Documents of Freedom:
History, Government & Economics Through Primary Sources
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Units
1 An Introduction to Documents of Freedom
2 The Foundations of American Government
3 The Purpose of Government
4 The Tradition of Rights
5 Liberty and Equality
6 Citizens in Communities
7 Free Enterprise
8 Our Commercial Republic
9 The United States and the World
Unit 1 - An Introduction to Documents of Freedom
Overview
1.1
Civic Virtue and Our Constitutional Republic
1.2
Handbook of Annotated Primary Sources
Brutus No. 1 Excerpts
Federalist No. 78 Excerpts
Brutus No. 2 Excerpts
Federalist No. 84 Excerpts
Declaration of Sentiments
Gettysburg Address
Eleventh through Twenty-Seventh
Johnson Great Society
Amendments
Mason’s Objections to the Constitution
Emancipation Proclamation
Mayflower Compact
Excerpts from Magna Carta
Missouri Compromise
FDR Fireside Chat The New Deal
Reagan’s First Inaugural Address
Federalist No. 1 Excerpts
Second Bill of Rights
Federalist No. 10 Excerpts
Vices of the Political System
Federalist No. 39 Excerpts
Washington’s Farewell Address
Federalist No. 51 Excerpts
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Unit 2 - The Foundations of American Government
Overview
2.1
The Declaration of Independence
2.2
Justice for All
2.3
The Constitution
2.4
Equal and Inalienable Rights
2.5
Popular Sovereignty and the Consent of the Governed
2.6
Rule of Law
Unit 3 - The Purpose of Government
Overview
3.1
The Role of Government
3.2
Separation of Powers with Checks and Balances
3.3
Republican Government
3.4
Due Process of Law
3.5
The Structure of the National Government
3.6
National Government, Crisis, and Civil Liberties
3.7
State and Local Government
3.8
Communities
3.9
Responsibilities of Citizenship
Unit 4 - The Tradition of Rights
Overview
4.1
Ancient Republics and European Charters
4.2
Colonial Experience with Government and Economics
4.3
Rights and the Declaration of Independence
4.4
The Articles of Confederation
4.5
The Constitutional Convention
4.6
The Ratification Debate
4.7
The Bill of Rights
4.8
Early Challenges in the Constitutional Republic
4.9
The End of Slavery and the Reconstruction Amendments
4.10
The Fourteenth Amendment and Incorporation
4.11
The Progressive Era
4.12
Rights and the New Deal
4.13
The Great Society
4.14
Modern Debates on Rights
4.15
Rights and Responsibilities
Unit 5 - Liberty and Equality
Overview
5.1
Diversity as an American Value
5.2
Native Americans
5.3
Slavery and the Constitution
5.4
Civil War and Reconstruction
5.5
The Civil Rights Movement
5.6
Votes for Women
5.7
Women’s Rights in the Late 20th Century
5.8
Liberty and Equality Today
Unit 6 - Citizens in Communities
Overview
6.1
Federalism
6.2
Elections
6.3
Political Parties
6.4
Voting
6.5
Civil Discourse and Petitioning
6.6
Voluntarism and Public Servants
6.7
The Virtues Required of Citizens In a Free Society
Unit 7 - Free Enterprise
Overview
7.1
Making Economic Decisions
7.2
Prices and Value
7.3
Entrepreneurship
7.4
How Economic Systems Work
7.5
Free Enterprise and Prosperity
7.6
Taxes and Regulation
7.7
Saving and Investing
7.8
Philanthropy
Unit 8 - Our Commercial Republic
Overview
8.1
The Origins of our Commercial Republic
8.2
The Early Commercial Republic, 1789-1815
8.3
The Commercial Republic Before the Civil War, 1815-1860
8.4
The Civil War and the Industrial Revolution
8.5
Commerce and the Progressive Era
8.6
The New Deal
8.7
The Great Society and Beyond
Unit 9 - The United States and the World
Overview
9.1
International Relations and the Constitutional Separation of Powers
9.2
War and Constitutional Separation of Powers
9.3
The President as Commander-in-Chief
9.4
War and the Economy
9.5
International Trade
9.6
United Nations
9.7
Challenges of American Citizenship in the new Millennium