Documents for History 117B: Chronological List
117A Alphabetical List 117A Chronological List 117B Alphabetical List 117B Chronological List
Documents listed below with emphasis are required reading; documents shown in ordinary text are important but not required; and documents listed in small text are for background or further research only.
   
1852Treaty with the Apache
1853Gadsden Purchase Treaty Between Mexico and the United States
 Treaty Between Mexico and the United States
 Treaty with the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache
1854Treaty of Kanagawa between the United States and Japan
1855My Bondage and Freedom by Frederick Douglass
1865Treaty with the Apache, Cheyenne, and Arapaho
 Treaty with the Cheyenne and Arapaho
1867Treaty With the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache
1868Fort Laramie Treaty
 History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson by Edmund G. Ross
1879The Dual Alliance Between Austria-Hungary and Germany
1887Dawes Act
1892The Franco-Russian Alliance Military Convention
1898Spain - Treaty of Peace with the United States
 Treaty of Peace Between the United States and Spain
1899A Message to Garcia (Elbert Hubbard)
1903Convention for the Construction of a Ship Canal (Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty)
 Lease to the United States by the Government of Cuba of Certain Areas of Land and Water for Naval or Coaling Stations in Guantanamo and Bahia Honda
 Panama Canal Treaty
 The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois

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1904The Entente Cordiale Between England and France
1905Plunkitt's Diary
1907The Anglo-Russian Entente
1914Treaty of Alliance Between Germany and Turkey
1916The Sykes-Picot Agreement
1917Balfour Declaration
 The Bolshevik "Coup d'Etat" November 7, 1917 : Foreign Relations of the United States
 Foreign Relations of the United States : The Bolshevik "Coup d'Etat"
 Order No. I of the Petrograd Soviet, March 14, 1917
1918The Peace of Brest-Litovsk
 Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
1919The Spartacist Manifesto
 The Treaty of Versailles
 Versailles to NATO - 1919-1949
1921Treaty between the United States of America, the British Empire, France, and Japan, Sighted at Washington
1922British White Paper on Palestine
 The Palestine Mandate
 Papers Related to the Foreign Relations of the United States
1924League of Nations Covenant
1925The Locarno Pact
 Treaty of Locarno Between France and Poland
 Treaty of Mutual Guarantee between Germany, Belgium, France, Great Britain and Italy (The Locarno Pact)
1928Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate Seventieth Congress on The General Pact for the Renunciation of War signed at Paris
 Kellogg-Briand Pact and Associated Documents

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1938Franco-German Declaration
 French Yellow Book : Diplomatic Papers
 The Munich Pact and Associated Documents
 Yellow Book : French Diplomatic Papers from September 29, 1938 to September 3, 1939
1939Correspondence Between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the German Government
1940Franco-German Armistice
 Tripartite Pact
1941Agreement Between the United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
 Atlantic Charter
 German Declaration of War with the United States
 Inter-Allied Council Statement on the Principles of the Atlantic Charter
 Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact
1942Anglo-American Mutual Aid Agreement
 Declaration by the United Nations
 Master Lend-Lease Agreement
 Mutual Aid Agreement Between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
 Twenty-Year Mutual Assistance Agreement Between the United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
 The Washington Conference : Documents
1943Tehran Conference
1944International Labor Organization - Declaration Concerning Aims and Purposes
1945Pact of the League of Arab States
 Potsdam Conference
 Statute of the International Court of Justice
 UNESCO - Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
 United Nations Charter
 World War II - Documents
 Yalta Conference

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1946The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by The Manhattan Engineer District
 Constitution of the International Refugee Organization
 Constitution of the World Health Organization
 Convention on the Priviledges and Immunities of the United Nations
 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
 The Manhattan Engineer District: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
 Nuremberg War Crimes Trial
 WHO - Constitution of the World Health Organization
1947Truman Doctrine
 United Nations Resolution 181
1948Charter of the Organization of American States
 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
 Israeli Declaration of Independence
 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1949NATO Treaty
1950Cold War Diplomacy - Defense Treaties of the United States
 The United States, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Area
1951Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan
 Security Treaty Between the United States, Australia, and New Zealand (ANZUS)
1953Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea
1954Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Viet-Nam
 Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty (Manila Pact)

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1955Baghdad Pact
 Pact of Mutual Cooperation Between the Kingdom of Iraq, the Republic of Turkey, the United Kingdom, the Dominion of Pakistan, and the Kingdom of Iran (Baghdad Pact)
 The Warsaw Security Pact
1960The RB-47 Airplane Incident
 The U2 Incident
1961Cuban Missile Crisis
 Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower
1963Equal Pay Act
 King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I Have a Dream"
1964Civil Rights Act
 Tonkin Gulf Incident
1965Voting Rights Act
1967Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies
1968Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space
 The Palestinian National Charter
1971Agreement on Measures to Reduce the Risk of Outbreak of Nuclear War Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics
1972Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Prevention of Incidents On and Over the High Seas
1973Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation (1971)
 Israeli-Egyptian Treaty
 War Powers Resolution
1975Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (1972)
1978Camp David Accords

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1988Hamas Covenant
1989Convention on the Rights of the Child
1993Israel-Palestine Liberation Organization Agreement
1995Bosnian Peace Accords
 Dayton Peace Accords
 Proximity Peace Talks at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio
1998Kosovo - United Nations Security Council Resolution 1160
 Kosovo - United Nations Security Council Resolution 1199
2001Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism
 Executive Order Establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council
 Executive Order Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty And Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense And the Secretary of Transportation
 Joint Statement on Counterterrorism by the President of the United States and the President of Russia
 September 11, 2001 : Attack on America - A Collection of Documents
 Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee - The Mitchell Plan
 The Tenet Plan : Israeli-Palestinian Ceasefire and Security Plan, Proposed by CIA Director George Tenet

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