1. APUSH Major Primary Sources Period 4 (1800-1848)
Includes paintings, engravings, photographs, political cartoons, speeches, documents with hyperlinks for additional information and video links.
Also includes secondary source maps, charts, and historical depictions.
Compiled by John Burkowski Jr.
Academy for Advanced Academics

2. Speech in the U.S. House of Representatives Felix Grundy 1811

3. Speech in the U.S. House of Representatives John Randolph 1811

4. A Scene on the Frontiers as Practiced by the Humane British and their Worthy Allies William Charles 1812

5. Report and Resolutions of the Hartford Convention January 4, 1815

6. Fourth of July Celebration in Centre Square John Lewis Krimmel 1819

7. Excerpt from Speech to the U. S. House of Representatives John C
Excerpt from Speech to the U.S. House of Representatives John C. Calhoun 1817

8. Excerpt from Speech in Congress Henry Clay 1824

9. Circa 1790

11. Map of Travel Time: 1800, 1830

13. Letter to John Holmes Thomas Jefferson April 22, 1820

14. Monroe Doctrine James Monroe 1823
Our policy, in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy, meeting, in all instances, the just claims of every power; submitting to injuries from none. But, in regard to those continents, circumstances are eminently and conspicuously different.
It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent, without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can any one believe that our Southern Brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition, in any form, with indifference. If we look to the comparative strength and resources of Spain and those new governments, and their distance from each other, it must be obvious that she can never subdue them. It is still the true policy of the United States, to leave the parties to themselves, in the hope that other powers will pursue the same course.

15. Excerpt from Democracy in America Alexis de Tocqueville 1835

16. Electoral Map: 1828

17. Excerpt from South Carolina Exposition and Protest John C. Calhoun 1828

18. Webster-Hayne Debates January, 1830

19. Veto Message of the Bill on the Bank of the United States Andrew Jackson 1832

20. Excerpt from First Annual Message to Congress [concerning Native removal] Andrew Jackson 1829

21. Majority Decision – Worcester v
Majority Decision – Worcester v. Georgia Chief Justice John Marshall 1832

22. Farewell Letter to the American People George W
Farewell Letter to the American People George W. Harkins, Choctaw Chief 1832

24. What a Revival of Religion Is Charles Finney 1835

25. The Drunkard’s Progress
The Drunkard’s Progress. From the First Glass to the Grave Nathaniel Currier 1846

26. Excerpt from Speech to the Massachusetts Legislature Horace Mann 1846

27. Memorial Soliciting a State Hospital for the Protection and Cure of the Insane Dorothea Dix 1848

28. Review of the Debate in the Virginia Legislature of 1831 and 1832 Thomas R. Dew 1832

29. To The Public William Lloyd Garrison 1831

30. Excerpt from Slavery A Positive Good John C. Calhoun 1837

31. Excerpt from “What To the Slave is the Fourth of July
Excerpt from “What To the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Frederick Douglass 1852

32. Excerpt from Speech at Pennsylvania Hall Angelina Grimke 1838

33. Declaration of Sentiments Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1848

34. Excerpt from Ain’t I a Woman? Sojourner Truth 1851

35. Excerpt from Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau 1849

38. Excerpt from American (Know-Nothing) Party Platform 1856