The Americans Reconstruction to the 21st Century,9780618184163

The Americans Reconstruction to the 21st Century

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ISBN13: 9780618184163
ISBN10: 0618184163
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-01-31
Publisher(s): HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
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Table of Contents

Themes in United States History xxviii
Themes in Geography xxx
Strategies for Taking Standardized Tests 1(1)
REVIEW UNIT 1 American Beginnings to 1877
1763 Exploration and the Colonial Era
2(42)
The Americas, West Africa, and Europe
4(8)
Science & Technology The Caravel
12(2)
Spanish North America
14(7)
Early British Colonies
21(10)
The Colonies Come of Age
31(9)
Daily Life Colonial Courtship
40(4)
Chapter 1 Assessment
42(2)
1763--1800 Revolution and the Early Republic
44(38)
Colonial Resistance and Rebellion
46(8)
The Declaration of Independence
54(4)
The War for Independence
58(6)
Tracing Themes Women and Political Power
64(2)
Confederation and the Constitution
66(6)
Geography Spotlight The Land Ordinance of 1785
72(2)
Launching the New Nation
74(8)
Chapter 2 Assessment
80(2)
The Living Constitution
82(810)
Tracing Themes Voting Rights
104(4)
The Living Constitution Assessment
106(2)
Projects for Citizenship Applying the Constitution
108(2)
1800--1850 The Growth of a Young Nation
110(44)
The Jeffersonian Era
112(6)
Supreme Court Marbury v. Madison
118(2)
The Age of Jackson
120(1)
Science & Technology The Cotton Gin
121(7)
Tracing Themes States' Rights
128(2)
Manifest Destiny
130(9)
The Market Revolution
139(5)
Reforming American Society
144(6)
Geography Spotlight Mapping the Oregon Trail
150(4)
Chapter 3 Assessment
152(2)
1850--1877 The Union in Peril
154(46)
The Divisive Politics of Slavery
156(10)
Supreme Court Dred Scott v. Sandford
166(2)
The Civil War Begins
168(7)
The North Takes Charge
175(9)
Reconstruction and Its Effects
184(8)
Chapter 4 Assessment
190(2)
Thematic Review of Unit 1
Diversity and the National Identity
192(1)
Immigration and Migration
193(1)
America in World Affairs
194(1)
Voting Rights
194(1)
States' Rights
195(1)
Women and Political Power
195(1)
Science and Technology
196(1)
Civil Rights
196(1)
Economic Opportunity
197(3)
UNIT 2 Bridge to the 20th Century
1877--1900 Changes on the Western Frontier
200(28)
Cultures Clash on the Prairie
202(10)
Daily Life Gold Mining
212(2)
Settling on the Great Plains
214(3)
Science & Technology Inventions that Tamed the Prairie
217(2)
Farmers and the Populist Movement
219(5)
American Literature Literature of the West
224(4)
Chapter 5 Assessment
226(2)
1877--1900 A New Industrial Age
228(24)
The Expansion of Industry
230(4)
Geography Spotlight Industry Changes the Environment
234(2)
The Age of the Railroads
236(5)
Big Business and Labor
241(11)
Chapter 6 Assessment
250(2)
1877--1914 Immigrants and Urbanization
252(22)
The New Immigrants
254(6)
Tracing Themes Diversity and the National Identity
260(2)
The Challenges of Urbanization
262(5)
Politics in the Gilded Age
267(7)
Chapter 7 Assessment
272(2)
1877--1917 Life at the Turn of the 20th Century
274(30)
Science and Urban Life
276(4)
Science & Technology Aviation Pioneers
280(2)
Expanding Public Education
282(4)
Segregation and Discrimination
286(4)
Supreme Court Plessy v. Ferguson
290(2)
The Dawn of Mass Culture
292(6)
Daily Life Going to the Show
298(6)
Chapter 8 Assessment
300(4)
UNIT 3 Modern America Emerges
1890--1920 The Progressive Era
304(36)
The Origins of Progressivism
306(7)
Women in Public Life
313(4)
Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal
317(9)
American Literature The Muckrakers
326(2)
Progressivism Under Taft
328(4)
Wilson's New Freedom
332(8)
Chapter 9 Assessment
338(2)
1890--1920 America Claims an Empire
340(30)
Imperialism and America
342(4)
The Spanish-American War
346(6)
Acquiring New Lands
352(7)
America as a World Power
359(2)
Science & Technology The Panama Canal
361(5)
Geography Spotlight The Panama Canal: Funnel for Trade
366(4)
Chapter 10 Assessment
368(2)
1914--1920 The First World War
370(40)
World War I Begins
372(9)
American Power Tips the Balance
381(3)
Science & Technology Technology at War
384(4)
The War at Home
388(8)
Supreme Court Schenck v. United States
396(2)
Wilson Fights for Peace
398(3)
Point/Counterpoint The League of Nations
401(3)
Tracing Themes America in World Affairs
404(6)
Chapter 11 Assessment
406(4)
UNIT 4 The 1920s and the Great Depression
1919--1929 Politics of the Roaring Twenties
410(22)
Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues
412(7)
The Harding Presidency
419(3)
The Business of America
422(6)
Tracing Themes Economic Opportunity
428(4)
Chapter 12 Assessment
430(2)
1920-1929 The Roaring Life of the 1920s
432(30)
Changing Ways of Life
434(6)
The Twenties Woman
440(4)
Daily Life Youth in the Roaring Twenties
444(2)
Education and Popular Culture
446(6)
The Harlem Renaissance
452(6)
American Literature Literature in the Jazz Age
458(4)
Chapter 13 Assessment
460(2)
1929--1933 The Great Depression Begins
462(24)
The Nation's Sick Economy
464(8)
Hardship and Suffering During the Depression
472(6)
Hoover Struggles with the Depression
478(8)
Chapter 14 Assessment
484(2)
1933--1940 The New Deal
486(40)
A New Deal Fights the Depression
488(7)
The Second New Deal Takes Hold
495(7)
Supreme Court NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
502(2)
The New Deal Affects Many Groups
504(6)
Culture in the 1930s
510(5)
The Impact of the New Deal
515(1)
Point/Counterpoint The New Deal
516(4)
Geography Spotlight The Tennessee Valley Authority
520(6)
Chapter 15 Assessment
522(4)
UNIT 5 World War II and Its Aftermath
1931--1941 World War Looms
526(34)
Dictators Threaten World Peace
528(8)
War in Europe
536(6)
The Holocaust
542(8)
America Moves Toward War
550(2)
Point/Counterpoint Isolationism
552(1)
Science & Technology German Wolf Packs
553(7)
Chapter 16 Assessment
558(2)
1941--1945 The United States in World War II
560(40)
Mobilizing for Defense
562(7)
The War for Europe and North Africa
569(9)
The War in the Pacific
578(7)
Point/Counterpoint Dropping the Atomic Bomb
585(3)
Tracing Themes Science and Technology
588(2)
The Home Front
590(6)
Supreme Court Korematsu v. United States
596(4)
Chapter 17 Assessment
598(2)
1945--1960 Cold War Conflicts
600(32)
Origins of the Cold War
602(7)
The Cold War Heats Up
609(7)
The Cold War at Home
616(6)
Two Nations Live on the Edge
622(6)
American Literature Science Fiction Reflects Cold War Fears
628(4)
Chapter 18 Assessment
630(2)
1946--1960 The Postwar Boom
632(36)
Postwar America
634(7)
The American Dream in the Fifties
641(9)
Geography Spotlight The Road to Suburbia
650(2)
Popular Culture
652(6)
Daily Life The Emergence of the Teenager
658(2)
The Other America
660(4)
Chapter 19 Assessment
664(4)
UNIT 6 Living with Great Turmoil
1960--1968 The New Frontier and the Great Society
668(30)
Kennedy and the Cold War
670(9)
The New Frontier
679(5)
Geography Spotlight The Movement of Migrant Workers
684(2)
The Great Society
686(6)
Point/Counterpoint The Legacy of the Great Society
692(2)
Supreme Court Miranda v. Arizona
694(4)
Chapter 20 Assessment
696(2)
1954--1968 Civil Rights
698(30)
Taking on Segregation
700(8)
Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
708(2)
The Triumphs of a Crusade
710(7)
Challenges and Changes in the Movement
717(7)
Tracing Themes Civil Rights
724(4)
Chapter 21 Assessment
726(2)
1954--1975 The Vietnam War Years
728(38)
Moving Toward Conflict
730(6)
U.S. Involvement and Escalation
736(6)
A Nation Divided
742(6)
1968: A Tumultuous Year
748(6)
The End of the War and Its Legacy
754(8)
American Literature Literature of the Vietnam War
762(4)
Chapter 22 Assessment
764(2)
1960--1975 An Era of Social Change
766(26)
Latinos and Native Americans Seek Equality
768(6)
Supreme Court Reynolds v. Sims
774(2)
Women Fight for Equality
776(5)
Culture and Counterculture
781(5)
Daily Life Signs of the Sixties
786(6)
Chapter 23 Assessment
788(4)
UNIT 7 Passage to a New Century
1968--1980 An Age of Limits
792(36)
The Nixon Administration
794(8)
Watergate: Nixon's Downfall
802(6)
Daily Life Television Reflects American Life
808(2)
The Ford and Carter Years
810(8)
Supreme Court Regents v. Bakke
818(2)
Environmental Activism
820(3)
Science & Technology Three Mile Island
823(5)
Chapter 24 Assessment
826(2)
1980--1992 The Conservative Tide
828(30)
A Conservative Movement Emerges
830(4)
Conservative Policies Under Reagan and Bush
834(5)
Social Concerns in the 1980s
839(7)
Geography Spotlight Sunbelt, Rustbelt, Ecotopia
846(2)
Foreign Policy After the Cold War
848(5)
Point/Counterpoint Intervention Abroad
853(5)
Chapter 25 Assessment
856(2)
1992--2001 The United States in Today's World
858(34)
The 1990s and the New Millennium
860(9)
The New Global Economy
869(5)
American Literature Women Writers Reflect Diversity
874(2)
Technology and Modern Life
876(5)
Science & Technology Alternative Cars
881(1)
The Changing Face of America
882(6)
Tracing Themes Immigration and Migration
888(4)
Chapter 26 Assessment
890(2)
Epilogue: Issues for the 21st Century
892(2)
Foreign Policy
894(2)
The Debate Over Immigration
896(2)
Crime and Public Safety
898(2)
Issues in Education
900(2)
The Communications Revolution
902(2)
Curing the Health Care System
904(2)
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
906(2)
Tough Choices About Social Security
908(2)
Women in the Work Force
910(2)
The Conservation Controversy
912
The War on Terrorism
2
REFERENCE SECTION
Atlas
1(1)
Rand McNally
Skillbuilder Handbook
2(36)
Economics Handbook
38(10)
Facts About the States
48(2)
Presidents of the United States
50(3)
Glossary
53(14)
Spanish Glossary
67(15)
Index
82(26)
Acknowledgments
108

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