Historians on America

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 2
Picture Credits......Page 4
Introduction......Page 5
Title Page
......Page 6
The Trial of John Peter Zenger, The Birth of Freedom of the Press......Page 7
The Constitutional Convention of 1787......Page 15
Rising by Falling, George Washington and the Concept of a Limited Presidency......Page 22
Victory of the Common School Movement, A Turning Point in American Educational History......Page 29
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890......Page 37
The Interstate Highway System, 1939-1991......Page 45
The GI Bill of Rights......Page 53
The Marshall Plan,  A Strategy that Worked......Page 61
Brown v. Board of Education, 
The Law, the Legacy......Page 69
The Right to Legal Counsel, 
The Gideon v. Wainwright Decision......Page 77
The Immigration Act of 1965, 
Intended and Unintended Consequences......Page 83
Bibliography and Web Sites......Page 90
Back Cover......Page 92