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Examines primary source documents that chronicle the first Continental Congress in 1774 where delegates from nearly all the colonies convened to lay the foundation for a new country. Includes a timeline, a glossary, maps, archival images, and resources for further information.

Traces the history of genocidal acts that have occurred in Darfur during the early twenty-first century, sharing first-hand accounts from survivors on their lives before, during, and after genocidal events, and providing documents issued by the United States, the United Nations, and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to address whether or not the actions of the Sudanese government constitute genocide.

Explores the idea of the American dream, discussing the relationship between education and jobs, technological displacement of workers, downward mobility among certain groups, labor mobility and home ownership as indicators of the health of the idea of the American Dream.

Presents over eighty primary documents from American history expressing opposing opinions on the issues of the times, covering Reconstruction, 1865-1895; the Progressive Era, 1895-1920; the Depression and years leading to World War II; 1920-1945; and the Cold War years, 1945-1992.

Contains a collection of documents from newspapers, journals, periodicals, and trade publication from the North and the South on issues of African American protest and migration between 1915 and 1918 following the economic depression in the South after World War One.

A collection of letters by the ordinary men, women, and children who suffered through the Great Depression.

Contains the unabridged texts of forty-five speeches by Americans such as George Washington, Patrick Henry, Daniel Webster, Sojourner Truth, and Abraham Lincoln, presented in chronological order from 1761 to 1865.