Governments can be constitutional monarchies, dictatorships, federal republics, parliamentary democracies, constitutional republics. More than a system of rules and regulations, they help civilized people to live together peacefully. These stories explore different forms of government.
During World War I, Britain's Ministry of Food enforced the country's ration orders. Penalties were stiff. On 29 August 1918, for example, a vi...
Lt. General DeWitt's recommendation, to evacuate Japanese-Americans from their homes in the Pacific-coast region, page 2. Click on the image for a be...
Cornelius Jacob Langenhoven wrote the lyrics to "Die Stem Van Suid-Afrika" ("The Spirit of South Africa") in 1918. Marthinus Lourens de Villiers...
The Espionage Act of May 16, 1918, gave the United States sweeping powers against anyone who spoke out against the government. Charles Schenck w...
This flash directive, from Henry Kissinger (the Secretary of State) to Graham Martin (the U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam), orders all Americans to l...
Facsimilie of a memo detailing EX COMM discussions regarding a U.S. response to Cuba. They percieved their options to be a blockade or an i...
Facsimilie copy of a memorandum,dated October 22, 1962, from U.S. President Kennedy establishing the Executive Committee of the National Security Coun...
The United States of America filed a criminal case against Susan B. Anthony for unlawfully voting in the 1872 presidential election. After she w...
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention issued a report on the 13th of September, 1787 preparing for the first federal elections.
Image of George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation which was published in the Massachusetts Centinel on October 14, 1789. Click on the image for ...
People opposed to American women getting the vote created flyers like this one. It quotes a leading suffragist - then tries to destroy her argum...
Prior to his election as President of the United States, Herbert Hoover was the U.S. Food Administrator. This image depicts Hoover's food distri...
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