Research/Publications

American Political History

The papers in this collection were researched and written by Donald Linky, Senior Policy Fellow at the Eagleton Institute. For information, please contact John Weingart at john.weingart@rutgers.edu.

Introduction & Origins of American Political Thought	Colonial Government and the Crown	Revolution	Constitution
Jacksonian Democracy	"Era of Good Feeling"	Regional Conflict & Compromise	Election of 1860 & Civil War
Reconstruction & Impreachment of President Johnson	Progressive Movement	Woodrow Wilson & Election of 1912	World War I
Depression & FDR	World War II	1948 Truman-Dewey Election	Cold War & McCarthyism
Brown v Board of Education	Kennedy-Nixon Debates	Vietnam - Prelude	Vietnam - Escalation
Election of 1964	Watergate	Election of Jimmy Carter	Reagan and End of the Cold War
Clinton Impeachment	2000 Presidential Election	September 11	Additional Resources and Links