Document Reader for American Government: Stories of a Nation For the AP Course

The Foundational Documents and Court Cases Reader includes all of the documents and cases required by the College Board®, as well as commentary and guided questions to help students understand these complex texts.

Foundational Documents

How to Master the Foundational Documents

The Declaration of Independence

The Articles of Confederation

The Constitution of the United States

Brutus No. 1

Federalist No. 10

Federalist No. 51

Federalist No. 70

Federalist No. 78

Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr.

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

United States v. Lopez (1995)

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Engel v. Vitale (1962)

Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)

New York Times Co. v. United States (1971)

Schenck v. United States (1919)

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

Roe v. Wade (1973)

McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010)

Baker v. Carr (1961)

Shaw v. Reno (1993)

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