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This is a unique collection of U.S. Government legal documents that shaped and built the American democracy. From the Declaration of Independence to the Civil Rights Act of 1968, this collection contains 40 most important acts and decisions which forged the legal system and democratic principles of USA:Declaration of Independence (1776) U.S. Constitution (1787)Bill of Rights (1791)Amendments (1792-1991) The Federalist Papers (1787-1788)Marbury v. Madison (1803)The Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803)Treaty of Ghent (1814)Monroe Doctrine (1823)Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)Emancipation Proclamation (1863)Gettysburg Address (1863)The Civil Rights Act of 1866Treaty of Fort Laramie/Sioux Treaty (1868)The Enforcement Act of 1870 The Second Enforcement Act of 1871 (Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871)Civil Rights Act of 1875 Interstate Commerce Act (1887)Dawes Act (1887)Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 (1916) President Woodrow Wilson''s 14 Point Program (1918)National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)Social Security Act (1935)Lend-Lease Act (1941)Brown v. Board of Education (1954)Civil Rights Act of 1957Civil Rights Act of 1960Establishment of the Peace Corps (1961)Test Ban Treaty (1963)Equal Pay Act of 1963Civil Rights Act of 1964Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964)Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964)Voting Rights Act (1965)Loving v. Virginia (1967)Civil Rights Act of 1968Rehabilitation Act of 1973Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978

This collection incorporates the crucial democratic principles on which our identity as Americans is based. From the Declaration of Independence to the Civil Rights Act of 1968, this edition contains 40 most important decisions and acts that shaped the legal system and democracy of the USA.Table of Contents: Declaration of Independence (1776) U.S. Constitution (1787)Bill of Rights (1791)Amendments (1792-1991) The Federalist Papers (1787-1788)Marbury vs Madison (1803)The Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803)Treaty of Ghent (1814)Monroe Doctrine (1823)Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)Emancipation Proclamation (1863)Gettysburg Address (1863)The Civil Rights Act of 1866Treaty of Fort Laramie/Sioux Treaty (1868)The Enforcement Act of 1870 The Second Enforcement Act of 1871 (Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871)Civil Rights Act of 1875 Interstate Commerce Act (1887)Dawes Act (1887)Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916 (1916) President Woodrow Wilson''s 14 Point Program (1918)National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)Social Security Act (1935)Lend-Lease Act (1941)Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)Civil Rights Act of 1957Civil Rights Act of 1960Establishment of the Peace Corps (1961)Test Ban Treaty (1963)Equal Pay Act of 1963Civil Rights Act of 1964Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964)Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964)Voting Rights Act (1965)Loving v. Virginia (1967)Civil Rights Act of 1968Rehabilitation Act of 1973Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978

President Donald Trump signed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Transition Authorization Act of 2017, the first comprehensive NASA authorization act passed in seven years by Congress, authorizing $19.5 billion in funding for deep space exploration and human travel to Mars by 2030. NASA will lead our nation and our world on a journey to Mars. Like the Apollo Program, they will embark on this journey for all humanity. Mars is the horizon goal for pioneering space; it is the next tangible frontier for expanding human presence. Mars have found valuable resources for sustaining human pioneers, such as water ice just below the surface. Mars had conditions suitable for life, but will it our new home?"Table of Contents: Basic Facts About MarsJourney to Mars - IntroductionJourney to Mars - Pioneering Next Steps in Space Exploration:Our GoalOur Approach: Pioneering PrinciplesThree Phases on Our Journey to MarsOur Strategy for the Journey to MarsOur Progress and Plans on the Journey to MarsPioneering ChallengesGovernment''s Authorization of the Plan - An Act to Authorize the Programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for Other Purposes

James Madison introduced 12 amendments to the First Congress in 1789. Ten of these would go on to become what we now consider to be the Bill of Rights. One was never passed, while another dealing with Congressional salaries was not ratified until 1992, when it became the 27th Amendment. Based on the Virginia Declaration of Rights, the English Bill of Rights, the writings of the Enlightenment, and the rights defined in the Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights contains rights that many today consider to be fundamental to America. The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. Empowered with the sovereign authority of the people by the framers and the consent of the legislatures of the states, it is the source of all government powers, and also provides important limitations on the government that protect the fundamental rights of United States citizens. The Constitution acted like a colossal merger, uniting a group of states with different interests, laws, and cultures. Under America''s first national government, the Articles of Confederation, the states acted together only for specific purposes. The Constitution united its citizens as members of a whole, vesting the power of the union in the people. Without it, the American Experiment might have ended as quickly as it had begun. Contents: The Journal of the Debates in the Convention Which Framed the Constitution of the United StatesConstitutional Amendment Process Measures Proposed to Amend the Constitution Congress Creates the Bill of RightsConstitutionAmendments Biographies of the Founding Fathers

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." — Preamble to the Constitution The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. Empowered with the sovereign authority of the people by the framers and the consent of the legislatures of the states, it is the source of all government powers, and also provides important limitations on the government that protect the fundamental rights of United States citizens. The Constitution acted like a colossal merger, uniting a group of states with different interests, laws, and cultures. Under America''s first national government, the Articles of Confederation, the states acted together only for specific purposes. The Constitution united its citizens as members of a whole, vesting the power of the union in the people. Without it, the American Experiment might have ended as quickly as it had begun. James Madison introduced 12 amendments to the First Congress in 1789. Ten of these would go on to become what we now consider to be the Bill of Rights. One was never passed, while another dealing with Congressional salaries was not ratified until 1992, when it became the 27th Amendment. Based on the Virginia Declaration of Rights, the English Bill of Rights, the writings of the Enlightenment, and the rights defined in the Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights contains rights that many today consider to be fundamental to America. Contents: The Journal of the Debates in the Convention Which Framed the Constitution of the United StatesConstitutional Amendment Process Measures Proposed to Amend the Constitution Congress Creates the Bill of RightsConstitutionAmendments Biographies of the Founding Fathers