Patriot's History Reader Essential Documents for Every American

Name: Patriot's History Reader Essential Documents for Every American
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ISBN: 9781595230782

ISBN-10: 1595230785

ISBN-13: 9781595230782

Edition: 2011

Authors: Michael Allen, Dave Dougherty, Larry Schweikart

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An original collection of the most influential documents in American history, from the bestselling author of A Patriot's History of the United States. Since 2005, A Patriot's History of the United Stateshas become a modern classic for its defense of America as a unique country founded on principles of justice, equality, and freedom for all. The Patriot's History Readercontinues this tradition by going back to the original sources-the documents, speeches, and legal decisions that shaped our country into what it is today. The authors explore both oft-cited documents-the Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation, and Roe v. Wade--as well as those that are less famous. Among these…

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List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/28/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.17" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

R. Michael Allen (PhD, Wheaton College) is associate professor of systematic and historical theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. He is the author of several books, including Justification and the Gospel, Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics: An Introduction and Reader, Reformed Theology, and The Christ's Faith: A Dogmatic Account. He also serves as book review editor for the International Journal of Systematic Theology.

Larry Schweikart, a former rock drummer, received his PhD. in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1984 and has taught at the University of Dayton since 1985. He has published more than 20 books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller, A Patriotï¿½s History of the United States (with Michael Allen) and the New York Times bestseller Seven Events that Made America America. He has also co-produced the PBS film ï¿½Rockinï¿½ the Wall.ï¿½



Acknowledgments


Introduction


A Note on Sources



The Formation of the Nation



The Mayflower Compact, 1620



The Fundamental Orders, 1639



The Rights of the Colonists, Samuel Adams, 1772



Common Sense, Thomas Paine, 1776



The Declaration of Independence, 1776



The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, 1781



On Creating a Peacetime Military Establishment, George Washington, 1783



On Electing a Roman Catholic Bishop, John Carroll, 1785



The Northwest Ordinance, 1787



The Constitution of the United States, 1787



Observations on the New Constitution, Mercy Otis Warren, 1788



Growing Pains in the New Nation



George Washington's First Inaugural Address, 1789



Marbury v. Madison, 1803



James Madison's Address for a Declaration of War, 1812



Missouri Enabling Act, 1820



The Monroe Doctrine, 1823



Address on States' Rights and Nullification, John C. Calhoun, 1832



Veto of the Bank of the United States, Andrew Jackson, 1832



Slavery, Civil Rights, and the Civil War



Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments, 1848



Scott v. Sandford, 1857



On Dred Scott, Frederick Douglass, 1857



The Georgia Debate on Secession, 1860



Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, 1861



The Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln, 1863



The Progressive Era, Radicals, Jim Crow, and World War I



Present Aspects of the Indian Problem, Carl Schurz, 1881



What Social Classes Owe to Each Other, William Graham Sumner, 1883



Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise Speech, 1895



Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896



William Jennings Bryan's ï¿½Cross of Goldï¿½ Speech, 1896



On Academic Freedom: William Harper, 1902, and the American Association of University Professors, 1915



Eugene V. Debs's Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, 1908



Woodrow Wilson's Address for Declaration of War, 1917



William E. Borah's Speech on the League of Nations, 1919



On the Principles of Progressive Education, Association for the Advancement of Progressive Education, 1919



The Roaring Twenties, New Deal, and World War II



On Policies in the Regulation of Business, Herbert Hoover, 1924



On Principles of Taxation, Andrew W. Mellon, 1924



On Social Security, Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1935



Schechter Poultry v. United States, 1935



On Problems in New Deal Policies, Robert A. Taft, 1939



Franklin D. Roosevelt's ï¿½Date Which Will Live in Infamyï¿½ Speech, 1941



Franklin D. Roosevelt's State of the Union Address, 1944



The Yalta Agreement, 1945



Human Rights and Domestic Issues



Everson v. Board of Education, 1947



Brown v. Board of Education, 1954



John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address, 1961



The Civil Rights Act, 1964



Executive Order on Equal Employment Opportunity, 1965



Roe v. Wade, 1973



Richard Nixon's Second Watergate Speech, 1973



Rise of the New World Order



Jimmy Carter's ï¿½Crisis of Confidenceï¿½ Speech, 1979



Ronald Reagan's ï¿½Our Noble Visionï¿½ Speech, 1984



Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 1993



George W. Bush's National Cathedral Speech, 2001



Kelo v. New London, 2005



Barack Obama's ï¿½A New Beginningï¿½ Speech, 2009


Index