| Description |
xvi, 435 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 435). |
| Contents |
Post-war to World War : Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, speech on the Fourteenth Amendment (May 8, 1866) -- United States and Russia, treaty and the Alaska Purchase (March 30, 1867) -- Red Cloud, speech, "The Great Spirit made us both" (June 16, 1870) -- Chief Joseph, speech "I will fight no more forever" (October 5, 1877) -- Susan B. Anthony, address on behalf of the woman suffrage movement (January 23, 1880) -- Helen Hunt Jackson, conclusion, A century of dishonor: a sketch of the United States government's dealings with some of the Indian tribes (1881) -- Chinese Exclusion Act (May 6, 1882) -- Sitting BUll, Tatanka Yotanka, testimony before a Senate select committee (August 21, 1883) -- Commissioner of Indian Affairs, annual report, "massacre at Wounded Knee," (December 29, 1890) -- The Populist Party platform (July 4, 1892) -- William Jennings Bryan, speech at the Democratic National Convention, "The cross of gold" (July 8, 1896) -- SUpreme Court, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) -- Women's Christian Temperance Union, declaration of principles (1902) -- W.E.B. Du Bois, Credo (1904) -- President Theodore Roosevelt, fourth annual message to Congress, "The Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe Doctrine" (December 6, 1904) -- Ida B. Wells-Barnett, speech, "This awful slaughter" (May 8, 1909) -- Emma Goldman, speech, "The tragedy of women's emancipation (1910) -- John Muir, The Yosemite, "Hetch Hetchy Valley" (1912) -- Marry Harris "Mother" Jones, "Appeal to the cause of miners in the Paint Creek District" speech (August 15, 1912). The World Wars : President Woodrow Wilson, first Lusitania note (May 13, 1915) -- President Woodrow Wilson, Joint Address to Congress, "The fourteen points" (January 8, 1918) -- President Woodrow Wilson, address in support of the League of Nations (September 25, 1919) -- Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, ratification of women's right to vote (August 18, 1920) -- Marcus Garvey, speech, "the handwriting is on the wall" (August 31, 1921) -- Margaret Sanger, speech, morality of birth control (November 18, 1921) -- William W. Husband, report of the Commissioner General of Immigration, The Per Centum Limit Act of 1921 (June 30, 1923) -- William Jennings Bryan, The Scopes "Monkey Trial" (July 16, 1925) -- The Sacco-Vanzetti Case, Bartolomeo Vanzetti, statement to court after being sentenced to death (April 9, 1927) -- Alfred E. Smith, speech, "Religious prejudice and politics" (September 20, 1928) -- President Herbert Hoover, speech, "Rugged individualism" (October 22, 1928) -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt, first inaugural address (March 4, 1933) -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt, communications on American official recognition of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (November 16, 1933) -- United States v. one book called "Ulysses" (December 6, 1933) -- Social Security Act (August 14, 1935) -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt, State of the Union message, "The four freedoms" (January 6, 194) -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill, joint declaration, "The Atlantic Charter" (August 14, 1941) -- Charles Lindbergh, speech, "America first" (September 11, 1941) -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt, war message to Congress (December 8, 1941) -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Japanese Relocation Order (February 19, 1942) -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt, fireside chat on the fifth war loan drive (June 12, 1944). Into the Cold War : President Harry S. Truman, message to Congress, "The Truman Doctrine" (March 12, 1947) -- Secretary of State George C. Marshall, speech, "The Marshall Plan" (June 5, 1947) -- Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, address to the Republican Women's Club of Wheeling, West Virginia, "Enemies from within" (February 9, 1950) -- Senator Margaret Chase Smith, speech to the Senate, "Declaration of conscience" (June 1, 1950) -- President Harry S. Truman, statement on the Korean War (June 27, 1950) -- President Harry S. Truman, address about policy in the Far East and the recall of General Douglas MacArthur (April 11, 1951) -- Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, speech before the Council on Foreign Relations, "The strategy of massive retaliation" (January 12, 1954) -- Supreme Court, Brown v. Board of Education (May 17, 1954, and April 11, 1955) -- President Dwight D. Eisenhower, address to the American people on the situation in Little Rock (September 24, 1957) -- President John F. Kennedy, inaugural address (January 20, 1961) -- President John F. Kennedy, special message to Congress on urgent national needs (Americans in space) (May 25, 1961) -- President John F. Kennedy, proclamation 3504, Interdiction of the delivery of offensive weapons to Cuba (October 22, 1962) -- Governor of Alabama George C. Wallace, inaugural address "Segregation forever (January 14, 1963) -- Martin Luther King, Jr., speech, "I have a dream" (August 28, 1963) -- Malcolm X, speech, the black revolution (April 8. 1964) -- President Lyndon B. Johnson, speech, "The Great Society" (May 22, 1964) -- President Lyndon B. Johnson, on Vietnam and on the decision not to seek reelection (March 31, 1968) -- Congressperson Shirley Chisholm, speech, the Equal Rights Amendment (May 21, 1969) -- Apollo 11, astronaut narratives ("first men on the moon") (July 16-24, 1969) -- Supreme Court, papers and decisions on Roe v. Wade (January 22, 1973) -- President Richard M. Nixon, speech, "Watergate" (April 30, 1973) -- Russell Means, speech, the American Indian Movement (1973) -- Harvey Milk, "The hope speech" (March 10, 1978) -- President Ronald Reagan, address to the National Association of Evangelicals (the "Evil Empire" speech) (March 8, 1983) -- President Ronald Reagan, addresses to the Nation on the Iran arms and contra aid controversy (November 13, 1986 and March 4, 1987) -- Urvashi Vaid, gay rights speech at the march on Washington (April 25, 1993). Into the Twenty-first Century : Elizabeth Birch, first convention speech by a gay organization's leader, the Democratic National Convention (August 15, 2000) -- 9/11 Commission Report ("heroism and horror") (September 11, 2001) -- President George W. Bush, speech, "Weapons of mass destruction" (March 17, 2003) -- State Senator Barak Obama, keynote address, Democratic National Convention (July 27, 2004) -- Senator Barak Obama, presidential election night speech (November 4, 2008). Source and author guide -- Bibliography. |
| Summary |
This compact volume offers a broad selection of the most important documents in American history. Brief introductions to each document place the works in historical context. |
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Indians of North America. (OCoLC)fst00969633
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
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United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Korean War (1950-1953) (OCoLC)fst00988609
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Equal rights amendments -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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| Genre/Form |
Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
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Women's rights. (OCoLC)fst01178818
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World War, 1914-1918 -- United States.
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United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- History.
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999
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Vietnam War (1961-1975) (OCoLC)fst01431664
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United States -- Politics and government -- Sources.
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Civil rights movements. (OCoLC)fst00862708
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World War (1914-1918) (OCoLC)fst01180746
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Korean War, 1950-1953 -- United States.
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Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Indians of North America -- History.
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Equal rights amendments. (OCoLC)fst00914449
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Subject |
Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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| Added Author |
Blaisdell, Robert, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780486809083 |
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0486809080 |
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