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Section One:
The Close of the Nineteenth Century (1865-1900)
Additional Reading Exercise One
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Section Two:
The Progressive Era and World War I (1901-1920)
Additional Reading Exercise Two
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Section Three:
The Beginning of Modern America (1921-1945)
Additional Reading Exercise Three
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- Volstead Act (1920)
- "Ku Klux Klan One to Influence 1924 Election," Lewiston Daily Sun (October 23, 1923)
- 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
- "The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti," ATLANTIC Magazine article (March 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)
- "Bonus Campers Are Ousted by Federal Troops," Berkley Daily Gazette (July 29, 1932)
- 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)
- "Vets Signing Up," Lewiston Morning Tribune (May 21, 1933)
- "To Question Morgan Men," The Evening Independent (June 3, 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
- FDR's 'Arsenal of Democracy' Fireside Chat (December 29, 1940)
- Lend-Lease Act (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 from Truman to Reagan (1945-1981)
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 VIDEO
- 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)
- "Legion Jeers Carter", Pittsburg Post-Gazette, August 25, 1976 (article about President Ford's proposed pardon of Vietnam War draft resisters)
- Israel-Egypt Peace Agreement, (1979)
- "Carter Demurs", Lodi News Sentinel, January 3, 1980
- "Hostages Release", The Milwaukee Journal, January 21, 1981
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Section Five:
From Reagan to Obama (1981-2009)
Additional Reading Exercise Five
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- New York Times CLAMOR IN THE EAST; EAST GERMANY OPENS FRONTIER TO THE WEST FOR MIGRATION OR TRAVEL; THOUSANDS CROSS (1989)
- New York Times EVOLUTION IN EUROPE; Four Allies Give Up Rights in Germany (1990)
- New York Times EVOLUTION IN EUROPE; ONE GERMANY (1990)
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 (1990)
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 (1990)
- The Persian Gulf War Resolution (1991)
- New York Times AFTER THE WAR: THE OVERVIEW; TRUCE HOLDS, BUT U.S. VOWS TO STAY IN IRAQ UNTIL BAGHDAD MEETS ALLIES' PEACE TERMS (1991)
- United Nations Security Council Resolutions 686 and 687 (1991)
- High Performance Computing and Communication Act (1991)
- New York Times END OF THE SOVIET UNION; The Soviet State, Born of a Dream, Dies (1991)
- New York Times END OF THE SOVIET UNION; GORBACHEV, LAST SOVIET LEADER, RESIGNS; U.S. RECOGNIZES REPUBLICS' INDEPENDENCE (1991)
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 794 (December 3, 1992)
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 837 (March 26, 1993)
- History of National and Community Service Trust Act (Americorps) (1993)
- King Holiday and Service Act (1994)
- Summary of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (1994)
- The Free Dictionary Republican Contract With America (1994)
- Defense of Marriage Act (1996)
- The Kyoto Protocol (1997)
- 1998 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND RESCISSIONS ACT (1998)
- Joint Resolution of Congress: Iraqi Breach of International Obligations (1998)
- Iraq Liberation Act (1998)
- Operation Desert Fox (1998)
- The Starr Report (1998)
- Washington Post Untangling Whitewater (1998 and earlier)
- CNN Price Tag for Starr Investigation (1998)
- Articles of Impeachment Against President Bill Clinton (1998)
- Senate Trial on Articles of Impeachment Against President Bill Clinton (1999)
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, a.k.a. Financial Services Modernization Act (1999)
- Bush vs. Gore, Supreme Court Decision (2000)
- Presidential CIA Briefing 'Bin Laden Determined to Strike U.S.' prior to the 9/11 attacks (August 6, 2001)
- Statement by the North Atlantic Council following the 9/11 attacks (2001)
- Congressional Joint Resolution 23 following the 9/11 attacks (2001)
- President George W. Bush's address to a Joint Session of Congress (September 2001)
- USA Patriot Act (2001)
- President George W. Bush's address to the United Nations regarding Iraq's alleged WMD (September 11, 2002)
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 (November 8, 2002)
- President George W. Bush's Cincinnati speech regarding Iraq's alleged WMD (2002)
- Senator Edward Kennedy's Anti-Iraq War Speech at Johns Hopkins University (September 27, 2002)
- Remarks of Illinois State Senator Barack Obama Against Going to War with Iraq (October 2002)
- National Intelligence Estimate: Key Judgments (2002)
- Joint Resolution of Congress on Iraq (October 11, 2002)
- Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC, Dr. Hans Blix
U.N. Security Council Update on [Iraq Weapons] Inspection (27 January 2003)
- Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC, Dr. Hans Blix
U.N. Security Council Update on [Iraq Weapons] Inspection (7 March 2003)
- Secretary of State Colin Powell's address to the United Nations regarding Iraq's alleged WMD (2003)
- Interview with Vice-President Dick Cheney, NBC, 'Meet the Press' (2003)
- PBS interview with Dr. Hans Blix
Lack of 'Critical Judgment' Led to Iraq War (17 March 2004)
- 9/11 Commission (National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States) Report (2004)
- Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention Keynote Address (2004)
- BBC News Report Dated Oct. 7, 2004 regarding WMD in Iraq
- CNN News Report Regarding Colin Powell's 2003 address to the United Nations (2005)
- Los Angeles Times How U.S. Fell Under the Spell of 'Curveball' (2005)
- Los Angeles Times Flaws Cited in Powell's U.N. Speech on Iraq (2005)
- Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (2005) (PDF-3.3 MB)
- U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report (2006) (PDF-524 pages)
Re: Comparison of prewar intelligence estimates regarding Iraq, with postwar findings.
- Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence on Postwar Findings on Iraq's WMD Programs and Links to Terrorism and How They Compare to Prewar Assessments (2006)
- Iraq Study Group Report (2006) bi-partisan recommendations regarding war in Iraq
- Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and
Response to Hurricane Katrina
A Failure of Initiative: The Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina (2006)
- Secure Fence Act (2006)
- NPR McClellan: Bush Embraced Political 'Game' Too Often (2008)
- The Washington Post summary of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (2008)
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