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This collection of primary sources includes both classic and lesser-known documents describing the rich mosaic of American life from the pre-contact era to the present day. The sources, both public and private documents-ranging from letters, diary excerpts, stories, novels, to speeches, court cases, and government reports-tell the story of American history in the words of those who lived it.
Contents
Preface viiChapter 15-Reconstruction and the South 1* Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address (1865) 3* Mississippi Black Codes (1865) 5* A Sharecrop Contract (1882) 8* Congressional Testimony on the Actions of the Ku Klux Klan (1872) 11* Civil Rights Cases (1883) 15Chapter 16-In the Wake of War 19* Henry Grady, "The New South" (1886) 21* From Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) 24* Booker T. Washington, Atlanta Exposition Address (1895) 26* Ida B. Wells-Barnett, from A Red Record (1895) 28* Helen Hunt Jackson, from A Century of Dishonor (1881) 31* Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) 35Chapter 17-An Industrial Giant 39* Andrew Carnegie, from "The Gospel of Wealth" (1889) 41* Russell Conwell, from "Acres of Diamonds" (1915) 44* Edward Bellamy, from Looking Backward (1888) 47* Terence V. Powderly, Preamble to the Constitution of theKnights of Labor (1878) 50Chapter 18-American Society in the Industrial Age 53* John Spargo, from The Bitter Cry of Children (1906) 55* Letters to the Jewish Daily Forward (1906-1907) 57* Lee Chew, from Life of a Chinese Immigrant (1903) 61* The Secret Oath of the American Protective Association (1893) 64* Charles Loring Brace, "The Life of the Street Rats" (1872) 66* George Waring, Sanitary Conditions in New York (1897) 68* Richard K. Fox, from Coney IslandFrolics (1883) 70Chapter 19-Intellectual and Cultural Trends 73* The Morrill Act (1862) 74* Frederick Jackson Turner, "The Significance of the Frontier inAmerican History" (1893) 77* Theodore Dreiser, from Sister Carrie (1900) 80Chapter 20-Politics: Local, State, and National 85* William L. Riordon, from Plunkitt of Tammany Hall (1905) 87* The Omaha Platform of the Populist Party (1892) 89* William Allen White, "What's the Matter with Kansas?" (1896) 92Chapter 21-The Age of Reform 97* Ida M. Tarbell, from The History of the Standard Oil Company (1904) 99* W. E. B. Du Bois, from "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington andOthers" (1903) 103* Theodore Roosevelt, from The New Nationalism (1910) 105* Woodrow Wilson, from The New Freedom (1913) 107* Jane Addams, from Twenty Years at Hull House (1910) 109* National American Woman Suffrage Association,Mother's Day Letter (1912) 112Chapter 22-From Isolation to Empire 115* Josiah Strong, from Our Country (1885) 117* Albert Beveridge, "The March of the Flag" (1898) 120* William Graham Sumner, from "On Empire and the Philippines" (1898) 122* William McKinley, "Decision on the Philippines" (1900) 124* The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904) 126Chapter 23-Woodrow Wilson and the Great War 129* Boy Scouts of America, from "Boy Scouts Support theWar Effort" (1917) 131* Newton D. Baker, "The Treatment of German-Americans" (1918) 134* Eugene Kennedy, A "Doughboy" Describes the Fighting Front (1918) 136* Eugene V. Debs, Statement to the Court (1918) 139* Woodrow Wilson, The Fourteen Points (1918) 142* A. Mitchell Palmer, "The Case Against the Reds" (1920) 145Chapter 24-Postwar Society and Culture: Changeand Adjustment 149* Comprehensive Immigration Law (1924) 151* Calvin Coolidge, Honoring Charles Lindbergh (1927) 153* Eleanor Rowland Wembridge, "Petting and the Campus" (1925) 156* Marcus Garvey, Aims and Objectives of the UNIA (1923) 158Chapter 25-The New Era: 1921-1933 163* Edward Earle Purinton, from "Big Ideas from Big Business" (1921) 165* Herbert Hoover, New York Campaign Speech (1932) 168* Socialist Party Platform (1932) 171Chapter 26-The New Deal: 1933-1941 175* Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address (1933) 177* Huey Long, "Share Our Wealth" (1935) 181* Eleanor Roosevelt, from "My Day" Columns (1939) 183* Charles A. Lindbergh, from Des Moines Speech (1941) 186Chapter 27-War and Peace 191* Albert Einstein, Letter to President Roosevelt (1939) 193* Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Four Freedoms (1941) 196* A. Philip Randolph, "Why Should We March?" (1942) 199* Korematsu v. United States (1944) 202Chapter 28-The American Century 207* Harry S Truman, The Truman Doctrine (1947) 210* George Marshall, The Marshall Plan (1947) 212* Joseph R. McCarthy, from Speech Delivered to the Women'sClub of Wheeling, West Virginia (1950) 214* Margaret Chase Smith, from "Declaration of Conscience" (1950) 216* Whittaker Chambers, from Foreword to Witness (1952) 219* Brown v. Board of Education (1954) 222* Dwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell Address (1961) 225Chapter 29-From Camelot to Watergate 229* From John F. Kennedy, Cuban Missile Address (1962) 232* Lyndon Johnson, The War on Poverty (1964) 234* Jo Ann Gibson Robinson, The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) 236* The Tonkin Gulf Incident (1964) 238* Kevin MacCauley, Oral History on the 1968 Siege of Khe Sanh 241* House Judiciary Committee, Conclusion on ImpeachmentResolution (1974) 244Chapter 30-Society in Flux 249* Students for a Democratic Society, Port Huron Statement (1962) 251* National Organization for Women, Statement of Purpose (1966) 253* Roe v. Wade (1973) 256* Curtis Sitcomer, "Harvest of Discontent" (1967) 259Chapter 31-Running on Empty: The Nation Transformed 263* Jimmy Carter, The "Crisis of Confidence" Speech (1979) 264* Donald E. Wildmon, The Conscience of a Christian Conservative (1985) 267* Ronald Reagan, Speech to the House of Commons (1982) 270Chapter 32-Misdemeanors and High Crimes 273* George H. W. Bush, Address to the Nation Announcing Allied MilitaryAction in the Persian Gulf (1991) 275* Articles of Impeachment Against William Jefferson Clinton (1998) 279* Barbara Lee, Speech in Opposition to Authorizing the U.S. War inAfghanistan (2001) 283* Owen Burdick, Witnessing the 9-11 Terrorist Attack in NewYork (2001) 285* Wayne Allard, Testifying in Favor of the Federal MarriageAmendment (2004) 288Credits 292
