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A More Perfect Union

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A More Perfect Union

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9780395959596
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Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/13/1999
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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This reader provides a wealth of political and diplomatic primary source documents, including many selections illustrated with photographs. Each document is preceded by a headnote that places the document within a historical context. Headnotes conclude with Questions to Consider, which stimulate comprehension of the document and comparative analysis of related selections.

Reconstructing the Union
Klansmen of the Carolinas: Report on the Joint Committee on Reconstruction (1872)
A Kind of Unity: What the Centennial Ought to Accomplish (1875)
Aftermath: Address to the Louisville Convention (1883)
Minorities
A Sister on the Frontier: Letter from Colorado (1876)
Indian Autumn: Chief Joseph's Story (1879)
Newcomers: How the Other Half Lives (1890)
From Another Shore: Congressional Report on Chinese Immigration (1892)
New South, Old South: Atlanta Exposition Address (1895)
A Red Record (1895)
The Segregated South: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Bearing Gifts: Russian Jews (1916)
A Multicultural Vision: Trans-National America (1916)
Closing the Doors: Immigration Act of 1924
Industry, Expansion, and Reform
Labor's Vision: Preamble to the Constitution of the Knights of Labor (1878)
Statement of the Eight-Hour Association (1886)
Production and Wealth: Triumphant Democracy (1886)
Prairie Revolt: The Cross of Gold (1896)
The Lure of the East: America's Destiny (1900)
The Right to Vote: Declaration of Principles (1904)
Side Effects: The Jungle (1906)
Taxing the Rich: Message to Congress (1906)
City Lights: The Spirit of Youth (1917)
The War for Democracy: Address to Congress (1917)
Skeptics: Unregenerate Europe (1921)
In Our Time (1925)
Salesmanship: The Man Nobody Knows (1925)
Crisis and Hope
American Earthquake: Women on the Breadlines (1932)
The Politics of Upheaval: First Inaugural Address (1933)
Organizing the Masses: The Steelworkers Organization Campaign (1936)
War Aims: The Four Freedoms (1941)
Day of Infamy: Address to Congress (1941)
Destroyer of Worlds: Hiroshima (1946)
Protracted Conflict
Containment: The Sources of Soviet Conduct (1947)
Rebuilding Europe: Report on the Plan for European Recovery (1948)
Seeing Reds: Lincoln Day Address (1950)
Declaration of Conscience, Margaret Chase Smith
A Question of Command: Address on Korea and MacArthur (1951)
The Military-Industrial Complex: Farewell Address (1961)
The Defense of Freedom: Inaugural Address (1961)
Blank Check: Message to Congress on the Gulf of Tonkin (1964)
Agony in Asia: A Time to Break Silence (1967)
Movements for Change
Desegregation Begins: Brown v. The Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
Saving Nature: Silent Spring (1962)
Nonviolence and Protest: I Have a Dream (1963)
Women's Liberation: The Feminine Mystique (1963), Betty Friedan
Backlash and Riot: Report of the Commission on Civil Disorders (1968)
Life and Choice: Roe v. Wade (1973)
Watergate: Statement on Impeachment (1974)
Contemporary Times
Enterprise Unleashed: First Inaugural Address (1981)
The Urban Ordeal: Defending Children (1987)
Technology and Work: The Work of Nations (1991)
Blood and Sand: Address on the War with Iraq (1991)
Contract: Contract with America (1994), Newt Gingrich; Reactionary Chic (1995)
A President Besieged: Report to Congress (1998)
White House Response to the Starr Report (1998)
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