

Learn about this document that charted a government for the Northwest Territory. View the complete text and images of the original document.

Offers a summary of this resolution which supported President Johnson's actions in Vietnam and also provides an easy to read version of the complete text.

Contains all the text and images of the original document. Also includes a summary of the history behind the signing of this treaty.

Shows the original document of the executive order that President Kennedy signed establishing the Peace Corps in 1961. Gives background information and the complete easy to read text.

The official transcription of John Glenn's in-flight communication with Mission Control during his orbit around the earth in 1962.

Read a brief overview of the history behind this executive order that integrated the segregated military and then read a copy of the complete original text.

Informative site that tells about the act that authorized the building of the Hoover Dam. Read the complete text of the Boulder Canyon Project here.

Read the history behind the first child labor bill in 1916 and view the original document.

A site for reading all about the National Industrial Recovery Act and view the complete transcript of the original text.

Read and view a copy of the complete text of the treaty of Fort Laramie which recognized the Black Hills as part of the Sioux Reservation. Accompanying documentary explains how the treaty was broken as a result of the discovery of gold...

On this site you can view an original copy of the document and and also an easy to read version of the complete text. There is also a brief summary of the history behind the bill.

Use this site to learn all about this Supreme Court decision that dealt with interstate commerce. View an image of the original document and read the complete text.

Access a full-page scan of a page from the 1814 Treaty of Ghent, a transcription, and background information on its significance.

Contains images of the original document and a transcript of the complete text of the Pacific Railway Act of 1862 in an easy to read format. Also contains a brief overview on the background behind this act.

The behind-the-scenes story of the famous 1970 meeting between President Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley, as told through original letters, memoranda, and photographs.

A collection of political cartoons by Clifford K. Berryman that illustrate the presidential campain trail. Most of these cartoons appeared on the front page of Washington newspapers from 1898 through 1948.

These gifts are unique records of each administration from Herbert Hoover through Bill Clinton. Many of them are handmade artworks. Some are from well known artists and others from supportive American citizens.

As part of the artistic nationalism that took place during the Great Depression, this website from the National Archives and Records Administration focuses on many American scenes. Lots of focus on small-town life and various regions.

The turbulence of the Great Depression is reflected in these images of workers in artwork from the NARA on this site.

Learn about this landmark Supreme Court case on the issues of federal power and commerce. Provides an image of a document from the case files and a transcript of the opinion delivered in 1819 by Chief Justice John Marshall.

A collection of government approved drawings and designs for hundreds of objects including ships, bridges, flags and more.