TEACHING WITH PRIMARY SOURCES—MTSU
PRIMARY SOURCE SET: United States History
from 1850 to Present
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Union victory in the Civil War was followed by the passage
of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution.
Although these amendments were designed to benefit former
slaves, southern whites disliked northern “reconstruction”
and designed loopholes to disenfranchise black Americans.
Likewise, immigrants and indigenous Americans nationwide
were relegated to society’s margins.
Attempts at reform came during the turn of the century as
populist farmers rebelled against magnates’ control over railroad rates, unionized workers rioted against unfair labor
practices, urban progressives campaigned for public health
and political reform, and women marched for suffrage. The
reform spirit peaked in America’s effort to “make the world
safe for democracy” in World War I.
The postwar years brought prosperity and popular culture
only to be followed a decade later by crippling depression.
New Deal programs attempted to buoy Americans, but prosperity would not return until after World War II. Economic
renewal brought political conservatism as Americans forced
down dissenting voices in a “cold war” arms and space race
with their once socialist ally, the Soviet Union.
Young people responded to this suppression with a counterculture movement against the establishment that culminated
in anti-war protests against the Vietnam War; black Americans responded to decades of suppression during the Civil
Rights Movement; and Eastern Europeans revolted against
Soviet control in a series of nationalist movements that climaxed with the destruction of the Berlin Wall.
The idea of equality continued to grow in the twenty-first
century as Americans elected Barack Obama, the nation’s
first president from a minority group.
ADDITIONAL LINKS

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1870

Chief Joseph Surrenders

Tenements and Toil

Women's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less

The Great Gatsby: Primary Sources from the Roaring Twenties (Excellent source to explore for primary sources)
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Homes of the poor [1883]
SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHERS
The number of resources available on this period of
history exhausted the space allotted to contain
them. To use these sources effectively, try combining sources for student analysis, as individuals or
groups, as part of class discussion or documentbased writing assignments. Examine several industrial age cartoons for a commentary on the entire
age; compare sources on W.E.B. Du Bois to Booker
T. Washington; listen or read oral histories; and
review the preassembled topical source sets on the
additional links.
As you move into the study of the twentieth and
twenty-first centuries, photographs become more
common. Analyze the photographs and think
about: what were these people doing, why were
they where they were at, are these photograph
staged and taken to emphasize someone or something and, if so, why?
THE CIVIL WAR (1830-1865)
[Dividing the] national [map] [1860]
Scott's great snake. Entered according to Act of Congress in the
year 1861 [1861]
TEXTS
 Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
 Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
 The first edition of Abraham Lincoln's final
emancipation proclamation.
 Lincoln's Gettysburg speech.
 Sam Watkins’ "Co. Aytch"
Magnus's county map of the United States, showing the
forts, railroads, canals, and navigable waters. Published to
trace the progress of operations by the government, as they
occur, during the War of the Rebellion. [1862?]
"The 54th Massachusetts regiment, under the leadership of Colonel Shaw in the attack on Fort Wagner, Morris Island,
South Carolina, in 1863," mural at the Recorder of Deeds building, built in 1943. 515 D St., NW, Washington, D.C.
[2010]
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RECONSTRUCTION (1865-1877)
The Freedmen's Bureau [1868]
TEXTS

13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

15th Amendment to the Constitution

Jim Crow in America
Jim Crow [1835-1845?]
Negroes to ride in City railway passenger
cars! Morton McMichael declines to say
wether he is in favor of, or against, negroes riding in the City passenger railway
cars. Daniel M. Fox declares himself in
opposition to all such privileges ... Rea
[ca. 1868]
"The first vote" [1867]
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WESTWARD EXPANSION AFTER THE CIVIL WAR (1865-1890)
Barbed wire fence. Cascade County, Montana [1939]
"Work on the Last Mile of the Pacific Railroad -- Mingling of European with Asiatic Laborers": From Harper's Weekly: Harper's
Weekly, Vol. 13 [1830]
Men on horseback with a large herd of cattle in Cherry
County, Nebraska. [1900]
Buffalo soldiers of the 25th Infantry, some wearing buffalo robes, Ft.
Keogh, Montana [1890]
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Geronimos last buffalo [ca. 1906]
THE RISE OF INDUSTRIAL AMERICA (1817-1914)
"How the other half
lives" in a crowded
Hebrew district,
Lower East Side,
N.Y. City [ca.
1907]
Homes of the
poor [1883]
TEXTS & ADDITIONAL LINKS
Before the Trojan
horse is admitted
the puzzled citizen
will have to be
shown a little
more fully
[1909]
The "BRAINS" that achieved the Tammany victory at the Rochester Democratic Convention [1871]

How The Other Half Lives - Studies Among The Tenements. [Scribner's magazine. / Volume 6, Issue 6, December, 1889]

Alicia Ostriker reads Emma Lazarus' "The New Colossus" (Full text of the poem accompanies audio)

The Jungle (Take a look at MTSU’s TPS “September
2013” newsletter for a link to the full text of, and lesson
ideas related to, The Jungle)

Today in History: March 19 (Provides a quote from William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold Speech” and information on Bryan)

Andrew Carnegie – Man of Steel

Today in History: September 6 (Provides information on
Jane Addams and Hull House)
"Busted!" [1899]
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THE PROGRESSIVE ERA (1890-1920)
TEXTS & ADDITIONAL LINKS

W.E.B.
(William
Edward
Burghardt)
Du Bois,
1868-1963
[ca. 1919]


Booker T. Washington. by R. V.
Randolph. Seattle, 1913. [1913]
A bear was on the engine of the President's Special, it was in a bad humor and snarled viciously
at the President when he went near it [1903]
GOMPERS, SAMUEL. PRESIENT, A.F. OF L.
'WETS' DEMN. AT CAPITOL [ca. 1919]
The souls of black folk : essays and
sketches / by W.E. Burghardt Du
Bois. (Full text of Du Bois’ famous
book)
Booker T. Washington and the
Atlanta Compromise (Click on the
photograph of the document entitled “Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Exposition Speech” for the full
text of that speech.)
The colored American., July 04,
1903, Page 14, Image 14
(Newspaper article discusses the
differences between Du Bois and
Washington, with a bias toward
Washington. Also note the advertisement for whitening cream entitled “Black-No-More.” Gives interesting perspective on views on
race.)
Illinois - The anarchist-labor troubles in Chicago The police charging the murderous rioters in old Haymarket
Square on the night of May 4th / [1886]
Deserting the old idol [1899]
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THE PROGRESSIVE ERA (1890-1920) CONTINUED
TEXTS & ADDITIONAL LINKS


Theodore Roosevelt in
Rough Riders uniform [ca.
1890-1900, printed ca.
1927]
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
The commoner., October 14, 1910,
Image 1 (Quotes from, and analysis
of, Theodore Roosevelt’s “New Nationalism” speech. Keep in mind this
newspaper was edited by rival William Jennings Bryan.)
The "march of the flag," beginning of
greater America (1898]) (Text of
Albert Beveridge’s speech)
Mark Twain (Excerpts from his antiimperialist essays and articles)
Wilson's Fourteen Points (Text)
The sky is now her limit [1920]
Sgt. Alvin C. York
The yellow pest - putting its nose into everything
[1898]
Woodrow Wilson, full-length
portrait, seated at desk, facing
slightly left [1913?]
U.S. Marines in France Digging in. Training for modern warfare consists mostly in digging one trench after another, and
our boys, realizing the importance of this training, go at it
with a will. [1917-1919]
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THE 1920S
TEXTS & ADDITIONAL LINKS
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Portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald
[1937]
Portrait of Langston
Hughes [1936]
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
Ida B. Wells, head-and-shoulders
portrait, facing slightly right [1891]
Today in History: September 24(Includes information about F. Scott Fitzgerald, the famous
last line from The Great Gatsby, and a link to
another famous 1920s novel by Fitzgerald, This
Side of Paradise, under the link of the same
name.)
Drafts of Langston Hughes's poem "Ballad of
Booker T.," 30 May-1 June 1941.
Today in History: February 1 (Scroll down to
the subtitle “Langston Hughes” and click on the
link “The Negro Speaks of River” for the full
text of his poem.)
Woman Journalist Crusades Against Lynching
(Information on the work of Ida B. Wells with
a link in the “Probing Further” section to her
book Lynch Laws in Georgia)
Today in History: May 5 (Information on the
Scopes Trial)
WEST FRONT, GENERAL VIEW
FROM NORTHWEST - Union Gospel
Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North,
Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Charleston at the Capitol
[1920-1930]
Three base ball stars here for the World Series. L. to R: George
Sisler, Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb [1924]
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Louis Armstrong, head-and-shoulders portrait,
facing left, playing trumpet [1953]
THE GREAT DEPRESSION & BETWEEN THE WARS AND WORLD WAR II (1921-1947)
TEXTS & ADDITIONAL LINKS


Group (Bonus Army?) in front
of U.S. Capitol, Washington,
D.C. [1932]
Dust bowl farmers of west Texas
in town [1937]
Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki,
Japan [1945]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
First Inauguration, March 4, 1933
(Under the subheading “Transcription,”
click on the link entitled “Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933” for full text of the
address)
The Grapes of Wrath: Scrapbooks and
Artifacts (An excellent source of Depression Era photographs)

September 2014 MTSU TPS Newsletter:
Tennessee Valley Authority (Source of
lesson ideas)

American Life Histories: Manuscripts
from the Federal Writers' Project, 19361940 (Depression Era oral histories)

“A Necessary War”: December 1941December 1942 (Oral Histories of Pearl
Harbor, the Bataan Death March, Guadalcanal, and America’s Japanese internment camps.)

“Pride of Our Nation ”” June 1944 - August 1944 (Oral histories of D-Day and
Saipan)

“A World Without War”: March 1945 December 1945 (Oral histories of Okinawa, German concentration camp liberation, and VE and VJ Day)
Migrant mother with child,
near Harlingen, Texas [1939]
Carpenter at work on Douglas
Dam, Tennessee (TVA) [1942]
Crimean Conference--Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Marshal Joseph Stalin at the palace in
Yalta, where the Big Three met [1945]
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THE COLD WAR (1945-1975)
TEXTS & ADDITIONAL LINKS

Today in History: January 5 (Provides
links about Truman’s desegregation of
the armed forces, the Truman Doctrine, and Truman’s struggles with
MacArthur)

For European Recovery: The Fiftieth
Anniversary of the Marshall Plan
(Check out the information and links
under the subtitles “Overview,”
“Exhibition Items,” and “Learn More”)

Churchill and the Great Republic
Cold War and Long Sunset (Provides
links and information about Churchill’s
perspectives on the Cold War,
Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Speech in
Missouri, and Churchill’s relationship
with Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy)

November 2013 MTSU Teaching with
Primary Sources Newsletter: The Cold
War (Includes lesson ideas and primary
documents)

John F. Kennedy Inauguration, January
20, 1961 (Under the subheading
“Transcription,” click on the link entitled “Inaugural Address, January 20,
1961” for full text of the address)

Robert Frost Reads Poem at JFK's Inauguration: January 20, 1961

Tim O'Brien: Bookfest 02 (Thirtyminute webcast with Tim O’Brien, the
author of The Things They Carried. Requires Real Player.)
Lyndon B. Johnson,
head-and-shoulders
portrait, facing left
[1964]
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg,
separated by heavy wire
screen as they leave U.S.
Court House after being found
guilty by jury [1951]
John F. Kennedy motorcade, Dallas, Texas,
Nov. 22, 1963 [1963, printed ca. 2003]
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir
standing with president Richard Nixon
and Henry Kissinger,
outside the White
House [1973]
A man and a woman watching a film footage of the Vietnam war
on a television in their living room [1968]
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Anti-Vietnam war protest and demonstration in front of the
White House in support of singer Eartha Kitt [1968]
MODERN UNITED STATES (1945-1979)
TEXTS & ADDITIONAL LINKS
Martin Luther
King and Malcolm X waiting
for press conference [1964]
Teenage girls add to grafitti on bottom of Elvis movie poster [1956]
Senator [Robert Kennedy] and
CBCC's Donald F. Benjamin
join kids at playground [1966]
Governor George Wallace attempting to block integration at the University of Alabama [1963]

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Links to
MLKJ’s “Letter from a Birmingham
Jail,” his “I Have a Dream” speech, and
his Nobel Prize acceptance speech.

Baseball and Jackie Robinson

Today in History: December 1 (Look
under the subtitle “Rosa Parks Arrested”
for information about Parks and the
Montgomery Bus Boycott)

Brown v. Board at Fifty: “With an Even
Hand”: Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka, Kansas (Information, pictures,
and links about the case)

Brown v. Board at Fifty: “With an Even
Hand”: The Aftermath (Information
about school desegregation, the Little
Rock Nine, George Wallace and the
University of Alabama, and more)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long
Struggle for Freedom

Books That Shaped America: 1950 to
2000 (Scroll down the list to find summaries of Silent Spring, The Feminine Mystique, the Autobiography of Malcolm X, and
The Words of Caesar Chavez.)

The Feminine Mystique at 50

Caesar Chavez

Hope for America: Performers, Politics
and Pop Culture: Polarization in the
1960s (Discusses anti-war protests and
Nixon’s “Silent Majority”)
Clinton, TN. School integration conflicts [1956]
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CONTEMPORARY UNITED STATES (1980-TODAY)
TEXTS & ADDITIONAL LINKS
President Ronald Reagan talks to
Republican Senators at his desk in
the Oval Office of the White
House, Washington, D.C.
[1986]
First Lady Hillary Clinton and
President Bill Clinton at the
1997 dedication of the Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Memorial in
Washington, D.C. [1997]
President Bush
poses for his
official portrait
in the Roosevelt Room
(blue tie)
[2003]
Berlin Wall in Los Angeles, California [2012]

Ronald Reagan: First Inauguration,
January 20, 1981 (Under the subheading “Transcription,” click on the link
entitled “Inaugural Address, January
20, 1981” for full text of the address)

21ST ANNIVERSARY OF ``TEAR
DOWN THIS WALL'' -- (Senate June 12, 2008) (Provides excerpts
from Reagan’s Brandenburg Gate,
“Tear Down This Wall,” speech.)

William J. Clinton: First Inauguration,
January 20, 1993 (Under the subheading “Transcription,” click on the link
entitled “Inaugural Address, January
20, 1993” for full text of the address)

Democratic National Political Conventions: 1832-2008 (Scroll to the bottom
of the document for a summary of the
2008 Convention)

Deciding on War in Iraq: Institutional
Failures (Scholarly article analyzing the
beginnings of the war in Iraq)
World Trade Center
Towers and New
York skyline, pre9/11, New York,
New York [19802001]
Presidential candidate Barack Obama waves to the audience at
the Democratic National Convention, Denver, Colorado, August 25-28, 2008 [2008]
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CITATIONS: United States History from 1850-Present
Teachers: Providing these primary source replicas without source clues may enhance the inquiry experience for students. This list of citations is supplied for reference purposes to you and your students. We have followed the Chicago Manual of Style format, one of the formats recommended by the
Library of Congress, for each entry below, minus the access date. The access date for each of these entries is 9/29/14.
Title Page
De Thulstrup, T. “Homes of the poor.” Wood engraving. New York: July 28, 1883. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in
High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96506806/
“Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1870.” Special presentation. August 12, 2014. From the Library of Congress, Web Guides:
Primary Documents in American History. http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/CivilWarRecon.html
“Today in History: October 5.” Special presentation. October 9, 2007. From the Library of Congress, American Memory: Today in
History. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct05.html
Donlan, Leni et al. “Tenements and Toil.” Special presentation. From Library of Congress, Teachers. http://www.loc.gov/
teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/italian6.html
Hamrick, Eliza and Donna Levene. “Women's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less: Preparation.” Special presentation. From
Library of Congress, Teachers. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/women-rights/preparation.html
Rohrbach, Margie and Janie Koszoru. “The Great Gatsby: Primary Sources from the Roaring Twenties: Preparation.” Special
presentation. From Library of Congress, Teachers. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/gatsby/
preparation.html
The Civil War (1830-1865)
“Dividing the] national [map.” Lithograph on wove paper. Cincinnati?: 1860. From Library of Congress, Cartoon Prints, American.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/app/item/2008661606/
Elliot, J.B. “Scott's great snake. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861.” Illustration. 1861. From Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division. http://www.loc.gov/item/99447020
Magnus, Charles. “Magnus's county map of the United States, showing the forts, railroads, canals, and navigable waters. Published
to trace the progress of operations by the government, as they occur, during the War of the Rebellion.” Map. New York: Charles
Magnus, 1862? From Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division. http://www.loc.gov/item/99447086
Highsmith, Carol M., photographer. “The 54th Massachusetts regiment, under the leadership of Colonel Shaw in the attack on Fort
Wagner, Morris Island, South Carolina, in 1863," mural at the Recorder of Deeds building, built in 1943. 515 D St., NW, Washington, D.C.” Photograph. 2010. From Library of Congress, Highsmith (Carol M.) Archive. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/
item/2010641715/
Smith, Abby et al. “Lincoln's First Inaugural Address.” Special presentation. 2010. From Library of Congress, American Treasures of
the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt039.html
Lincoln, Abraham. “Abraham Lincoln, [March 4, 1865] (Second Inaugural Address; endorsed by Lincoln, April 10, 1865).” Speech.
From Library of Congress, The Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?
collId=mal&fileName=mal3/436/4361300/malpage.db&recNum=0
Lincoln, Abraham. “The first edition of Abraham Lincoln's final emancipation proclamation.” Public address. January 1, 1863. From
Library of Congress, The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/
scsmbib:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28scsm001016%29%29
Lincoln, Abraham. Lincoln's Gettysburg speech. Broadside. From Library of Congress, The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana.
http://www.loc.gov/item/scsm000468/
Watkins, Samuel R. Co. Aytch, Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment, or a Side Show of the Big Show. Book. Chattanooga: Times Printing
Co., 1900. From Library of Congress, Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/coaytch00watk
Reconstruction (1865-1877)
Waud, Alfred Rudolph. “The Freedman’s Bureau.” Wood engraving. Harper’s Weekly, July 25, 1868. From Library of Congress,
Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/92514996/
“Jim Crow.” Etching and ink. London, New York, & Philadelphia: Hodgson 111 Fleet Street and Turner & Fisher, 1835-1845?
From Library of Congress, Popular Graphic Arts. http://loc.gov/pictures/item/2004669584/
Waud, Alfred Rudolph. “The first vote.” Wood engraving. Harper’s Weekly, November 16, 1867. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/00651117/
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Negroes to ride in City railway passenger cars! Morton McMichael declines to say wether he is in favor of, or against, negroes riding in the City
passenger railway cars. Daniel M. Fox declares himself in opposition to all such privileges ... Rea. Broadside. Philadelphia: 1868. From Library of Congress, American Memory: An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera . http://
memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/rbpebib:@field%28NUMBER+@band%28rbpe+15902600%29%29
“13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.” Special presentation. September 24, 2014. From the Library of Congress, Web
Guides: Primary Documents in American History. http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html
“14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.” Special presentation. September 24, 2014. From the Library of Congress, Web
Guides: Primary Documents in American History. http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/14thamendment.html
“15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.” Special presentation. September 24, 2014. From the Library of Congress, Web
Guides: Primary Documents in American History. http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/15thamendment.html
“Jim Crow In America.” Special presentation. From the Library of Congress, Teachers. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/civil-rights/
Westward Expansion after the Civil War (1865-1890)
Rothstein, Arthur, photographer. “Barbed wire fence. Cascade County, Montana.” Photograph. May 1939. From Library of Congress, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/
fsa2000008784/pp/
"Work on the Last Mile of the Pacific Railroad -- Mingling of European with Asiatic Laborers": From Harper's Weekly: Harper's
Weekly, Vol. 13.” Illustration. Harper’s Magazine Co., 1869. From Library of Congress, American Memory: The Chinese in California, 1850-1925. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cic:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28brk5355%29%29%29%29
Butcher, Solomon, photographer. “Men on horseback with a large herd of cattle in Cherry County, Nebraska.” Photograph. 1900.
From Library of Congress, American Memory: Prairie Settlement: Nebraska Photographs and Family Letters, 1862-1912. http://
memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/psbib:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28p10220%29%29%29%29
Barthelmess, Charles, photographer. “Buffalo soldiers of the 25th Infantry, some wearing buffalo robes, Ft. Keogh, Montana.”
Photograph. Montana: 18[90]. From Library of Congress, Gladstone Collection of African American Photographs. http://
www.loc.gov/pictures/item/98501226/
“Geronimos last buffalo.” Photograph. Oklahoma: c. 1906. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://
www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001695439/
The Rise of Industrial America (1817-1914)
“‘How the other half lives’ in a crowded Hebrew district, Lower East Side, N.Y. City.” Photograph. New York: c. 1907. From
Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005689085/
Bradley, Luther Daniels. “Before the Trojan horse is admitted the puzzled citizen will have to be shown a little more fully.” India
ink over pencil, with scraping out on bristol board. February 3, 1909. From Library of Congress, Cartoon Drawings: Swann Collection of Caricature and Cartoon. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2009616338/
Nast, Thomas. “The "BRAINS" that achieved the Tammany victory at the Rochester Democratic Convention.” Wood engraving.
1871. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002723257/
Pughe, John S. “Busted.” Chromolithograph. New York: Keppler & Schwarzmann, December 20, 1899. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012647393/
Riis, Jacob. How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements. Periodical. New York: Scribner's Magazine, December,1889.
From Library of Congress, American Memory: The Nineteenth Century in Print: Periodicals. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?
ammem/ncpsbib:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28AFR7379-0006-71_bib%29%29
Ostriker, Alicia. “Alicia Ostriker reads Emma Lazarus' ‘The New Colossus’: Poetry of American Identity: A Collection of Field
Recordings by Award-winning Contemporary Poets.” Sound recording. From Library of Congress, Poetry and Literature. http://
www.loc.gov/poetry/poetry-of-america/american-identity/aliciaostriker-emmalazarus.html
Graham, Stacey et al. Teaching with Primary Sources—MTSU: Newsletter: September 2013. Vol 5, Issue 9. Newsletter. Murfreesboro,
TN: MTSU Center for Historic Preservation: Teaching with Primary Sources Program, September 2013. From MTSU Teaching
with Primary Sources, Newsletters. http://library.mtsu.edu/tps/newsletters/TPSNewsletterSeptember2013.pdf
“Today in History: March 19.” Special presentation. November 8, 2010. From the Library of Congress, American Memory: Today in
History. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar19.html
Terrell, Ellen. “Andrew Carnegie—Man of Steel.” Blog. December 3, 2012. From Library of Congress, Blogs: Insides Adams: Science, Technology, & Business. http://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2012/12/andrew-carnegie-man-of-steel/
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“Today in History: September 6.” Special presentation. January 20, 2011. From the Library of Congress, American Memory: Today in
History. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep06.html
The Progressive Era (1890-1920)
“W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois, 1868-1963.” Photographic Print. c. May 31, 1919. From the Library of Congress,
Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003681451/
Randolph, R. V. Booker T. Washington. Broadside. Seattle, 1913. From Library of Congress, American Memory: An American Time
Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/
rbpebib:@field%28NUMBER%2B@band%28rbpe%2B1890020a%29%29
De Mar, J.L. “A bear was on the engine of the President's Special, it was in a bad humor and snarled viciously at the President
when he went near it.” Illustration. 1903. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/
pictures/item/2010645530/
Bunnell, C. and Charles Upham. “Illinois - The anarchist-labor troubles in Chicago The police charging the murderous rioters in
old Haymarket Square on the night of May 4th /.” Wood engraving. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, May 15, 1886. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96506773/
Harris and Ewing, photographers. “GOMPERS, SAMUEL. PRESIDENT, A.F. OF L. 'WETS' DEMN. AT CAPITOL.” Photograph. Harris & Ewing, 1919. From Library of Congress, Harris & Ewing Collection. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/
hec2008008764/
Dalrymple, Louis. “Deserting the old idol.” Chromolithograph. New York: Keppler & Schwarzmann, July 5, 1899. From Library
of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012647438/
Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches. Book. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., June 1,
1903. From Library of Congress, American Memory: The Church in the Southern Black Community, 1780-1925. http://
memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/uncall:@filreq%28@field%28DOCID%2B@lit%28BDP-1646%20%20%20%29%
29%2B@field%28COLLID%2Bcsbc%29%29
Wesson, Stephen. “Booker T. Washington and the Atlanta Compromise.” Blog. July 29, 2011. From Library of Congress, Blogs:
Teaching with the Library of Congress. http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2011/07/booker-t-washington-and-the-atlanta-compromise/
The Colored American. “Two Typical Leaders: Digest of an editorial in the Outlook, New York, May 23, 1903.” Washington D.C.:
The Colored American, July 4, 1903. From Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. http://
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83027091/1903-07-04/ed-1/seq-14/
#date1=1890&index=2&rows=20&words=DuBois+Negro+problem&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1910&p
roxtext=Du+Bois%2C+Negro+Problem&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1
Bushnell. “The sky is now her limit.” Photochemical Print. New York: New York Times Co. October 1920. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://loc.gov/pictures/item/2002716769/
Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc., photographer. “Theodore Roosevelt in Rough Riders uniform.” Photograph. Pacific & Atlantic
Photos, Inc., c. 1890?-c. 1900? printed c. 1927. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://
www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2013650934/
“Sgt. Alvin C. York.” Photograph. Bain News Service. From Library of Congress, Bain Collection. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/
item/ggb2006004542/
“Woodrow Wilson, full-length portrait, seated at desk, facing slightly left.” Photograph. 1913. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96522381/
Dalrymple, Louis. “The yellow pest - putting its nose into everything.” Chromolithograph. New York: Keppler & Schwarzmann,
July 6, 1898. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012647578/
United States Signal Corps, photographer. “U.S. Marines in France Digging in. Training for modern warfare consists mostly in
digging one trench after another, and our boys, realizing the importance of this training, go at it with a will.” Photograph. 19171919. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2013649103/
The Commoner. “The New Nationalism.” Lincoln, Nebraska: The Commoner, October 14, 1910. From Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/46032385/1910-10-14/ed-1/seq-1/
#date1=1910&index=1&rows=20&words=nationalism+new+Roosevelt&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1910
&proxtext=New+Nationalism%2C+Roosevelt&y=15&x=7&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1
Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah. The March of the Flag: Beginning of Greater America. Speech. Indianapolis: September 16, 1898. From
Library of Congress, Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/marchofflagbegin00beve
“Mark Twain.” Special presentation. June 22, 2011. From Library of Congress, Researchers: Hispanic Reading Room: The World of
1898: Spanish-American War. http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/twain.html
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“Wilson’s Fourteen Points.” Special presentation. From Library of Congress, American Memory: Newspaper Pictorials: World War I
Rotogravures: Events and Statistics. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/rotogravures/rotoevents4.html
The 1920s
Van Vechten, Carl, photographer. “Portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald.” Photograph. June 4, 1937. From Library of Congress, Van
Vechten Collection. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/van/item/2004662884/
Van Vechten, Carl, photographer. “Portrait of Langston Hughes.” Photograph. February 29, 1936. From Library of Congress, Van
Vechten Collection. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/van/item/2004663043/
“Ida B. Wells, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right.” Illustration. The Afro-American Press, 1891. From Library of
Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/93505758/
“WEST FRONT, GENERAL VIEW FROM NORTHWEST - Union Gospel Tabernacle, 116 Fifth Avenue, North, Nashville, Davidson County, TN.” Photograph. Tennessee. From Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/tn0030.color.571781c/
“Charleston at the Capitol.” Photograph. 1920-1930. From Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection. http://
www.loc.gov/pictures/item/93508925/
“Three base ball stars here for the World Series. L. to R: George Sisler, Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb.” Photograph. October 4, 1924.
From Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/91784562/
“Louis Armstrong, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, playing trumpet.” Photograph. 1953. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/00652636/
“Today in History: September 24.” Special presentation. January 25, 2011. From the Library of Congress, American Memory: Today
in History. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep24.html
Hughes, Langston. “Drafts of Langston Hughes's poem "Ballad of Booker T.," 30 May-1 June 1941.” Manuscript. May 30-June 1,
1941. From Library of Congress, American Memory: Words and Deeds in American History: Langston Hughes Collection. http://
lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28mcc/024%29%29
“Today in History: February 1.” Special presentation. October 15, 2010. From the Library of Congress, American Memory: Today in
History. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/feb01.html#hughes
“Woman Journalist Crusades Against Lynching.” Special presentation. December 10, 1998. From Library of Congress, Exhibitions:
African American Odyssey. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/educate/barnett.html
“Today in History: May 5.” Special presentation. January 10, 2011. From the Library of Congress, American Memory: Today in History. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may05.html
The Great Depression & Between the Wars and World War II (1921-1947)
Harris and Ewing, photographers. “Group (Bonus Army?) in front of U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.” Photograph. Harris &
Ewing, 1955. From Library of Congress, Harris & Ewing Collection. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2013006908/
Lange, Dorothea, photographer. “Dust bowl farmers of west Texas in town.” Photograph. June 1937. From Library of Congress,
Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/
fsa2000001206/pp/
Lee, Russell, photographer. “Migrant mother with child, near Harlingen, Texas.” Photograph. February 1939. From Library of
Congress, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/
fsa1997025133/pp/
“Second atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan.” Photograph. August 1945 (published Washington D. C.: Library of Congress,
1995). From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/98506956/
Palmer, Alfred, photographer. “Carpenter at work on Douglas Dam, Tennessee (TVA).” Photograph. June 1942. From library of
Congress, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Color Photographs. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/
fsa1992001109/pp/
United States Signal Corps, photographers. “Crimean Conference--Prime Minister Winston Churchill, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Marshal Joseph Stalin at the palace in Yalta, where the Big Three met.” Photograph. February 1945. From Library of
Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96522032/
Kranz, Marvin et al. “Franklin Delano Roosevelt: First Inauguration, March 4, 1933.” Special presentation. June 8, 2009. From
Library of Congress, “I Do Solemnly Swear”: Presidential Inaugurations. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pi043.html
Lackey, Linda and David Lackey. “The Grapes of Wrath: Scrapbooks and Artifacts: Preparation.” Special presentation. From Library of Congress, Teachers. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/grapes/preparation.html
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Graham, Stacey et al. Teaching with Primary Sources—MTSU: Newsletter: September 2014. Vol 6, Issue 9. Newsletter.
Murfreesboro, TN: MTSU Center for Historic Preservation: Teaching with Primary Sources Program, September 2014. From
MTSU Teaching with Primary Sources, Newsletters. http://library.mtsu.edu/tps/newsletters/TPSNewsletterSeptember2014.pdf
Jaffey, Bessie et al. “American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940.” Special presentation.
1936-1940. From Library of Congress, American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940. http://
www.loc.gov/collection/federal-writers-project/about-this-collection/
Brittain, Raymond Albert et al. “Episode One: ‘A Necessary War’: December 1941 - December 1942.” Special presentation. July
26, 2011. From Library of Congress, Veterans History Project: Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project: Companions Series to the PBS Series The War: A Ken Burns Film. http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/thewar/episode1.html
Beazley, Jesse A. et al. “Episode Four: ‘Pride of Our Nation’: June 1944 - August 1944.” Special presentation. September 19,
2007. From Library of Congress, Veterans History Project: Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project: Companions Series to
the PBS Series The War: A Ken Burns Film. http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/thewar/episode4.html
Carlton, Donald M. et al. “Episode Seven: ‘A World Without War’: March 1945 - December 1945.” Special presentation. October 11, 2007. From Library of Congress, Veterans History Project: Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project: Companions
Series to the PBS Series The War: A Ken Burns Film. http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/thewar/episode7.html
The Cold War (1945-1975)
“Lyndon B. Johnson, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left.” Photograph. June 1964. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous
Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96522661/
Higgins, Roger, photographers. “Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, separated by heavy wire screen as they leave U.S. Court House after
being found guilty by jury.” Photograph. New York: World-Telegram, 1951. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High
Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/97503499/
King, Victor Hugo, photographer. “John F. Kennedy motorcade, Dallas, Texas, Nov. 22, 1963.” Photograph. 1963 [printed later,
c. 2004]. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004676894/
Trikosko, Marion S., photographer. “ Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir standing with president Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, outside the White House.” Photograph. U.S. News and World Report Magazine: November 1, 1973. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012645921/
Leffler, Warren K., photographer. “A man and a woman watching a film footage of the Vietnam war on a television in their living
room.” Photograph. U.S. News and World Report Magazine: February 13, 1968. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in
High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011661230/
Leffler, Warren K., photographer. “Anti-Vietnam war protest and demonstration in front of the White House in support of singer
Eartha Kitt.” Photograph. U.S. News and World Report Magazine: January 19, 1968. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous
Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010646065/
“Today in History: January 5.” Special presentation. October 13, 2010. From Library of Congress, American Memory: Today in
History. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan05.html
“For European Recovery: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan.” Special presentation. From Library of Congress, Exhibitions: For European Recovery: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/marshall/index.html
“Churchill and the Great Republic: Cold War and Long Sunset.” Special presentation. Form Library of Congress, Exhibitions:
Churchill and the Great Republic. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/churchill/wc-coldwar.html
Graham, Stacey et al. Teaching with Primary Sources—MTSU: Newsletter: November 2013. Vol 5, Issue 11. Newsletter.
Murfreesboro, TN: MTSU Center for Historic Preservation: Teaching with Primary Sources Program, November 2013. From
MTSU Teaching with Primary Sources, Newsletters. http://library.mtsu.edu/tps/newsletters/TPSNewsletterNovember2013.pdf
Kranz, Marvin et al. “John F. Kennedy: First Inauguration, January 20, 1961.” Special presentation. June 8, 2009. From Library of
Congress, “I Do Solemnly Swear”: Presidential Inaugurations. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pi051.html
Billington, James. “Robert Frost Reads Poem at JFK's Inauguration: January 20, 1961.” Special presentation. From Library of Congress, America’s Story from America’s Library: Jump Back in Time: Modern Era (1946-Present).
O’Brian, Tim. “Tim O'Brien: Bookfest 02.” Webcast. October 12, 2002. From Library of Congress, Literature Webcasts. http://
www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3500
Modern United States (1945-1979)
Trikosko, Marion S., photographer. “Martin Luther King and Malcolm X waiting for press conference.” Photograph. U.S. World
News and Report Magazine: March 26, 1964. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://
www.loc.gov/pictures/item/92522562/
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O'Halloran, Thomas J., photographer. “Clinton, TN. School integration conflicts.” Photograph. U.S. World News and Report
Magazine: December 4, 1956. From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/
item/2003654353/
Sellers, Christina. “Martin Luther King, Jr.” Blog. January 17, 2011. From Library of Congress, In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of
Congress. http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2011/01/martin-luther-king-jr-day/
“Baseball and Jackie Robinson: Jackie Robinson & Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s.” Special presentation. From Library of
Congress, American Memory: Baseball and Jackie Robinson. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/robinson/
“Today in History: December 1.” Special presentation. October 8, 2010. From the Library of Congress, American Memory: Today in
History. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec01.html
Chambers, Irene et al. “Brown v. Board at Fifty: ‘With an Even Hand’: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.” Special
presentation. From Library of Congress, Exhibitions: Brown v. Board at Fifty: “With an Even Hand.” http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/
brown/brown-brown.html
Chambers, Irene et al. “Brown v. Board at Fifty: ‘With an Even Hand’: The Aftermath .” Special presentation. From Library of
Congress, Exhibitions: Brown v. Board at Fifty: “With an Even Hand.” http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/brown-aftermath.html
Billington, James H. et al. “The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom: The Civil Rights Act of 1964.” Special
presentation. From Library of Congress, Exhibitions: The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle for Freedom. http://www.loc.gov/
exhibits/civil-rights-act/civil-rights-act-of-1964.html
Allen, Erin and Audrey Fischer. “The Feminine Mystique at 50.” Blogs. February 19, 2013. From Library of Congress, Blogs: Library
of Congress Blog. http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2013/02/the-feminine-mystique-at-50/
Billington, James H. “Caesar Chavez.” Special presentation. From Library of Congress, America’s Story from America’s Library: Meet
Amazing Americans: Activists and Reformers. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/chavez/aa_chavez_subj.html
Billington, James H. et al. “Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture: Polarization in the 1960s.” Special presentation. From Library of Congress, Exhibitions: Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/hopefor-america/polarization-in-the-1960s.html
Contemporary United States (1980-Today)
Highsmith, Carol M., photographer. “President Ronald Reagan talks to Republican Senators at his desk in the Oval Office of the
White House, Washington, D.C.” Photograph. 1986. From Library of Congress, Highsmith (Carol M.) Archive. http://
www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011632930/
Highsmith, Carol M., photographer. “First Lady Hillary Clinton and President Bill Clinton at the 1997 dedication of the Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C.” Photograph. 1997. From Library of Congress, Highsmith (Carol M.) Archive.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011634226/
Draper, Eric, photographer. “President Bush poses for his official portrait in the Roosevelt Room (blue tie).” Photograph. 2003.
From Library of Congress, Miscellaneous Items in High Demand. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011645073/
Highsmith, Carol M., photographer. “World Trade Center Towers and New York skyline, pre-9/11, New York, New York.” Photograph. 1980-2001. From Library of Congress, Highsmith (Carol M.) Archive. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011630653/
Highsmith, Carol M., photographer. “Berlin Wall in Los Angeles, California.” Photograph. 2012. From Library of Congress, Highsmith (Carol M.) Archive. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2013632152/
Highsmith, Carol M., photographer. “Presidential candidate Barack Obama waves to the audience at the Democratic National Convention, Denver, Colorado, August 25-28, 2008.” Photograph. August 28, 2008. From Library of Congress, Highsmith (Carol M.)
Archive. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010719321/
Kranz, Marvin et al. “Ronald Reagan: First Inauguration, January 20, 1981.” Special presentation. June 8, 2009. From Library of
Congress, “I Do Solemnly Swear”: Presidential Inaugurations. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pi058.html
“Congressional Record 110th Congress (2007-2008): 21ST ANNIVERSARY OF ``TEAR DOWN THIS WALL'' -- (Senate - June
12, 2008) .” Speech. June 12, 2008. From Library of Congress, Thomas. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r110:S12JN80009:
Kranz, Marvin et al. “William J. Clinton: First Inauguration, January 20, 1993.” Special presentation. June 8, 2009. From Library
of Congress, “I Do Solemnly Swear”: Presidential Inaugurations. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pi061.html
“Democratic National Political Conventions: 1832-2008.” Manuscript. From Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/
democratic_conventions.pdf
Fisher, Louis. “Deciding on War Against Iraq: Institutional Failures.” Political Science Quarterly 118, no. 3 (2003): 389-411. From
Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/law/help/usconlaw/pdf/PSQ-Fisher.pdf
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