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.

• ISBN13: 9780205521524
• ISBN10: 0205521525
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-18
• Publisher: Pearson

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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