Constructing the American Past : A Source Book of a People's History

by Gorn, Elliott J.; Roberts, Randy; Bilhartz, Terry D.

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3rd

ISBN13:

9780321002198

ISBN10:

0321002199

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

11/1/1998

Publisher(s):

Pearson College Div

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Summary

Students get involved in discovering history for themselves when using Constructing the American Past. Readers evaluate primary sources and then develop informed interpretations of American History.

Preface

xiii

(10)

Introduction Constructing the Past

xxiii

CHAPTER 1 Reconstruction and the Rise of the Ku Klux Klan

(20)

Historical Context

(2)

The Documents

(16)

1. Initiation Oath of the Knights of the White Camelia

(2)

2. Testimony of Victims of the Ku Klux Klan

(2)

3. Congressional Inquiry into Klan Activities

(4)

4. Hon. Job E. Stevenson of Ohio, Speech to the House of Representatives

(4)

5. Benjamin Bryant, From Experience of a Northern Man Among the Ku-Klux

(2)

6. W. H. Gannon, "How to Extirpate Ku-Kluxism from the South"

(1)

Questions

(1)

Defining Terms

(1)

Probing the Sources

(1)

Interpreting the Sources

(1)

Additional Reading

(1)

CHAPTER 2 The Great Strike of 1877

(18)

Historical Context

(4)

The Documents

(11)

1. "Fair Wages" by a Striker

(3)

2. "The Recent Strikes" by the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad

(2)

3. Allan Pinkerton, from Strikers, Communists, Tramps and Detectives

(2)

4. Samuel Gompers, "... A Declaration of Protest in the Name of American Manhood..."

(2)

5. Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, "The Great Uprising"

(1)

6. Henry Ward Beecher, "There Is No Rich Class and No Working Class Under the Law"

(1)

Questions

(1)

Defining Terms

(1)

Probing the Sources

(1)

Interpreting the Sources

(1)

Additional Reading

(2)

CHAPTER 3 When Cultures Collide: Wounded Knee

(24)

Historical Context

(3)

The Documents

(18)

1. Z. A. Parker, "The Ghost Dance Observed"

(2)

2. Letters from Reservations by United States Agents

(4)

3. "... No White People in the Other World ...", Selwyn's Interview with Kuwapi

(1)

4. "... Indians Armed to the Teeth..."

(1)

5. "...Defrauding Us of Vested Rights..."

(1)

6. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1891

(1)

7. Three Letters by Military Leaders

(3)

8. Eyewitness Reports of Indians Interviewed by the Office of Indian Affairs

(2)

9. Government and Military Statements on Wounded Knee

(3)

Postscript

(1)

Questions

(1)

Defining Terms

(1)

Probing the Sources

(1)

Interpreting the Sources

(1)

Additional Reading

(2)

CHAPTER 4 New Americans: The Immigrants

(24)

Historical Context

(3)

The Documents

(19)

1. Jacob Riis, "Little Italy"

(1)

2. Rocco Corresca, "The Biography of a Bootblack"

(4)

3. Jacob Riis, "Chinatown"

(2)

4. Lee Chew, "The Biography of a Chinaman"

(6)

5. Jacob Riis, "Jewtown"

(1)

6. Rose Schneiderman, "A Cap Maker's Story"

(4)

Postscript

(1)

Questions

(1)

Defining Terms

(1)

Probing the Sources

(1)

Interpreting the Sources

(1)

Additional Reading

(1)

CHAPTER 5 Building an Empire: America and the Philippines

(24)

Historical Context

(3)

The Documents

(17)

1. Albert J. Beveridge, "The March of the Flag"

(2)

2. William Graham Sumner, "The Conquest of the United States by Spain"

(2)

3. Theodore Roosevelt, "The Strenuous Life"

(4)

4. Press Opposition to the War

(3)

5. Theodore Roosevelt, "National Duties"

102

(2)

6. Proceedings of the Congressional Committee on the Philippines

104

(3)

Postscript

107

(1)

Questions

108

(1)

Defining Terms

108

(1)

Probing the Sources

108

(1)

Interpreting the Sources

109

(1)

Additional Reading

109

(2)

CHAPTER 6 The Woman Rebel: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement

111

(22)

Historical Context

111

(2)

The Documents

113

(16)

1. Margaret Sanger, From The Woman Rebel

114

(1)

2. Anthony Comstock's Views on Birth Control

115

(3)

3. Margaret Sanger, From the Case for Birth Control

118

(2)

4. Michael P. Dowling, From Race-Suicide

120

(2)

5. Physicians' Statements about Birth Control

122

(2)

6. Debate between Margaret Sanger and Winter Russell

124

(5)

Postscript

129

(1)

Questions

130

(1)

Defining Terms

130

(1)

Probing the Sources

130

(1)

Interpreting the Sources

130

(1)

Additional Reading

131

(2)

CHAPTER 7 Selling the War: Recruitment Posters of World War I

133

(18)

Historical Context

133

(5)

The Documents

138

(12)

World War I Posters

139

(11)

Questions

150

(1)

Defining Terms

150

(1)

Probing the Sources

150

(1)

Interpreting the Sources

150

(1)

Additional Reading

150

(1)

CHAPTER 8 Science on Trial: Tennessee Versus John Thomas Scopes

151

(20)

Historical Context

151

(4)

The Documents

155

(14)

1. George William Hunter, From Civic Biology

156

(2)

2. Darrow Versus Bryan

158

(8)

3. H. L. Mencken, "In Memoriam: W. J. B."

166

(3)

Postscript

169

(1)

Questions

169

(1)

Defining Terms

169

(1)

Probing the Sources

169

(1)

Interpreting the Sources

170

(1)

Additional Reading

170

(1)

CHAPTER 9 Writing the Great Depression

171

(22)

Historical Context

171

(4)

The Documents

175

(15)

1. Americans Write to Their Leaders

175

(3)

2. Tom Kromer, From Waiting for Nothing

178

(4)

3. Meridel Le Sueur, "Women on the Breadlines"

182

(2)

4. Meridel Le Sueur, "I Was Marching"

184

(3)

5. Poems of the 1930s

187

(3)

Questions

190

(1)

Defining Terms

190

(1)

Probing the Sources

191

(1)

Interpreting the Sources

191

(1)

Additional Reading

191

(2)

CHAPTER 10 In Love and War: Exploring World War II through Family and Oral History

193

(28)

Historical Context

193

(2)

The Documents

195

(24)

1. The War Letters of Skipper and Joy Bilhartz

195

(20)

2. An Interview with Alfred John Sandberg, Jr.

215

(3)

3. Historical Statistics of the United States, 1940-1950

218

(1)

Postscript

219

(1)

Questions

219

(1)

Defining Terms

219

(1)

Probing the Sources

220

(1)

Interpreting the Sources

220

(1)

Additional Reading

220

(1)

CHAPTER 11 Setting the Temperature of the Cold War

221

(20)

Historical Context

221

(4)

The Documents

225

(13)

1. Henry L. Stimson, "On Active Service" and "Memorandum for the President"

225

(2)

2. George F. Kennan, The Long Telegram

227

(6)

3. Henry A. Wallace, Letter to President Truman

233

(5)

Questions

238

(1)

Defining Terms

238

(1)

Probing the Sources

238

(1)

Interpreting the Sources

239

(1)

Additional Reading

239

(2)

CHAPTER 12 The Civil Rights Movement: Freedom Summer, 1964

241

(26)

Historical Context

241

(3)

The Documents

244

(20)

1. Anne Moody, From Coming of Age in Mississippi

245

(3)

2. SNCC Pamphlet on Voting Rights

248

(2)

3. Prospectus for the Mississippi Freedom Summer

250

(1)

4. Robert Moses Memorandum

251

(1)

5. Reporting Freedom Summer

252

(9)

6. Howard Zinn, Journey to Understanding

261

(3)

Postscript

264

(1)

Questions

264

(1)

Defining Terms

264

(1)

Probing the Sources

265

(1)

Interpreting the Sources

265

(1)

Additional Reading

265

(2)

CHAPTER 13 My Lai

267

(22)

Historical Context

267

(3)

The Documents

270

(17)

1.-3. Initial Reports

270

(5)

4.-6. Treatment of Civilians and Prisoners

275

(2)

7.-12. My Lai

277

(10)

Questions

287

(1)

Defining Terms

287

(1)

Probing the Sources

288

(1)

Interpreting the Sources

288

(1)

Additional Reading

288

(1)

CHAPTER 14 HIV-AIDS

289

(26)

Historical Context

289

(3)

The Documents

292

(21)

1. Randy Shilts, From And the Band Played On

292

(5)

2. Everett Koop, "The Early Days of AIDS as I Remembered Them"

297

(3)

3. Abraham Verghese, From My Own Country: A Doctor's Story

300

(6)

4. Religious Responses

306

(3)

5. From the ACT UP / Golden Gate Web Site

309

(2)

6. Margaret Conners, "Unraveling the Epidemic among Poor Women in the United States"

311

(2)

Postscript

313

(1)

Questions

314

(1)

Defining Terms

314

(1)

Probing the Sources

314

(1)

Interpreting the Sources

314

(1)

Additional Reading

314

(1)

Credits

315

(4)

Index

319

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