The Americans

by Danzer, Gerald A.

• ISBN13: 9780618377169
• ISBN10: 0618377166
• Edition: Student
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-31
• Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Table of Contents

Unit 1 American Beginnings to 1783
Student Guide to the Sunshine State Standards	xxxi
Strategies for Taking the FCAT	1	(1)
Three Worlds Meet 1200 B.C.--A.D. 1500	2	(32)
Peopling the Americas	4	(4)
North American Societies Around 1492	8	(6)
Science & Technology: Forensic Reconstructions	9	(5)
West African Societies Around 1492	14	(6)
European Societies Around 1492	20	(6)
Science & Technology: The Caravel	24	(2)
Transatlantic Encounters	26	(8)
Point/Counterpoint: Columbus's Legacy	30	(2)
Chapter 1 Assessment	32	(2)
The American Colonies Emerge 1492--1681	34	(30)
Spain's Empire in the Americas	36	(6)
An English Settlement at Jamestown	42	(7)
Puritan New England	49	(6)
Settlement of the Middle Colonies	55	(9)
Geography Spotlight: Surviving in a New World	60	(2)
Chapter 2 Assessment	62	(2)
The Colonies Come of Age 1650--1765	64	(30)
England and Its Colonies	66	(6)
The Agricultural South	72	(7)
The Commercial North	79	(6)
The French and Indian War	85	(9)
Daily Life: Colonial Courtship	90	(2)
Chapter 3 Assessment	92	(2)
The War for Independence 1765--1783	94	(36)
The Stirrings of Rebellion	96	(7)
Ideas Help Start a Revolution	103	(10)
The Declaration of Independence	109	(4)
Struggling Toward Saratoga	113	(5)
Winning the War	118	(12)
Tracing Themes: Women and Political Power	124	(2)
Chapter 4 Assessment	126	(4)
Unit 2 A New Nation 1781--1850
Shaping a New Nation 1781--1788	130	(50)
Experimenting with Confederation	132	(8)
Geography Spotlight: The Land Ordinance of 1785	138	(2)
Drafting the Constitution	140	(4)
Ratifying the Constitution	144	(36)
Chapter 5 Assessment	150	(2)
The Living Constitution	152	(22)
Tracing Themes: Voting Rights	174	(2)
The Living Constitution Assessment	176	(2)
Projects for Citizenship: Applying the Constitution	178	(2)
Launching the New Nation 1789--1816	180	(30)
Washington Heads the New Government	182	(8)
Daily Life: Young People in the Early Republic	188	(2)
Foreign Affairs Trouble the Nation	190	(7)
Jefferson Alters the Nation's Course	197	(5)
The War of 1812	202	(8)
Supreme Court: Marbury v. Madison	206	(2)
Chapter 6 Assessment	208	(2)
Balancing Nationalism and Sectionalism 1815--1840	210	(28)
Regional Economies Create Differences	212	(26)
Science & Technology: A New England Textile Mill	214	(2)
Science & Technology: The Cotton Gin	216	(3)
Nationalism at Center Stage	219	(5)
The Age of Jackson	224	(4)
Point/Counterpoint: The Indian Removal Act	228	(2)
Jackson, States' Rights, and the National Bank	230	(6)
Chapter 7 Assessment	236	(2)
Reforming American Society 1820--1850	238	(34)
Religion Sparks Reform	240	(8)
American Literature: Literature of the Transcendentalists	246	(2)
Slavery and Abolition	248	(6)
Women and Reform	254	(5)
The Changing Workplace	259	(13)
Daily Life: Working at Mid-Century	266	(2)
Chapter 8 Assessment	268	(4)
Unit 3 An Era of Growth and Disunion 1825--1877
Expanding Markets and Moving West 1825--1847	272	(30)
The Market Revolution	274	(6)
Manifest Destiny	280	(8)
Geography Spotlight: Mapping the Oregon Trail	286	(2)
Expansion in Texas	288	(5)
The War with Mexico	293	(9)
Chapter 9 Assessment	300	(2)
The Union in Peril 1850--1861	302	(34)
The Divisive Politics of Slavery	304	(6)
Protest, Resistance, and Violence	310	(8)
The Birth of the Republican Party	318	(6)
Tracing Themes: States' Rights	322	(2)
Slavery and Secession	324	(12)
Supreme Court: Dred Scott v. Sandford	332	(2)
Chapter 10 Assessment	334	(2)
The Civil War 1861--1865	336	(38)
The Civil War Begins	338	(8)
The Politics of War	346	(5)
Life During Wartime	351	(6)
Science & Technology: Battlefield Medicine	355	(2)
The North Takes Charge	357	(9)
The Legacy of the War	366	(8)
Chapter 11 Assessment	372	(2)
Reconstruction and Its Effects 1865--1877	374	(32)
The Politics of Reconstruction	376	(7)
Reconstructing Society	383	(10)
The Collapse of Reconstruction	393	(13)
Point/Counterpoint: The Legacy of Reconstruction	400	(2)
Chapter 12 Assessment	402	(4)
Unit 4 Migration and Industrialization 1877--1917
Changes on the Western Frontier 1877--1900	406	(28)
Cultures Clash on the Prairie	408	(12)
Daily Life: Gold Mining	418	(2)
Settling on the Great Plains	420	(5)
Science & Technology: Inventions that Tamed the Prairie	423	(2)
Farmers and the Populist Movement	425	(9)
American Literature: Literature of the West	430	(2)
Chapter 13 Assessment	432	(2)
A New Industrial Age 1877--1900	434	(24)
The Expansion of Industry	436	(6)
Geography Spotlight: Industry Changes the Environment	440	(2)
The Age of the Railroads	442	(5)
Big Business and Labor	447	(11)
Chapter 14 Assessment	456	(2)
Immigrants and Urbanization 1877--1914	458	(22)
The New Immigrants	460	(8)
Tracing Themes: Diversity and the National Identity	466	(2)
The Challenges of Urbanization	468	(5)
Politics in the Gilded Age	473	(7)
Chapter 15 Assessment	478	(2)
Life at the Turn of the 20th Century 1877--1917	480	(30)
Science and Urban Life	482	(6)
Science & Technology: Aviation Pioneers	486	(2)
Education and Culture	488	(4)
Segregation and Discrimination	492	(6)
Supreme Court: Plessy v. Ferguson	496	(2)
The Dawn of Mass Culture	498	(12)
Daily Life: Going to the Show	504	(2)
Chapter 16 Assessment	506	(4)
Unit 5 Modern America Emerges 1890--1920
The Progressive Era 1890--1920	510	(36)
The Origins of Progressivism	512	(7)
Women in Public Life	519	(4)
Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal	523	(11)
American Literature: The Muckrakers	532	(2)
Progressivism Under Taft	534	(4)
Wilson's New Freedom	538	(8)
Chapter 17 Assessment	544	(2)
America Claims an Empire 1890--1920	546	(30)
Imperialism and America	548	(4)
The Spanish-American War	552	(6)
Acquiring New Lands	558	(7)
America as a World Power	565	(11)
Science & Technology: The Panama Canal	567	(5)
Geography Spotlight: The Panama Canal: Funnel for Trade	572	(2)
Chapter 18 Assessment	574	(2)
The First World War 1914--1920	576	(40)
World War I Begins	578	(9)
American Power Tips the Balance	587	(7)
Science & Technology: Technology at War	590	(4)
The War at Home	594	(10)
Supreme Court: Schenck v. United States	602	(2)
Wilson Fights for Peace	604	(12)
Point/Counterpoint: The League of Nations	607	(3)
Tracing Themes: America in World Affairs	610	(2)
Chapter 19 Assessment	612	(4)
Unit 6 The 1920s and the Great Depression 1919--1940
Politics of the Roaring Twenties 1919--1929	616	(22)
Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues	618	(7)
The Harding Presidency	625	(3)
The Business of America	628	(10)
Tracing Themes: Economic Opportunity	634	(2)
Chapter 20 Assessment	636	(2)
The Roaring Life of the 1920s 1920--1929	638	(30)
Changing Ways of Life	640	(6)
The Twenties Woman	646	(6)
Daily Life: Youth in the Roaring Twenties	650	(2)
Education and Popular Culture	652	(6)
The Harlem Renaissance	658	(10)
American Literature: Literature in the Jazz Age	664	(2)
Chapter 21 Assessment	666	(2)
The Great Depression Begins 1929--1933	668	(24)
The Nation's Sick Economy	670	(8)
Hardship and Suffering During the Depression	678	(6)
Hoover Struggles with the Depression	684	(8)
Chapter 22 Assessment	690	(2)
The New Deal 1933--1940	692	(40)
A New Deal Fights the Depression	694	(7)
The Second New Deal Takes Hold	701	(9)
Supreme Court: NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.	708	(2)
The New Deal Affects Many Groups	710	(6)
Culture in the 1930s	716	(5)
The Impact of the New Deal	721	(11)
Point/Counterpoint: The New Deal	722	(4)
Geography Spotlight: The Tennessee Valley Authority	726	(2)
Chapter 23 Assessment	728	(4)
Unit 7 World War II and Its Aftermath 1931--1960
World War Looms 1931--1941	732	(34)
Dictators Threaten World Peace	734	(8)
War in Europe	742	(6)
The Holocaust	748	(8)
America Moves Toward War	756	(10)
Point/Counterpoint: Isolationism	758	(1)
Science & Technology: German Wolf Packs	759	(5)
Chapter 24 Assessment	764	(2)
The United States in World War II 1941--1945	766	(40)
Mobilizing for Defense	768	(7)
The War for Europe and North Africa	775	(9)
The War in the Pacific	784	(12)
Point/Counterpoint: Dropping the Atomic Bomb	791	(3)
Tracing Themes: Science and Technology	794	(2)
The Home Front	796	(10)
Supreme Court: Korematsu v. United States	802	(2)
Chapter 25 Assessment	804	(2)
Cold War Conflicts 1945--1960	806	(32)
Origins of the Cold War	808	(7)
The Cold War Heats Up	815	(7)
The Cold War at Home	822	(6)
Two Nations Live on the Edge	828	(10)
American Literature: Science Fiction Reflects Cold War Fears	834	(2)
Chapter 26 Assessment	836	(2)
The Postwar Boom 1946--1960	838	(36)
Postwar America	840	(7)
The American Dream in the Fifties	847	(11)
Geography Spotlight: The Road to Suburbia	856	(2)
Popular Culture	858	(8)
Daily Life: The Emergence of the Teenager	864	(2)
The Other America	866	(8)
Chapter 27 Assessment	870	(4)
Unit 8 Living with Great Turmoil 1954--1975
The New Frontier and the Great Society 1960--1968	874	(30)
Kennedy and the Cold War	876	(9)
The New Frontier	885	(7)
Geography Spotlight: The Movement of Migrant Workers	890	(2)
The Great Society	892	(12)
Point/Counterpoint: The Legacy of the Great Society	898	(2)
Supreme Court: Miranda v. Arizona	900	(2)
Chapter 28 Assessment	902	(2)
Civil Rights 1954--1968	904	(30)
Taking on Segregation	906	(10)
Supreme Court: Brown v. Board of Education	914	(2)
The Triumphs of a Crusade	916	(7)
Challenges and Changes in the Movement	923	(11)
Tracing Themes: Civil Rights	930	(2)
Chapter 29 Assessment	932	(2)
The Vietnam War Years 1954--1975	934	(38)
Moving Toward Conflict	936	(6)
U.S. Involvement and Escalation	942	(6)
A Nation Divided	948	(6)
1968: A Tumultuous Year	954	(6)
The End of the War and Its Legacy	960	(12)
American Literature: Literature of the Vietnam War	968	(2)
Chapter 30 Assessment	970	(2)
An Era of Social Change 1960--1975	972	(26)
Latinos and Native Americans Seek Equality	974	(8)
Supreme Court: Reynolds v. Sims	980	(2)
Women Fight for Equality	982	(5)
Culture and Counterculture	987	(11)
Daily Life: Signs of the Sixties	992	(2)
Chapter 31 Assessment	994	(4)
Unit 9 Passage to a New Century 1968--2004
An Age of Limits 1968--1980	998	(36)
The Nixon Administration	1000	(8)
Watergate: Nixon's Downfall	1008	(8)
Daily Life: Television Reflects American Life	1014	(2)
The Ford and Carter Years	1016	(10)
Supreme Court: Regents v. Bakke	1024	(2)
Environmental Activism	1026	(8)
Science & Technology: The Accident at Three Mile Island	1029	(3)
Chapter 32 Assessment	1032	(2)
The Conservative Tide 1980--1992	1034	(30)
A Conservative Movement Emerges	1036	(4)
Conservative Policies Under Reagan and Bush	1040	(6)
Social Concerns in the 1980s	1046	(8)
Geography Spotlight: Sunbelt, Rustbelt, Ecotopia	1052	(2)
Foreign Policy After the Cold War	1054	(10)
Point/Counterpoint: Intervention Abroad	1059	(3)
Chapter 33 Assessment	1062	(2)
The United States in Today's World 1992--2004	1064
The 1990s and the New Millennium	1066	(9)
The New Global Economy	1075	(7)
American Literature: Women Writers Reflect Diversity	1080	(2)
Technology and Modern Life	1082	(6)
Science & Technology: Alternative Cars	1086	(2)
The Changing Face of America	1088	(12)
Tracing Themes: Immigration and Migration	1094	(2)
Chapter 34 Assessment	1096	(4)
Epilogue: Issues for the 21st Century
The War on Terrorism	1100	(4)
Iraq: Confronting a Dictatorship	1104	(2)
The Debate Over Immigration	1106	(2)
Crime and Public Safety	1108	(2)
Issues in Education	1110	(2)
The Communications Revolution	1112	(2)
Curing the Health Care System	1114	(2)
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty	1116	(2)
Tough Choices About Social Security	1118	(2)
Women in the Work Force	1120	(2)
The Conservation Controversy	1122
REFERENCE SECTION
Atlas by Rand McNally	1	(1)
Skillbuilder Handbook	2	(36)
Economics Handbook	38	(10)
Facts About the States	48	(2)
Presidents of the United States	50	(3)
Glossary	53	(17)
Spanish Glossary	70	(18)
Index	88	(32)
Acknowledgments	120