Part 3: Documents

The EGAPE includes 100 primary source documents divided into six categories. All of the documents appear in volume 3 (pp. 1,059-1,198).

   Treaties and Foreign Policy Declarations · Political Statements
   Political Party Platforms · Acts of Congress and Constitutional Amendments
   Court Decisions · Declarations and Principles of Organizations

Treaties and Foreign Policy Declarations

Invitation to Pan-American Conference (1881) [pp. 1,061-2]
The Independence of Cuba (1898) [pp. 1,062-3]
Annexation of Hawaii (1898) [pp. 1,063-4]
William McKinley's Message on the Philippines (1898) [p. 1,064]
Treaty of Peace with Spain (1898) [pp. 1,064-5]
Senator Beveridge Advocates Imperialism (1899) [pp. 1,065-6]
Open Door Policy (1899) [pp. 1,066-7]
Platt Amendment (1902) [pp. 1,067-8]
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904) [p. 1,068]
President Roosevelt's Letter to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge on Japan (1905) [pp. 1,068-9]
Root-Takahira Agreement (1908) [pp. 1,069-1,070]
Gentlemen's Agreement on Japanese Immigration (1908) [p. 1,070]
Report of the United States Commission on Immigration (1911) [pp. 1,070-1]
President Taft Proclaims "Dollar Diplomacy" (1912) [pp. 1,071-2]
President Wilson's Mobile Pledge (1913) [pp. 1,073-4]
President Wilson's Special Message on Mexican Relations (1913) [pp. 1,074-6]
President Wilson's Panama Canal Tolls Message (1914) [p. 1,076]
Pressident Wilson's Appeal for Neutrality (1914) [pp. 1,076-7]
Secretary of State Bryan's Note on the Sinking of the Lusitania (1915) [pp. 1,077-8]
American Occupation of Haiti (1916) [pp. 1,079-1,080]
The Sussex Pledge (1916) [pp. 1,080-1]
Zimmermann Note (1917) [p. 1,081]
President Wilson's Peace Without Victory Speech (1917) [pp. 1,081-3]
President Wilson Asks for Declaration of War (1917) [pp. 1,083-5]
Senator Norris Opposes American Intervention in World War I (1917) [pp. 1,085-7]
Lansing-Ishii Agreement (1917) [p. 1,087]
President Wilson's Fourteen Points (1918) [pp. 1,088-9]
Archangel Expedition Aide-Memoire (1918) [pp. 1,089-1,090]
President Wilson Advocates the League of Nations (1919) [pp. 1,090-2]
Senator Lodge Opposes the League of Nations (1919) [pp. 1,092-3]

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Political Statements

Speech of Senator Blanche K. Bruce to the U.S. Senate (1876) [pp. 1,094-5]
President Chester A. Arthur's Proclamation on Civil Service (1883) [pp. 1,095-6]
William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Speech (1896) [pp. 1,096-9]
President Theodore Roosevelt Advocates the Conservation of Natural Resources (1907) [pp. 1,099-1,101]
Appeal of Seven Governors to Theodore Roosevelt (1912) [p. 1,101]
Roosevelt's Response to Seven Governors (1912) [pp. 1,101-2]
Theodore Roosevelt Proclaims the "New Nationalism" (1912) [pp. 1,102-7]
Pujo Committee Report: Concentration of Control in Banking and Credit (1912) [pp. 1,107-1,110]
First Inaugural Address of President Wilson (1913) [pp. 1,110-1,112]
United States Commission on Industrial Relations: Concentration of Control in Industry (1915) [pp. 1,112-3]
President Wilson's Appeal to the Voters to Return a Democratic Congress (1918) [pp. 1,113-4]
Warren G. Harding Proposes a Return to "Normalcy" (1920) [pp. 1,114-5]

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Political Party Platforms

Greenback Party (1884) [pp. 1,116-7]
Anti-Monopoly Party (1884) [p. 1,117]
Prohibition Party (1884) [p. 1,118]
Union Labor Patry (1888) [pp. 1,118-9]
Socialist Labor Party (1892) [pp. 1,119-1,120]
People's Party Platform (1892) [pp. 1,120-2]
Republican Party of Wisconsin Platform (1912) [pp. 1,122-5]
Socialist Party Platform (1912) [pp. 1,125-8]
Progressive Party Platform (1912) [pp. 1,128-9]

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Acts of Congress and Constitutional Amendments

Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) [pp. 1,130-2]
Interstate Commerce Act (1887) [pp. 1,132-4]
Dawes Severalty Act (1887) [pp. 1,134-5]
Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) [pp. 1,135-7]
United States Constitution, Article XIV (1913) [p. 1,137]
United States Constitution, Article XVII (1913) [p. 1,137]
Federal Trade Commission Act (1914) [pp. 1,137-8]
Clayton Antitrust Act (1914) [pp. 1,138-1,140]
Adamson Eight-Hour Act (196) [p. 1,140]
Immigration Literacy Act (1917) [pp. 1,140-2]
Espionage Act (1917) [pp. 1,142-3]
Sedition Act (1918) [pp. 1,143-4]
Railway Administration Act (1918) [pp. 1,144-5]
Child Labor Act (1919) [p. 1,145]
Volstead Act (1919) [pp. 1,145-7]
United States Constitution, Article XVIII (1919) [pp.1,147-8]
United States Constitution, Article XIX (1920) [p. 1,148]

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Court Decisions

Munn v. Illinois (1877) [pp. 1,149-1,150]
Civil Rights Cases (1883) [pp. 1,151-2]
Ex parte Yarbrough (1884) [pp. 1,152-4]
In re Jacobs (1885) [pp. 1,154-6]
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company (1895) [pp. 1,156-8]
United States v. E.C. Knight Company (1895) [pp. 1,158-1,160]
In re Debs (1895) [pp. 1,160-2]
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) [pp. 1,162-4]
Northern Securities Company v. United States (1904) [pp. 1,164-6]
Lochner v. New York (1905) [pp. 1,166-8]
Adair v. United States (1908) [pp. 1,168-1,170]
Muller v. Oregon (1908) [pp. 1,170-1]
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey v. United States (1911) [pp. 1,171-3]
Bunting v. Oregon (1917) [pp. 1,173-4]
Wilson v. New (1917) [pp. 1,174-6]
Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918) [pp. 1,176-9]
Schenck v. United States (1919) [pp. 1,179-1,180]
Abrams v. United States (1919) [pp. 1,180-1]

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Declarations and Principles of Organizations

Knights of Labor Platform (1878) [pp. 1,182-3]
Eight-Hour Association Declaration of Principles (1886) [pp. 1,183-4]
American Federation of Labor (1887) [pp. 1,184-5]
American Economic Association Platform (1887) [pp. 1,185-6]
Farmers' Alliance Ocala Demands (1890) [p. 1,186]
Woman's Christian Temperance Union "Do Everything" Policy (1893) [pp. 1,187-8]
Anti-Imperialist League Platform (1899) [pp. 1,188-9]
National Association of Manufacturers Declaration of Principles (1903) [pp. 1,189-1,190]
National Association of Colored Women (1904) [pp. 1,190-1]
National American Woman Suffrage Association Declaration of Principles (1904) [pp. 1,191-2]
Niagra Movement Declaration of Principles (1905) [pp. 1,192-4]
Industrial Workers of the World Manifesto (1905) [pp. 1,194-5]
National Progressive Republican League Declaration of Principles (1911) [pp. 1,195-6]
International Congress of Women Manifesto (1915) [pp. 1,196-8]

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Modified: July 02, 2007,