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Vol II: From Reconstruction to the Present
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by William Dudley, John C. Chalberg (Editor)William Dudley
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Overview
Opposing Viewpoints[Registered] in American History are anthologies of primary documents from America's past. Assembled in two volumes, Volume 1: From Colonial Times to Reconstruction and Volume 2: From Reconstruction to the Present, these writings discuss important and controversial events, personalities, movements, and ideas from the nation's history. Each volume presents more than eighty original sources in which men and women of various classes and professions express their opinions on the issues of their times. The writings are arranged in a pro/ con format, creating a running historical debate on specific topics within each era. Opposing Viewpoints[Registered] in American History offers students the opportunity to interpret history for themselves by studying original documents on the debates that forged our present social, political, and economic structures.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780737731873 |
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Publisher: | Greenhaven Publishing |
Publication date: | 10/04/2006 |
Series: | Opposing Viewpoints in American History Series |
Edition description: | New Edition |
Pages: | 226 |
Sales rank: | 935,011 |
Product dimensions: | 9.00(w) x 10.90(h) x 1.00(d) |
Age Range: | 12 - 17 Years |
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Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Rebuilding After the Civil War (1865-1895)
Chronology 1
Preface 4
Reconstruction and the New Social Order in the South
Reconstruction Should Be Harsh (1865) William Mason Grosvenor 7
Reconstruction Should Be Lenient (1866) Herman Melville 8
The Ku Klux Klan Is a Terrorist Organization (1870) Albion W. Tourgee 10
The Ku Klux Klan Is a Peacekeeping Organization (1872) John Brown Gordon 12
The Gilded Age: Industrialization and Labor Conflicts
Concentrations of Wealth Harm America (1883) Henry George 14
Concentrations of Wealth Help America (1889) Andrew Carnegie 17
The Organizing of Labor into Unions Is Dangerous (1886) Henry Clews 20
Labor Unions Are Essential (1894) Samuel Gompers 22
A Populist Prescription for Social Reform (1892)$dPeople's Party Platform of 1892 23
A Social Darwinist View of Social Reform (1914) William Graham Sumner 25
The Progressive Era (1895-1920)
Chronology 27
Preface 30
Jim Crow and Black Response
Blacks Should Stop Agitating for Political Equality (1895) Booker T. Washington 33
Blacks Should Strive for Political Equality (1903) W.E.B. Du Bois 34
Racial Segregation Is Constitutional (1896) Henry B. Brown 37
Racial Segregation Is Unconstitutional (1896) John Marshall Harlan 39
American Empire
America Should Retain the Philippines (1900) Albert J. Beveridge 42
America Should Not Rule the Philippines (1900) Joseph Henry Crooker 45
Progressive Era Reforms and Issues
Child Labor Should Be Abolished (1906) Edwin Markham 48
Child Labor May Be Beneficial (1883, 1906) Thomas L. Livermore$dNorth Carolina mill worker 50
American Women Should Have the Right to Vote (1909) Julia Ward Howe 52
American Women Should Not Have the Right to Vote (1909) Emily P. Bissell 55
Hetch Hetchy Valley Should Be Preserved (1912) John Muir 58
Hetch Hetchy Valley Should Be Dammed (1913) Gifford Pinchot 59
The Federal Government Should Regulate Trusts: Roosevelt's New Nationalism (1910) Theodore Roosevelt 61
The Federal Government Should Oppose Trusts: Wilson's New Freedom (1913) Woodrow Wilson 63
World War I and the League of Nations
America Should Enter World War I (1917) Woodrow Wilson 66
America Should Not Enter World War I (1917) George W. Norris 69
War Dissenters' Freedoms of Speech and Assembly Must Be Preserved (1917) Robert La Follette 71
War Dissenters' Freedoms of Speech and Assembly Must Be Limited (1917)$dOutlook 73
The United States Should Join the League of Nations (1919) James D. Phelan 74
The United States Should Not Join the League of Nations (1919) Lawrence Sherman 76
Prosperity, Depression, and War (1920-1945)
Chronology 79
Preface 82
Social and Cultural Issues of the 1920s
The Department of Justice Is Defending America from Communist Subversion (1920) A. Mitchell Palmer 85
The Department of Justice Is Violating Constitutional Freedoms (1920)$dNational Popular Government League 87
H.L. Mencken Critiques America (1922) H.L. Mencken 89
A Critique of H.L. Mencken (1928) Catherine Beech Ely 91
Prohibition Is a Success (1924) John Gordon Cooper 93
Prohibition Is a Failure (1926) William H. Stayton 94
The Great Depression and the New Deal
Self-Help Is the Best Response to Unemployment (1932) Henry Ford 96
Self-Help Is Not Enough (1932) Charles R. Walker 98
America Needs a New Deal (1932) Franklin D. Roosevelt 101
Roosevelt's New Deal Would Destroy America (1932) Herbert Hoover 104
Redistributing America's Wealth Would Solve the Depression (1934) Huey P. Long 106
Long's "Share-Our-Wealth" Plan Is Impractical (1935) Hamilton Basso 107
World War II
The United States Should Give Lend-Lease Aid to Great Britain (1940) Franklin D. Roosevelt 108
Lend-Lease Aid Will Drag the United States into War (1941) James F. O'Connor 111
The Internment of Japanese Americans Was Justified (1944) Hugo Black 115
The Internment of Japanese Americans Was Not Justified (1944) Frank Murphy 116
Using the Atomic Bomb Against Japan Is Justified (1945) Harry S. Truman 119
Dropping the Atomic Bomb on Japan Was Immoral (1945) Christian Century 120
The Cold War Abroad and at Home (1945-1989)
Chronology 123
Preface 126
Rise of the Cold War
America Should Seek Peace with the Soviet Union (1946) Henry A. Wallace 131
America Should Contain the Soviet Union (1947) George F. Kennan 133
Communist Subversives Threaten America (1950) Joseph R. McCarthy 137
McCarthyism Threatens America (1950)$dThe Tydings Committee 138
America Should Send a Man to the Moon (1961) John F. Kennedy 141
America's Race to the Moon Is Misguided (1962) Carl Dreher 143
The Struggle for Civil Rights and Equality
Racial Segregation in Public Schools Is Unconstitutional (1954) Earl Warren 145
The Supreme Court Should Not Interfere in Southern Racial Practices (1956)$dThe Southern Manifesto 148
Blacks Should Strive to Be Part of the American Dream (1961) Martin Luther King Jr. 149
Blacks Can Never Be Part of the American Dream (1963) Malcolm X 153
American Women Need an Equal Rights Amendment (1970) Margaret M. Heckler 156
An Equal Rights Amendment Would Be Harmful (1970) Myra Wolfgang 158
The Turbulent Sixties
America Is Fighting for a Just Cause in Vietnam (1965) Lyndon B. Johnson 160
America Is Not Fighting for a Just Cause in Vietnam (1967) Eugene McCarthy 162
Riots Are Mob Criminal Acts (1966) Richard M. Nixon 164
Riots Are Social Revolutions (1967) Tom Hayden 166
America's Youth Must Lead a New Revolution (1962, 1968)$dStudents for a Democratic Society 169
Student Rebellion Leaders Are a Disgrace (1969) K. Ross Toole 172
From Nixon to Reagan
Executive Privilege Protects a President's Private Communications (1973) Richard M. Nixon 174
A President's Executive Privilege Is Not Absolute (1974) Warren Burger 176
America Is Facing a Crisis of Confidence (1979) Jimmy Carter 178
The American Spirit Remains Strong (1980) Ronald Reagan 181
The End of the Cold War
The Cold War Was a Great Victory for the United States (1992) John Lewis Gaddis 184
The Cold War Was Not a Great Victory for the United States (1993) Wade Huntley 187
New Challenges After the Cold War (1991-Present)
Chronology 190
Preface 192
Domestic Challenges
America Must Reform Its Health Care System (1994) Bill Clinton 195
America's Health Care System Does Not Need Government Reform (1993) Fred Barnes 196
President Bill Clinton Should Be Impeached (1998)$dHouse Judiciary Committee 199
Clinton's Impeachment Is Not Justified (1998) Jerrold Nadler 201
Gay Marriage Must Be Banned (2003)$dFirst Things 203
Gay Marriage Should Not Be Banned (2006) Jamie Raskin 205
National Security, Terrorism, and Iraq
America Must Use Military Force Against Iraq to Liberate Kuwait (1991) George H. W. Bush 207
War Against Iraq Is Unnecessary (1991) Arthur Schlesinger 208
America Must Wage War Against Terrorists (2001) George W. Bush 210
America Must Seek Alternatives to a Military Response to Terrorism (2001) Joyce Neu 213
President George W. Bush Is Abusing the War Powers of His Office (2006) Elizabeth Holtzman 215
The President Needs Broad Wartime Powers to Protect the Nation (2006) John Yoo 217
Index 220
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