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1. Ancient America, Before 1492

Introduction to Chapter 1

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 1

Archaeology and History

The First Americans

African and Asian Origins

Making Historical Arguments: Who Were the First Americans?

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Paleo-Indian Hunters

Archaic Hunters and Gatherers

Great Plains Bison Hunters

Great Basin Cultures

Pacific Coast Cultures

Eastern Woodland Cultures

Agricultural Settlements and Chiefdoms

Southwestern Cultures

Beyond America’s Borders: Corn: An Ancient American Legacy

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Analyzing Historical Evidence: Artifacts of Daily Life in Chaco Canyon

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Woodland Burial Mounds and Chiefdoms

Native Americans in the 1490s

Eastern and Great Plains Peoples

Southwestern and Western Peoples

Cultural Similarities

The Mexica: A Mesoamerican Culture

Conclusion: The World of Ancient Americans

Chapter 1 Review

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2. Europeans Encounter the New World, 1492–1600

Introduction to Chapter 2

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 2

Europe in the Age of Exploration

Mediterranean Trade and European Expansion

A Century of Portuguese Exploration

A Surprising New World in the Western Atlantic

The Explorations of Columbus

The Geographic Revolution and the Columbian Exchange

Spanish Exploration and Conquest

The Conquest of Mexico

Making Historical Arguments: Why Did Cortés Win?

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The Search for Other Mexicos

Spanish Outposts in Florida and New Mexico

New Spain in the Sixteenth Century

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Justifying Conquest

Experiencing the American Promise: Spreading Christianity in New Spain

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The Toll of Spanish Conquest and Colonization

The New World and Sixteenth-Century Europe

The Protestant Reformation and the Spanish Response

Europe and the Spanish Example

Conclusion: The Promise of the New World for Europeans

Chapter 2 Review

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3. The Southern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century, 1601–1700

Introduction to Chapter 3

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 3

An English Colony on Chesapeake Bay

The Fragile Jamestown Settlement

Cooperation and Conflict between Natives and Newcomers

From Private Company to Royal Government

A Tobacco Society

Beyond America’s Borders: American Tobacco and European Consumers

Tobacco Agriculture

A Servant Labor System

The Rigors of Servitude

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Enslavement by Marriage

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Cultivating Land and Faith

Hierarchy and Inequality in the Chesapeake

Social and Economic Polarization

Government Policies and Political Conflict

Bacon’s Rebellion

Making Historical Arguments: Why Did English Colonists Consider Themselves Superior to Indians and Africans?

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Toward a Slave Labor System

Religion and Revolt in the Spanish Borderland

The West Indies: Sugar and Slavery

Carolina: A West Indian Frontier

Slave Labor Emerges in the Chesapeake

Conclusion: The Growth of English Colonies Based on Export Crops and Slave Labor

Chapter 3 Review

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4. The Northern Colonies in the Seventeenth Century, 1601–1700

Introduction to Chapter 4

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 4

Puritans and the Settlement of New England

Puritan Origins: The English Reformation

The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony

The Founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony

Making Historical Arguments: How Did Seventeenth-Century Colonists View Nature?

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The Evolution of New England Society

Church, Covenant, and Conformity

Government by Puritans for Puritanism

The Splintering of Puritanism

Religious Controversies and Economic Changes

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Hunting Witches in Salem, Massachusetts

The Founding of the Middle Colonies

From New Netherland to New York

New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Toleration and Diversity in Pennsylvania

The Colonies and the English Empire

Royal Regulation of Colonial Trade

King Philip’s War and the Consolidation of Royal Authority

Beyond America’s Borders: New France and the Indians: The English Colonies’ Northern Borderlands

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Conclusion: An English Model of Colonization in North America

Chapter 4 Review

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5. Colonial America in the Eighteenth Century, 1701–1770

Introduction to Chapter 5

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 5

A Growing Population and Expanding Economy in British North America

New England: From Puritan Settlers to Yankee Traders

Natural Increase and Land Distribution

Farms, Fish, and Atlantic Trade

Experiencing the American Promise: A Sailor’s Life in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

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The Middle Colonies: Immigrants, Wheat, and Work

German and Scots-Irish Immigrants

“God Gives All Things to Industry”: Urban and Rural Labor

Making Historical Arguments: Why Did Few Colonists Oppose the African Slave Trade?

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The Southern Colonies: Land of Slavery

The Atlantic Slave Trade and the Growth of Slavery

Slave Labor and African American Culture

Tobacco, Rice, and Prosperity

Unifying Experiences

Commerce and Consumption

Religion, Enlightenment, and Revival

Trade and Conflict in the North American Borderlands

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Spanish Priests Report on California Missions

Colonial Politics in the British Empire

Conclusion: The Dual Identity of British North American Colonists

Chapter 5 Review

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6. The British Empire and the Colonial Crisis, 1754–1775

Introduction to Chapter 6

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 6

The Seven Years’ War, 1754–1763

French-British Rivalry in the Ohio Country

The Albany Congress

Making Historical Arguments: Why Did the Mohawk Chief Hendrick Fight with the British against the French in 1755?

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The War and Its Consequences

Pontiac’s Rebellion and the Proclamation of 1763

The Sugar and Stamp Acts, 1763–1765

Grenville’s Sugar Act

The Stamp Act

Resistance Strategies and Crowd Politics

Experiencing the American Promise: Pursuing Liberty, Protesting Tyranny

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Liberty and Property

The Townshend Acts and Economic Retaliation, 1767–1770

The Townshend Duties

Nonconsumption and the Daughters of Liberty

Military Occupation and “Massacre” in Boston

The Destruction of the Tea and the Coercive Acts, 1770–1774

The Calm before the Storm

Tea in Boston Harbor

The Coercive Acts

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Reactions to the Boston Port Act outside of Massachusetts

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Beyond Boston: Rural New England

The First Continental Congress

Domestic Insurrections, 1774–1775

Lexington and Concord

Rebelling against Slavery

Conclusion: The Long Road to Revolution

Chapter 6 Review

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7. The War for America, 1775–1783

Introduction to Chapter 7

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 7

The Second Continental Congress

Assuming Political and Military Authority

Pursuing Both War and Peace

Thomas Paine, Abigail Adams, and the Case for Independence

The Declaration of Independence

Making Historical Arguments: How Did “New Media” Push Forward the Declaration of Independence?

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The First Year of War, 1775–1776

The American Military Forces

The British Strategy

Quebec, New York, and New Jersey

The Home Front

Patriotism at the Local Level

The Loyalists

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Families Divide over the Revolution

Who Is a Traitor?

Prisoners of War

Financial Instability and Corruption

The Campaigns of 1777–1779: The North and West

Burgoyne’s Army and the Battle of Saratoga

The War in the West: Indian Country

The French Alliance

The Southern Strategy and the End of the War

Georgia and South Carolina

Treason and Guerrilla Warfare

Surrender at Yorktown

The Losers and the Winners

Beyond America’s Borders: European Nations and the Peace of Paris, 1783

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Conclusion: Why the British Lost

Chapter 7 Review

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8. Building a Republic, 1775–1789

Introduction to Chapter 8

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 8

The Articles of Confederation

Confederation and Taxation

The Problem of Western Lands

Running the New Government

The Sovereign States

The State Constitutions

Who Are “the People”?

Equality and Slavery

Experiencing the American Promise: A Slave Sues for Her Freedom

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The Confederation’s Problems

The War Debt and the Newburgh Conspiracy

The Treaty of Fort Stanwix

Land Ordinances and the Northwest Territory

Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Northwest Ordinance and Slavery

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The Requisition of 1785 and Shays’s Rebellion, 1786–1787

The United States Constitution

From Annapolis to Philadelphia

The Virginia and New Jersey Plans

Democracy versus Republicanism

Ratification of the Constitution

The Federalists

The Antifederalists

Making Historical Arguments: Was the New United States a Christian Country?

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The Big Holdouts: Virginia and New York

Conclusion: The “Republican Remedy”

Chapter 8 Review

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9. The New Nation Takes Form, 1789–1800

Introduction to Chapter 9

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 9

The Search for Stability

Washington Inaugurates the Government

The Bill of Rights

Making Historical Arguments: How Did America’s First Congress Address the Question of Slavery?

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The Republican Wife and Mother

Hamilton’s Economic Policies

Agriculture, Transportation, and Banking

The Public Debt and Taxes

The First Bank of the United States and theReport on Manufactures

The Whiskey Rebellion

Conflict on America’s Borders and Beyond

Creeks in the Southwest

Ohio Indians in the Northwest

France and Britain

Beyond America’s Borders: France, Britain, and Woman’s Rights in the 1790s

The Haitian Revolution

Federalists and Republicans

The Election of 1796

The XYZ Affair

The Alien and Sedition Acts

Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Crisis of 1798: Sedition

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Conclusion: Parties Nonetheless

Chapter 9 Review

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10. Republicans in Power, 1800–1824

Introduction to Chapter 10

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 10

Jefferson’s Presidency

Turbulent Times: Election and Rebellion

Making Historical Arguments: How Could a Vice President Get Away with Murder?

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The Jeffersonian Vision of Republican Simplicity

Dangers Overseas: The Barbary Wars

Opportunities and Challenges in the West

The Louisiana Purchase

The Lewis and Clark Expedition

Osage and Comanche Indians

Jefferson, the Madisons, and the War of 1812

Impressment and Embargo

Dolley Madison and Social Politics

Tecumseh and Tippecanoe

Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Nation’s First Formal Declaration of War

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Washington City Burns: The British Offensive

Women’s Status in the Early Republic

Women and the Law

Women and Church Governance

Female Education

Experiencing the American Promise: One Woman’s Quest to Provide Higher Education for Women

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Monroe and Adams

From Property to Democracy

The Missouri Compromise

The Monroe Doctrine

The Election of 1824

The Adams Administration

Conclusion: Republican Simplicity Becomes Complex

Chapter 10 Review

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11. The Expanding Republic, 1815–1840

Introduction to Chapter 11

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 11

The Market Revolution

Improvements in Transportation

Factories, Workingwomen, and Wage Labor

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Mill Girls Stand Up to Factory Owners, 1834

Bankers and Lawyers

Booms and Busts

The Spread of Democracy

Popular Politics and Partisan Identity

The Election of 1828 and the Character Issue

Jackson’s Democratic Agenda

Jackson Defines the Democratic Party

Indian Policy and the Trail of Tears

The Tariff of Abominations and Nullification

The Bank War and Economic Boom

Cultural Shifts, Religion, and Reform

The Family and Separate Spheres

The Education and Training of Youths

The Second Great Awakening

The Temperance Movement and the Campaign for Moral Reform

Making Historical Arguments: Who Scorned Temperance and Moral Reform?

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Organizing against Slavery

Van Buren’s One-Term Presidency

The Politics of Slavery

Elections and Panics

Experiencing the American Promise:Going AheadorGone to Smash: An Entrepreneur Struggles in the 1830s

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Conclusion: The Age of Jackson or the Era of Reform?

Chapter 11 Review

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12. The New West and the Free North, 1840–1860

Introduction to Chapter 12

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 12

Economic and Industrial Evolution

Agriculture and Land Policy

Manufacturing and Mechanization

Railroads: Breaking the Bonds of Nature

Free Labor: Promise and Reality

The Free-Labor Ideal

Economic Inequality

Beyond America’s Borders: Global Prosperity in the 1850s

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Immigrants and the Free-Labor Ladder

The Westward Movement

Manifest Destiny

Oregon and the Overland Trail

The Mormon Exodus

The Mexican Borderlands

Expansion and the Mexican-American War

The Politics of Expansion

The Mexican-American War, 1846–1848

Victory in Mexico

Golden California

Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Gold Rush

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Making Historical Arguments: Why Was the Gold Rush So Deadly for California’s Indians?

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Reforming Self and Society

The Pursuit of Perfection: Transcendentalists and Utopians

Woman’s Rights Activists

Abolitionists and the American Ideal

Conclusion: Free Labor, Free Men

Chapter 12 Review

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13. The Slave South, 1820–1860

Introduction to Chapter 13

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 13

The Growing Distinctiveness of the South

Cotton Kingdom, Slave Empire

The South in Black and White

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Defending Slavery

The Plantation Economy

Beyond America’s Borders: Cotton’s Global Empire

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Masters and Mistresses in the Big House

Paternalism and Male Honor

Making Historical Arguments: How Often Were Slaves Whipped?

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The Southern Lady and Feminine Virtues

Slaves in the Quarter

Work

Family and Religion

Resistance and Rebellion

The Plain Folk

Plantation-Belt Yeomen

Upcountry Yeomen

Poor Whites

The Culture of the Plain Folk

Black and Free: On the Middle Ground

Precarious Freedom

Achievement despite Restrictions

The Politics of Slavery

The Democratization of the Political Arena

Planter Power

Conclusion: A Slave Society

Chapter 13 Review

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14. The House Divided, 1846–1861

Introduction to Chapter 14

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 14

The Bitter Fruits of War

The Wilmot Proviso and the Expansion of Slavery

The Election of 1848

Debate and Compromise

The Sectional Balance Undone

The Fugitive Slave Act

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Making Historical Arguments: Filibusters: Were They the Underside of Manifest Destiny?

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Realignment of the Party System

The Old Parties: Whigs and Democrats

The New Parties: Know-Nothings and Republicans

Experiencing the American Promise: “A Purse of Her Own”: Petitioning for the Right to Own Property

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The Election of 1856

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Women’s Politics

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Freedom under Siege

“Bleeding Kansas”

TheDred ScottDecision

Prairie Republican: Abraham Lincoln

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates

The Union Collapses

The Aftermath of John Brown’s Raid

Republican Victory in 1860

Secession Winter

Conclusion: Slavery, Free Labor, and the Failure of Political Compromise

Chapter 14 Review

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15. The Crucible of War, 1861–1865

Introduction to Chapter 15

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 15

“And the War Came”

Attack on Fort Sumter

The Upper South Chooses Sides

The Combatants

How They Expected to Win

Lincoln and Davis Mobilize

Battling It Out, 1861–1862

Stalemate in the Eastern Theater

Union Victories in the Western Theater

The Atlantic Theater

International Diplomacy

UnionandFreedom

From Slaves to Contraband

From Contraband to Free People

The War of Black Liberation

Experiencing the American Promise: The Right to Fight: Black Soldiers in the Civil War

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The South at War

Revolution from Above

Hardship Below

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Home and Country

The Disintegration of Slavery

The North at War

The Government and the Economy

Women and Work at Home and at War

Politics and Dissent

Grinding Out Victory, 1863–1865

Vicksburg and Gettysburg

Grant Takes Command

Making Historical Arguments: Why Did So Many Soldiers Die?

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The Election of 1864

The Confederacy Collapses

Conclusion: The Second American Revolution

Chapter 15 Review

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16. Reconstruction, 1863–1877

Introduction to Chapter 16

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 16

Wartime Reconstruction

“To Bind Up the Nation’s Wounds”

Land and Labor

The African American Quest for Autonomy

Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Meaning of Freedom

Presidential Reconstruction

Johnson’s Program of Reconciliation

White Southern Resistance and Black Codes

Expansion of Federal Authority and Black Rights

Congressional Reconstruction

The Fourteenth Amendment and Escalating Violence

Radical Reconstruction and Military Rule

Impeaching a President

The Fifteenth Amendment and Women’s Demands

The Struggle in the South

Freedmen, Yankees, and Yeomen

Making Historical Arguments: What Did the Ku Klux Klan Really Want?

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Republican Rule

White Landlords, Black Sharecroppers

Beyond America’s Borders: The Slaveholder Exodus

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Reconstruction Collapses

Grant’s Troubled Presidency

Northern Resolve Withers

White Supremacy Triumphs

An Election and a Compromise

Conclusion: “A Revolution but Half Accomplished”

Chapter 16 Review

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17. The Contested West, 1865–1900

Introduction to Chapter 17

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 17

Conquest and Empire in the West

Beyond America’s Borders: Imperialism, Colonialism, and the Treatment of the Sioux and the Zulu

Indian Removal and the Reservation System

The Decimation of the Great Bison Herds

Indian Wars and the Collapse of Comanchería

The Fight for the Black Hills

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Custer’s Last Stand

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Forced Assimilation and Indian Resistance

Indian Schools and the War on Indian Culture

The Dawes Act and Indian Land Allotment

Indian Resistance and Survival

Mining the West

Life on the Comstock Lode

The Diverse Peoples of the West

Land Fever

Moving West: Homesteaders and Speculators

Making Historical Arguments: Did Westerners Really Build It All by Themselves?

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Tenants, Sharecroppers, and Migrants

Commercial Farming and Industrial Cowboys

Territorial Government

Conclusion: The West in the Gilded Age

Chapter 17 Review

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18. Railroads, Business, and Politics in the Gilded Age, 1865–1900

Introduction to Chapter 18

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 18

Railroads and the Rise of New Industries

Railroads: America’s First Big Business

Experiencing the American Promise: Charles Crocker, the Big Four, and the Race for Riches

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Andrew Carnegie, Steel, and Vertical Integration

John D. Rockefeller, Standard Oil, and the Trust

New Inventions: The Telephone and the Telegraph

From Competition to Consolidation

J. P. Morgan and Finance Capitalism

Social Darwinism, Laissez-Faire, and the Supreme Court

Making Historical Arguments: Social Darwinism: Did Wealthy Industrialists Practice What They Preached?

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Politics and Culture

Political Participation and Party Loyalty

Sectionalism and the New South

Gender, Race, and Politics

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Ida B. Wells and Her Campaign to Stop Lynching

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Women’s Activism

Presidential Politics

Corruption and Party Strife

Garfield’s Assassination and Civil Service Reform

Reform and Scandal: The Campaign of 1884

Economic Issues and Party Realignment

The Tariff and the Politics of Protection

Railroads, Trusts, and the Federal Government

The Fight for Free Silver

Panic and Depression

Conclusion: Business Dominates an Era

Chapter 18 Review

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19. The City and Its Workers, 1870–1900

Introduction to Chapter 19

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 19

The Rise of the City

The Urban Explosion: A Global Migration

Making Historical Arguments: What Happened to Urban Workers’ Standard of Living during the Gilded Age?

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Racism and the Cry for Immigration Restriction

The Social Geography of the City

At Work in Industrial America

America’s Diverse Workers

The Family Economy: Women and Children

White-Collar Workers: Managers, “Typewriters,” and Salesclerks

Workers Organize

The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor

Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Songs of the Knights of Labor

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Haymarket and the Specter of Labor Radicalism

At Home and at Play

Domesticity and “Domestics”

Cheap Amusements

City Growth and City Government

Building Cities of Stone and Steel

City Government and the “Bosses”

White City or City of Sin?

Beyond America’s Borders: The World’s Columbian Exposition and Nineteenth-Century World’s Fairs

Conclusion: Who Built the Cities?

Chapter 19 Review

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20. Dissent, Depression, and War, 1890–1900

Introduction to Chapter 20

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 20

The Farmers Unite

The Farmers’ Alliance

The Populist Movement

The Labor Wars

The Homestead Lockout

The Cripple Creek Miners’ Strike of 1894

Eugene V. Debs and the Pullman Strike

Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Press and the Pullman Strike: Framing Class Conflict

Women’s Activism

Frances Willard and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and the Movement for Woman Suffrage

Depression Politics

Coxey’s Army

The People’s Party and the Election of 1896

The United States and the World

Markets and Missionaries

Beyond America’s Borders: Regime Change in Hawai’i

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The Monroe Doctrine and the Open Door Policy

“A Splendid Little War”

Making Historical Arguments: Did Terrorists Sink theMaine?

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The Debate over American Imperialism

Conclusion: Rallying around the Flag

Chapter 20 Review

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21. Progressivism from the Grass Roots to the White House, 1890–1916

Introduction to Chapter 21

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 21

Grassroots Progressivism

Civilizing the City

Experiencing the American Promise: Making the Workplace Safer: Alice Hamilton Explores the Dangerous Trades

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Progressives and the Working Class

Progressivism: Theory and Practice

Reform Darwinism and Social Engineering

Progressive Government: City and State

Progressivism Finds a President: Theodore Roosevelt

The Square Deal

Roosevelt the Reformer

Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Flash and the Birth of Photojournalism

Roosevelt and Conservation

Making Historical Arguments: Progressives and Conservation: Should Hetch Hetchy Be Dammed or Saved?

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The Big Stick

The Troubled Presidency of William Howard Taft

Woodrow Wilson and Progressivism at High Tide

Progressive Insurgency and the Election of 1912

Wilson’s Reforms: Tariff, Banking, and the Trusts

Wilson, Reluctant Progressive

The Limits of Progressive Reform

Radical Alternatives

Progressivism for White Men Only

Conclusion: The Transformation of the Liberal State

Chapter 21 Review

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22. World War I: The Progressive Crusade at Home and Abroad, 1914–1920

Introduction to Chapter 22

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 22

Woodrow Wilson and the World

Taming the Americas

The European Crisis

The Ordeal of American Neutrality

The United States Enters the War

“Over There”

The Call to Arms

Making Historical Arguments: What Did African Americans Want from World War I, and What Did They Get?

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The War in France

The Crusade for Democracy at Home

The Progressive Stake in the War

Women, War, and the Battle for Suffrage

Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Final Push for Woman Suffrage

Rally around the Flag—or Else

A Compromised Peace

Wilson’s Fourteen Points

The Paris Peace Conference

The Fight for the Treaty

Democracy at Risk

Economic Hardship and Labor Upheaval

The Red Scare

Beyond America’s Borders: Bolshevism

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The Great Migrations of African Americans and Mexicans

Postwar Politics and the Election of 1920

Conclusion: Troubled Crusade

Chapter 22 Review

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23. From New Era to Great Depression, 1920–1932

Introduction to Chapter 23

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 23

The New Era

A Business Government

Promoting Prosperity and Peace Abroad

Automobiles, Mass Production, and Assembly-Line Progress

Consumer Culture

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Advertising in a Consumer Age

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The Roaring Twenties

Prohibition

The New Woman

Making Historical Arguments: Was There a Sexual Revolution in the 1920s?

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The New Negro

Experiencing the American Promise: The Quest for Home Ownership in Segregated Detroit

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Entertainment for the Masses

The Lost Generation

Resistance to Change

Rejecting the Undesirables

The Rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan

The Scopes Trial

Al Smith and the Election of 1928

The Great Crash

Herbert Hoover: The Great Engineer

The Distorted Economy

The Crash of 1929

Hoover and the Limits of Individualism

Life in the Depression

The Human Toll

Denial and Escape

Working-Class Militancy

Conclusion: Dazzle and Despair

Chapter 23 Review

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24. The New Deal Experiment, 1932–1939

Introduction to Chapter 24

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 24

Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Patrician in Government

The Making of a Politician

The Election of 1932

Launching the New Deal

Making Historical Arguments: How Did the New Deal Contribute to National Defense?

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The New Dealers

Banking and Finance Reform

Relief and Conservation Programs

Agricultural Initiatives

Industrial Recovery

Experiencing the American Promise: Textile Workers Strike for Better Wages and Working Conditions

Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise: Textile Workers Strike for Better Wages and Working Conditions

Challenges to the New Deal

Resistance to Business Reform

Casualties in the Countryside

Politics on the Fringes

Toward a Welfare State

Relief for the Unemployed

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Americans Encounter the New Deal

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: Americans Encounter the New Deal

Empowering Labor

Social Security and Tax Reform

Neglected Americans and the New Deal

The New Deal from Victory to Deadlock

The Election of 1936

Court Packing

Reaction and Recession

The Last of the New Deal Reforms

Conclusion: Achievements and Limitations of the New Deal

Chapter 24 Review

Key Terms

Review Questions

Making Connections

Linking to the Past

25. The United States and the Second World War, 1939–1945

Introduction to Chapter 25

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 25

Peacetime Dilemmas

Roosevelt and Reluctant Isolation

The Good Neighbor Policy

The Price of Noninvolvement

The Onset of War

Nazi Aggression and War in Europe

From Neutrality to the Arsenal of Democracy

Japan Attacks America

Mobilizing for War

Home-Front Security

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Japanese Internment

Building a Citizen Army

Conversion to a War Economy

Fighting Back

Turning the Tide in the Pacific

The Campaign in Europe

The Wartime Home Front

Women and Families, Guns and Butter

The Double V Campaign

Wartime Politics and the 1944 Election

Reaction to the Holocaust

Beyond America’s Borders: Nazi Anti-Semitism and the Atomic Bomb

Quiz for Beyond America's Borders: Nazi Anti-Semitism and the Atomic Bomb

Toward Unconditional Surrender

From Bombing Raids to Berlin

Making Historical Arguments: Why Did the Allies Win World War II?

Quiz for Making Historical Arguments: Why Did the Allies Win World War II?

The Defeat of Japan

Atomic Warfare

Conclusion: Allied Victory and America’s Emergence as a Superpower

Chapter 25 Review

Key Terms

Review Questions

Making Connections

Linking to the Past

26. Cold War Politics in the Truman Years, 1945–1953

Introduction to Chapter 26

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 26

From the Grand Alliance to Containment

The Cold War Begins

Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Emerging Cold War

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan

Making Historical Arguments: Why Did the United States Launch the European Recovery Program?

Quiz for Making Historical Arguments: Why Did the United States Launch the European Recovery Program?

Building a National Security State

Superpower Rivalry around the Globe

Truman and the Fair Deal at Home

Reconverting to a Peacetime Economy

Blacks and Mexican Americans Push for Their Civil Rights

The Fair Deal Flounders

The Domestic Chill: McCarthyism

Experiencing the American Promise: An Immigrant Scientist Encounters the Anti-Communist Crusade

Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise: An Immigrant Scientist Encounters the Anti-Communist Crusade

The Cold War Becomes Hot: Korea

Korea and the Military Implementation of Containment

From Containment to Rollback to Containment

Korea, Communism, and the 1952 Election

An Armistice and the War’s Costs

Conclusion: The Cold War’s Costs and Consequences

Chapter 26 Review

Key Terms

Review Questions

Making Connections

Linking to the Past

27. The Politics and Culture of Abundance, 1952–1960

Introduction to Chapter 27

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 27

Eisenhower and the Politics of the “Middle Way”

Modern Republicanism

Termination and Relocation of Native Americans

The 1956 Election and the Second Term

Liberation Rhetoric and the Practice of Containment

The “New Look” in Foreign Policy

Applying Containment to Vietnam

Interventions in Latin America and the Middle East

Experiencing the American Promise: Operation Pedro Pan: Young Political Refugees Take Flight

Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise: Operation Pedro Pan: Young Political Refugees Take Flight

The Nuclear Arms Race

New Work and Living Patterns in an Economy of Abundance

Technology Transforms Agriculture and Industry

Making Historical Arguments: What Role Did the Government Play in the Prosperity of the Post–World War II Years?

Quiz for Making Historical Arguments: What Role Did the Government Play in the Prosperity of the Post–World War II Years?

Burgeoning Suburbs and Declining Cities

The Rise of the Sun Belt

The Democratization of Higher Education

The Culture of Abundance

Consumption Rules the Day

The Revival of Domesticity and Religion

Television Transforms Culture and Politics

Countercurrents

The Emergence of a Civil Rights Movement

African Americans Challenge the Supreme Court and the President

Analyzing Historical Evidence: TheBrownDecision

Montgomery and Mass Protest

Conclusion: Peace and Prosperity Mask Unmet Challenges

Chapter 27 Review

Key Terms

Review Questions

Making Connections

Linking to the Past

28. Reform, Rebellion, and Reaction, 1960–1974

Introduction to Chapter 28

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 28

Liberalism at High Tide

The Unrealized Promise of Kennedy’s New Frontier

Johnson Fulfills the Kennedy Promise

Policymaking for a Great Society

Assessing the Great Society

The Judicial Revolution

The Second Reconstruction

The Flowering of the Black Freedom Struggle

The Response in Washington

Making Historical Arguments: What Difference Did the Voting Rights Act Make?

Quiz for Making Historical Arguments: What Difference Did the Voting Rights Act Make?

Black Power and Urban Rebellions

A Multitude of Movements

Native American Protest

Latino Struggles for Justice

Student Rebellion, the New Left, and the Counterculture

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Student Protest

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: Student Protest

Gay Men and Lesbians Organize

The New Wave of Feminism

A Multifaceted Movement Emerges

Beyond America’s Borders: Transnational Feminisms

Quiz for Beyond America's Borders: Transnational Feminisms

Feminist Gains Spark a Countermovement

Liberal Reform in the Nixon Administration

Extending the Welfare State and Regulating the Economy

Responding to Environmental Concerns

Expanding Social Justice

Conclusion: Achievements and Limitations of Liberalism

Chapter 28 Review

Key Terms

Review Questions

Making Connections

Linking to the Past

29. Vietnam and the End of the Cold War Consensus, 1961–1975

Introduction to Chapter 29

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 29

New Frontiers in Foreign Policy

Meeting the “Hour of Maximum Danger”

New Approaches to the Third World

The Arms Race and the Nuclear Brink

A Growing War in Vietnam

Lyndon Johnson’s War against Communism

An All-Out Commitment in Vietnam

Preventing Another Castro in Latin America

The Americanized War

Making Historical Arguments: Why Couldn’t American Bombing Achieve Victory in Vietnam?

Quiz for Making Historical Arguments: Why Couldn’t American Bombing Achieve Victory in Vietnam?

Those Who Served

A Nation Polarized

The Widening War at Home

The Tet Offensive and Johnson’s Move toward Peace

Beyond America’s Borders: 1968: A Year of Protest

The Tumultuous Election of 1968

Nixon, Détente, and the Search for Peace in Vietnam

Moving toward Détente with the Soviet Union and China

Shoring Up U.S. Interests around the World

Vietnam Becomes Nixon’s War

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Ending the War in Vietnam

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: Ending the War in Vietnam

The Peace Accords

The Legacy of Defeat

Conclusion: An Unwinnable War

Chapter 29 Review

Key Terms

Review Questions

Making Connections

Linking to the Past

30. America Moves to the Right, 1969–1989

Introduction to Chapter 30

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 30

Nixon, Conservatism, and Constitutional Crisis

Emergence of a Grassroots Movement

Experiencing the American Promise: A Mother Campaigns for a Say in Her Children’s Education

Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise: A Mother Campaigns for a Say in Her Children’s Education

Nixon Courts the Right

The Election of 1972

Watergate

The Ford Presidency and the 1976 Election

The “Outsider” Presidency of Jimmy Carter

Retreat from Liberalism

Energy and Environmental Reform

Promoting Human Rights Abroad

The Cold War Intensifies

Ronald Reagan and the Conservative Ascendancy

Appealing to the New Right and Beyond

Unleashing Free Enterprise

Winners and Losers in a Flourishing Economy

Continuing Struggles over Rights

Battles in the Courts and Congress

Feminism on the Defensive

Making Historical Arguments: Why Did the ERA Fail?

Quiz for Making Historical Arguments: Why Did the ERA Fail?

The Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Protecting Gay and Lesbian Rights

Ronald Reagan Confronts an “Evil Empire”

Militarization and Interventions Abroad

The Iran-Contra Scandal

A Thaw in Soviet-American Relations

Conclusion: Reversing the Course of Government

Chapter 30 Review

Key Terms

Review Questions

Making Connections

Linking to the Past

31. The Promises and Challenges of Globalization, Since 1989

Introduction to Chapter 31

Guided Reading Exercise for Chapter 31

Domestic Stalemate and Global Upheaval: The Presidency of George H. W. Bush

Gridlock in Government

Experiencing the American Promise: Suing for Access: Disability and the Courts

Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise: Suing for Access: Disability and the Courts

The Cold War Ends

Going to War in Central America and the Persian Gulf

The 1992 Election

The Clinton Administration’s Search for the Middle Ground

Clinton’s Reforms

Accommodating the Right

Impeaching the President

The Booming Economy of the 1990s

The United States in a Globalizing World

Defining America’s Place in a New World Order

Debates over Globalization

The Internationalization of the United States

Making Historical Arguments: What Happened to American Manufacturing Jobs, and Why Did It Matter?

Quiz for Making Historical Arguments: What Happened to American Manufacturing Jobs, and Why Did It Matter?

President George W. Bush: Conservatism at Home and Radical Initiatives Abroad

The Disputed Election of 2000

The Domestic Policies of a “Compassionate Conservative”

The Globalization of Terrorism

Unilateralism, Preemption, and the Iraq War

The Obama Presidency: Reform and Backlash

Governing during Economic Crisis and Political Polarization

Analyzing Historical Evidence: Caricaturing the Candidates: Clinton and Obama in 2008

Redefining the War on Terror

Conclusion: Defining the Government’s Role at Home and Abroad

Chapter 31 Review

Key Terms

Review Questions

Making Connections

Linking to the Past

Extra Quizzes

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: Daily Life in Chaco Canyon

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: Justifying Conquest

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: Hunting Witches in Salem, Massachusetts

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: Spanish Priests Report on California Missions

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: Families Divide over the Revolution

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: Mill Girls Stand Up to Factory Owners, 1834

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: Defending Slavery

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: Home and Country

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Meaning of Freedom

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Press and the Pullman Strike: Framing Class Conflict

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Birth of Photojournalism

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Final Push for Woman Suffrage

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: Japanese Internment

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Emerging Cold War

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: The Brown Decision

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: Protecting Gay and Lesbian Rights

Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence: Caricaturing the Candidates: Clinton and Obama in 2008

About The American Promise, Seventh Edition

Copyright Page

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Credits

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Preface: Why This Book This Way

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About the Authors

Appendixes

Documents

The Declaration of Independence

The Constitution of the United States

Amendments to the Constitution with Annotations (including the six unratified amendments)

Government and Demographics

Presidential Elections

Supreme Court Justices

Admission of States to the Union

Population Growth, 1630–2010

Major Trends in Immigration, 1820-2010

Selected Bibliography

Glossary

Atlas of the Territorial Growth of the United States

U.S. Political/Geographic and World Maps