John Trumbull, 'The Declaration of Independence' 1786-87
Image ID: 7827
Collection: Karen Halttunen
Topic(s): Eighteenth Century, Pre-Revolution, Politics & Government
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.1 - Major events preceding the founding of the nation and the development of American constitutional democracy
National Standard(s): Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
Card Text: John Trumbull, "The Declaration of Independence," 1786-87
Citation: Copyright holder unknown. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Horydczak Collection, Washington, DC 20540. LC-H8-CT-C01-062-A
'Apotheosis of George Washington'
Image ID: 4595
Collection: Roland Marchand
Topic(s): National Politics, Early National Period, Politics & Government
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.4 - The aspirations and ideals of the people of the new nation
National Standard(s): Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
Card Text: "Apotheosis of George Washington," 19th century, watercolor on glass.
Citation: Copyright holder unknown. Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735. Morristown National Historical Park, MORR 941. In Francis Russell and the Eds. of American Heritage, The American Heritage History of the Making of the Nation, 1783-1860, 1968, p. 66.
8.4.2
'George Washington Giving the Laws'
Image ID: 7913
Collection: Karen Halttunen
Topic(s): Eighteenth Century, Washington, Politics & Government
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.6 - The divergent paths of the American people from 1800 to the mid-1800s...with emphasis on the Northeast. , 8.1 - Major events preceding the founding of the nation and the development of American constitutional democracy
National Standard(s): Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
Card Text: Unidentified artist, "George Washington Giving the Laws"
Citation: Location unknown
George Caleb Bingham, 'Stump Speaking' 1853-54
Image ID: 8667
Collection: Karen Halttunen
Topic(s): Nineteenth Century, Genre Painting, Politics & Government
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.2 - The political principles underlying the U.S. Constitution and compare the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government
National Standard(s): Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
Card Text: George Caleb Bingham, "Stump Speaking," 1853-54, detail, oil on canvas, 108 x 147.3 cm.
Citation: Courtesy of The St. Louis Art Museum, 1 Fine Arts Dr, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO 63110. All rights reserved. We are grateful for the generosity of the St. Louis Art Museum.
George Caleb Bingham, 'The Verdict of the People' 1854-5
Image ID: 8737
Collection: Karen Halttunen
Topic(s): Nineteenth Century, Working Class Culture, Politics & Government
Region(s): South America
CA Standard(s): 8.2 - The political principles underlying the U.S. Constitution and compare the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government
National Standard(s): Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
Card Text: George Caleb Bingham, "The Verdict of the People," 1854-5, oil on canvas, 42 ½ x 58 in.
Citation: Courtesy of The St. Louis Art Museum, 1 Fine Arts Dr, St. Louis, MO 63110. All rights reserved. Our thanks to the Museum.
A. Wighe, 'Trial by Jury' 1849
Image ID: 11341
Collection: Louis Warren
Topic(s): Politics & Government
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.2 - The political principles underlying the U.S. Constitution and compare the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government
National Standard(s): Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Card Text: Courtroom scene of early America, 1849, an informal, "frolicking time." A. Wighe, "Trial by Jury," painting.
Citation: ASK Copyright © Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 224 Benefit St, Providence, RI 02903. Gift of Edith Jackson Green and Ellis Jackson. All rights reserved.
Theophilus Adam Wylie, 'Political Scene [Meeting] in Early Bloomington' 1837
Image ID: 4065
Collection: Roland Marchand
Topic(s): Social Disorder, Social disorder and order to 1865, Politics & Government
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.3 - The foundation of the American political system and the ways in which citizens participate in it
National Standard(s): Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Card Text: Theophilus Adam Wylie, "Political Scene [Meeting] in Early Bloomington," 1837.
Citation: Copyright holder and location unknown. Indiana University?
8.3.1
Cartoon: 'Congressional pugilists' 1798
Image ID: 11739
Collection: Louis Warren
Topic(s): Politics & Government
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.2 - The political principles underlying the U.S. Constitution and compare the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government, 8.3 - The foundation of the American political system and the ways in which citizens participate in it
National Standard(s): Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
Card Text: "Congressional pugilists," a heated partisan debate, cartoon, 1798. A fight on the floor of Congress between Vermont Representative Matthew Lyon, a Jeffersonian Republican, and Roger Griswold of Connecticut, a Federalist. "Griswold had accused Lyon of cowardice during the American Revolution and Lyon responded by spitting tobacco juice in Griswold's face." The interior of Congress Hall is shown. Several others look on as Griswold, armed with a cane, kicks Lyon, who grasps his arm and raises a pair of fireplace tongs to strike him. Below are the verses: "He in a trice struck Lyon thrice / Upon his head, enrag'd sir, / Who seiz'd the tongs to ease his wrongs, / And Griswold thus engag'd, sir." Print, 1798, Philadelphia.
Citation: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-DIG-ppmsca-15707.
Photo: Lyndon Johnson taking the oath of office
Image ID: 4339
Collection: Roland Marchand
Topic(s): National Politics, Kennedy, Politics & Government
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 11.11 - Major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society
National Standard(s): Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)
Card Text: Lyndon Johnson taking the oath of office in the airplane, flanked by Lady Bird and Jacqueline Kennedy. The swearing in was performed by Federal District Judge Sarah T. Hughes of Dallas. Johnson was President of the U.S. when he landed in the capital.
Citation: Cecil Stoughton photo. Courtesy Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, 2313 Red River St., Austin, TX 78705. 1A-1-WH63. In Paul K. Conkin & David Burner, A History of Recent America, 1974, p. 569.
