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18th and 21st Amendments
1919
1964 RNC Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech
1964
1996 State of the Union Address
1996
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Ain't I a Woman?
1851
Alien and Sedition Acts
1798
Articles of Confederation
1777
B
Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat
1940
C
Calvin Coolidge's Inaugural Address
1925
Checkers Speech
1952
The Children's Era
1925
Chinese Exclusion Act
1882
The Church and Prejudice
1841
Compromise of 1850
1850
Crisis of Confidence
1979
D
Eugene V. Debs' Statement to the Court Upon Being Convicted of Violating the Sedition Act
1918
Declaration of Independence
1776
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
1789
E
Eisenhower's Farewell Address
1961
Every Man a King
1934
Evil Empire Speech
1983
Executive Order 10730: Little Rock Nine
1957
Executive Order 9066: The President Authorizes Japanese Relocation
1942
F
The Federalist Papers 10 and 51
1788
First Fireside Chat
1933
Fourteen Points
1918
FDR's First Inaugural Address
1933
G
Gettysburg Address
1863
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
1775
The Great Arsenal of Democracy
1940
The Great Silent Majority
1969
The Great Society Speech
1964
H
Have You No Sense of Decency?
1954
Homestead Act
1862
Hope, Despair and Memory
1986
House Divided Speech
1858
The Hypocrisy of American Slavery
1852
I
I Have a Dream
1963
I've Been to the Mountaintop
1968
Ich bin ein Berliner Speech
1963
Imperialism
1900
K
Kansas-Nebraska Act
1854
L
A Left-Handed Commencement Address
1983
The Lend-Lease Act
1941
Letter from Birmingham Jail
1963
Louisiana Purchase Treaty
1803
M
Magna Carta
1215
The Man with the Muckrake
1906
The Marshall Plan
1947
Miranda v. Arizona
1966
Missouri Compromise
1820
Monroe Doctrine
1823
A More Perfect Union
2008
O
Barack Obama's 2009 Inaugural Address
2009
On the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1948
P
Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) or Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT)
1963
Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation
1941
The Perils of Indifference
1999
Platt Amendment
1901
Proclamation Regarding Nullification
1832
S
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Address
1986
Stamp Act
1765
Four Freedoms Speech
1941
T
Tear Down This Wall
1987
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
1964
Treaty of Ghent
1814
Treaty of Paris
1783
Truman Doctrine
1947
U
United States v. Nixon
1974
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1948
V
Voting Rights Act
1965
W
Washington's Farewell Address
1796
Z
Zimmermann Telegram
1917