Constitutionalism

Session I: Purpose and Structure of the Constitution

The Constitution. 1787. Basic Readings in United States History

Hamilton, Alexander or James Madison. 1788. “Federalist 51,” The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.

Session II: Constitutional Sovereignty and Interpretation

Hamilton, Alexander. 1788. “Federalist 78,” The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.

Yates, Robert. 1788. “Brutus Letter #11,” Founding Documents of the United States at Mark Valenti’s Liberty Page.

Marshall, John. 1803. “Marbury v. Madison,” Basic Readings in United States History.

Marshall, John. 1819. “McCullough v. Maryland,” Basic Readings in United States History

Jackson, Andrew. 1832. “Bank Veto Message,” From Revolution to Reconstruction.

Calhoun, John C. 1831. "Fort Hill Address: On the Relations of the States and Federal Governments, " The Online Library of Liberty.

Session III: Individual Rights

 Jefferson, Thomas. 1776. “Declaration of Independence,” Basic Readings in United States History

Madison, James. 1787. “Federalist #10,” The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.

Hamilton, Alexander. 1788. “Federalist #84,” The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.

Yates, Robert. 1787. “Brutus Letters, #2,” Founding Documents of the United States at Mark Valenti’s Liberty Page.

Yates, Robert. 1788. “Brutus Letters, #9,” Founding Documents of the United States at Mark Valenti’s Liberty Page.

Madison, James. 1789. “ Madison Proposes the Bill of Rights to the House of Representative,” James Madison and the Great Events of His Era.

Session IV: Individual Rights v. Democracy

Lincoln-Douglas Debates. 18 September 1858. “Transcript of Charleston Debate,” Lincoln/Net.

Taney, Roger. 1857. “Dred Scott Decision,” We the People: 100 Milestone Documents.

Early Republic

Session I: The New Republic, 1783-89

“The Articles of Confederation,” 1777. The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.

“The Northwest Ordinance,” 1787. Basic Readings in United States History.

Session II: Washington's Administration

Washington, George. 1796. “Farewell Address,” The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.

Hamilton, Alexander. 1791. “An Opinion as to the Constitutionality of a National Bank,” The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.

Jefferson, Thomas. 1791. “Jefferson’s Opinion of a National Bank,” The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.

Session III: From Adams to Jefferson

The Alien and Sedition Acts. 1798. The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.

Jefferson, Thomas. 1799. “The Kentucky Resolutions,” The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.

Jefferson, Thomas. 1803. “ Jefferson’s Secret Message to Congress on the Lewis and Clark Expedition,” We the People: 100 Milestone Documents.

Session IV: War and Peace, 1808-1834

Monroe, James. 1823. “The Monroe Doctrine,” Documents of Freedom at ushistory.org.

Jefferson, Thomas. 1829. “Firebell in the Night,” Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 4, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, ed. pp. 323-333.

“Amendments to the Constitution Proposed by the Hartford Convention,” 1814. The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.

Antebellum America

Session I: Industrialization, Religion and Culture

Unknown. 1910. “Work Regulations of Hamilton Manufacturing Company,” A Documentary History of American Industrial Society. Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company.

Paul, Mary. 1845, 1848. “Letters of Mary Paul”. From to Factory: Women’s Letters, 1830-1860. ed. Thomas Dubin. New York: Columbia University Press. 1981.

Beecher, Catherine. 1847. “Peculiar Responsibilities of American Women,” Treatise on Domestic Economy for Young Ladies at Home and at School.

Mann, Horace. 1848. “Annual Report of Massachusetts Board of Education,” Basic Readings in United States History

Session II: Politics in the Age of Jackson

Calhoun, John C. 1837. “Slavery, A Positive Good,” Historical Documents Library at TeachingAmericanHistory.org

Calhoun, John C. 1828. “S.C. Protest: Committee Version,” The Papers of John C. Calhoun Vol. 10, 1825-29. ed. Clyde N. Wilson and W. Edwin Hemphill. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. 1977: 535-539.

Jackson, Andrew. 1830. “On Indian Removal,” We the People: 100 Milestone Documents.

Cherokee Nation Memorial. 1830. Online Companion to America Past and Present

Session III: The Age of Reform

Garrison, William Lloyd. 1 January 1831. “To the Public,” The Liberator.

Grimke, Angelina. 1838 “Angelina Grimke’s Speech at Pennsylvania Hall,” Africans in America.

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. 1848. “The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments,” AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History.

Wilmot, David. 8 February 1847. “The Wilmot Proviso Speech,” Congressional Globe. 29th Congress. 2nd Session, p.352.

Session IV: Slavery and the Plantation Economy

Douglass, Frederick. 4 July 1852. “Independence Day Speech at Rochester,” Historical Documents Library at TeachingAmericanHistory.org.

Fitzhugh, George. 1857. “The Universal Trade, “ Cannibals All! Or, Slaves Without Masters. Documenting the American South.

Helper, Hinton. 1857. “Why the North has Surpassed the South” The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It. Documenting the American South.

Civil War and Reconstruction

Session I: Coming of the Civil War and Unionism in the South

Unknown. 1860. “Republican Platform of 1860,” Politics at Harper’s Archive

Unknown. 1860. “Democratic Platform of 1860,” The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.

Confederate Draft Legislation. 1862. “A Confederate Act Regulating Substitutes,” Legislation—Confederate States of America. Documenting the American South.

Session II: The Tragedy and Triumph of Battle

Lincoln, Abraham. 19 November 1863. “Address at the Dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery,” Voices of the American Past: Documents in US History. Vol. I, ed. Raymond Hyser and Chris Arndt. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1995: 216-217.

Lincoln Abraham. 1863. “Emancipation Proclamation,” From Revolution to Reconstruction.

Davis, Jefferson. 1862. “Jefferson Davis Responds to the Emancipation Proclamation,” Voices of the American Past: Documents in US History, Vol I., ed. Raymond Hyser and Chris Arndt. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1995: 213-215.

Sherman, William. 12 September 1864. “William T. Sherman to James M. Calhoun (Mayor), E.E. Rawson and S.C. Wells”, Voices of the American Past: Documents in US History. Vol. I, ed. Raymond Hyser and Chris Arndt. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1995: 216-217.

Howe, Julia Ward. 1861. “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” The Cyber Hymnal.

Read, Thomas Buchanan. 1862. “The Brave at Home,” The Poetry Archive.

Session III: Reconstruction and Redemption

“13th /14th/15th Amendment,” 1865, 1868,1870.. History 122: United States History II.

“Mississippi Black Codes,” 1866. History 122: United States History II.

Schurz, Carl. 1865. “Report on the Condition of the South,” Online Companion to America Past and Present.

Sumner, Charles. 1868. “Opinion on the Trial of Andrew Johnson,” From Revolution to Reconstruction

Session IV: Social, Poltical and Economic Changes in the United States

Carnegie, Andrew. 1889. “The Gospel According to Andrew: Carnegie’s Hymn to Wealth,” History Matters.

Peto, Samuel Morton. 1865. “A British Perspective on American Railroads,” Voices of the American Past: Documents in US History. Vol II., ed. Raymond Hyser and Chris Arndt. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1995: 34-36.

Texas History-19th Century

Session II: Mexican Texas and Texas Independence

McDonald, Archie. 2003. “ Texas Independence,” The Texas Heritage. ed. Ben Proctor and Archie P. McDonald. 4th Edition. Harlan Davidson: 59-70.

“Mier y Teran Fears Mexico May Lose Texas,” 1830. Major Problems in Texas History: Documents and Essays. ed. Cary D. Wintz and Sam Haynes. New York: Houghton-Mifflin. 2002: 91-92.

“The San Antonio Ayuntamiento Petitions the Mexican Government for a Liberal Immigration Policy,” 1832. Major Problems in Texas History: Documents and Essays. ed. Cary D. Wintz and Sam Haynes. New York: Houghton-Mifflin. 2002: 94-97.

“Mrs. Dilue Harris Recounts the Runaway Scrape,” 1836. Major Problems in Texas History: Documents and Essays. ed. Cary D. Wintz and Sam Haynes. New York: Houghton-Mifflin. 2002: 126-128.

Session III: Indian Wars and Civil War

Barr, Alwyn. 2003. “Change and Continuity in Texas during the Civil War and Reconstruction,” The Texas Heritage. ed. Ben Proctor and Archie P. McDonald. 4th Edition. Harlan Davidson. 105-118.

Chief Ten Bears. 1867. “Speech Setting Forth the Case of the Comanche at the Council of Medicine Lodge,” Documents of Texas History. College Station: Texas A&M University Press Consortium. ed. Ernest Wallace, David Vigness and George Ward. 2003: 206.

“Sam Houston Opposes Secession,” 1861. Major Problems in Texas History: Documents and Essays. Ed. Cary D. Wintz and Sam Haynes. New York: Houghton-Mifflin. 2002: 215-218.

Session IV: European Immigration and the Railroad Boom

Walker, Donald. 2003. “ Texas Transformed,” The Texas Heritage. ed. Ben Proctor and Archie P. McDonald. 4th Edition. Harlan Davidson: 121-139.

Storey, George. 1906. “ Railroad Building in Texas,” Rise of Industrial America, 1876-1900.

“German Pioneer Ottilie Fuchs Goeth Recalls the Hardships of Life in Central Texas, “ 1859. Major Problems in Texas History: Documents and Essays. ed. Cary D. Wintz and Sam Haynes. New York: Houghton-Mifflin. 2002: 186-188.

Teacher Tidbits

McDaniel, Kathryn. May 2000. “Four Elements of Successful Historical Role Playing in the Classroom.” The History Teacher. VOl 33, #3: 357-362.

Schlabach, Theron F. 12 July 2000. “Ten Commandments of Good Historical Writing,”

Pozan, Valarie 1 July 2002. “Teaching Web Evaluation,” An Educator’s Guide to Credibility and Web Evaluation.

Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History. 2002-2004. “Interpreting Primary Sources: Sectional Conflict,” The Coming of the Civil War.