Voices of America Past and Present, Volume 2
by Divine, Robert A.; Breen, T. H.; Fredrickson, George M., Deceased; Williams, R. Hal; Gross, Ariela J.; Brands, H. W.; Roberts, Randy J.Edition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2006-12-18
Publisher(s): Pearson
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Summary
This collection of primary sources includes both classic and lesser-known documents describing the rich mosaic of American life from the pre-contact era to the present day. The sources, both public and private documentsranging from letters, diary excerpts, stories, novels, to speeches, court cases, and government reportstell the story of American history in the words of those who lived it.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. vii |
| The Agony of Reconstruction | p. 1 |
| Second Inaugural Address (1865) | p. 3 |
| Mississippi Black Codes (1865) | p. 5 |
| A Sharecrop Contract (1882) | p. 8 |
| Civil Rights Cases (1883) | p. 11 |
| Congressional Testimony on the Actions of the Ku Klux Klan (1872) | p. 14 |
| "The New South" (1886) | p. 18 |
| The West: Exploiting an Empire | p. 23 |
| From A Century Dishonor (1881) | p. 24 |
| "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" (1893) | p. 28 |
| The Industrial Society | p. 33 |
| From "The Gospel of Wealth" (1889) | p. 35 |
| From "Acres of Diamonds" (1915) | p. 38 |
| Preamble to the Constitution of the Knights of Labor (1878) | p. 41 |
| Chinese Exclusion Act (1881) | p. 43 |
| Toward an Urban Society, 1877-1900 | p. 47 |
| From Looking Backward (1888) | p. 49 |
| From Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) | p. 52 |
| Atlanta Exposition Address (1895) | p. 54 |
| From "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others" (1903) | p. 56 |
| From Life of a Chinese Immigrant (1903) | p. 58 |
| The Secret Oath of the American Protective Association (1893) | p. 61 |
| Sanitary Conditions in New York (1897) | p. 63 |
| Political Realignments in the 1890s | p. 67 |
| The Omaha Platform of the Populist Party (1892) | p. 68 |
| What's the Matter with Kansas? (1896) | p. 71 |
| From Sister Carrie (1900) | p. 74 |
| Toward Empire | p. 79 |
| From Our Country (1885) | p. 81 |
| "The March of the Flag" (1898) | p. 84 |
| From "On Empire and the Philippines" (1898) | p. 86 |
| "Decision on the Philippines" (1900) | p. 88 |
| The Progressive Era | p. 91 |
| From The History of the Standard Oil Company (1904) | p. 93 |
| From Plunkitt of Tammany Hall (1905) | p. 97 |
| From A Red Record (1895) | p. 99 |
| From Twenty Years at Hull House (1909) | p. 102 |
| From Roosevelt to Wilson in the Age of Progressivism | p. 107 |
| From The New Nationalism (1910) | p. 109 |
| From The New Freedom (1913) | p. 111 |
| National American Woman Suffrage Association, Mother's Day Letter (1912) | p. 113 |
| The Nation at War | p. 117 |
| The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904) | p. 119 |
| From "Boy Scouts Support the War Effort" (1917) | p. 121 |
| "The Treatment of German-Americans" (1918) | p. 124 |
| A "Doughboy" Describes the Fighting Front (1918) | p. 126 |
| Statement to the Court (1918) | p. 129 |
| The Fourteen Points (1918) | p. 132 |
| Transition to Modern America | p. 137 |
| "The Case Against the Reds" (1920) | p. 139 |
| Honoring Charles Lindbergh (1927) | p. 144 |
| Aims and Objectives of the UNIA (1923) | p. 147 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal | p. 153 |
| First Inaugural Address (1933) | p. 155 |
| Share Our Wealth" (1935) | p. 159 |
| From "My Day" Columns (1939) | p. 161 |
| America and the World, 1921-1945 | p. 165 |
| Letter to President Roosevelt (1939) | p. 167 |
| The Four Freedoms (1941) | p. 170 |
| From Des Moines Speech (1941) | p. 173 |
| "Why Should We March?" (1942) | p. 177 |
| Korematsu v. United States (1944) | p. 180 |
| The Onset of the Cold War | p. 185 |
| The Truman Doctrine (1947) | p. 187 |
| The Marshall Plan (1947) | p. 189 |
| From Speech Delivered to the Women's Club of Wheeling, West Virginia (1950) | p. 191 |
| From "Declaration of Conscience" (1950) | p. 193 |
| From Foreword to Witness (1952) | p. 196 |
| Affluence and Anxiety | p. 201 |
| Brown v. Board of Education (1954) | p. 203 |
| The Southern Manifesto (1956) | p. 206 |
| The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) | p. 209 |
| The Turbulent Sixties | p. 213 |
| From John F. Kennedy, Cuban Missile Address (1962) | p. 216 |
| The War on Poverty (1964) | p. 221 |
| Students for a Democratic Society, Port Huron Statement (1962) | p. 223 |
| "Harvest of Discontent" (1967) | p. 225 |
| National Organization for Women, Statement of Purpose (1966) | p. 228 |
| To a New Conservatism, 1969-1988 | p. 233 |
| Oral History on the 1968 Siege of Khe Sanh | p. 235 |
| Speech on Vietnamization Policy (1969) | p. 238 |
| House Judiciary Committee, Conclusion on Impeachment Resolutions (1974) | p. 242 |
| Roe v. Wade (1973) | p. 245 |
| Speech to the House of Commons (1982) | p. 248 |
| The Conscience of a Conservative Christian (1985) | p. 250 |
| To the Twenty-first Century, 1989-2006 | p. 254 |
| Address to the Nation Announcing Allied Military Action in the Persian Gulf (1991) | p. 256 |
| Articles of Impeachment Against William Jefferson Clinton (1998) | p. 260 |
| Speech in Opposition to Authorizing the U.S. War in Afghanistan (2001) | p. 264 |
| Witnessing the 9-11 Terrorist Attack in New York (2001) | p. 266 |
| Testifying in Favor of the Federal Marriage Amendment (2004) | p. 269 |
| Credits | p. 273 |
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