The Evolution of Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections
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The Evolution of Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections

Landmark Documents, 1787-2007

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Evolution of Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections

Landmark Documents, 1787-2007

About this book

Primary source materials are a great way for students to experience firsthand a historic event, to more fully understand a pivotal actor or figure, or to explore legislation or a judicial decision. Students leave these readings better prepared to grapple with secondary sources. In fact, they can often support a different interpretation or more critically engage with analysis. This new volume—with 50 documents that include speeches, court cases, letters, diary entries, excerpts from autobiographies, treaties, legislation, regulations and reports, documentary photographs, ad stills, public opinion polls, transcripts, and press releases—is a great starting point for any parties and elections course. Careful editing, pithy headnotes, and discussion questions all enhance this useful reader.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. 1. Constitution: Provisions Concerning Elections
  9. 2. The Federalist Papers, No. 10
  10. 3. Alexander Hamilton’s Letter to Edward Carrington
  11. 4. George Washington’s Letter to Thomas Jefferson and Jefferson’s Response to Washington
  12. 5. Thomas Jefferson’s Letter to Philip Mazzei and George Washington’s Letter to Jefferson
  13. 6. John Beckley’s Letters to William Irvine
  14. 7. George Washington’s Farewell Address
  15. 8. Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address
  16. 9. The Tennessee General Assembly’s Protest Against the Caucus System
  17. 10. Martin Van Buren’s Letter to Thomas Ritchie
  18. 11. Henry Clay’s Speech Concerning the Whig Party and Henry Clay’s Letter to the Whig Party Convention
  19. 12. Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Parties in the United States”
  20. 13. The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions from the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention
  21. 14. Abraham Lincoln’s “A House Divided” Speech
  22. 15. The Wade-Davis Manifesto
  23. 16. Thomas Nast’s Cartoons of William “Boss” Tweed
  24. 17. Abram Hewitt’s “Secret History of the Disputed Election, 1876–77”
  25. 18. John McPherson’s Speech Opposing the Pendleton Act
  26. 19. Woodrow Wilson’s “Wanted—A Party”
  27. 20. The Massachusetts Australian Ballot Law
  28. 21. The Omaha Platform
  29. 22. William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” Speech
  30. 23. Robert LaFollette’s “Peril in the Machine” Speech
  31. 24. William Riordan’s “The Strenuous Life of the Tammany District Leader”
  32. 25. The Tillman Act
  33. 26. George Norris’s Resolution to Change the Membership of the House Rules Committee
  34. 27. The Publicity Act of 1910
  35. 28. Theodore Roosevelt’s “Confession of Faith” Speech
  36. 29. Franklin Roosevelt’s “Commonwealth Club” Speech
  37. 30. George Norris’s “The Model Legislature” Address
  38. 31. Huey Long’s “Every Man a King” Radio Address
  39. 32. The Literary Digest Poll
  40. 33. Franklin Roosevelt’s Message to Congress on the Hatch Act
  41. 34. The Taft-Hartley Act
  42. 35. James Rowe’s Memorandum to Harry Truman
  43. 36. The First Kennedy-Nixon Debate
  44. 37. Baker v. Carr (1962)
  45. 38. The “Peace, Little Girl” Television Advertisement
  46. 39. Lyndon Johnson’s Message to Congress on the Voting Rights Act
  47. 40. The McGovern-Fraser Commission Report
  48. 41. Buckley v. Valeo (1976)
  49. 42. Birch Bayh’s Resolution to Amend the Constitution to Provide for Direct Popular Election of the President
  50. 43. Bill Clinton’s Remarks on Signing the National Voter Registration Act
  51. 44. The Contract with America
  52. 45. Bush v. Gore (2000)
  53. 46. Report of the National Commission on Federal Election Reform
  54. 47. Russ Feingold’s Speech Supporting the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act and Mitch McConnell’s Speech Opposing the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
  55. 48. Colorado Amendment 36, Allocating Presidential Electors Proportionally
  56. 49. Memo of Understanding Regarding the Presidential Debates between George W. Bush and John Kerry
  57. 50. The Price-Herman Commission Report
  58. Topical Guide