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BackgroundsJohn Calvin, "On Civil Government," from Institutes of the Christian ReligionPlato, "The Character of Democracy," from The Republic American GovernmentThomas Jefferson, The Declaration of IndependenceAmerican LiteratureEdgar Allen Poe, "The Man of the Crowd"The American CharacterTocqueville, excerpts from Democracy in AmericaThe American WomanThe Declaration of Sentiments , 1848Young Lady's Own Book , 1831 The Moral Conflict over Native AmericansGeorge Catlin, "The Story of Wee-Jin-Jon," from Indians of North AmericaThe Dawes Act of 1887 (Allotment) Andrew Jackson, Second Annual Message Memorial and Protest of the Cherokee Nation, 1836 Racial SlaveryWilliam Henry Holcombe, The Alternative |
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