These curated resource lists coincide with the topic ideas listed in the NHD 2018 Conflict & Compromise theme sample topics list. The links lead to resources accessed from the Library of Congress (LOC.gov) unless otherwise noted. Note: U.S. historic newspaper coverage is from 1789-1924 unless otherwise noted.
Preventing Conflict: The Compromise of 1850
- Today in History primary source collections
- Primary Source Spotlight: Fugitive Slave Law
The New York City Draft Riot of 1863
- New York City Draft Riot images
- To the laboring men of New York 1863 broadside
- To the memory of the martyrs . . . slain in the riots of July, in the city of new York
- Report of the Committee of Merchants for the Relief of Colored People, Suffering from the Late Riots in the City of New York
- Northern Draft Riots During the Civil War primary source set, DPLA
- The draft riots of 1863 : a historical study read at the meeting of the Ohio Commandery 1916
- The New York City Draft Riots of 1863 excerpt from In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863
- Race and Labor in the 1863 New York City Draft Riots JSTOR Daily May 4, 2017
Reconstruction: Conflict and Compromise in the South
The Compromise of 1877
- Presidential Election of 1876: A Resource Guide
- Hayes Tilden election historic newspaper coverage 1876-77
- The political farce of 1876 1876 political cartoon
- A truce – not a compromise 1877 political cartoon
- Hayes vs. Tilden: The Electoral College Controversy of 1876-1877 background & political cartoons from HarpWeek
- Compromise of 1877 Know Louisiana
- The Compromise of 1877 background from U.S. Department of State via Learn NC
- Today in History: Rutherford B. Hayes
- Samuel J. Tilden primary source set
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