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“An indispensable contribution to the understanding of our heritage.” – Robert A. Caro

“This insightful collection will fascinate, delight, and challenge all who are interested in the progress of the American nation.”—Annette Gordon-Reed

Here, in a single volume, are the documents (speeches, letters, tweets, Supreme Court decisions, and more) that have forged American history. This 11th edition is now updated with a new chapter on the COVID-19 pandemic, the January 6, 2021 insurrection, and the Biden presidency.

Accompanied by interpretations of their significance by noted historian Richard D. Heffner and journalist Alexander B. Heffner, the important documents in this book include:

   • The Declaration of Independence
   • The Constitution of the United States
   • Frederick Douglass’ “What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July?”
   • The Monroe Doctrine
   • The Emancipation Proclamation
   • Woodrow Wilson’s War Message to Congress
   • Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech
   • John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address
   • Martin Luther King, Jr.’s letter from the Birmingham City Jail
   • The National Organization for Women (NOW) Statement of Purpose
   • Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision
   • Documents related to September 11 and the Iraq War
   • Barack Obama’s “A More Perfect Union” speech
   • Articles of Impeachment against Donald J. Trump

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Richard D. Heffner taught history and political science at the University of California, Sarah Lawrence College, the New School for Social Research, and NYU. University Professor of Communications and Public Policy at Rutgers, he also produced and moderated his prizewinning public television series, Richard Heffner's Open Mind, for fifty years.

Alexander B. Heffner is a journalist whose writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal,The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, and Newsday among other leading publications. He has been interviewed about politics, education and stories in the news by PBS, C-SPAN, CNN and the BBC, among other national and local broadcast venues. He is the current host of Open Mind, the weekly PBS talk show.

Foreword
1. A New Nation
“Common Sense,” Tom Paine
The Declaration of Independence
2. The Law of the Land
The Constitution of the United States
The Federalist Number Ten, James Madison
3. Federalists v. Republicans
On the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to George Washington
Letter from Alexander Hamilton to George Washington
4. Neutrality and National Growth
George Washington’s Farewell Address
5. The Jeffersonian Revolution
Alien and Sedition Acts
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address
6. The Power of the Court
Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall for the Supreme Court
7. A Bold Foreign Policy
The Monroe Doctrine, James Monroe
8. Jacksonian Democracy
On Aristocracy, Letters of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
Veto of the Bank Renewal Bill, Andrew Jackson
9. Liberty or Union
Daniel Webster’s Second Reply to Hayne
10. The Abolitionist Crusade
The First Issue of The Liberator
11. The Sectional Conflict
John C. Calhoun on the Slavery Question
“The Hireling and the Slave,” William J. Grayson
12. The Fateful Decade
Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
“What, to the Slave, Is the Fourth of July?” Speech, Frederick Douglass
Dred Scott v. Sanford, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney for the Supreme Court
13. War!
Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address
14. The Prophet of Democracy
The Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln
15. The Conflict over Reconstruction
“Our Domestic Relations: The Power of Congress over the Rebel States,” Senator Charles Sumner
Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
16. The Gilded Age
Democratic Vistas, Walt Whitman
Chinese Exclusion Act
“Wealth,” Andrew Carnegie
17. From Frontier to Factory
“The Significance of the Frontier in American History,” Frederick Jackson Turner
Letter on Labor in Industrial Society, Samuel Gompers
Atlanta Exposition Address, Booker T. Washington
18. Grassroots Rebellion
The Populist Party Platform
“Cross of Gold” Speech, William Jennings Bryan
19. Imperial America
“The United States Looking Outward,” Alfred T. Mahan
Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, Theodore Roosevelt
20. The Progressive Ferment
The New Nationalism, Theodore Roosevelt
The Old Order Changeth, Woodrow Wilson
21. The Great Crusade and After
War Message to Congress, Woodrow Wilson
Fourteen Points, Woodrow Wilson
The Pueblo Speech on the League of Nations, Woodrow Wilson
22. Boom and Bust
“Rugged Individualism,” Herbert C. Hoover
23. The Roosevelt Revolution
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address
“A Rendezvous with Destiny” Speech, Franklin D. Roosevelt
N.L.R.B. v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Helvering et al. v. Davis
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
24. The End of Isolation
“Quarantine” Speech, Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Four Freedoms” Speech, Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Atlantic Charter
25. The Cold War
The Marshall Plan, George C. Marshall
“Sources of Soviet Conduct,” George F. Kennan (“X”)
26. America at Midcentury
Brown v. Board of Education, Chief Justice Earl Warren for the Supreme Court
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address
27. From the New Frontier to the Great Society
John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address
The American University “Strategy of Peace” Speech, John F. Kennedy
Civil Rights Speech, John F. Kennedy
The Birmingham City Jail “Unwise and Untimely” Letter, Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I’m Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired” Speech, Fannie Lou Hamer
“Great Society” Speech, Lyndon B. Johnson
28. Decade of Turmoil
The National Organization for Women (NOW)
Statement of Purpose
“Power of the Media” Speech, Lyndon B. Johnson
Guildhall Speech on “Television and Politics,” Edward R. Murrow
“The Importance of Television News” Speech, Spiro T. Agnew
Statement to the House Judiciary Committee Regarding the Impeachment of President Richard Nixon, Representative Barbara Jordan
House Judiciary Committee Watergate Articles of Impeachment v. Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford’s Inaugural Address
Potter Stewart, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, on Freedom of the Press, Yale Law School
29. Conservatism Revisited
Roe v. Wade, Abortion Decision, Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun for the Supreme Court
Senator Barry Goldwater on Conservatism, Religion, and Politics
Ronald Reagan’s Inaugural Addresses
30. The End of the American Century
Republican Contract with America
William Jefferson Clinton, State of the Union Address
31. America at the Millennium
George W. Bush, Washington National Cathedral Prayer Service
George W. Bush, Joint Session of Congress
32. The Politics of Hope
Vice-President Cheney on PBS’ NewsHour
Vice-President Cheney on CBS’ Face the Nation
“A More Perfect Union” Speech on Race, Senator Barack Obama
Election Night Address, Chicago’s Grant Park, President-Elect Barack Obama
Barack Obama’s First Inaugural Address
Barack Obama’s Second Inaugural Address
33. Populists Revolt . . . Democracy Under Duress
@realDonaldTrump Tweets
Senator Bernie Sanders, New Hampshire Primary Victory Speech
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Posts
Donald J. Trump’s Inaugural Address
“My Dad Predicted the Rise of Trump—in 1985,” Andrew Postman
Excerpts from the Senate Select Intelligence Hearing on Social Media Influence in the 2016 Election
34. Pandemic and Insurrection in the USA
HR 755, Articles of Impeachment Against Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, 116th Congress of the United States
“Vision for Black Lives,” Movement for Black Lives, Policy Platform 2020
“Dying in a Leadership Vacuum,” The New England Journal of Medicine Editorial
HR 24, Articles of Impeachment Against Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, 117th Congress of the United States
Inaugural Address by Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 46th President of the United States
“How the U.S. Pandemic Response Went Wrong During a Year of COVID,” Scientific American
“I Will Vote to Impeach the President,” Representative Liz Cheney
“Our Freedom Only Survives If We Protect It,” U.S. Capitol, Representative Liz Cheney
The Supreme Court Doesn’t Just Abuse Its Shadow Docket. It Does So Inconsistently,” The Washington Post

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A Documentary History of the United States

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