Defining Documents in American History: The 1920's (1920-1929)

Publisher Salem Press

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Salem Press

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Copyright

2014

ISBN13

9781619254947

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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This new addition to the Defining Documents series profiles the first decade of the 20th century in America through careful, close analysis of historic documents from the era. Over forty primary source documents are studied, delivering a thorough examination of this crucial period in American history.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Table of Contents.
Publisher's Note.
Editor's Introduction.
Contributors.
Other Frontmatter.
A Return to Normalcy.
1: Warren G. Harding: “Not Nostrums, but Normalcy”.
2: Harding on Americanism.
3: Franklin D. Roosevelt on Americanism.
4: On the Transportation Act of 1920.
5: On the Teapot Dome Scandal.
6: The National Origins Act (Immigration Act of 1924).
The Sacco-Vanzetti Case in Context.
7: “The Case Against the Reds”.
8: “Labor Will Not Be Outlawed or Enslaved”.
9: Summation of the Defense, Sacco-Vanzetti Trial.
10: Summation of the Prosecution, Sacco-Vanzetti Trial.
11: Selected Prison Letters of Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
12: Selected Prison Letters of Nicola Sacco.
13: From Facing the Chair: The Americanization of Two Foreign-Born Workingmen.
Prohibition and Problems.
14: President Harding's Appeal to Halt Lawbreaking.
15: Fiorello La Guardia on Prohibition.
16: An Account of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
17: The Wickersham Commission Report on Prohibition and Crime.
The Age of Coolidge.
18: “The Destiny of America”.
19: The Press Under a Free Government.
20: Speech on the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
21: On Intervention in Nicaragua.
Women and the Modern World.
22: Prison Writings of a Radical Suffragist.
23: “Now We Can Begin”: Women and Their Vote.
24: Margaret Sanger: The Morality of Birth Control.
25: A Flapper's Appeal to Parents.
African American Affairs.
26: Marcus Garvey on “Back to Africa”.
27: W. E. B. Du Bois: An Open Letter to Warren G. Harding.
28: On the Tulsa Race Riot.
29: Letter Regarding Ku Klux Klan Activity in Arkansas.
30: The Klansman's Manual.
31: The Name “Negro”—Letters between Roland A. Barton and W. E. B. Du Bois.
The Scopes “Monkey” Trial.
32: Wi
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Defining Documents in American History: The 1920's (1920-1929)

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