Discovering the American Past A Look at the Evidence, Volume I: To 1877
ISBN: 9780495799849 | 049579984X
Edition: 7thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 1/1/2011
Why Rent from Knetbooks?
Because Knetbooks knows college students. Our rental program is designed to save you time and money. Whether you need a textbook for a semester, quarter or even a summer session, we have an option for you. Simply select a rental period, enter your information and your book will be on its way!
Top 5 reasons to order all your textbooks from Knetbooks:
- We have the lowest prices on thousands of popular textbooks
- Free shipping both ways on ALL orders
- Most orders ship within 48 hours
- Need your book longer than expected? Extending your rental is simple
- Our customer support team is always here to help
This primary source reader in the popular DISCOVERING series contains a six-part pedagogical framework that guides students through the process of historical inquiry and explanation: The Problem, Background, The Method, The Evidence, Questions to Consider, and Epilogue.
| A Historical Mystery: What Happened at Roanoke? | |
| Colonization promotional literature | |
| Early travelers' reports on America | |
| John White's drawings of Native Americans | |
| Accounts from the Roanoke Colony | |
| Images of Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth | |
| The Threat of Anne Hutchinson | |
| Excerpts from the trial of Anne Hutchinson | |
| Colonies, ... MORE | |
| Statistics from the Chesapeake and Barbados in population, wealth distribution, agricultural production, slavery | |
| What Really Happened in the Boston Massacre? The Trial of Captain Thomas Preston | |
| Map of the site of the Boston Massacre | |
| Excerpts from Captain Preston's deposition | |
| Excerpts from trial testimony of witnesses | |
| Attorneys' summary remarks to the jury | |
| Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre | |
| The Evolution of American Citizenship: The Louisiana Purchase, 1803-1812 | |
| Treaties | |
| Congressional debates and speeches | |
| Letter of President Jefferson | |
| Official letters | |
| Louisiana Governance Acts | |
| Petition | |
| Church, State, and Democracy: The Sunday Mail Controversy, 1827-1831 | |
| Pamphlets | |
| Speeches | |
| Senate committee reports | |
| Land, Growth, and Justice: The Removal of the Cherokees | |
| Excerpt from President Andrew Jackson's First Annual Message to Congress | |
| Excerpt from President Thomas Jefferson's letter to Captain Hendrick regarding the decline of the Indian population | |
| Excerpt from William Penn (pseudonym for Jeremiah Evarts) | |
| Excerpt from speech in Congress by Senator Theodore Frelinghuysen | |
| Petition from a Cherokee woman | |
| Excerpt from John Ridge letter | |
| Excerpts from the Cherokee Phoenix | |
| Excerpt from letter by John Ross, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation | |
| Fighting for Women's Equality | |
| Americans debate the nature of the sexes and women's equality | |
| The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments | |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton defends women's rights | |
| The "Peculiar Institution": Slaves Tell Their Own Story | |
| Reminiscences and narratives of former slaves | |
| Slave songs | |
| Excerpts from the writings of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, and John Thompson | |
| Civil Liberties in Time of War: The Case of Clement Vallandigham | |
| Numerous speeches by Clement Vallandigham, both in the House of Representatives and on the stump | |
| Congressional resolutions | |
| Petitions | |
| President Lincoln's reply | |
| Reconstructing Reconstruction: The Political Cartoonist and Public Opinion | |
| Cartoons of Thomas Nast | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
