Volume 1: 1763–1823
Proclamation of 1763 . . . 2
Quartering Act . . . 16
Declaration of Rights of the Stamp Act Congress . . . 36
Boston Non-Importation Agreement . . . 47
Intolerable Acts . . . 54
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress . . . 80
Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” Speech . . . 94
Proclamation by the King for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition . . . 104
Common Sense . . . 114
Virginia Declaration of Rights . . . 146
Declaration of Independence . . . 156
Articles of Confederation . . . 170
Treaty of Fort Pitt . . . 187
Pennsylvania: An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery . . . 196
James Madison’s Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments . . . 210
Northwest Ordinance . . . 224
Constitution of the United States . . . 238
Federalist Papers 10, 14, and 51 . . . 256
George Washington’s First Inaugural Address . . . 276
George Washington’s First Annual Message to Congress . . . 288
Jefferson’s and Hamilton’s Opinions on the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States . . . 300
Bill of Rights . . . 328
George Washington’s Farewell Address . . . 338
Alien and Sedition Acts . . . 356
Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address . . . 372
Thomas Jefferson’s Message to Congress about the Lewis and Clark Expedition . . . 384
Marbury v. Madison . . . 396
An Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves . . . 418
Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee . . . 434
McCulloch v. Maryland . . . 464
Missouri Compromise . . . 488
Monroe Doctrine . . . 500
Volume 2: 1824–1887
Gibbons v. Ogden . . . 512
Andrew Jackson: On Indian Removal . . . 540
William Lloyd Garrison’s First Liberator Editorial . . . 554
Andrew Jackson’s Veto Message Regarding the Second Bank of the United States . . . 566
South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification and Andrew Jackson’s Proclamation regarding Nullification . . . 588
Joint Resolution of Congress for the Annexation of Texas . . . 608
Seneca Falls Convention Declaration of Sentiments . . . 620
Compromise of 1850 . . . 632
Frederick Douglass’s “Fourth of July” Speech . . . 656
Kansas-Nebraska Act . . . 676
Dred Scott v. Sandford . . . 698
Abraham Lincoln’s “House Divided” Speech . . . 738
South Carolina Declaration of Causes of Secession . . . 752
Jefferson Davis’s Inaugural Address to the Confederacy . . . 764
Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address . . . 776
Homestead Act . . . 790
Morrill Act . . . 802
Emancipation Proclamation . . . 814
War Department General Order 143 . . . 826
Gettysburg Address . . . 836
Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address . . . 846
Articles of Agreement Relating to the Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia . . . 856
Black Code of Mississippi . . . 866
Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution . . . 876
Civil Rights Act of 1866 . . . 886
Articles of Impeachment of Andrew Johnson . . . 898
Treaty of Fort Laramie . . . 914
Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution . . . 932
Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution . . . 944
Act Establishing Yellowstone National Park . . . 954
Rutherford B. Hayes’s Inaugural Address . . . 964
Thomas Edison’s Patent Application for the Incandescent Light Bulb . . . 978
Chinese Exclusion Act . . . 990
Pendleton Civil Service Act . . . 1004
Interstate Commerce Act . . . 1018
Dawes Severalty Act . . . 1036
Volume 3: 1888–1955
Sherman Antitrust Act . . . 1050
Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Exposition Address . . . 1060
Plessy v. Ferguson . . . 1072
William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” Speech . . . 1096
William McKinley’s Message to Congress about Cuban Intervention . . . 1110
The Insular Cases: Downes v. Bidwell . . . 1128
Niagara Movement Declaration of Principles . . . 1159
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine . . . 1172
Muller v. Oregon . . . 1182
Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution . . . 1194
Zimmermann Telegram . . . 1202
Woodrow Wilson: Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War against Germany . . . 1210
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points . . . 1228
Hammer v. Dagenhart . . . 1240
Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution . . . 1256
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address . . . 1266
Tennessee Valley Authority Act . . . 1278
National Industrial Recovery Act . . . 1298
National Labor Relations Act . . . 1322
Social Security Act . . . 1338
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Campaign Address at Madison Square Garden . . . 1368
United States v. Curtiss-Wright . . . 1385
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms Message to Congress . . . 1402
Lend-Lease Act . . . 1418
Executive Order 8802 . . . 1430
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Pearl Harbor” Speech . . . 1440
Executive Order 9066 . . . 1450
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Order of the Day . . . 1462
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act . . . 1472
Truman Doctrine . . . 1494
Marshall Plan . . . 1508
Taft-Hartley Act . . . 1519
Press Release Announcing U.S. Recognition of Israel . . . 1550
Executive Order 9981 . . . 1560
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer . . . 1571
Brown v. Board of Education . . . 1582
Senate Resolution 301: Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy . . . 1596
Volume 4: 1956–2003
Southern Manifesto . . . 1606
Federal-Aid Highway Act . . . 1618
Executive Order 10730 . . . 1648
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address . . . 1660
John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address . . . 1674
Executive Order 10924 . . . 1686
John Glenn’s Official Communication with the Command Center . . . 1698
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” . . . 1710
John F. Kennedy’s Civil Rights Address . . . 1729
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech . . . 1742
Civil Rights Act of 1964 . . . 1756
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution . . . 1788
Voting Rights Act of 1965 . . . 1798
Miranda v. Arizona . . . 1814
Kerner Commission Report Summary . . . 1856
Equal Rights Amendment . . . 1882
Richard Nixon’s Smoking Gun Tape . . . 1895
Roe v. Wade . . . 1907
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke . . . 1930
Ronald Reagan’s “Evil Empire” Speech . . . 1957
Cesar Chavez’s Commonwealth Address . . . 1973
George H. W. Bush’s Address to Congress on the Persian Gulf Crisis . . . 1988
Bill Clinton’s Radio Address on the Welfare Reform Act . . . 2003
Articles of Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton . . . 2014
Bush v. Gore . . . 2026
George W. Bush’s Address to the Nation on September 11, 2001 . . . 2060
Bybee Torture Memo . . . 2070
Lawrence v. Texas . . . 2108
Index of Documents by Category . . . 2139
Subject Index . . . 2143
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