Keys to American History

Understanding Our Most Important Historic Documents

Richard Panchyk

• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• eBook ISBN:
  9781613742143
• Year: 2009

&&LDIV&&R&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&RUnlock and explore American history firsthand though this nation's most important documents. Much more than a reference book, &&LI&&RThe Keys to American History&&L/I&&R tells the story of a growing, vibrant democracy through its laws, Supreme Court rulings, treaties, and presidential speeches, from colonial times to the present. Organized chronologically, each document includes a brief introduction and excerpts, and often an image of the original. Most are followed by interesting and relevant historical quotes from books, newspapers, and speeches of their eras, providing a rich and varied framework to understand each document's significance.&&L/P&&R&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&R &&L/P&&R&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&RThe more than 60 entries include:&&L/P&&R

• Mayflower Compact
• Declaration of Independence
• Washington 's Farewell Address
• Missouri Compromise
• Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Homestead Act
• Wilson 's Fourteen Points
• &&LI&&RBrown v. Board of Education&&L/I&&R
• Voting Rights Act
• Resignation Speech of Richard Nixon
• …and more

&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&RBy reading the essential documents of American government, and the viewpoints of the leaders and citizens who wrote them, you will gain a profound understanding of the United States and the men and women who built it. &&L/P&&R&&L/DIV&&R

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Author’s Note
• Questions to Consider
• 1 Foundations
• 2 Independence
• 3 Young Republic
• 4 The Seeds of Trouble
• 5 Civil War
• 6 Progress and Expansion
• 7 America at War
• 8 The Modern World
• Selected Bibliography
• Index