Political campaigns, candidates & debates (1787-2017)

In: Defining documents in American history

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Complete List of Contents -- Publisher's Note -- Introduction -- Contributors -- The First and Second Party Systems, 1787-1854 -- Federalist No. 10 -- George Washington's First Inaugural Address -- Thomas Jefferson to Elbridge Gerry -- Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address -- Andrew Jackson to Henry Lee -- "The South in Danger" -- Kansas-Nebraska Act -- The Third Party System, 1854-96 -- "House Divided" Speech -- The Lincoln-Douglas Debates -- On the Irrepressible Conflict -- Cooper Union Address -- Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address -- Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address -- President Grant's First Inaugural Address -- A Contested Election: Report to Congress on the Activities of the Ku Klux Klan -- Documents Relating to the Grant-Greeley Election of 1872 -- Samuel Tilden's Speech Conceding the Election of 1876 -- Benjamin Harrison's Speech to the Harrison League of Indianapolis -- "Cross of Gold" Speech -- The Fourth Party System, 1896-1932 -- The March of the Flag -- Platform of the Progressive Party -- The "New Freedom" -- Woodrow Wilson's Second Inaugural Address -- Warren G. Harding's "Not Nostrums, but Normalcy" Speech -- "The Destiny of America" -- Herbert Hoover on "The Constructive Side of Government" -- The National Anthem Established: The Star-Spangled Banner