Touchstone 4: Thinking Like a Historian

US History II Touchstone Primary Sources

Review the primary sources from the following list and choose one for your assignment.

The United States after Reconstruction, 1877-1900 ● Sioux boys as they were dressed on arrival at the Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania,

1879: https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/sioux-boys-as-they-were-dressed-on-ar rival-at-the-carlisle-indian-school-pennsylvania

● "A Typical Cable 'Accident' on Broadway,” 1895: https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/a-typical-cable-accident-on-broadway

● Petition of the State Grange of Illinois for the Direct Election of Senators, 1898: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25466385

● Immigrant Children, Ellis Island, New York, 1908: https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/children-ellis-island

The Emergence of the Modern State, 1890-1940 ● Women Demonstrating against Child Labor, New York City, circa 1900:

https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/demonstrating-against-child-labor ● “Open for Business,” 1914: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6011066 ● Woman Suffrage in Washington, D.C., 1917: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/533773 ● A Breadline During the Great Depression, 1932:

https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/breadline

The United States at Mid-Century, 1939-1969 ● Civil Defense Poster, 1953:

https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/civil-defense-poster ● Police Report on Arrest of Rosa Parks, 1955: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/596074 ● Map of the United States Showing the Range of Missiles, 1962:

https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/cuba-missile-range ● The March on the Pentagon, 1967: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/192605

The Recent Past, 1970-2016 ● President and Mrs. Nixon visit the Great Wall of China and the Ming tombs, 1972:

https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/president-and-mrs-nixon-visit-the-great -wall-of-china-and-the-ming-tombs

● Richard M. Nixon's Resignation Letter, 1974: https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/richard-m-nixons-resignation-letter

● President Reagan's Speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, 1987: https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/reagan-berlin

● President George W. Bush Visits New York, 2001: https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/bush-visits-ny