Voices of the American Past Documents in U.S. History, Volume II

by Hyser, Raymond M.; Arndt, J. Chris

• ISBN13: 9780155075092
• ISBN10: 0155075098
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-02
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Voices of the American Past incorporates many diverse voices in more than 230 selections. Excerpts from speeches, letters, journals, books, magazine articles, hearings, and government documents raise issues from public and private aspects of American life throughtout history-society, politics, economy, religion, environment, gender, war, immigration, popular culture, ethnicity, labor, technology, and more.

Table of Contents

PART XVII: RECONSTRUCTION

115. A Northern Teacher's View of the Freedmen (1863-1865)

116. African Americans Seek Protection (1865)

117. Thaddeus Stevens on Reconstruction and the South (1865)

118. Andrew Johnson Vetoes the First Reconstruction Act (1867)

119. A White Southern Perspective on Reconstruction (1868)

120. The Ku Klux Klan During Reconstruction (1872)

121. "The Problem at the South" (1871)

PART XVIII: THE WEST

122. The Mining Frontier (1863)

123. A Native American Remembers Life on the Great Plains (1870s)

124. A Century of Dishonor

(1881)

125. A Western Newspaper Editorial on the Custer Massacre (1876)

126. Cultural Exchange on the Arizona Frontier (1874)

127. A Native American Remembers the Ghost Dance (1890)

128. Life on the Prairie Farms (1893)

PART XIX: THE EXPANSION OF BIG BUSINESS

129. A British Perspective on American Railroads (1865)

130. The Impact of Mechanization (1889)

131. Progress and Poverty

(1879)

132. "The Forgotten Man" (1883)

133. The Success of Standard Oil (1899)

134. The Gospel of Wealth (1889)

PART XX: HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES

135. "The Story of a Sweatshop Girl" (1902)

136 The Credit System of the South (1894)

137. The "Long Turn" in Steel (1910)

138. Preamble to the Constitution of the Knights of Labor (1878)

139. Life in the Tenements of New York City (1890)

140. Populist Party Platform (1892)

141. Statement Of The Strikers In Pullman (1894)

PART XXI: THE ISSUES OF RACE AND ETHNICITY

142. Lynching In The South (1895)

143. "The Negro Question In The South" (1892)

144. The Atlanta Exposition Address (1895)

145. W

Du Bois On Race Relations (1903)

146. The Unwanted Immigrants: The Chinese (1878)

147. "Statement Of The Immigration Restriction League"

148. An Italian Immigrant's Experience In America (1902)

149. "A Hungarian Girl's Impressions Of America" (1913)

PART XXII: IMPERIALISM

150. Our Country

(1891)

151. The Sinking Of The

Maine

(1898)

152. Aquinaldo's Call For Philippine Independence (1899)

153. An Anti-Imperialist Perspective (1899)

154. The New Manifest Destiny (1900)

155. The Open Door Notes (1899)

156. "A Colombian View Of The Panama Canal Question" (1903)

157. Roosevelt Corollary To The Monroe Doctrine (1904)

PART XXIII: THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT

158. An Insider's View Of Hull House

159. Boss Government At Work (1903)

160. The Jungle

(1906)

161. "The Principles Of Scientific Management"(1912)

162. The New Nationalism Of Theodore Roosevelt (1912)

163. "A Progressive Illusion" (1912)

164. "Why Women Should Vote" (1910)

PART XXIV: MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY

165. Woodrow Wilson's Declaration Of War Message (1917)

166. A Question Of First Amendment Rights (1919)

167. A Soldier's View Of The War (1918)

168. Opposition To The League Of Nations (1919)

169. The New Negro (1925)

170. A Mexican Immigrant's Experience In America (1920)

171. The Red Scare (1920)

PART XXV: THE RETURN TO "NORMALCY"

172. Farm Problems In South Dakota (1922)

173. The Role Of Advertising (1922)

174. The Impact Of The Automobile (1922)

175. Religion And The Scopes Trial (1925)

176. The Ku Klux Klan's Perspective (1926)

177. The New Woman (1927)

178. American Individualism (1928)

PART XXVI: FDR AND THE NEW DEAL

179. Urban Families In The Great Depression (1931)

180. Franklin D

Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address (1933)

181. The "Share Our Wealth" Plan (1933)

182. A Businessman's View Of The New Deal (1934)

183. The "Dust Bowl" (1935)

184. The Tennessee Valley Authority (1937)

185. An Editorial On The National Labor Relations Act (1935)

186. Frances Perkins Endorses The Social Security Act (1935)

PART XXVII: ISOLATIONISM AND WORLD WAR II

187. The Four Freedoms (1941)

188. Isolation From The European War (1941)

189. Roosevelt's Declaration Of War Message (1941)

190. Life In A Japanese Internment Camp (1942)

191. Women In The Homefront War Effort (1942)

192. "A Surge Of Doom-Like Sound" (1944)

193. Truman's Decision To Drop The Bomb (1945)

194. Remembering The Hiroshima Atomic Blast (1945)

PART XXVIII: POSTWAR AMERICA

195. "Containment" (1946)

196. Communists In The Government (1950)

197. Governor Herman Talmadge's Statement On The

Brown

Decision (1954)

198. African-American Editorial On Little Rock Integration (1957)

199. Suburbanization; Levittown, New York (1950)

200. A Reaction To

Sputnik

(1957)

201. Dwight D

Eisenhower's Farewell Address (1961)

PART XXIX: THE TURBULENT SIXTIES

202. John F

Kennedy's Inaugural Address (1961)

203. Port Huron Statement (1962)

204. "The Problem That Has No Name" (1963)

205. "Letter From Birmingham Jail (1963)

206. Malcolm X On Race Relations

207. Lyndon Johnson On The Great Society (1965)

208. American Presence In Vietnam (1964-70)

209. A Report On Racial Violence In The Cities (1968)

210. Cesar Chavez And La Causa

PART XXX: THE NATIONAL MALAISE

211. Roe

V

Wade

(1972)

212. Soaring Energy Costs (1974)

213. The White House Tapes (1972)

214. A Migration To The "Sunbelt" (1976)

215. The Question Of Reverse Discrimination (1978)

216. A "Crisis Of Confidence" (1979)

217. Love Canal (1978)

218. Iranian Hostage Crisis (1979-81)

PART XXXI: THE CONSERVATIVE ERA

219. The Reagan Revolution (1981)

220. The Immigration Question Renewed (1981)

221. Business In The 1980s: A View Of Donald Trump (1985)

222. The Plight Of The Homeless (1984)

223. A Perspective On Aids (1987)

224. Oliver North's Testimony At The Iran-Contra Hearings (1987)

225. An Editorial On The Removal Of The Berlin Wall (1989)

PART XXXII: OUR TIMES

226. "A New World Order" (1991)

227. A Soldier's View Of The Persian Gulf War (1991)

228. A View On Hispanic Assimilation (1991)

229. A Newspaper Editorial On The North American Free Trade Agreement (1993)

230. The Starr Report (1998)

231. Clinton White House Response To Starr Report (1998)

232. A Gay Rights Newspaper On Matthew Shepard's Murder (1998)

233. Bill Gates And Microsoft (1998)

234. The Underside Of E-Commerce (1999)