Political Science
212 books
War & Military
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Causes Of The American Civil War: Secession Statements Of Five Confederate States (South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi)
Some of the states who rebelled against the Federal Government in the American Civil War issued statements by nascent governing bodies explaining why they were attempting to leave. Here are the statements, published...
1 hour 4 minutes
History
796
United States Government - United States Constitution and Amendments
The Constitution is the charter of government and the supreme law of the United States of America. It was signed by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 17, 1787. The...
56 minutes
Political Science
1.6K
Henry David Thoreau - On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 3)
«That government is best which governs least» is the famous opening line of this essay. The slavery crisis inflamed New England in the 1840s and 1850s. The environment became especially tense after the Fugitive Slave...
1 hour 7 minutes
Political Science
1.7K
Abraham Lincoln - Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Addresses
Lincoln's first inaugural address was delivered on March 4th, 1861, as the North and South were sliding towards separation and Civil War. His second inaugural, given just weeks before his assassination, was also...
42 minutes
Political Science
1.8K
D. W. Griffith - Rise and Fall of Free Speech in America
The Rise and Fall of Free Speech in America was D.W. Griffith's first response to the attacks made on The Birth of a Nation . In it he played on the 'intolerance' of those who would not permit him freedom of speech...
1 hour 8 minutes
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Henry David Thoreau - On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 2)
ivil Disobedience (Resistance to Civil Government) is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849. In it, Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments...
1 hour 2 minutes
