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Declaration

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Bill of Rights

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About the Statue of Liberty

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Deed to Statue of Liberty

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About Lincoln

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Gettysburg Address

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Web Resources:

These are the references I put on a handout with the display:
Primary Documents in American History

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

Charters of Freedom: Constitution

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html

Charters of Freedom: Declaration of Independence

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration.html

Interactive Constitution

http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/

Constitucion de los Estados Unidos de America

http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/constes.htm

Ourdocuments.gov: Emancipation Proclamation http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=34

Ourdocuments.gov: Gettysburg Address

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=36

U.S. Capitol Virtual Tour http://www.senate.gov/vtour/index.html
National Park Service Statue of Liberty National Monument http://www.nps.gov/stli/

 

 

Document Resources:

AE 1.114/3:N21 The emerging nation : a documentary history of the foreign relations of the United States under the Articles of Confederation, 1780-1789
AE 2.102:P 92/2004 2004 Presidential Election; provisions of the Constitution and US. Code
D 114.2:R 18 Ratification of the Constitution
D 114.19:C 76 Soldier-Statesmen of the Constitution
I 29.2:H 62/9/v.18/975 Signers of the Declaration
I 29.2:H 62/9/v.19 Signers of the Constitution
I 29.9/5:103/986 Framing of the Federal Constitution
I 29.9/5:115 Independence; a guide to Independence National Historical Park
LC 1.2:Am 3/14 American Solution; origins of the US Constitution
LC 1.2:C 76/10 US Constitution; bicentennial edition
PR 40.8:W 58/AM 3 Writing of the American Constitution
Y 1.1/2:14152 Constitution of the USA; analysis and interpretation
Y 1.1/2:14620 History of the US Capitol
Y 1.1/7:108-93 How Our Laws are Made
Y 1.1/7:108-94 Our American Government
Y 1.1/7:108-95 Constitution of the USA
Y 1.1/7:108-97 Our Flag
Y 3.B 47/2: 2 B 49/6 Bill of Rights and Beyond
Y 3.B 47/2:2 C 73/992 We the People
Y 3.B 47/2:2 SU 7 Supreme Court of the US; its beginnings and justices
Y 3.T 22/2:2 Sci 2 Science, Technology and the Constitution
Y 4.J 89/2:S.hrg. 99-386 Constitutional Amendment Relating to School Prayer
Y 4.J 89/2:S.prt. 99-87 Amendments to the Constitution: a brief legislative history
Y 4.J 89/2:S.hrg. 105-980 Whose Right to Keep and Bear Arms? The Second Amendment as a Source of Individual Rights
Y 4.J 89/2:S.hrg.107-610 Protecting Constitutional Freedoms in the Face of Terrorism
Random issues/volumes of:
AE 2.111: Statutes at Large
JU 6.8: US. Reports
X 1.1/a: Congressional Record
Y 1.2/5: US Code

Author: Christina R. Trujillo • Email: cramos1@stmarytx.edu
URL: http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/doc/displays/Pages/0609DemocracyDocs/DemocracyDocs.htm
Created 2006• Last updated • links checked August 16, 2007

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