Presidential Documents: The Speeches, Proclamations, and Policies that Have Shaped the Nation from Washington to ClintonJim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel Psychology Press, 2000 - 396 pages In this lively, authoritative collection, Thomas J. McInerney presents famous and lesser-known speeches, letters, and other important documents from every U.S. president from George Washington to Barack Obama. Whether printed in full or excerpted, these history-making documents are an invaluable resource as well as a fascinating browse. Including familiar documents such as the Emancipation Proclamation, to personal correspondence such as a letter from George H.W. Bush to his children, this collection brings together the famous statements that came to represent each administration with intimate glimpses into the thought processes of various presidential leaders. Now in its second edition, Presidential Documents has been re-designed to increase its usefulness in the classroom. Part openers introduce each era of the American presidency with a concise political and historical overview, highlighting the challenges each leader faced, and placing the documents in context. Whether used as a complement to an American history survey text or as a collection of primary documents for courses on the American Presidency, Presidential Documentsprovides an engrossing look at the work of the leaders of the United States, in all their complexity. |
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Contents
Preface | 1 |
President George Washington to Secretary of the Treasury Alexander | 8 |
Washington on the Role of the Army President George Washington | 17 |
President John Adams Report to Congress on the XYZ Affair | 25 |
President Thomas Jeffersons First Annual Message to Congress | 31 |
President Thomas Jeffersons Recommendation to End the African | 38 |
President James Madisons Proclamation Resuming Trade with France | 43 |
President James Monroe Comments on the Missouri Compromise | 50 |
President Theodore Roosevelts Decision to Invoke Federal Legal | 200 |
President William Howard Tafts Denunciation of Fellow Republican | 213 |
President Woodrow Wilsons Message of War against Germany | 228 |
President Warren G Hardings First Annual Message 6 December 1921 | 242 |
President Herbert Hoovers Comments on the Veterans Bonus Army | 255 |
President Franklin D Roosevelt Supports the Principle of Collective | 270 |
President Franklin D Roosevelt Advocates Social Security | 271 |
President Franklin D Roosevelt Announces the LendLease Plan | 279 |
President John Quincy Adams Broad Plan of Internal Improvements | 56 |
President Andrew Jacksons Veto of the Maysville Road Bill 27 May 1830 | 62 |
President Andrew Jacksons Proclamation to the People | 70 |
President Andrew Jackson Orders Federal Troops to Suppress | 76 |
President Martin Van Burens Independent Treasury Message | 87 |
President John Tylers Response to Governor Samuel W King | 93 |
President James K Polks Comments on Texas and Oregon in | 99 |
President Franklin Pierces Request for Ratification of the Treaty | 113 |
President Abraham Lincolns Message to Congress 4 July 1861 | 127 |
President Andrew Johnson Informs Congress that the Union Is Restored | 140 |
President Ulysses S Grants Decision Not to Dispatch Federal Troops | 154 |
President Rutherford B Hayes Decision to Remove Federal Troops | 157 |
President Benjamin Harrison Retraces George Washingtons Inaugural | 170 |
President William McKinleys Decision to Wage War on | 184 |
President Harry S Truman Announces the Truman Doctrine | 285 |
President Harry S Truman Announces Diplomatic Recognition of | 291 |
President Dwight D Eisenhower Calls for the Interstate Highway System | 297 |
President Dwight D Eisenhowers Decision to Send Federal Troops | 303 |
President John F Kennedys Inaugural Address 20 January 1961 | 311 |
President John F Kennedy Confronts the Cuban Missile Crisis | 318 |
President John F Kennedy Speaks at the Berlin Wall 26 June 1963 | 325 |
President Lyndon B Johnsons Early Foreboding about the War | 333 |
President Richard M Nixon Resigns from Office 9 August 1974 | 346 |
President Jimmy Carter Presides over the Peace Treaty between Egypt | 360 |
President Ronald Reagan Announces Arms Control Agreement with | 373 |
President Bill Clintons Comments at the End of the Attempt | 386 |
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