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Introduction: E pluribus unum -- James Madison, the 'federal negative,' and the making of the U.S. Constitution -- Battle over a bank: defining the limits of federal power under a new constitution (1787-1791) -- Democracy, sovereignty, and the struggle over Cherokee removal -- Banking and politics in antebellum New York -- Property, suffrage, and the "right of revolution" in Rhode Island -- Debt and democracy: the New York Constitutional Convention of 1846 -- The struggle over public education in early America -- A nation divided: the United States and the challenge of secession -- Race, justice, and the jury system in postbellum Virginia -- Labor, capital, and government: the anthracite coal strike of 1902 -- An Australian ballot for California? -- The jungle and the debate over federal meat inspection in 1906 -- Direct democracy or directed democracy?: the battle over the initiative and referendum in Massachusetts -- Regulating radio in the age of broadcasting -- The Pecora hearings (1932-34) -- Martin Luther King and the struggle for black voting rights -- Democracy and women's rights in America: the fight over the ERA -- Leadership and independence at the Federal Reserve (2007-2009) -- Citizens United and corporate speech. |
