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| Preface |
Part I: The Declaration Of Independence (1776) |
The Declaration of Independence |
Part II: Creating A Government |
The Mayflower Compact (1620) |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) |
| Albany Plain of Union (1754) |
| The Northwest Ordinance (1787) |
| Constitution of the United States (1787) |
| James Madison, The Federalist No. 10 (1787) |
| The Judiciary Act of 1789 |
| Marbury v. Madison (1803) |
| McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) |
Part III: The Growth Of American Society |
Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural (1801) |
| Black Hawk, Surrender Speech (1832) |
| Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1835) |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance (1841) |
| Dorothea Dix, Memorial to the Massachusetts Legislature(1843) |
| Horace Mann, Report No. 12 of the Massachusetts School Board(1848) |
| Seneca Falls Declaration (1848) |
Part IV: The Crisis Of The Union |
American Anti-Slavery Society, Declaration of Sentiments(1833) |
| Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience (1846) |
| Massachusetts Personal Liberty Act (1855) |
| Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) |
| Abraham Lincoln, "A House Divided" (1858) |
| Sullivan Ballou, Letter to His Wife (1861) |
| Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation (1863) |
| Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (1863) |
| Ex Parte Milligan (1866) |
Part V: Industrial America |
Morrill Act (1862) |
| Pendleton Act (1883) |
| People's Party Platform (1896) |
| Muller v. Oregon (1908) |
| Theodore Roosevelt, The New Nationalism (1910) |
| Woodrow Wilson, First Inaugural (1913) |
Part VI: On The Road From Slavery To Freedom |
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) |
| Harlan Fiske Stone, Carolene Products Footnote (1938) |
| Harry S. Truman, Executive 9981 (1948) |
| Brown v. Board of Education (1954) |
| Cooper v. Aaron (1958) |
| Martin Luther King Jr., "I Have a Dream" (1963) |
| Civil Rights Act (1964) |
| Lyndon B. Johnson, "The American Promise" (1965) |
| Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) |
Part VII: Freedom Of Expression |
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1786) |
| Abrams v, United States (1919) |
| Whitney v. California (1927) |
| Near v. Minnesota (1931) |
| West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) |
| Engel v. Vitale (1962) |
| New York Times Co. v. United States (1971) |
Part VIII: Facing The World |
George Washington, Farewell Address (1796) |
| The Monroe Doctrine (1823) |
| Woodrow Wilson, Fourteen Points Speech (1918) |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt, Address at Charlottesville (1940) |
| The Atlantic Charter (1941) |
| Foreign Aid and Human Rights (1976) |
| Jimmy Carter, Human Rights and Foreign Policy (1977) |
| Sanctions Against South Africa (1986) |
Part IX: Cold War Issues |
The Marshall Plan (1947) |
| Recall of Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1951) |
| Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952) |
| Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy (1954) |
| Democracy and Foreign Policy (1990) |
Part X: A More Inclusive America |
Bradwell v. Illinois (1873) |
| Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus" (1883) |
| Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886) |
| Korematsu v. United States (1944) |
| John F. Kennedy, Address to Southern Baptist Leaders (1960) |
| Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) |
| Reynolds v. Sims (1964) |
| Now Statement of Purpose (1966) |
| Clyde Warrior, "We Are Not Free" (1967) |
Maya Angelou, "On the Pulse of Morning" (1993)
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Part XI: Continuing Vitality |
United States v. Nixon (1974) |
| Excerpts from Presidential Debates (1992) |
