New Library – Waypoints

Early American History

Colonical Period

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Mayflower Compact
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Salem Compact

Revolution and Independence

Early American History

Religious Liberty in the American Founding

The Special Problem of Slavery in the American Founding

Primary Sources Teaching System

Early American History

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Thoman Jefferson Later ta Hone Gregone
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The United States Constitution
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Letter to Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson, Letter
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James Madison, Letter to Thomas Jefferson

The Meaning of Property in the American Founding

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James Madison, On Property

A More Perfect Union

The United States Constitution
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Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison (February 1, 1823)
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James Madison, Letter to Thomas Jefferson (February 8, 1823)

Early American History

"Best Commentary on the Principles of Government Which Ever Was Written"

The Federalist Papers

The Indispensable Man: Washington

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George Washington, Rules of Civility
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George Washington, First Inaugural Address
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George Washington, Letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport
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George Washington, Farewell Address

Ballots Not Bullets

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Thomas Jefferson, Kentucky Resolutions of 1798
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Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address
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Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803)

Primary Sources Teaching System

Later American History

Prelude to Secession: Missouri Compromise and Nullification Crisis of 1828-1833

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1820 Missouri Compromise
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Congressional Globe, Speech Re: the Tallmadge Amendment
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Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Holmes
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South Carolina's 1828 Ordinance of Nullification
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President Andrew Jackson’s 1832 Proclamation Re: South Carolina
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Force Bill of 1833
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John C. Calhoun, 1836 Tariff Speech
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John C. Calhoun, "Exposition & Protest"

Abolitionism, Emancipation, and Constitutional Questions

Later American History

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Abraham Lincoln, 1836 Announcement of Political Views
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Abraham Lincoln, Protest on the Slavery Question
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Abraham Lincoln, Lyceum Address
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Abraham Lincoln, Temperance Address

1850 Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, and Dred Scott

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1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Abraham Lincoln, Speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Act (Speech at Peoria)
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Abraham Lincoln, Fragments on Slavery
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Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857)
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Defense Speech in the Gruber Case
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1860 Presidential Election Issues

Primary Sources Teaching System

Early American History

Colonial Period

Revolution and Independence

Early American History

Religious Liberty in the American Founding

The Special Problem of Slavery in the American Founding

Early American History

The Special Problem of Slavery in the American Founding

The Meaning of Property in the American Founding

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James Madison, "On Property"

A More Perfect Union

Early American History

“Best Commentary on the Principles of Government Which Ever Was Written”

The Federalist Papers

The Indispensable Man: Washington

Ballots Not Bullets

Later American History

Prelude to Secession: Missouri Compromise and Nullification Crisis of 1828-1833

Abolitionism, Emancipation, and Constitutional Self-Government

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William Lloyd Garrison, "To the Public"

Later American History

Abolitionism, Emancipation, and Constitutional Self-Government

1850 Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, and Dred Scott

Later American History

1850 Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, and Dred Scott

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates

John C. Calhoun and the New Science of Race and Politics

Later American History

John C. Calhoun and the New Science of Race and Politics

The 1860 Election, Lincoln’s Inauguration, and Secession

Later American History

The 1860 Election, Lincoln’s Inauguration, and Secession

Lincoln, The Politics of Emancipation, and the 13th Amendment

Later American History

Lincoln, The Politics of Emancipation, and the 13th Amendment

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Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address

From the Ashes of the Civil War: The Rise of Progressivism

World War I

Later American History

World War I

FDR’s New Deal

World War II

Later American History

World War II

The Cold War

Civil Rights Movement

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Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)

Later American History

Civil Rights Movement

America After the 1960s

Later American History

America After the 1960s

Philosophy in Their Words

Economics & Citizenship

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Thomas Krannawitter, Introduction to United States Citizenship

Early American History

Thoman Jefferson Later ta Hone Gregone

The United States Constitution

Letter to Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson, Letter

James Madison, Letter to Thomas Jefferson

James Madison, On Property

The United States Constitution

Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison (February 1, 1823)

James Madison, Letter to Thomas Jefferson (February 8, 1823)

Early American History

The Federalist Papers

George Washington, Rules of Civility

George Washington, First Inaugural Address

George Washington, Letter to the Hebrew Congregation at Newport

George Washington, Farewell Address

Thomas Jefferson, Kentucky Resolutions of 1798

Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address

Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803)

Later American History

1820 Missouri Compromise

Congressional Globe, Speech Re: the Tallmadge Amendment

Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Holmes

South Carolina's 1828 Ordinance of Nullification

President Andrew Jackson’s 1832 Proclamation Re: South Carolina

Force Bill of 1833

John C. Calhoun, 1836 Tariff Speech

John C. Calhoun, "Exposition & Protest"

Abraham Lincoln, 1836 Announcement of Political Views

Abraham Lincoln, Protest on the Slavery Question

Abraham Lincoln, Lyceum Address

Abraham Lincoln, Temperance Address

1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act

Abraham Lincoln, Speech on the Kansas-Nebraska Act (Speech at Peoria)

Abraham Lincoln, Fragments on Slavery

Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857)

Defense Speech in the Gruber Case

1860 Presidential Election Issues

Early American History

Later American History