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HIST 1302 Additional Reading Exercises
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How to Complete ARE (Additional Reading Exercise) Scantron Boxes (PDF)
Click on a picture to locate a list of readings for each section of the course.
1865-1900
PART ONE: The Closing of the Nineteenth Century |
1901-1920
PART TWO: The Progressive Era and World War One |
1921-1945
PART THREE: The Beginning of Modern America |
1945-1989
PART FOUR: The Cold War Era |
Section One:
The Closing of the Nineteenth Century (1865-1900)
Download/Print Additional Reading Exercise One
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Section Two:
The Progressive Era and World War I (1901-1920)
Download/Print Additional Reading Exercise Two
See Course Calendar for Due Date
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Section Three:
The Beginning of Modern America (1921-1945)
Download/Print Additional Reading Exercise Three
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- Volstead Act (1920)
- Revenue Act of 1924.
To compare rates by income, see 1921 Rate Chart and 1924 Rate Chart.
- Veterans Bonus Act of 1924
- Calvin Coolidge Address to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Washington, D.C.
(January 17, 1925)
- Revenue Act of 1926. For rates by income, see Rate Chart here.
- Immigration Act of 1924
- "Charleston," TIME Magazine article (Aug. 8, 1927)
- "Unwarranted Attack," TIME Magazine article (November 14, 1927)
- President-elect Herbert Hoover's "Rugged Individualism" speech (October 22, 1928)
- Republican Party Platform (1932)
- Democratic Party Platform (1932)
- Future President Franklin Roosevelt's speech at Oglethorpe University (May 22, 1932)
- Future President Franklin Roosevelt's nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention (July 2, 1932)
- "Battle of Washington," TIME Magazine article (August 8, 1933)
- Future President Franklin Roosevelt's "Portland Speech" (September 21, 1932)
- 1932 Presidential Election Map
- President Franklin Roosevelt's "Inaugural Address (March 4, 1933)
- President Franklin Roosevelt's "Fireside Chat" explaining the New Deal (May 7, 1933)
- "Bonuseers in Camp," TIME Magazine article (May 22, 1933)
- "Biggest Show," TIME Magazine article (May 29, 1933)
- 20th Amendment (1933)
- 21st Amendment (1933)
- NEW DEAL LEGISLATION
- President Franklin Roosevelt's Radio Address unveiling the second half of the New Deal (1936)
- 1936 Presidential Election Map
- Lend-Lease Act (1941)
- "260-165," TIME Magazine article (Feb. 17, 1941)
- President Franklin Roosevelt's Annual Message (Four Freedoms) to Congress (1941)
- Executive Order 8802 (1941)
- Atlantic Charter (1941)
- Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Japan (1941)
- Executive Order 9066 (1942)
- President Franklin Roosevelt's "Fireside Chat" outlining proposed veterans' benefits
(July 28, 1943)
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Order of the Day (1944)
- Servicemen's Readjustment Act (a.k.a., the G.I. Bill) (1944)
- Manhattan Project Notebook (1945)
- Surrender of Germany (1945)
- United Nations Charter (1945)
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Section Four:
The Cold War Era (1945-1989)
Download/Print Additional Reading Exercise Four
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- President Truman, Address Before the NAACP (1947)
- Truman Doctrine (1947)
- Marshall Plan (1948)
- United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
- Press Release Announcing U.S. Recognition of Israel (1948)
- Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)
- 1948 Election
- 22nd Amendment to the Constitution: Term Limits for Presidents (1951)
- Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean State (1953)
- Senate Resolution 301: Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy (1954)
- Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
- National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (1956)
- Executive Order 10730: Desegregation of Central High School (1957)
- NASA Created by Act of Congress (1958)
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address (1961)
- Address of Senator John F. Kennedy to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association (1960) INCLUDES AUDIO
- President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address (1961) INCLUDES AUDIO
- Executive Order 10924: Establishment of the Peace Corps (1961)
- Transcript of John Glenn's Official Communication with the Command Center (1962)
- Aerial Photograph of Missiles in Cuba (1962)
- President Kennedy, Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Soviet Arms Buildup in Cuba (1962) INCLUDES AUDIO
- Test Ban Treaty (1963)
- President Kennedy, Radio and Television Report to the American People on Civil Rights (1963) INCLUDES AUDIO
- Official Program for the March on Washington (1963)
- SNCC President John Lewis' Speech at the March on Washington Rally (1963)
- The Writings and Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Speeches of Malcolm X
- Civil Rights Act (1964)
- Economic Opportunity Act (1964)
- 24th Amendment to the Constitution: Poll Tax Abolished (1964)
- President Lyndon B. Johnson:
The War on Poverty Speech (1964)
- Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964)
- Social Security Act Amendments: Medicare and Medicaid (1965)
- President Lyndon B. Johnson's Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise (1965)
- Voting Rights Act (1965)
- 25th Amendment to the Constitution: Presidential and Vice-Presidential Succession (1967)
- Civil Rights Act, a.k.a. Fair Housing Act (1968)
- I Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag (Next Stop Vietnam) (1969)
- First Lunar Landing (1969)
- A Student Who Was Shot Recalls Kent State (1970)
- Documents Relating to the Court Martial of Lt. William Calley (1970)
- Vietnam War Veteran John Kerry's Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1971)
- Watergate "Smoking Gun" White House Conversation (1972) PDF
- War Powers Resolution (1973)
- President Nixon's Resignation (1974) INCLUDES AUDIO!
- President Ford's Pardon of former President Nixon (1974)
- "Limited Program, Limited Response", TIME Magazine, September 30, 1974 (article about President Ford's pardon of Vietnam War draft resisters)
- "Keeping His First Promise", TIME Magazine, January 31, 1977 (article about President Carter's pardon of Vietnam War draft resisters)
- Israel-Egypt Peace Agreement, (1979)
- "Blackmailing the U.S.", TIME Magazine, November 19, 1979 (article about Iran Hostage Crisis)
- "My Opinion of the Russians Has Changed Most Drastically...", TIME Magazine, January 14, 1980 (article about President Carter's disapproval of Soviet invasion of Afghanistan)
- Iran Hostage Diary Excerpts (1979-1980)
- "A Drifter Who Stalked Success", TIME Magazine, April 13, 1981 (article about John Hinckley)
- President Reagan's Address to the Nation on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy (1987)
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