Milestone Documents in American History: Exploring the Primary Sources That Shaped America

Editor: McCoy, Kelli
Publication Year: 2020
Publisher: Schlager Group Inc.

Price: Core Collection Only
ISBN: 978-1-93-530651-1
Category: History - United States -- History
Image Count: 307
Book Status: Available
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Landmark reference source covering major themes in American history, with emphasis on African American history, women's history, immigration history, as well as 21st-century issues ranging from terrorism to campaign finance to LGBTQ rights.

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Table of Contents

  • Contributors
  • Reader’s Guide
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: 1619-1831
  • John Rolfe’s Letter to Sir Edwyn Sandys about Enslaved Africans
  • Mayflower Compact
  • Virginia’s Act XII and III
  • Jonathan Edwards: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
  • Proclamation of 1763
  • Quartering Act
  • Declaration of Rights of the Stamp Act Congress
  • Boston Non-Importation Agreement
  • Intolerable Acts
  • Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
  • Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” Speech
  • Proclamation by the King for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition
  • Common Sense
  • Abigail Adams: “Remember the Ladies” Letter to John Adams
  • Virginia Declaration of Rights
  • Declaration of Independence
  • Articles of Confederation
  • Treaty of Fort Pitt
  • Pennsylvania: An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery
  • James Madison’s Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments
  • Northwest Ordinance
  • Constitution of the United States
  • Federalist Papers 10, 14, and 51
  • George Washington’s First Inaugural Address
  • George Washington’s First Annual Message to Congress
  • Jefferson’s and Hamilton’s Opinions on the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States
  • Bill of Rights
  • Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
  • George Washington’s Farewell Address
  • Alien and Sedition Acts
  • Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address
  • Thomas Jefferson’s Message to Congress about the Lewis and Clark Expedition
  • Marbury v. Madison
  • Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves
  • Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee
  • McCulloch v. Maryland
  • Missouri Compromise
  • Monroe Doctrine
  • Gibbons v. Ogden
  • Andrew Jackson: On Indian Removal
  • William Lloyd Garrison’s First Liberator Editorial
  • Part 2: 1832-1898
  • Andrew Jackson’s Veto Message regarding the Second Bank of the United States
  • South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification and Andrew Jackson’s Proclamation
  • Margaret Fuller: Woman in the Nineteenth Century
  • Joint Resolution of Congress for the Annexation of Texas
  • Seneca Falls Convention Declaration of Sentiments
  • Compromise of 1850
  • Frederick Douglass’s “Fourth of July” Speech
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act
  • Dred Scot v. Sandford
  • Abraham Lincoln’s “House Divided” Speech
  • South Carolina Declaration of Causes of Secession
  • Jefferson Davis’s Inaugural Address to the Confederacy
  • Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address
  • Homestead Act
  • Morrill Act
  • Emancipation Proclamation
  • War Department General Order 143
  • Gettysburg Address
  • Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
  • Articles of Agreement Relating to the Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia
  • Black Code of Mississippi
  • Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
  • Civil Rights Act of 1866
  • Articles of Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
  • Treaty of Fort Laramie
  • Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
  • Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
  • Ku Klux Klan Act
  • Act Establishing Yellowstone National Park
  • Rutherford B. Hayes’s Inaugural Address
  • Thomas Edison’s Patent Application for the Incandescent Light Bulb
  • Chinese Exclusion Act
  • Pendleton Civil Service Act
  • T. Thomas Fortune: “The Present Relations of Labor and Capitol”
  • Interstate Commerce Act
  • Dawes Severalty Act 990
  • Andrew Carnegie: “Wealth”
  • Sherman Antitrust Act
  • Immigration Act of 1891
  • Populist Party: Omaha Platform
  • Eugene V. Debs s “Liberty” Speech
  • Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Exposition Address
  • Plessy v. Ferguson
  • William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” Speech
  • United States v. Wong Kim Ark
  • William McKinley’s Message to Congress about Cuban Intervention
  • Part 3: 1901-1956
  • The Insular Cases: Downes v. Bidwell
  • Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
  • Niagara Movement Declaration of Principles
  • Pure Food and Drug Act
  • Muller v. Oregon
  • Ida B. Wells: “Lynching: Our National Crime”
  • Jane Addams: “Why Women Should Vote”
  • Progressive Party Platform
  • Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
  • Zimmermann Telegram
  • Woodrow Wilson: Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War against Germany
  • Espionage and Sedition Acts
  • Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points
  • Hammer v. Dagenhart
  • Schenck v. United States
  • Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
  • Immigration Act of 1924
  • Alain Locke: “Enter the New Negro”
  • Herbert Hoover’s “Rugged Individualism” Speech
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address
  • Tennessee Valley Authority Act
  • National Industrial Recovery Act
  • Social Security Act
  • National Labor Relations Act
  • Paul S. Taylor: “Again the Covered Wagon”
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Campaign Address at Madison Square Garden
  • United States v. Curtiss-Wright
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms Message to Congress
  • Lend-Lease Act
  • Executive Order 8802: Banning Discrimination in Government and Defense Industries
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Pearl Harbor” Speech
  • Executive Order 9066: Internment of Japanese Americans
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Order of the Day
  • Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (GI Bill)
  • Korematsu v. United States
  • George F. Kennan: “Long Telegram”
  • Truman Doctrine
  • Marshall Plan
  • Taft-Hartley Act
  • Press Release Announcing U.S. Recognition of Israel
  • Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces
  • Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer
  • Brown v. Board of Education
  • Senate Resolution 301: Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy
  • Southern Manifesto
  • Federal-Aid Highway Act
  • Part 4: 1957-2019
  • Executive Order 10730: Enforcing Desegregation of Little Rock Central High School
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address
  • John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address
  • Executive Order 10924: Establishment of the Peace Corps
  • John Glenn’s Official Communication with the Command Center
  • Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
  • John F. Kennedy’s Civil Rights Address
  • Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
  • Griswold v. Connecticut
  • Voting Rights Act
  • Miranda v. Arizona
  • National Organization for Women (NOW) Statement of Purpose
  • Loving v. Virginia
  • Kerner Commission Report Summary
  • Equal Rights Amendment
  • Richard Nixon’s Smoking Gun Tape
  • Roe v. Wade
  • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
  • Ronald Reagan’s “Evil Empire” Speech
  • César Chávez’s Commonwealth Address
  • Andrew Sullivan: “Here Comes the Groom: A (Conservative) Case for Gay Marriage”
  • George H. W. Bush’s Address to Congress on the Persian Gulf Crisis
  • Republican Contract with America
  • Bill Clinton’s Radio Address on the Welfare Reform Act
  • Articles of Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton
  • Bush v. Gore
  • George W. Bush’s Address to the Nation on September 11, 2001
  • USA PATRIOT Act
  • Bybee Torture Memo
  • Lawrence v. Texas
  • Barack Obama’s First Inaugural Address
  • Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
  • Barack Obama: Remarks on Signing the Affordable Care Act
  • Obergefell v. Hodges
  • Donald J. Trump’s Inaugural Address
  • Articles of Impeachment of Donald J. Trump
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