The primary and secondary source readings listed on this page are, roughly speaking, arranged chronologically according to their connection to the text "The American Pageant" 12th edition.

History & Historiographical Readings:

• What is History? (essay from http://legacy.ncsu.edu/classes/hi300001/history.htm)
• Why Study History? (essay from http://www.historians.org/pubs/Free/WhyStudyHistory.htm)
• Why Become A Historian? (essay from http://www.historians.org/pubs/Free/why/blackeyintro.htm)
• A Criticism of Howard Zinn (source: http://hnn.us/articles/4370.html)
• The Mythmakers of American History (source: included in document)

Introduction to APUSH

• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (source: Scieszka, Jon. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. New York: Puffin, 1996.)
• Did Columbus Kill The Indians? (source: Schweikart, Larry and Michael Allen. A Patriot's History of the United States. New York: Sentinel, 2004.)

Chapter 23-24 Readings:

• Plessy v Ferguson (commentary and primary source - http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/33.htm)
• Were Entrepreneurs Robber Barons? Yes (essay source: Taking Sides in American History)
• Were Entrepreneurs Robber Barons? No (essay source: Taking Sides in American History)
• Entrepreneurial Leadership Among the Robber Barons (essay source: included in document)
• Can the System Be Fixed? Zinn on the Robber Barons (by David Barsamian from http://zmagsite.zmag.org/Nov2002/Zinn1102.htm)
• The Robber Barons' Bum Rap (by Maury Klein from http://www.city-journal.org/html/5_1_a2.html)
• The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie (PBS website by the same name)
• How to Succeed in Life (essay by Andrew Carnegie from The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh)
• The Rockefellers (PBS' "The American Experience" website)
• A Biography of John D. Rockefeller (PBS' "The American Experience")
• Biographical information on Cornelius Vanderbilt (National Park Service Vanderbilt Mansion site)
• Philanthropic Causes of the Robber Barons (list compiled from various web and text searches by Mr. Kaminski)
• Acres of Diamonds #1 (primary source)
• Acres of Diamonds #2 (primary source)
• Wealth (primary source - original publication info included in document)
• Wealth with an audio file of Carnegie (primary source)
• Rauschenbusch's Social Gospel (essay & primary source from http://spider.georgetowncollege.edu/htallant/courses/his338/students/kpotter/writings.htm)

Chapter 25-26 Readings:

• The Frontier Thesis (primary source - reprint information included in document)
• The Fable of the Wizard of Oz (essay source included in document)
• The Rise and Fall of the Wizard of Oz (essay source included in document)
• Mary "Yellin" Lease (primary source publication information included in document)
• The Pullman Strike (essay by student - author's information included in document)
• The Pullman Strike (lesson plan with primary source material - publication information included in document)
• The Omaha (Populist) Platform (primary source - original publication information included in document)
• Tom Watson on Southern Populism (primary source - original publication information included in document)

Chapter 27-28 Readings:

• Declined with Thanks (primary source - originally appeared in Puck Magazine)
• Mahan on Sea Power (primary source - original publication information included in document)
• Albert Beveridge on Imperialism (primary source - original publication information included in document)
• Our Country (primary source excerpts from Josiah Strong's 1885 book)
• TR's Congressional Medal of Honor (secondary source information on Roosevelt in Cuba)
• The World's Plunderers (primary source - Thomas Nast 1885)
• Enrqiue duPuy de Lome's letter (primary source)
• The Teller Amendment (reprint of primary source)
• The Platt Amendment (reprint of primary source)
• Emilio Aguinaldo's Proclamation calling for the Filipinos to join him against Spain (translation of primary source)
• Theodore Roosevelt's "Round Robin Letter" (reprint of primary source)
• Is He to be a Despot? (primary source cartoon)
• The Imperialism Stunt (primary source cartoon)
• Republicanism Down to Date (primary source cartoon)
• The American Policy (primary source cartoon)
• The Anti-Imperialist League platform (reprint of primary source)
• The White Man's Burden (reprint of Rudyard Kipling's poem)
• Roosevelt's Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick letter (original version)
• Roosevelt's Great White Fleet letter (original version)
• The Roosevelt Corollary (reprint of primary source)
• Google search results for Imperialism cartoons (various primary sources)
• Google search results for William McKinley cartoons (various primary sources)
• Google search results for Theodore Roosevelt cartoons (various primary sources)
• Gentleman's Agreement with Japan (reprint of primary source)

Chapter 29-30 Readings:

• The Jungle (primary source)
• Looking Backward (primary source)
• Progress and Poverty (primary source)
• The Man with the Muck Rake (primary source - speech publication information included in document)
• Muller v. Oregon (commentary and primary source summation of decision from http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/30.htm)
• Howard Zinn's comments on the Progressive Era (essay source information included in document)
• The Progressive Reform Era (web site with chart listing reforms and descriptions)
• Image of TR "Bull Moose" speech that prevented his assassination
• Google search results for Theodore Roosevelt cartoons (various primary sources)
• Google search results for William Howard Taft cartoons (various primary sources)
• Google search results for Woodrow Wilson cartoons (various primary sources)
• Google search results for Progressive Era cartoons (various primary sources)

Chapter 31-32 Readings:

• Robert Lansing's Reactions to WWI (commentary and primary source - original publication information included in document)
• Peace Without Victory (primary source)
• The Fourteen Points (primary source)
• Opposition to the Treaty of Versailles (primary source - publication information included in document)
• Full text of the Treaty of Versailles (primary source)
• Hoover's Inaugural Address (primary source)

Chapter 33-34 Readings:

• FDR's First Inaugural Address (primary source)
• FDR's Arsenal of Democracy Speech (primary source)

Chapter 35-36 Readings:

• The Servicemen's Readjustment Act (primary source)
• The Truman Doctrine (primary source)
• The Marshall Plan (primary source)
• The UN Charter (primary source)

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