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The Declaration of Independence (1776):
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Background
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The Articles of Confederation (1777):
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Background
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The Constitution of the United States (1787):
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The Federalist Papers (Hamilton, Jay and Madison—1787-1789):
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Summary
The Anti-Federalist Papers (Letters of Brutus—1787-1788):
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Summary
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857):
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Summary
The Emancipation Proclamation (1863):
Full Text
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Commentary
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (1863):
Full Text Versions
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Commentary
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865):
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Commentary
13th Amendment (1865):
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Background
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896):
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Summary
President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points Speech (1918):
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Commentary
19th Amendment (1920):
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Commentary
FDR's Commonwealth Club Address (1932):
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Analysis
Social Security Act (1935):
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Background
FDR's State of the Union Address (1944):
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Commentary
United Nations Charter (1945):
Full Text
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Electronic Resource Guide
George Kennan's Long Telegram (1946):
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Analysis
The Marshall Act Speech (1947):
Full Text and Recording
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Background
Brown v. Board of Education (1954-1955): Full Text
1954
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1955
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Background
Eisenhower's Farewell Address to the Nation (1961):
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Video
MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963):
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Analysis
The Civil Rights Act (1964):
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History
New York Times Company v. Sullivan (1964):
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Summary
The Voting Rights Act (1965):
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History
Loving v. Virginia (1967):
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Summary
Roe v. Wade (1973):
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Background
Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment (1974):
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Background
United States v. Nixon (1974):
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Summary
Bush v. Gore (2000):
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Summary
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Background
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010):
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Summary
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Commentary
Shelby County v. Holder (2013):
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Summary
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Background
Obergefell v. Hodges (2015):
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Summary
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Commentary
Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election (2018):
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Summaries
Videos
The Origins of The Magna Carta
The Passing of The Declaration of Independence
The Signing of the Declaration of Independence
A Reading of The Declaration of Independence
The Constitutional Convention
(Part 5 of the
CrashCourse US Govt & Politics
series.)
Frederick Douglass: “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”
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Full Text
Charlie Chaplin's Great Dictator Speech
President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address
John F. Kennedy's speech in Berlin
Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" Speech
President Lyndon Johnson - Speech on Voting Rights
Martin Luther King's Last Speech: "I've Been To The Mountaintop"
Robert F Kennedy Announcing The Death Of Martin Luther King
Richard Nixon's Resignation Speech
President Reagan's Challenger Disaster Speech
President Reagan - "Tear Down This Wall"
George H W Bush Announces War Against Iraq
Bill Clinton's 2000 State of the Union Speech
Al Gore concedes presidential election of 2000
George W. Bush - 9/11 Bullhorn Speech
2004 Barack Obama Keynote Speech
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Commentary
Obama Victory Speech 2008
