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Doc of the Day: Andrew Jackson: On Indian Removal
On December 6, 1830, in his annual message to the nation—now commonly referred to as the president’s State of the Union address—Jackson praised Congress for putting into law an Indian removal policy that he had recommended for over a decade. In addition, in this speech he attempted to provide Congress and the public with justifications [...]
7Dec2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: Thirteenth Amendment
On December 6, 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was adopted when three-fourths of the states ratified it. The amendment legally ended slavery in the United States. President Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, declaring slaves in areas in rebellion against the government to be freed by executive decree. Afterward, [...]
6Dec2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
On December 6, 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt submitted his annual message to the Congress of the United States. As was his custom, Roosevelt wrote at length about many national problems, from railroad regulation to conservation of natural resources. When it came to foreign policy, however, he wrote several long paragraphs about the relations between the [...]
5Dec2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Michael W. Handis on the Articles of Confederation
I wrote the article on the Articles of Confederation for Milestone Documents in American History, and I can tell you that it changed my perspective on things.
Quick history lesson. We are told that the United States is a democracy, yet we live in a republic. The Greeks invented democracy, and the Romans the republic. Who [...]
In the News: Additional Nixon documents and tapes released
On December 2, the National Archives and the Nixon Presidential Library will be releasing an additional 200 hours of White House tape recordings and 90,000 pages of documents from Richard Nixon’s administration. The recordings, which represent the 12th such release since 1980, cover the period from November 1972 to January 1973. Among the subjects discussed [...]
2Dec2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: The Monroe Doctrine
On December 2, 1823, in his Annual Message to Congress, President James Monroe issued a bold statement on foreign policy that reaffirmed the nation’s longstanding commitment to neutrality and offered an explicit warning to Europe that the entire Western Hemisphere was closed to further colonization. This pronouncement of American autonomy and hemispheric solidarity against European [...]
2Dec2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Survey: The most influential inaugural addresses
We’ve gathered a list of five iconic inaugural addresses in U.S. history. Take our survey and tell us which one you think was the most influential inaugural address in U.S. history.
1Dec2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: Black Code of Mississippi
On November 25, 1865, the Mississippi state legislature passed a series of related laws known as the Black Code. These laws, written within months of the conclusion of the Civil War and styled after the state’s antebellum slave code, represented the first effort by white Mississippians to define what freedom and citizenship would mean to [...]
25Nov2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification
On November 24, 1832, a special session of the South Carolina state legislature passed an ordinance of nullification, which declared the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null in the state as of February 1, 1833. It pledged that any effort by the federal government to enforce the tariff would be met by secession.
The issue of [...]
In the News: Native American Heritage Month
November is Native American Heritage Month. At our parent site, MilestoneDocuments.com, several featured documents relate to Native American history:
Andrew Jackson: On Indian Removal
Dawes Severalty Act
Proclamation of 1763
Treaty of Fort Laramie
Treaty of Fort Pitt
Milestone Documents publisher Neil Schlager has created a list at Amazon.com featuring these and other articles of interest from the Milestone Documents collection.
The [...]
