04306cam a2200289 4500 332307068 TxAuBib 20171024120000.0 170313s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017011286 9781684120987 hardcover : alk. paper 1684120985 hardcover : alk. paper TxAuBib The U.S. Constitution and other writings / introduction by Ken Mondschein, Phd. ; the editors of Canterbury Classics. San Diego, California : Canterbury Classics, [2017] Includes bibliographical references and index. The Mayflower compact -- The Silence Dogood letters -- A give me liberty, or give me death! -- The declaration of independence -- An edict by the King of Prussia -- Rules by which a great empire may be reduced -- To a small one -- Articles of confederation and perpetual union -- The treaty of paris -- The virginia plan -- The northwest ordinance -- The Constitution of the United States of America -- The federalist papers (1787-88) -- George Washington's first inaugural address -- The United States Bill of Rights -- Thomas Jefferson's first inaugural address -- The Louisiana purchase treaty -- The star-spangled banner -- The Monroe Doctrine -- On Indian removal -- George W. Harkins to the American people -- Rules and regulations of the knickerbocker -- Base ball club -- Sojourner Truth Ain't I a woman? speech -- Frederick Douglass's speech on the Dred Scott decision -- A house divided -- The emancipation proclamation (1862-63) -- The Homestead Act -- Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address -- Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address -- 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution : the abolition of slavery -- The purchase of Alaska -- Victoria C. Woodhull's address to the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives -- Act establishing yellowstone national park -- Susan B. Anthony on women's suffrage -- Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce surrenders -- The Dawes Act -- Joint resolution to provide for annexing the Hawaiian islands to the United States -- Letter of protest from Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii to the House of Representatives -- Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural address -- 16th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution : federal income tax -- Woodrow Wilson's fourteen points -- 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution : women's right to vote -- The new deal : a speech delivered by Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Franklin D. Roosevelt's first inaugural address -- The Social Security Act -- Albert Einstein's letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt -- About the atomic bomb -- Franklin D. Roosevelt's State of the Union address -- Executive order 9066 : the relocation of the Japanese -- Frank D. Roosevelt's speech upon signing the G. I. Bill of Rights -- The United Nations Charter -- President Harry S. Truman's address before a Joint session of Congress -- The Marshall Plan speech -- Harry S. Truman's inaugural address -- The North Atlantic Treaty -- Brown v. Board of education -- Senate resolution 301 : censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy -- Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address -- John F. Kennedy's inaugural address -- The limited nuclear test ban treaty -- The Civil Rights Act -- Ronald Reagan's A time for choosing speech -- Lyndon B. Johnson's special message to Congress : The American promise -- Ronald Reagan's first inaugural address -- Geraldine Ferraro accepts the vice presidential nomination -- Ronald Reagan's remarks on East-West relations at the Brandenburg gate in West Berlin -- Bill Clinton announces the military policy -- A don't ask, don't tell -- George W. Bush addresses the nation after the September 11 attacks -- Barack Obama's first inaugural address -- Barack Obama announces the death of Osama Bin Laden -- Hillary Clinton's acceptance of the Presidential nomination. 20171024. Constitution of the U.S. Constitutional history United States. Constitutional law United States. Declaration of Independence. Articles of Confederation. Gettysburg Address. Mondschein, Ken., writer of introduction. Canterbury Classics (Firm), editor.