Chapter 1

Reflections on Archeology and History, Chapter 1

Reflections on the First Americans, Chapter 1

Reflections on Archaic Hunters and Gatherers, Chapter 1

Reflections on Agricultural Settlements and Chiefdoms, Chapter 1

Reflections on Native Americans in the 1490s, Chapter 1

Reflections on the Mexica: A Mesoamerican Culture, Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Reflections on Europe in the Age of Exploration, Chapter 2

Reflections on a Surprising New World in the Western Atlantic, Chapter 2

Reflections on Spanish Exploration and Conquest, Chapter 2

Reflections on the New World and Sixteenth-Century Europe, Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Reflections on An English Colony on Chesapeake Bay, Chapter 3

Reflections on A Tobacco Society, Chapter 3

Reflections on Hierarchy and Inequality in the Chesapeake, Chapter 3

Reflections on Toward a Slave Labor System, Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Reflections on Puritans and the Settlement of New England, Chapter 4

Reflections on The Evolution of New England Society, Chapter 4

Reflections on The Founding of the Middle Colonies, Chapter 4

Reflections on The Colonies and the English Empire, Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Reflections on A Growing Population and Expanding Economy in British North America, Chapter 5

Reflections on New England: From Puritan Settlers to Yankee Traders, Chapter 5

Reflections on The Middle Colonies: Immigrants, Wheat, and Work, Chapter 5

Reflections on The Southern Colonies: Land of Slavery, Chapter 5

Reflections on Unifying Experiences, Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Reflections on The Seven Years’ War, 1754–1763, Chapter 6

Reflections on The Sugar and Stamp Acts, 1763–1765, Chapter 6

Reflections on The Townshend Acts and Economic Retaliation, 1767–1770, Chapter 6

Reflections on The Destruction of the Tea and the Coercive Acts, 1770–1774, Chapter 6

Reflections on Domestic Insurrections, 1774–1775, Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Reflections on The Second Continental Congress, Chapter 7

Reflections on The First Year of War, 1775–1776, Chapter 7

Reflections on The Home Front, Chapter 7

Reflections on The Campaigns of 1777–1779: North and West, Chapter 7

Reflections on The Southern Strategy and the End of the War, Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Reflections on The Articles of Confederation, Chapter 8

Reflections on The Sovereign States, Chapter 8

Reflections on The Confederation’s Problems, Chapter 8

Reflections on The United States Constitution, Chapter 8

Reflections on Ratification of the Constitution, Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Reflections on The Search for Stability, Chapter 9

Reflections on Hamilton’s Economic Policies, Chapter 9

Reflections on Conflict on America’s Borders and Beyond, Chapter 9

Reflections on Federalists and Republicans, Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Reflections on Jefferson’s Presidency, Chapter 10

Reflections on Opportunities and Challenges in the West, Chapter 10

Reflections on Jefferson, the Madisons, and the War of 1812, Chapter 10

Reflections on Women’s Status in the Early Republic, Chapter 10

Reflections on Monroe and Adams, Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Reflections on The Market Revolution, Chapter 11

Reflections on The Spread of Democracy, Chapter 11

Reflections on Jackson Defines the Democratic Party, Chapter 11

Reflections on Cultural Shifts, Religion, and Reform, Chapter 11

Reflections on Van Buren’s One-Term Presidency, Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Reflections on Economic and Industrial Evolution, Chapter 12

Reflections on Free Labor: Promise and Reality, Chapter 12

Reflections on The Westward Movement, Chapter 12

Reflections on Expansion and the Mexican-American War, Chapter 12

Reflections on Reforming Self and Society, Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Reflections on The Growing Distinctiveness of the South, Chapter 13

Reflections on Masters and Mistresses in the Big House, Chapter 13

Reflections on Slaves in the Quarter, Chapter 13

Reflections on The Plain Folk, Chapter 13

Reflections on Black and Free: On the Middle Ground, Chapter 13

Reflections on The Politics of Slavery, Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Reflections on The Bitter Fruits of War, Chapter 14

Reflections on The Sectional Balance Undone, Chapter 14

Reflections on Realignment of the Party System, Chapter 14

Reflections on Freedom Under Siege, Chapter 14

Reflections on The Union Collapses, Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Reflections on “And the War Came”, Chapter 15

Reflections on The Combatants, Chapter 15

Reflections on Battling it Out, 1861–1862, Chapter 15

Reflections on Union and Freedom, Chapter 15

Reflections on The South at War, Chapter 15

Reflections on The North at War, Chapter 15

Reflections on Grinding Out Victory, Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Reflections on Wartime Reconstruction, Chapter 16

Reflections on Presidential Reconstruction, Chapter 16

Reflections on Congressional Reconstruction, Chapter 16

Reflections on the Struggle in the South, Chapter 16

Reflections on Reconstruction Collapses, Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Reflections on Conquest and Empire in the West, Chapter 17

Reflections on Forced Assimilation and Indian Resistance, Chapter 17

Reflections on Mining in the West, Chapter 17

Reflections on Land Fever, Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Reflections on Railroads and the Rise of New Industries, Chapter 18

Reflections on From Competition to Consolidation, Chapter 18

Reflections on Politics and Culture, Chapter 18

Reflections on Presidential Politics, Chapter 18

Reflections on Economic Issues and Party Realignment, Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Reflections on the Rise of the City, Chapter 19

Reflections on At Work in Industrial America, Chapter 19

Reflections on Workers Organize, Chapter 19

Reflections on At Home and at Play, Chapter 19

Reflections on City Growth and City Government, Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Reflections on The Farmers’ Revolt, Chapter 20

Reflections on The Labor Wars, Chapter 20

Reflections on Women’s Activism, Chapter 20

Reflections on Depression Politics, Chapter 20

Reflections on The United States and the World, Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Reflections on Grassroots Progressivism, Chapter 21

Reflections on Progressivism: Theory and Practice, Chapter 21

Reflections on Progressivism Finds a President: Theodore Roosevelt, Chapter 21

Reflections on Woodrow Wilson and Progressivism at High Tide, Chapter 21

Reflections on The Limits of Progressive Reform, Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Reflections on Woodrow Wilson and the World, Chapter 22

Reflections on “Over There”, Chapter 22

Reflections on The Crusade for Democracy at Home, Chapter 22

Reflections on A Compromised Peace, Chapter 22

Reflections on Democracy at Risk, Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Reflections on The New Era, Chapter 23

Reflections on The Roaring Twenties, Chapter 23

Reflections on Resistance to Change, Chapter 23

Reflections on The Great Crash, Chapter 23

Reflections on Life in the Depression, Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Reflections on Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Patrician in Government, Chapter 24

Reflections on Launching a New Deal, Chapter 24

Reflections on Challenges to the New Deal, Chapter 24

Reflections on Toward a Welfare State, Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Reflections on Peacetime Dilemmas, Chapter 25

Reflections on The Onset of War, Chapter 25

Reflections on Mobilizing for War, Chapter 25

Reflections on Fighting Back, Chapter 25

Reflections on The Wartime Home Front, Chapter 25

Reflections on Toward Unconditional Surrender, Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Reflections on From the Grand Alliance to Containment, Chapter 26

Reflections on Truman and the Fair Deal at Home, Chapter 26

Reflections on The Cold War Becomes Hot: Korea, Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Reflections on Eisenhower and the Politics of the “Middle Way”, Chapter 27

Reflections on Liberation Rhetoric and the Practice of Containment, Chapter 27

Reflections on New Work and Living Patterns in an Economy of Abundance, Chapter 27

Reflections on The Culture of Abundance, Chapter 27

Reflections on The Emergence of a Civil Rights Movement, Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Reflections on Liberalism at High Tide, Chapter 28

Reflections on The Second Reconstruction, Chapter 28

Reflections on A Multitude of Movements, Chapter 28

Reflections on A New Wave of Feminism, Chapter 28

Reflections on Liberal Reform and the Nixon Administration, Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Reflections on New Frontiers in Foreign Policy, Chapter 29

Reflections on Lyndon Johnson’s War against Communism, Chapter 29

Reflections on A Nation Polarized, Chapter 29

Reflections on Nixon, Détente, and the Search for Peace in Vietnam, Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Reflections on Nixon, Conservatism, and Constitutional Crisis, Chapter 30

Reflections on The “Outsider” Presidency of Jimmy Carter, Chapter 30

Reflections on Ronald Reagan and the Conservative Ascendancy, Chapter 30

Reflections on Continuing Struggles over Rights, Chapter 30

Reflections on Ronald Reagan Confronts an “Evil Empire”, Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Reflections on Domestic Stalemate and Global Upheaval: The Presidency of George H.W. Bush, Chapter 31

Reflections on The Clinton Administration’s Search for the Middle Ground, Chapter 31

Reflections on The United States in a Globalizing World, Chapter 31

Reflections on President George W. Bush: Conservatism at Home and Radical Initiatives Abroad, Chapter 31

Reflections on The Obama Presidency: Reform and Backlash, Chapter 31