Table of Contents for

American Perspectives: Readings in American History, Volume II (since 1877), 6^th Edition

 

 

Chapter One: Industrial America and Labor Unrest in Post-Civil War America

           

            The Railroad Strike

            The Crime of Poverty

            Address of August Spies

            Red-Handed Murder: Negroes Wantonly Killed at Thibodaux, LA

            The Homestead Strike

            Coeur d’Alene

            The Chinese Exclusion Act

            Congress Takes Aim at the “Chinese Menace”

            The Pullman Strike

            The History of the Standard Oil Company: The Oil War of 1872

            Urban Pollution—Many Long Years Ago

           

 

Chapter Two: The African Experience in Post-Civil War America

           

            A Crop Lien

            A Sharecropping Contact

            The Testimony of Benjamin Singleton

            The Horrors of Lynching in the South

            Rebecca Latimer Felton Endorses Prohibition

            The Atlanta Exposition Address

1. E. B. Du Bois Denounces Booker T. Washington’s Accommodationist Policies

            The Literacy Test and the Poll Tax

 

 

Chapter Three: The Native American Experience in Post-Civil War America

 

            A Letter from Governor Edmund Ross of New Mexico to President Grover Cleveland

            The Dawes Act of 1887

            Wovoka’s Message: The Promise of the Ghost Dance

            An Account of Sitting Bull’s Death

            Social Conflict in the American West

 

 

Chapter Four: The Farmers’ Revolt

           

            Farmers Describe the Crisis

            The Ocala Platform: Proceedings of the Supreme Council of the National Farmers’ Alliance and

                        Industrial Union

            Two Speeches by Mary Elizabeth Lease

            Their Own Hotheadedness: Senator Benjamin R. “Pitchfork Ben” Tillman Justifies Violence

                        against Southern Blacks

            Tom Watson’s Strategy

            A Populist Speaker Responds

            The Omaha Platform of the People’s Party of America

            The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Excerpts)

 

Chapter Five: The Progressive Reaction against Industrialization

           

            How the Other Half Lives (Excerpts)

            The Treason of the Senate

            The Great American Fraud

            The Jungle (Excerpts)

            The Galveston Hurricane

            The Baltimore Fire

            The San Francisco Earthquake

            The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

            Disasters and Progressive Reform

            Ratified and Unratified Progressive Era Amendments to the United States Constitution

 

 

Chapter Six: The Emergence of an American Empire

           

            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 about the

                        Annexation of Hawaii

            The Teller Amendment

            The Platt Amendment

            Albert Beveridge Defends U.S. Imperialism

            Mark Twain Comments on the Moro Massacre

            Theodore Roosevelt’s Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

            War is a Racket

            Irresistible Force, Immovable Object: U.S.-Japanese Relations in the Late 19^th Century

            Big Stick Abroad

 

 

Chapter Seven: Social and Political Change during World War I and the 1920s

 

            Ludlow

            The Steel Strike

            The Herrin Massacre

            Revolution in Texas

            The Fourteen Points

            When Johnny Comes Marching Home

            From Bibles to Drill Bits: The U.S. and Middle East in the 1920s

            Address to the Jury in the United States v. Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman

            Bartolomeo Vanzetti’s Speech to the Court

            The Reverend Amzi Clarence Dixon on the Evils of Evolution

            Clarence Darrow’s Opening Remarks at the Scopes Trial

            Organizing 100% Women: Women in the Ku Klux Klan

            The 18^th and 19^th Amendments to the United States Constitution

 

Chapter Eight: “We Have Nothing to Fear by Fear Itself”: America during the Great Depression

           

            Every Man a King

            A Third Party

            Great Depression and New Deal Era Amendments to the United States Constitution

            The Bonus Army Invades Washington

            “The President Wants You to Organize!”

            The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde

Chapter Eight: “We Have Nothing to Fear by Fear Itself”: America during the Great Depression

         (cont.)

 

The Birth of the Ultraconservatives: The Impact of Texas Oil Money on National Politics

            The Origins of the Good Neighbor Policy: The Quest for Order in Latin America

 

 

Chapter Nine: A War to be Won: The Second World War

           

            The Atlantic Charter

            Battleship Commander

            Executive Order 9066: The Relocation of Japanese-Americans during World War II

            The Detroit Race Riot

            The Zoot-Suit Riot

            D-Day: General Eisenhower’s Order of the Day—June 6, 1944

            Germany’s Formula for War: Hitler’s Quest for Oil during World War II

            Mauthausen: The American Liberation of a German Concentration Camp

            The Pacific War: The Japanese Perspective of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

            Hiroshima in America: Justifying the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

 

 

Chapter Ten: McCarthyism and Post-World War II America

 

            President Harry S. Truman’s Address before a Joint Session of Congress: The Truman Doctrine

            NSC-68

            A Good Way to Pick a Fight

            Joseph McCarthy’s “Enemies Within” Speech

            Senate Resolution 301: The Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy

            An Unread Statement before the House Committee on Un-American Activities

            “Good Evening, Mr. Roosevelt”: Kermit Roosevelt and the Overthrow of Muhammad

                        Mossedegh’s Government in Iran

            The GI Bill of Rights

 

 

Chapter Eleven: The Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement

 

            The Southern Manifesto

            President Eisenhower’s Speech to the American People on Little Rock, Arkansas

            The Murder of Medgar Evers

            Letter from a Birmingham Jail

            The Testimony of Fannie Lou Hamer

            Cold War and Civil Rights Era Amendments to the United States Constitution

            Interracial Marriage on Trial: Loving v. Virginia

            Coming of Age in Mississippi (Excerpt)

            Fast and Furious: The Origins of NASCAR

 

 

Chapter Twelve: Years of Discord: The 1960s and 1970s

 

            The Ballot or the Bullet

            The Murder of Malcolm X

            The Feminine Mystique: The Problem that Has No Name

            SNCC Position Paper: Women in the Civil Rights Movement

Chapter Twelve: Years of Discord: The 1960s and 1970s (cont.)

 

“The Negro Family: A Case for National Action”: The Daniel P. Moynihan Report

            The Watts Riot

            The Detroit Riot

The Tonkin Gulf Resolution

            “They were Butchering People”: An Eyewitness Account of the My Lai Massacre

            The Legacy of Vietnam

            Hernandez v. Texas and the Exclusion of Mexican-Americans from Grand Juries

            The Trail of Broken Treaties: The American Indian Movement’s Occupation of the U.S. Bureau

 of Indian Affairs

            Stonewall: The Beginning of the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States

            Ratified and Unratified Amendments to the United States Constitution from the 1970s

            Transcripts from the Watergate Tapes

            The Camp David Accords

            The Crisis of Confidence Speech

           

 

Chapter Thirteen: Reagan, Bush, and Beyond

 

            The Lewis Powell Memorandum to the United States Chamber of Commerce

            Ronald Reagan’s “Evil Empire” Speech

            The Boland Amendment and the “Boland II” Amendment: The Origins of the Iran-Contra

                        Scandal

            Letter from Senator Barry Goldwater to William “Bill” Casey: More on the Origins of the Iran-

                        Contra Scandal

            Post-Cold War Amendments to the United States Constitution

            Out of Gas

            “We Have Some Planes,” Inside the Four Hijacked Flights on September 11, 2001: Excerpts from

                        the 9/11 Commission Report

            Planet Pakistan

            The Unocal Affair

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chronological Table of Contents Separating Primary Sources from Secondary Works

American Perspectives: Readings in American History, Volume II (since 1877), 6^th Edition

 

 

Chapter	Primary Sources	Secondary Works
Chapter One	The Railroad Strike The Crime of Poverty Address of August Spies Red-Handed Murder The Homestead Strike Coeur d’Alene The Chinese Exclusion Act Congress Takes Aim at the Chinese Menace The Pullman Strike	The History of the Standard Oil        Company Urban Pollution—Many Long Years        Ago
Chapter Two	A Crop Lien A Sharecropping Contract The Testimony of Benjamin Singleton The Horrors of Lynching in the South Rebecca Latimer Felton Endorses        Prohibition The Atlanta Exposition Address Du Bois Denounces Accommodation The Literacy Test and Poll Tax
Chapter Three	Letter from Gov. Ross to Grover Cleveland The Dawes Act of 1887 Wovoka’s Message An Account of Sitting Bull’s Death	Social Conflict in the American West
Chapter Four	Farmers Describe the Crisis The Ocala Platform Two Speeches by Mary Elizabeth Lease Their Own Hotheadedness Tom Watson’s Strategy A Populist Speaker Responds The Omaha Platform The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Excerpts)
Chapter Five	How the Other Half Lives (Excerpts) The Treason of the Senate The Great American Fraud The Jungle (Excerpts) The Galveston Hurricane The Baltimore Fire The San Francisco Earthquake The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Progressive Era Amendments	Meat Inspection: Theory and Reality Disasters and Progressive Reform
Chapter Six	Joint Resolution on Annexing Hawaii Queen Lil’s Response The Teller Amendment The Platt Amendment Albert Beveridge Defends U.S. Imperialism Comments on the Moro Massacre The T. Roosevelt Corollary	War is a Racket Irresistible Force, Immovable Object Big Stick Abroad
Chapter Seven	Ludlow The Steel Strike The Herrin Massacre The Fourteen Points Emma Goldman’s Address to the Jury Vanzetti’s Speech to the Court Rev. Dixon on Evils of Evolution Darrow’s Opening Remarks/Scopes Trial 18th and 19th Amendments	Revolution in Texas When Johnny Comes Marching Home From Bibles to Drill Bits Organizing 100% Women
Chapter Eight	Every Man a King A Third Party Amendments of Depression/New Deal Era	The Bonus Army Invades Washington The President wants You to Organize The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde The Birth of the Ultraconservatives Origins of the Good Neighbor Policy
Chapter Nine	The Atlantic Charter Executive Order 9066 The Detroit Race Riot The Zoot-Suit Riot Eisenhower’s Order of the Day: D-Day	Battleship Commander Germany’s Formula for War Mauthausen The Pacific War Hiroshima in America (Excerpts)
Chapter Ten	The Truman Doctrine NSC-68 McCarthy’s “Enemies Within” Speech Senate Resolution 301 Unread Statement before HUAC	A Good Way to Pick a Fight “Good Evening, Mr. Roosevelt” The GI Bill of Rights
Chapter Eleven	The Southern Manifesto Eisenhower’s Speech on Little Rock, AR The Murder of Medgar Evers Letter from a Birmingham Jail Testimony of Fannie Lou Hamer Cold War/Civil Rights Era Amendments Coming of Age in Mississippi (Excerpt)	Interracial Marriage on Trial Fast and Furious
Chapter Twelve	The Ballot or the Bullet The Murder of Malcolm X The Problem that Has No Name Women in the Civil Rights Movement The Negro Family/Moynihan Report The Watts Riot The Detroit Riot The Tonkin Gulf Resolution They Were Butchering People The Trail of Broken Treaties Amendments from the 1970s Transcripts from the Watergate Tapes The Camp David Accords The Crisis of Confidence Speech	The Legacy of Vietnam Hernandez v. Texas Stonewall
Chapter Thirteen	The Lewis Powell Memorandum Reagan’s “Evil Empire” Speech The Boland Amendment and Boland II Letter: Goldwater to Casey Post-Cold War Amendments “We Have Some Planes”	Out of Gas Planet Pakistan The Unocal Affair

 

Table of Contents Separating Primary Sources from Secondary Works by Topical Areas

American Perspectives: Readings in American History, Volume II (since 1877), 6^th Edition

 

 

 

Topical Area	Chapter	Primary Sources	Secondary Works
Political and Economic History	Chap. 01	The Crime of Poverty	History of Standard Oil Urban Pollution
	Chap. 02	A Crop Lien A Sharecropping Contract
	Chap. 04	Farmers Describe the Crisis The Ocala Platform Two Speeches/Mary E. Lease Tom Watson’s Strategy A Populist Leader Responds The Omaha Platform The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
	Chap. 5	How the Other Half Lives The Treason of the Senate The Great American Fraud Progressive Era Amendments	Meat Inspection: Theory and            Reality
	Chap. 7	The 18th and 19th Amendments	From Bibles to Drill Bits
	Chap. 8	Every Man a King A Third Party Depression/New Deal        Amendments	The Bonus Army Invades         Washington The Birth of the Ultraconservatives
	Chap. 10	“Enemies Within” Speech Senate Resolution 301 Unread Statement/HUAC	The GI Bill of Rights
	Chap. 12	Amendments from 1970s Transcripts/Watergate Tapes Crisis of Confidence Speech
	Chap. 13	Lewis Powell Memo Reagan’s Evil Empire Speech Boland Amendments Goldwater/Casey Letter Post-Cold War Amendments 9/11 Commission Report	Out of Gas The Unocal Affair
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Diplomatic/Military History	Chap. 06	Joint Resolution on Annexing         Hawaii Queen Lil’s Response The Teller Amendment The Platt Amendment Albert Beveridge Defends U.S. Imperialism Comments on the Moro         Massacre The T. Roosevelt Corollary	War is a Racket Irresistible Force, Immovable       Object Big Stick Abroad
	Chap. 07		When Johnny Comes Marching         Home
	Chap. 08		Origins/Good Neighbor Policy
	Chap. 09	The Atlantic Charter Executive Order 9066 The Detroit Race Riot The Zoot-Suit Riot Eisenhower’s Order of the Day:        D-Day	Battleship Commander Germany’s Formula for War Mauthausen The Pacific War Hiroshima in America (Excerpts)
	Chap. 10	The Truman Doctrine NSC-68	A Good Way to Pick a Fight “Good Evening, Mr. Roosevelt”
	Chap. 11	The Tonkin Gulf Resolution They Were Butchering People The Camp David Accords	The Legacy of Vietnam
	Chap. 13		Planet Pakistan
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Labor History	Chap. 01	The Railroad Strike The Homestead Strike Coeur d’Alene The Pullman Strike
	Chap. 07	Ludlow The Steel Strike The Herrin Massacre
	Chap. 08		The President wants You to          Organize
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Social/Cultural History	Chap. 05	The Galveston Hurricane The Baltimore Fire The San Francisco Earthquake The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory        Fire	Disasters and Progressive Reform
	Chap. 07	Rev. Dixon on Evils of        Evolution Darrow’s Opening       Remarks/Scopes Trial 18th and 19th Amendments	Organizing 100% Women
	Chap. 08		The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde
	Chap. 11		Fast and Furious
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Civil Rights and Race Relations	Chap. 01	Red-Handed Murder
	Chap. 02	A Crop Lien A Sharecropping Contract The Testimony of Benjamin          Singleton The Horrors of Lynching in the          South Rebecca Latimer Felton         Endorses Prohibition The Atlanta Exposition         Address Du Bois Denounces         Accommodation The Literacy Test and Poll Tax
	Chap. 04	Their Own Hotheadedness Tom Watson’s Strategy
	Chap. 07		Organizing 100% Women
	Chap. 09	The Detroit Race Riot
	Chap. 11	The Southern Manifesto Eisenhower’s Speech on Little           Rock, AR The Murder of Medgar Evers Letter from a Birmingham Jail Testimony of Fannie Lou           Hamer Coming of Age in Mississippi           (Excerpt)
	Chap. 12	The Ballot or the Bullet The Murder of Malcolm X Women in the Civil Rights           Movement The Negro Family/Moynihan           Report The Watts Riot The Detroit Riot	Hernandez v. Texas Stonewall
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Women’s History	Chap. 01		The History of the Standard Oil        Company
	Chap. 02	Rebecca Latimer Felton         Endorses Prohibition
	Chap. 04	Two Speeches by Mary         Elizabeth Lease
	Chap.07	Emma Goldman’s Address to         the Jury 18th and 19th Amendments	Organizing 100% Women
	Chap. 08		The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde
	Chap. 11	Testimony of Fannie Lou         Hamer Coming of Age in Mississippi         (Excerpt)	Interracial Marriage on Trial
	Chap. 12	The Problem that Has No         Name Women in the Civil Rights         Movement The Negro Family/Moynihan         Report
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Native Americans	Chap. 03	Letter from Gov. Ross to            Grover Cleveland The Dawes Act of 1887 Wovoka’s Message An Account of Sitting Bull’s            Death	Social Conflict in the American             West
	Chap. 12	The Trail of Broken Treaties
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Hispanic/Latino History	Chap. 03		Social Conflict in the American            West
	Chap. 07		Revolution in Texas
	Chap. 09	The Zoot-Suit Riot
	Chap. 12		Hernandez v. Texas
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Immigration Issues	Chap. 01	Address of August Spies The Chinese Exclusion Act Congress Takes Aim at the        Chinese Menace
	Chap. 07	Emma Goldman’s Address to        the Jury Vanzetti’s Speech to the Court