During World War II, the U.S. government interned approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans in camps like Manzanar in California.

Children stroll toward the Capitol’s east front.

In 1889 and 1893, homesteaders staked claims on land in the Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma Territory.

Suffrage Pins and Ribbons, ca. 1909–1916

Tribal leaders, including these Arapaho and Cheyenne delegates, negotiated with federal authorities in Washington, D.C.

Suffrage Parade Whirligig, ca. 1913

To encourage settlement of the West, the government opened former Indian reservation land to homesteaders.

Suffrage Parade Sash