Primary Source Readings
In addition to having worked with primary sources through documents, you should also read them on your own. This list is a compilation of primary sources for each era of US History. Feel free to use the following APPARTS or SOAPS guides to help you better understand these sources.
More documents can be found at: http://www.ushistory.org/documents/index.html
More documents can be found at: http://www.ushistory.org/documents/index.html
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Colonization Through Constitution
Christopher Columbus' Letter to Lord Sanchez: http://www2.fiu.edu/~harveyb/colum.html
Letter from an Indentured Servant in Virginia: PDF below
Mayflower Compact: PDF below
Winthrop's Model of Christian Charity: PDF below
Excerpt from Virginia Black Codes: PDF below
Edwards' Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/archive/resources/documents/ch03_03.htm
Thomas Paine's Common Sense: PDF below
Declaration of Independence: PDF below
Articles of Confederation: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/artconf.asp
Letter from an Indentured Servant in Virginia: PDF below
Mayflower Compact: PDF below
Winthrop's Model of Christian Charity: PDF below
Excerpt from Virginia Black Codes: PDF below
Edwards' Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/archive/resources/documents/ch03_03.htm
Thomas Paine's Common Sense: PDF below
Declaration of Independence: PDF below
Articles of Confederation: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/artconf.asp
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Federalist Period through the Era of Good Feelings
Washington's Farewell Address: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/washing.asp
Alien and Sedition Acts: http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Alien.html
Kentucky Resolutions: PDF below
Jefferson's Inaugural Address: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/jefinau1.asp
Monroe Doctrine: PDF below
Alien and Sedition Acts: http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Alien.html
Kentucky Resolutions: PDF below
Jefferson's Inaugural Address: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/jefinau1.asp
Monroe Doctrine: PDF below
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Jackson and Reforms
South Carolina Exposition and Protest: PDF below
John C Calhoun's Speech on the Reception of Abolition Petitions: PDF below
Cult of Domesticity: PDF below
Lowell Factory Rules: http://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/Readings/FactoryRules_1848.htm
Andrew Jackson political cartoons: http://mrkash.com/activities/jacksoncartoons.html
John C Calhoun's Speech on the Reception of Abolition Petitions: PDF below
Cult of Domesticity: PDF below
Lowell Factory Rules: http://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/Readings/FactoryRules_1848.htm
Andrew Jackson political cartoons: http://mrkash.com/activities/jacksoncartoons.html
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Sectionalism and the Civil War
Nat Turner's Rebellion: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-newnation/9.0
Manifest Destiny Painting: https://goo.gl/images/IqzJZR
John Brown's Final Address: http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/johnbrown.html
Election of 1860 Political Cartoon: http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/devision.html
Emancipation Proclamation: https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation
Reconstruction Political Cartoon-- "The Strong Government" https://goo.gl/images/9t7htA
Compromise of 1877 Political Cartoon: http://websites.nylearns.org/keithhughes/2006/12/10/248184/page.aspx
Manifest Destiny Painting: https://goo.gl/images/IqzJZR
John Brown's Final Address: http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/johnbrown.html
Election of 1860 Political Cartoon: http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/devision.html
Emancipation Proclamation: https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/emancipation-proclamation
Reconstruction Political Cartoon-- "The Strong Government" https://goo.gl/images/9t7htA
Compromise of 1877 Political Cartoon: http://websites.nylearns.org/keithhughes/2006/12/10/248184/page.aspx
Populism and the Gilded Age
Surrender Speech of Chief Joseph: http://www2.gsu.edu/~eslmlm/chiefjoseph.html
William Jennings Bryan "Cross of Gold Speech" http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/crossofgold.html
Trusts and the Senate Political Cartoon: https://goo.gl/images/ePpc3J
Andrew Carnegie "Gospel of Wealth" http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1889carnegie.asp
Rockefeller Political Cartoon: https://goo.gl/images/YSJ8i6
Rise of Labor Activity: Document below
William Jennings Bryan "Cross of Gold Speech" http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/crossofgold.html
Trusts and the Senate Political Cartoon: https://goo.gl/images/ePpc3J
Andrew Carnegie "Gospel of Wealth" http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1889carnegie.asp
Rockefeller Political Cartoon: https://goo.gl/images/YSJ8i6
Rise of Labor Activity: Document below
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Imperialism, Progressivism, and WWI
Jacob Riis, "How the Other Half Lives" Photographs: http://www.authentichistory.com/1898-1913/2-progressivism/2-riis/illustrations.html
Ida Tarbell's A History of Standard Oil excerpt: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/rockefellers-mcclures/
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle excerpt: http://www2.powayusd.com/online/usonline/worddoc/jungle.htm
Lincoln Steffens' The Shame of the Cities excerpt: https://historyscoop.com/2008/01/17/excerpt-the-shame-of-the-cities/
Women's Suffrage documents: http://digitaldocsinabox.org/images/WomensSuffrage/SuffrageDocuments.html
Political Cartoons about Teddy Roosevelt by subject: http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/trtoonsbytopicprompt.html
W.E.B. DuBois' "The Talented Tenth" excerpt: http://mrcolemanhistory.weebly.com/uploads/5/4/5/2/5452653/web_du_bois_primary_source_on_education.pdf
Booker T. Washington Atlanta Exposition Speech: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/39/
Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/wilson14.asp
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois graphic organizer: see document below
Bad Romance Women's Suffrage Parody: https://youtu.be/rLQyhBp_qtc
Ida Tarbell's A History of Standard Oil excerpt: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/rockefellers-mcclures/
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle excerpt: http://www2.powayusd.com/online/usonline/worddoc/jungle.htm
Lincoln Steffens' The Shame of the Cities excerpt: https://historyscoop.com/2008/01/17/excerpt-the-shame-of-the-cities/
Women's Suffrage documents: http://digitaldocsinabox.org/images/WomensSuffrage/SuffrageDocuments.html
Political Cartoons about Teddy Roosevelt by subject: http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/trtoonsbytopicprompt.html
W.E.B. DuBois' "The Talented Tenth" excerpt: http://mrcolemanhistory.weebly.com/uploads/5/4/5/2/5452653/web_du_bois_primary_source_on_education.pdf
Booker T. Washington Atlanta Exposition Speech: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/39/
Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/wilson14.asp
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois graphic organizer: see document below
Bad Romance Women's Suffrage Parody: https://youtu.be/rLQyhBp_qtc
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Boom, Bust, and WWII
Emergency Quota System Political Cartoon: see image below.
The Neutrality Acts: http://faculty.virginia.edu/setear/students/fdrneutr/neutral37.html
Letters to Mrs. Roosevelt database: http://newdeal.feri.org/eleanor/er3a.htm
Herbert Hoover "Rugged Individualism Speech": http://www.pinzler.com/ushistory/ruggedsupp.html
Langston Huges, "I, Too" https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/i-too
FDR Political Cartoon database: http://newdeal.feri.org/court/toons.htm
New Deal Legislation Graphic Organizer: see document below.
The Neutrality Acts: http://faculty.virginia.edu/setear/students/fdrneutr/neutral37.html
Letters to Mrs. Roosevelt database: http://newdeal.feri.org/eleanor/er3a.htm
Herbert Hoover "Rugged Individualism Speech": http://www.pinzler.com/ushistory/ruggedsupp.html
Langston Huges, "I, Too" https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/i-too
FDR Political Cartoon database: http://newdeal.feri.org/court/toons.htm
New Deal Legislation Graphic Organizer: see document below.
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Cold War- Modern Era
The Truman Doctrine: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/trudoc.asp
The Good Wife's Guide (1950's article excerpt): https://www.littlethings.com/1950s-good-housewife-guide/
Alabama Literacy Test: http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/origins/images/al_literacy.pdf
Vietnam War Sources: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/psources/
Lyndon B. Johnson Political Cartoons: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/herblocks-history/ascent.html
US Vietnam Political Cartoons: http://www.teachingushistory.org/pdfs/VietnamPoliticalCartoons.pdf
Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique excerpt: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/us/excerpt-from-the-feminine-mystique.html
Anti-Johnson/Vietnam poster: http://lcmedia.typepad.com/photos/memorabilia/vietnam_movie.html
MLK in Birmingham, AL 1963: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joc3CRL6x4E
House Un-American Activities Committee's Hollywood Blacklist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJzV6-wJ3SQ&feature=youtu.be
The Good Wife's Guide (1950's article excerpt): https://www.littlethings.com/1950s-good-housewife-guide/
Alabama Literacy Test: http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/origins/images/al_literacy.pdf
Vietnam War Sources: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/psources/
Lyndon B. Johnson Political Cartoons: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/herblocks-history/ascent.html
US Vietnam Political Cartoons: http://www.teachingushistory.org/pdfs/VietnamPoliticalCartoons.pdf
Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique excerpt: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/us/excerpt-from-the-feminine-mystique.html
Anti-Johnson/Vietnam poster: http://lcmedia.typepad.com/photos/memorabilia/vietnam_movie.html
MLK in Birmingham, AL 1963: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joc3CRL6x4E
House Un-American Activities Committee's Hollywood Blacklist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJzV6-wJ3SQ&feature=youtu.be