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Chapter 1

Practice Quiz

Additional Resources

Links to Additional Information on Key Concepts:

The Federalists and the Anti-Federalists  https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-articles-of-confederation/the-great-debate/

The Continental Congress

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwjc.html

Document Links:

The Articles of Confederation

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/articles.html

Notes on the State of Virginia

http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/JefVirg.html

Federalist 71

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_71.html

Biographical Links:

Edmund Randolph

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Randolph

James Madison

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesmadison

Alexander Hamilton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_hamilton

Videos:

Panel discussion about the unitary executive, sponsored by The Century Foundation http://vimeo.com/10906096

Practice Quiz

Practice Quiz

Additional Resources

Links to Additional Information on Key Concepts and Groups:

The American Presidency Project

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/index.php

National Press Club

http://press.org/

White House Correspondents’ Association

http://whca.net/

Revolution of 1800

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=2978

Document Links:

Washington’s First Inaugural Address

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/inaugural.html

Washington’s Farewell Address

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/farewell.html

The Gettysburg Address

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/EmanProc.html

Nullification Proclamation

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Nullification.html

Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address

http://www.princeton.edu/~tjpapers/inaugural/inednote.html

Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trt039.html

Biographical Links:

James Wilson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wilson

Gouverneur Morris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouverneur_Morris

Philip Freneau

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Freneau

Henry Clay

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay

George Cortelyou

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cortelyou

Joseph Tumulty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Tumulty

Judson Welliver

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judson_Welliver

Video:

Ronald Reagan’s address to the nation following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/youtubeclip.php?clipid=37646&admin=40

George W. Bush’s remarks to first responders at the World Trade Center http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/youtubeclip.php?clipid=65078&admin=43

The Great Communicator (NBC)

http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/ronald-reagan/videos/the-great-communicator?cmpid=MRSS_Hulu_HIS

Practice Quiz

Practice Quiz

Additional Resources

Links to Additional Information on Key Concepts and Groups:

The Ludlow Amendment

http://blogs.cfr.org/lindsay/2011/01/10/twe-remembers-the-ludlow-amendment/

1947 National Security Act

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947

Operation Enduring Freedom http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/Afghanistan/Operation%20Enduring%20Freedom.htm

Blog post about the Pacificus–Helvidius debate http://alwaysright.blogs.com/always_right/2005/01/pacificushelvid.html

Yale open course information on the Reconstruction Era http://oyc.yale.edu/history/hist-119

Document Links:

Federalist 75

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_75.html

Federalist 69

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_69.html

Proclamation of Neutrality

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/neutra93.asp

Emancipation Proclamation

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/EmanProc.html

Crittenden–Johnson Resolution

http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=2282&chapter=216180&layout=html&Itemid=27

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=98

War Powers Resolution

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/warpower.asp

Alien and Sedition Acts

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Alien.html

Lend-Lease Act

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=71

USA Patriot Act

http://www.justice.gov/archive/ll/highlights.htm

Biographical Links:

Dean Acheson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Acheson

Averell Harriman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averell_Harriman

Robert Taft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Taft

John Yoo

http://www.law.berkeley.edu/php-programs/faculty/facultyProfile.php?facID=235

General Zachary Taylor

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/zacharytaylor

William Herndon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herndon_%28lawyer%29

Alexis de Tocqueville

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville

William Fulbright

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fulbright

Robert McNamara

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_mcnamara

Audio:

FDR’s radio address announcing an unlimited national emergency http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/mediaplay.php?id=16120&admin=32

Video:

Barack Obama’s remarks on the death of Osama bin Laden http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/youtubeclip.php?clipid=90315&admin=44

Panel discussion on the imperial presidency

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298560-1

Practice Quiz

Additional Resources

Links to additional information on Key Concepts and Groups:

The Federal Register https://www.federalregister.gov

The American Presidency Project’s page on signing statements http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/signingstatements.php

A comparison of Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft http://us-presidents.insidegov.com/compare/16-18/Theodore-Roosevelt-vs-William-Howard-Taft

Document Links:

Martin Van Buren’s 10-hour work day executive order http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=67312

Andrew Johnson Freedman’s Bureau executive order http://www.nytimes.com/1865/06/18/news/the-freedmen-s-bureau-important-official-order-by-the-president.html

FDR’s Fair Employment Practices Commission executive order http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=16134

Harry Truman’s military desegregation executive order http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=78208

Key Court Cases:

U.S. vs Midwest Oil  https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/236/459

Wilcox vs Jackson https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/38/498/

Grisar vs McDowell https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/73/363/case.html

Biographical Links:

Grover Cleveland https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/grovercleveland22

Martin van Buren https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/martinvanburen

Rand Paul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul

Benjamin Harrison https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/benjaminharrison

Horace Greeley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Greeley

Practice Quiz

Practice Quiz

Additional Resources

Links to Additional Information on Key Concepts and Groups:

International Boundary Commission

http://www.internationalboundarycommission.org/

Civil Service Commission http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Civil_Service_Commission

Document Links:

Federalist 77

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_77.html

Federalist 72

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_72.html

Federalist 70

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_70-2.html

Federalist 47

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_47.html

Key Court Cases:

Myers v. United States

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1924/1924_2

Humphrey’s Executor v. United States

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1934/1934_667

Weiner v. United States

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1957/1957_52

Morrison v. Olson

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1987/1987_87_1279

Biographical Links:

James McHenry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McHenry

Thomas Ritchie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ritchie

William Duane

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Duane

John Calhoun

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun

Charles Guiteau

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Guiteau

Roscoe Conkling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Conkling

Antonin Scalia

http://www.oyez.org/justices/antonin_scalia

Ed Meese

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Meese

Theodore Olson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Olson

Video:

George W. Bush’s address to the nation following the terrorist attacks of 9/11 http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/youtubeclip.php?clipid=58057&admin=43

Video glossary: Patronage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lbsUHJiKsg

Rachel Maddow and Keith Olberman discuss Firegate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l69Sa3e7MXY

Practice Quiz

Practice Quiz

Additional Resources

Links to Additional Information on Key Concepts and Groups:

Copperheads

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copperhead_(politics)

Office of Legal Counsel

http://www.justice.gov/olc/

Document Links:

Federalist 74

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_74.html

Key Court Cases:

Ex Parte Merryman 

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=442

United States v. Nixon 

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_73_1766

Ex Parte Vallandigham 

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1863/1863_2

Ex Parte Milligan 

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1865/1865_0

Hirabayashi v. United States

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1949/1942/1942_870

United States v. Reynolds

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1969/1969_88

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer 

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1951/1951_744

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld 

http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_184

Boumediene v. Bush 

http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2007/2007_06_1195

Biographical Links:

David Frost

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Frost

Alberto Gonzales

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Gonzales

Jack Goldsmith

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Goldsmith

Caspar Weinberger

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Weinberger

Clement Vallandigham

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Vallandigham

Fred Korematsu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Korematsu

Audio:

Richard Nixon announcing response to House Judiciary demand for presidential tapes http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/mediaplay.php?id=4189&admin=37

Video:

Gerald Ford’s remarks on granting Richard Nixon a pardon http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/youtubeclip.php?clipid=4695&admin=38

Christopher Hitchens investigates and experiences waterboarding http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/08/hitchens200808

The Daily Show takes on executive privilege

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/n8kt5l/executive-privilege

Practice Quiz

Additional Resources

Links to Additional Information on Key Concepts and Groups:

Rasmussen Daily: Obama Approval Tracking

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-march-28-2007/executive-privilege

Polls measuring presidential greatness

http://www.pollingreport.com/wh-hstry.htm

Measuring President Obama against the Great Presidents http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2015/02/13-obama-measuring-presidential-greatness-vaughn-rottinghaus

Biographical Links:

Arthur Schlesinger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_M._Schlesinger,_Sr.

Henry Cabot Lodge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cabot_Lodge

Walter George

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_F._George

Video:

Andy Rooney’s alternative take on presidential greatness http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4819433n

Stephen Colbert on presidential greatness and George W. Bush

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/216371/december-15-2008/great-president---or-greatest-president-

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