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Supplement #1 - Thucydides on the Peloponnesian War
- Background to the Peloponnesian War
- Thucydides on Historical Investigation
- Questions related to Thucydides on Historical Investigation
- The Corinthian Speech at Sparta
- Questions related to The Corinthian Speech at Sparta
- Pericles Replies to the Spartan Ultimatum
- Questions related to Pericles Replies to the Spartan Ultimatum
- Sparta Makes Ready for War
- Questions related to Sparta Makes Ready for War
- The First Year of the War
- Questions related to The First Year of the War
- Pericles' Funeral Oration
- Essay Question related to Pericles' Funeral Oration
- The Plague
- True/False Questions related to The Plague
- Pericles Defends His Policy
- Essay Question related to Pericles Defends His Policy
- The Final Outcome for Pericles and Athens
- Essay Question related to The Final Outcome for Pericles and Athens
Supplement #2 - The Assassination of Julius Caesar
- Background to Caesar's Assassination
- Two Ancient Accounts of the Conspiracy to Kill Caesar
- True/False Questions related to the Conspiracy to Kill Caesar
- Three Ancient Accounts of Caesar's Assassination
- Questions related to Caesar's Assassination
- Two Ancient Accounts regarding Caesar's Will and Funeral
- Questions related to Caesar's Will and Funeral
Supplement #3 - History and Homosexuality
Supplement #4 - The Deferred Politics of Christ's Kingdom
- John the Baptist, Jesus Christ, and Politics
- Questions related to John the Baptist, Jesus Christ, and Politics
Supplement #5 - Pope Urban Calls for a Crusade
- Pope Urban's Speech that Sparked the First Crusade
- True/False Questions related to Pope Urban's Speech
Supplement #6 - The Medieval Relationship of Abelard and Heloise
- Background to Abelard and Heloise
- History of Calamities
- Questions related to History of Calamities
- Excerpts from the Personal Letters
- Questions related to the Personal Letters
- Question: Do you think Abelard got what he deserved?
Supplement #7 - Thomas Aquinas on the Existence of God
Supplement #8 - Islam and the Non-Muslim World
Supplement #9 - Giovanni Boccaccio Describes the Black Death
- An Account of the Black Death from The Decameron
- Questions related to Boccaccio's Account of the Black Death
Supplement #10 - Dr. Chanca and Columbus's Second Voyage
- Background to Dr. Chanca's Letter
- Dr. Chanca's Letter
- Questions related to Dr. Chanca's Letter
- Essay Questions related to Dr. Chanca's Letter
Supplement #11 - The Council of Trent on Catholics and Protestants
- Eight Statements from the Council of Trent
- Question related to Eight Statements from the Council of Trent
Supplement #12- Galileo on Science and the Bible
- Background to Galileo's Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
- Galileo's Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
- Essay Questions related to Galileo's Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
Supplement #13 - The Delusion of Dutch Tulip Mania
Supplement #14 - Voltaire Promotes Religious Toleration
Supplement #15 - The Chippewa Attack on Fort Michilimackinac
Supplement #16 - Samuel Johnson Defends Taxing the American Colonies
Supplement #17 - Alexander Hamilton and Presidential Accountability
- Alexander Hamilton on Impeachment
- Questions related to Alexander Hamilton on Impeachment
- Hamilton and Prosecuting a Former President
Supplement #18 - Alexis de Tocqueville on the French Revolution
- The Old Regime's Revolutionary Education of the Common People
- Questions related to The Old Regime's Revolutionary Education of the Common People
Supplement #19 - George Washington on Party Spirit and More
Supplement #20 - Black Slavery in Black Africa
Supplement #21 - Three Important Cases of the Marshall Court
- Background to the Marshall Court
- Marbury v. Madison (1803) and Judicial Review
- Essay Question related to Marbury v. Madison and Judicial Review
- McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) and Federalism
- Questions related to McCulloch v. Maryland and Federalism
- Johnson v. McIntosh (1823) and Native Americans
- Questions related to Johnson v. McIntosh and Native Americans
Supplement #22 - An Early Abolitionist Tract by a Free Black
Supplement #23 - Southern Sisters Condemn Slavery
Supplement #24 - Remembering the Trail of Tears
Supplement #25 - John C. Calhoun and the Conquest of Mexico
- Background to Calhoun's Speech on the Conquest of Mexico
- John C. Calhoun's Speech on the Conquest of Mexico
- Questions related to Calhoun's Speech on the Conquest of Mexico
Supplement #26 - Karl Marx and the Coming Communist Revolution
Supplement #27 - An Appeal for Limited Government in France
- Bastiat on the "Great Fiction" of Government
- Questions related to Bastiat on the "Great Fiction" of Government
Supplement #28 - Dred Scott, Black Status, and the Constitution
Supplement #29 - The 19th Century Pivot on Abortion
- The Legal Status of Abortion Prior to Criminalization
- Questions related to The Legal Status of Abortion Prior to Criminalization
- Physicians Push to Criminalize Abortion
- Questions related to Physicians Push to Criminalize Abortion
Supplement #30 - Preserving White Status
Supplement #31 - Abraham Lincoln's First and Second Inaugural Addresses
- Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
- Questions related to Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
- Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (Multiple-choice Included)
Supplement #32 - Susan B. Anthony and Women's Rights
- Susan B. Anthony: "Is it a Crime for a Citizen of the United States to Vote?"
- Questions related to Anthony's Address
Supplement #33 - The Last Battle between Native American Tribes
Supplement #34 - God and Evolution
- God and Evolution: E. F. Burr, Charles Darwin, and William Graham
- Questions related to God and Evolution
Supplement #35 - German Anti-Semitism
- A German Anti-Semitic Statement by Heinrich von Treitschke
- Questions related to A German Anti-Semitic Statement
- A German-Jewish Response by Emil Lehmann
- Questions related to A German-Jewish Response
Supplement #36 - Andrew Carnegie on Wealth Inequality
Supplement #37 - Christian Nation
- David Brewer on the United States as a Christian Nation
- Questions related to David Brewer on the United States as a Christian Nation
Supplement #38 - Ida B. Wells-Barnett on Lynching
Supplement #39 - The Second Amendment
- Gun Rights and Gun Control through the 19th Century
- Questions related to Gun Rights and Gun Control through the 19th Century
Supplement #40 - Johann Most and Emma Goldman Defend Anarchism
Supplement #41 - Forced Prostitution
Supplement #42 - Social Darwinism and World War I
- Background to World War I and Bernhardi
- Friedrich von Bernhardi on the Right to Make War
- Questions related to the Right to Make War
Supplement #43 - Witness to Child Labor
Supplement #44 - Unworthy Life and Nazi Genocide
Supplement #45 - The Struggle for Suffrage
- The Thorny Politics of Women's Suffrage
- Questions related to The Thorny Politics of Women's Suffrage
Supplement #46 - Contrasting Presidents: A Progressive and a Conservative
- Theodore Roosevelt: A Progressive
- Questions related to Theodore Roosevelt
- Calvin Coolidge: A Conservative
- Questions related to Calvin Coolidge
Supplement #47 - Samuel Gompers Opposes Labor Radicalism
Supplement #48 - Eugenics
Supplement #49 - Driving and Maintaining Your Model T
Supplement #50 - The Problem with Prohibition
Supplement #51 - Norman Thomas Advocates for Socialism
Supplement #52 - Franklin Roosevelt Speaks Up for Social Action
Supplement #53 - Herbert Hoover on the Bureaucratic Threat
Supplement #54 - The Double Standard of Capitalist Folklore
- Thurman Arnold on the Capitalist Double Standard
- Questions related to the Capitalist Double Standard
Supplement #55 - Education and Japan's Road to War
- Saburo Ienaga on Education for National Conformity
- True/False Questions related to Education for National Conformity
Supplement #56 - A German Jew Chronicles the Third Reich
Supplement #57 - Arriving at Auschwitz
Supplement #58 - Jews Who Opposed Zionism
- Background to Jews Who Opposed Zionism
- Leopold Weiss and Jacob de Haan
- Questions related to Leopold Weiss and Jacob de Haan
- An American Jewish Statement against Zionism
- Questions related to An American Jewish Statement against Zionism
Supplement #59 - Gulag
Supplement #60 - Why the Chinese Communists Came to Power
- John Melby on the Chinese Revolution
- True/False Questions related to John Melby on the Chinese Revolution
Supplement #61 - Communism in the United States
- Background to Whittaker Chambers and Communism
- Becoming a Communist
- Questions related to Becoming a Communist
- Breaking with Communism
- Questions related to Breaking with Communism
Supplement #62 - McCarthyism
Supplement #63 - Martin Luther King on the Black Family
Supplement #64 - One Vietnam POW's Story
Supplement #65 - Martin Luther King on What's Next
Supplement #66 - J. Edgar Hoover
Supplement #67 - Mao's Doctor
Supplement #68 - Unrestrained Supreme Court Decisions
- Background to Two Dissents Invoking Judicial Restraint
- Byron White's Dissent in Roe v Wade
- Questions related to Byron White's Dissent in Roe v. Wade
- William Rehnquist's Dissent in Bellotti
- Questions related to William Rehnquist's Dissent in Bellotti
Supplement #69 - The CIA and the Constitution
- William Colby on Constitutional Intelligence
- Questions related to William Colby on Constitutional Intelligence
Supplement #70 - Waking Up to Toxic Waste
Supplement #71 - Excessive Force (Not)
- Police and the Constitutional Use of Force
- Questions related to Police and the Constitutional Use of Force
Supplement #72 - Black Crime
Supplement #73 - Ryazan and the Russian Regime
Supplement #74 - Misled on Iraq
Supplement #75 - Unsettled Climate Science
Supplement #76 - Runaway Healthcare Costs