1. Power of the Printed Word Objective: To review the impact of critical books, pamphlets, and documents in the evolution of American society

2. This Week Study Schedule for this week: Part of Period 5 and Period 6 (Chapters 14-19), 1861-1898 Go over Guided Readings and Focuses, make notecards of key vocabulary terms, turning points, quotes, presidential administrations, and key dates from slavery to Civil Rights.

3. Uncle Tom’s Cabin It highlights the evils of slavery and the laws that supported it. Lincoln referred to Stowe as “the lady who started this great war” and termed the novel the most powerful argument offered for the Emancipation Proclamation.

4. Declaration of Independence It announced the colonies’ separation from Britain and justified independence on the grounds of British violations of the colonists’ natural rights. The statement that “all men are created equal” has served since 1776 as a standard by which to judge America’s progress toward the ideal of equality.

5. The Influence of Sea Power Mahan’s study of sea power convinced him that a country’s strength on the sea largely determined its prosperity and position in the world. It prompted the United States to begin naval expansion in the pre-World War I years.

6. Common Sense It attacked monarchy and inherited privilege. Paine demanded complete independence from England. Thousands of ordinary colonists became converted to the cause.

7. The Jungle It exposed the evils of early 20 th century Chicago meatpacking plants and led to the 1906 Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act

8. The Report on Manufactures Hamilton’s financial plan. He argued for a diversified economy with both industry and agriculture to insure the country’s economic and political independence. He called for a high protective tariff, a measure finally enacted in 1816.

9. Turner’s Frontier Thesis Turner’s famous essay, published just after the 1890 Census which announced the end of the frontier, outlined how the frontier experience had shaped American development. He argued that the frontier had provided a “safety net” for Americans.

10. The Feminine Mystique It argued that the media had convinced American women that they could be completely fulfilled through a life as a wife and mother. The book launched the women’s rights movement and led to the establishment of the National Organization for Women (NOW).

11. The Liberator Began in 1831, it became the leading abolitionist newspaper and helped create the climate of public opinion necessary for success in the antislavery movement.

12. A Century of Dishonor An expose of the government’s treatment of Native Americans detailed a long list of broken promises and treaties with Native Americans and led to the Dawes Act, often called the “Indian Emancipation Act,” giving the president authority to distribute Native American lands among the tribes.

13. The Federalists Papers A collection of essays, it was meant to persuade New York to ratify the Constitution. The essays have since become the classic interpretation of the Constitution.

14. The Gospel of Wealth He articulated that the wealthy were obligated to spend some of their money to help their poorer brethren.

15. On Civil Disobedience Thoreau’s essay, based on his own protest against paying taxes to support the war in Mexico, became an inspiration for others, including Martin Luther King, Jr.

16. The Grapes of Wrath Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize winning novel chronicled the plight of migrant workers during the Depression.

17. The Shame of the Cities Steffens’s muckracking expose of municipal (city) corruption led to a variety of changes during the Progressive Era.

18. The Other America Harrington’s book on poverty, particularly among the “invisible poor” the elderly, uneducated, and low paid workers-inspired LBJ’s “war on poverty.”

19. The Atlanta Compromise It aimed to cement relations between the black and white races by suggesting that African Americans should work their way up by starting with vocational training and proving their worth before striving for social integration and the right to “spend a dollar at the opera house.” This was popular among many whites.

20. The Promises of American Life It outlined a “New Nationalism,” a philosophy on which TR based his 1912 campaign for the presidency. It said that a strong government would act as “steward of the public welfare” to guarantee the rights of the people

21. Progress and Poverty It proposed a “single tax” on land to break up landholding monopolies and finance a better life for all. His book eventually led to laws passed during the Progressive and New Deal periods.

22. The New Negro It focused on black contributions to American culture and civilization. The book made him the “Father of the Harlem Renaissance,” the movement of the 1920s that contributed to African Americans’ sense of self esteem and whites’ recognition of the value of African American culture for both races

23. The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith’s A Wealth of Nations launched an assault on the principles of mercantilism. Smith stressed economic self-interest, competition, and a laissez faire approach of government

24. Looking Backward It predicted how class divisions and relentless competition would give way to a caring, cooperative, classless, socialistic state by the year 2000. This manifesto for social and economic reform helped set the state for new philosophies in the Progressive and New Deal eras

25. Twenty Years at Hull House It describes Jane Addams’ settlement house experiences in early 20 th century Chicago. Her work provided a model for the kind of services settlement houses everywhere could offer the urban poor.

26. The Silent Spring Rachel Carson’s book revealed the depletion and pollution of America’s resources, both by government actions and by the use of toxic chemicals and pesticides. The book raised environmental consciousness and inspired the ecology movement.

27. Principles of Scientific Management Taylor showed factory managers how to use efficient plant organization and time motion studies to lower production costs and increase production per worker.

28. All the President’s Men Woodward and Bernstein, reporters for the Washington Post newspaper, painstakingly tracked numerous leads to unravel the story of the Watergate cover up. Their book was a major factor in forcing the resignation of President Nixon.

29. The Souls of Black Folks He predicted that race relations would be the critical issue of the 20 th century. Unlike Booker T. Washington, he advocated an immediate end to segregation and steps to introduce quality education and voting for African Americans. His plea for equality set the agenda for the Civil Rights Movement.

30. The Pentagon papers Defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg leaked to the NY Times a secret account of American involvement in Vietnam. The papers allowed Americans to read the lies and faulty assumptions that led to the increasing involvement in the war.

31. Letter from Birmingham Jail MLK’s response became the classic interpretation of the Civil Rights Movement. He advocated nonviolent protest

32. How the Other Half Lives Grim pictures of NYC tenements and poor neighborhoods. His work led to the first housing reforms and other Progressive legislation

33. Eighteenth century writers Paine, Jefferson, Smith, Hamilton, and (Madison, Hamilton, and Jay)

34. Nineteenth century writers Garrison, Thoreau, Stowe, George, Hunt Jackson, Bellamy, Carnegie, Mahan, Turner, Booker T. Washington, Riis

35. Twentieth century writers DuBois, Steffens, Sinclair, Croly, Addams, Taylor, Locke, Steinbeck, Harrington, Carson, Freidan, King, Woodward and Bernstein, Ellsberg