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Westward Expansion

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Populists and Progressives

27 Documents

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The Judiciary

Speech at Springfield, Illinois

Stephen A. Douglas

1858

The Judiciary

Reply to Jackson’s Veto Message

Daniel Webster

1932

The Judiciary

Marbury v. Madison

John Marshall

1803

Message to the House of Representatives

George Washington

1796

Special Message to the House of Representatives

James K. Polk

1846

Centinel V

Samuel Bryan

1787

Remarks at the Signing of the Violence against Women Act

Barack Obama & Joe Biden

2013

Northwest Ordinance

1787

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