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Focuses on the roles women played in the Civil War, drawing from their own words as recorded in journals and diaries.

A collection of speeches, letters, poems, and songs that reflect key political events in United States history, including documents on slave revolts, presidential speeches, writings both for and against various military conflicts, and speeches supporting equal rights for gay and lesbian families.

Contains a critical anthology of the historical, sociological, and religious life and culture of the early Puritans in America during the seventeenth century including testimony from dissenters like Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson as well as excerpts from William Bradford's "Of Plymouth Plantation.".

Selections from essays and other historical documents relating to the creation of the Declaration of Independence and its significance for the new American nation.

"Through a diversity of primary source resources that include works by politicians and literary figures, book reviews, and interviews, this book enables student readers to better understand literature of the Great Depression in context through original documents; provides readers with an understanding of the great cultural issues of life in America in the 1930s; integrates and aligns material for the ELA Common Core Standards and American literature and social studies curriculum, supplying useful tools to support literary works--analysis, history, document excerpts, discussion questions, and areas for study; places three of the most significant writers of the decade within the sources of turmoil that affected their fiction; enables readers to construct their own visions of how three great writers represented the changing aspects of American culture in that era"--Provided by publisher.

Chronicles the history of the United States from 1493 to 2001, presenting speeches, laws, and other primary source writings.

Uses contemporary documents to explore the development of the Cold War struggle, the consequences in the 1950s and 1960s, and the lasting effects on American social and cultural patterns.

Presents and sets in historical context the small details of American life over the past five hundred years, demonstrating that the American people are a reflective and inventive people always seeking self-improvement, and with their roots planted in the hope and struggle for a better life. Focuses on primary documents.

This book tells the story of the Great Depression in the words of the people who lived it, including excerpts from presidential addresses and oral histories of those who experienced the economic crisis.