Below are a list of reading passages available for download as PDFs. A link to a digital copy is included as well. They are in rough chronological order starting with the most recent. Just click on the one you’re interested in.
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SUPREME COURT CASES:
What is the Supreme Court?
–Roe vs. Wade
–Tinker vs. Des Moines
–Miranda vs. Arizona
–Mapp vs. Ohio
– Brown vs. Board of Education
– Plessy vs. Ferguson
– Dred Scott vs. Sandford
– McCulloch vs. Maryland
– Marbury vs. Madison
21st Century
President Donald Trump
President Barack Obama
President George W. Bush
20th Century
The 1990s
The 1980s
The 1970s
The 1960s
The 1950s
The Cold War (U.S. Perspective)
World War II
The Dust Bowl
The Great Depression
The Roaring Twenties
World War I
19th Century
The Progressive Era
The Spanish-American War
U.S. Industrialization (Gilded Age)
Closing the West
Reconstruction
Emancipation Proclamation
The Civil War
Causes of the Civil War: Antebellum Compromises
Abolition
Early Reform Movements
Jackson & the Indian Removal Act
Presidency of Andrew Jackson
Jackson & the Bank Wars
Monroe Doctrine
War of 1812
Manifest Destiny
Louisiana Purchase
Presidency of Thomas Jefferson
18th Century
Presidency of John Adams
Presidency of George Washington
The Constitution
The Constitutional Convention
The Articles of Confederation
The American Revolution
Causes of the American Revolution
17th Century
13 Colonies
The Southern Colonies
The Middle Colonies
The New England Colonies
Jamestown
Spain & Portugal Explore the Americas
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