Newberry Library digital collections presents a lesson using primary sources from which students explore the concept of "anti-state" sentiment and examine the reasons writers and politicians protest the authority of the federal government and how anti-statist thought has changed over time. Includes questions to consider.

Concepts

isolationism

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Additional Tags

federal government, federalism and anti-federalism, newberry library: anti-statism in u.s. history, protest and the american revolution, america first committee, bill of rights, lend-lease act

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)