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Acknowledgements

The staff at the Democracy Project is extremely grateful to The Dirksen Congressional Center for the financial support that made this unit possible. The Dirksen Center is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization in Pekin, Illinois, that seeks to improve civic engagement by promoting a better understanding of Congress and its leaders through archival, research, and educational programs.

The Center is named for Everett McKinley Dirksen. Dirksen served in the U.S. House from 1933-1948, the United States Senate from 1951-1969, and as Minority Leader of the Senate from 1959 until 1969.

We are also deeply indebted to Charlene Bangs Bickford. Charlene is the
Director of the First Federal Congress Project (FFCP), a research center in the History Department of The George Washington University, Washington, DC. To date, the Johns Hopkins University Press has published 14 volumes of the FFCP's 20 volume Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791. Charlene voluntarily read through most of the lessons in the unit and offered valuable suggestions – many of which found their way into the unit. Much of the credit for the historical accuracy and quality of the unit goes to her and the work that the staff at the FFCP has done over the years. Any errors that may appear in the unit are probably the result of ignoring or overlooking Charlene’s advice.

Homepage Illustration: George Holland. A View of Broad Street, Wall Street, and the City Hall. Courtesy of: I.N. Phelps Stokes Collection Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Division of Arts, Prints and Photographs. The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.

For more information, contact Fran O'Malley by e-mail or phone (302-831-4271 or 302-831-8443).