History 120-121

United States History

Readings
and Links to Miscellaneous Information, Games, etc.

History 120 - Fall Semester
History 121 - Spring Semester
  1. "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine
  2. The Declaration of Independence, 1776
  3. Faces - by David McCullough
  4. Text of the Articles of Confederation
  5. The Northwest Ordinance
  6. Text of the Treaty of Paris, 1783
  7. The 27 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
  8. The Federalist Papers
  9. BRIA: Who Voted in Early America?
  10. BRIA: The Election of 1824-25: When the House Chose the President
  11. Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
  12. The Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln (1863)
  13. Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1864)
  1. Young J. Edgar: Hoover, the Red Scare, and the Assault on Civil Liberties
  2. BRIA: Firestorms: The Bombing of Civilians in World War II
  3. The Bisbee Deportation
  4. The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
  5. BRIA: The Income Tax Amendment: Most Thought It Was a Great Idea in 1913
  6. The Triangle Factory Fire in 1911
  7. Can You Make Ends Meet in Brooklyn in the Early 1900s?