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Now you can study A New World Power from first-hand perspective. This essential eBook includes 58 primary source accounts from 1890 to 1914. No source is better than the original. It is untainted and tells the history as it happened.
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*Includes 58 Accounts
Henry Ford and the Automobile – James Rood Doolittle
The Oklahoma Rush – Contemporary Accounts
The Panic of 1893 – Alexander D. Noyes
The Parting of the Ways – Bland
The World's Colombian Exposition – E. Benjamin Andrews
In Closing the Wilson Tariff Bill Debate (Reed) – Reed
In Closing the Wilson Tariff Bill Debate (Crisp) – Crisp
The First Bryan Campaign – William Jennings Bryan
The Debs Railway Strike – Harry Thurston Peck
The Wilson Tariff Enacted – Harry Thurston Peck
On "The Crime of 1873" – Sherman
The First Bryan Campaign – Harry Thurston Peck
The Venezuela Affair – Richard Olney
In Defense of Silver – William Jennings Bryan
On Municipal and Governmental Ownership – Altgeld
McKinley in the White House – Charles S. Olcott
The Annexation of Hawaii – Sherman, Hatch, Thurton, and Kinney
The Annexation of Hawaii (Carpenter) – Edmund J. Carpenter
Treaty with Spain, 1898 – The U.S. and Spanish Governments
The Destruction of the "Maine" in Havana Harbor – Contemporary Press Account
Recognition of the Independence of Cuba – U.S. Congress
Outbreak of the War with Spain – Contemporary Account
The Battle of Manila Bay – George Dewey
The Battle of San Juan Hill – Theodore Roosevelt
The Capture of Santiago and Defeat of Cervera – Andrew S. Draper
The Discovery of Gold in Alaska – Dr. L. H. French
The "Open Door" in China, 1899 – John Hay
Ultimatum in the Negotiation of Peace – William Rufus Day
The Boxer Rebellion in China – Account of an Eye-Witness
The Capture and Occupation of Pekin – Adna R. Chaffee
The Gold-Standard Act – Lyman J. Gage
Civil Government in Cuba – Leonard Wood
Cleveland's Eulogy of McKinley – Grover Cleveland
McKinley's Last Speech – William McKinley
The Assassination of McKinley – Richard Batty
The Assassination of Mckinley – Harry Thurston Peck
The Capture of Aguinaldo – Brigadier-General Frederick Funston
Roosevelt Succeeds McKinley – Theodore Roosevelt
The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901 – The U.S. and British Governments
Subjugation of the Philippines Inquitous – Hoar
The First Airplane to Fly Successfully – Orville and Wilbur Wright
Hay's Tribute to McKinley – Hay
Convention Between the United States and the Republic of Panama – Theodore Roosevelt
The Discovery of Surgical Anesthesia – William T. G. Morton and Crawford H. Long
On American Motherhood – Theodore Roosevelt
The Earthquake and Fire in San Francisco – Henry James Forman
The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire – New York "Sun"
The Panic of 1907 – Alexander D. Noyes
The Human Side of Panama Canal Building – George W. Goethals
The Purchase of the Panama Canal – Theodore Roosevelt
The Building of the Panama Canal – Encyclopedia Britannica
Peary Discovers the North Pole – Robert E. Peary
The Rise and Growth of the Salvation Army – William H. Cox
Mrs. Eddy and Christian Science – Lewis C. Strang
The Northern Securities and Standard Oil Decisions – Alexander D. Noyes
Wilson Nominated for the Presidency – Joseph P. Tumulty
A Banking Act to End Panics – Robert L. Owen
Wilson Anticipates a Clash with Mexico – Woodrow Wilson