An Examination of the 100 Documents That Most Define America As a.... Michael Barone and others.
by Barone, Michael; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 18Global Issues. Publisher: U.S. News & World Report, 2003ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Archives | Articles of Confederation 1781 | Charters | Declaration of Independence (1776) | Judiciary Act 1789 | Legislation | Manuscripts | National characteristics -- American | Ordinance of 1787 | Patents | Photographs | Speeches, addresses, etc | Treaties | United States Constitution | U.S. National Archives and Records Adm | United States Supreme Court -- DecisionsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "There is clearly a hunger to go back to the words that define our nation. To fill that need, the National Archives and Records Administration has compiled a list of 100 milestone documents, drawn primarily from papers in its custody, from Richard Henry Lee's resolution of June 7, 1776, proposing independence for the American colonies, to the Voting Rights Act, signed Aug. 6, 1965." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article reviews some of the documents, including "laws, court decisions, executive orders, patents--many of the official documents that have shaped us as a people and continue to define our character as Americans."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: An Examination of the 100 Documents That Most Define America As a..., Sept. 22, 2003; pp. 32+.
"There is clearly a hunger to go back to the words that define our nation. To fill that need, the National Archives and Records Administration has compiled a list of 100 milestone documents, drawn primarily from papers in its custody, from Richard Henry Lee's resolution of June 7, 1776, proposing independence for the American colonies, to the Voting Rights Act, signed Aug. 6, 1965." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article reviews some of the documents, including "laws, court decisions, executive orders, patents--many of the official documents that have shaped us as a people and continue to define our character as Americans."
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