A More Perfect Union: To 1877This two-volume primary source reader contains over 90 items and is organized chronologically and topically, with selections ranging from Lincoln's Gettysbury Address to Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Seneca Falls Declaration of 1848. Documents new to the fourth edition provide more coverage of the West and religion, as well as a variety of political, social, and economic documents. |
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Page 107
... federal authority over interstate and foreign commerce . In these and other cases Marshall sought to protect the rights of property , increase the power of the federal govern- ment , and raise the prestige of the federal judiciary ...
... federal authority over interstate and foreign commerce . In these and other cases Marshall sought to protect the rights of property , increase the power of the federal govern- ment , and raise the prestige of the federal judiciary ...
Page 125
... federal government for federal purposes only . 4th . Because such acts , considered in the light of a regulation of com- merce , are equally liable to objection ; since , although the power to regulate commerce may , like all other ...
... federal government for federal purposes only . 4th . Because such acts , considered in the light of a regulation of com- merce , are equally liable to objection ; since , although the power to regulate commerce may , like all other ...
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... federal troops from the South . In April 1877 , the last federal soldiers left the South . Solid Democratic control - and stepped - up measures to disfranchise black voters quickly followed . Although political maneuvering was important ...
... federal troops from the South . In April 1877 , the last federal soldiers left the South . Solid Democratic control - and stepped - up measures to disfranchise black voters quickly followed . Although political maneuvering was important ...
Contents
RECREATING POLITICAL SOCIETY | 16 |
THE UNDERSIDE OF PRIVILEGE | 24 |
LEARNING AND PIETY | 34 |
Copyright | |
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