Chinese immigrants provided much of the labor for construction of the transcontinental railroad.
Chinese immigrants provided much of the labor for construction of the transcontinental railroad.
Sitting Bull’s Sioux and Cheyenne warriors won a battle against the U.S. Army at Rosebud River, Montana, 1876.
Sitting Bull’s Sioux and Cheyenne warriors won a battle against the U.S. Army at Rosebud River, Montana, 1876.
Union soldiers in front of the unfinished new Senate wing of the Capitol, 1861
Union soldiers in front of the unfinished new Senate wing of the Capitol, 1861
Vice-President Wade [sic] Administering the Oath to Schuyler Colfax, by A. R. Waud, 1869
Vice-President Wade [sic] Administering the Oath to Schuyler Colfax, by A. R. Waud, 1869
The Ladies’ Gallery of the Senate during the Impeachment Trial, by W. S. L. Lewett, 1868
The Ladies’ Gallery of the Senate during the Impeachment Trial, by W. S. L. Lewett, 1868
The Mace of the House of Representatives symbolizes order and authority
The Mace of the House of Representatives symbolizes order and authority
The Last Speech on Impeachment, by T. R. Davis, Harper’s Weekly, March 21, 1868
The Last Speech on Impeachment, by T. R. Davis, Harper’s Weekly, March 21, 1868
Thomas Nast cartoon, Harper’s Weekly, March 15, 1873
Thomas Nast cartoon, Harper’s Weekly, March 15, 1873
The First Colored Senator and Representatives, Currier & Ives lithography, 1872
The First Colored Senator and Representatives, Currier & Ives lithography, 1872