Teaching about the cons with Resources from The Center for Legislative Archives and the National Archives

Agenda for Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Presenter: Dr. Charles M. Flanagan, Outreach Supervisor, The Center for Legislative Archives

Part I Efforts to Avoid War after World War I

SS.912.A.5.5 Describe efforts by the United States and other world Powers to avoid future wars.

  1. Setting the Context: The Treaty of Versailles Debate
  2. Article X
  3. Henry Cabot Lodge’s Objections
  4. President Warren G. Harding Message on Peace with Germany 9/21/1921
  5. Using Political Cartoons by Clifford K. Berryman to Explore the Era of the Treaty Debate

1/1/1919 / 1/10/1919 / 2/8/1919
10/19/1920 / 10/28/1920 / 3/2/1921
  1. Diplomatic Efforts to Achieve Disarmament
  2. Letter of Submittal from Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes presenting the Senate with a Treaty on Naval Arms Limitation, 2/9/1922
  3. Political Cartoons by Clifford K. Berryman Related to the Treaty of Washington and the time of its creation

7/9/1921 / 8/20/1921 / 8/30/1921
11/23/1921 / 12/28/1921 / 2/5/1922
  1. Diplomatic Efforts to Outlaw War as an Instrument of Foreign Policy
  2. Senate Report on the Kellogg-Briand Treaty 1/15/1929
  3. Excerpt from the Congressional Record Related to a Proposed Arms Embargo against any Signatory Nations which Engage in War 2/27/1929
  4. Political Cartoons by Clifford K. Berryman Related to the Effort to Outlaw War

8/27/1928 / 9/16/1929
  1. Two 1941 Documents: NA 17343469 & 2600930

Part II Reparations, Foreign Debt and U.S. Foreign Policy 1920 – 1932

SS.912.A.5.3 Examine the impact of United States Foreign Economic Policy during the 1920s

  1. Setting the Context of the Early 20s Era of German Reparations and the U.S. Tariff
  1. President Calvin Coolidge on Foreign Debt 12/3/1924
  2. Washington Post Editorial – “The Dawes Plan and the Tariff” 8/6/1924
  3. Letter to the Editor - New York Times – on Debt Cancellation 11/4/1926
  1. Using Political Cartoons by Clifford K. Berryman to Explore the 1920s Tariff Debate

1/29/1922 / 6/5/1922 / 8/5/1922
10/7/1922 / 12/17/1922 / 1/1/1923
  1. Setting the Context of the Late 20s Era of the Hawley Smoot Tariff
  1. President Herbert Hoover’s Remarks on Signing the Hawley Smoot Tariff
  2. “The New American Tariff: Europe’s Answer.” Foreign Affairs 10/1930
  3. Tables Excerpted from the New York Times 11/22/1931
  4. Excerpt from Senate Speech by Joseph Robinson (D, AR) 7/15/1932
  5. House Report on Legislation to Amend the Tariff of 1930 – 3/17/1932
  1. Using Political Cartoons by Clifford K. Berryman to Explore the Late 20s Tariff Issue

1/13/1930 / 10/25/1930 / 11/2/1929

Part III Civil Rights 1917 – 1965

SS.912.A.5.10 Analyze support for and resistance to civil rights for women, African Americans, Native Americans, and other minorities

  1. The Woman Suffrage and ERA Issues Illustrated in Documents
  2. Civil Rights for African Americans – 1950s
  3. Congress Protects the Right to Vote

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