America's History : Combined Volume

by James A. Henretta, David Brody, Lynn Dumenil, Susan Ware

• ISBN13: 9780312398798
• ISBN10: 0312398794
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2003-07-30
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Table of Contents

Preface for Instructors	vii
Understanding History through Maps: An Introduction for Students	xiii
Brief Contents	xxvii
Maps	xli
Figures and Tables	xlvi
Special Features	xlviii
About the Authors	li
PART ONE The Creation of American Society, 1450--1775	2	(160)
Worlds Collide: Europe, Africa, and America, 1450--1620	5	(34)
Native American Worlds	6	(8)
The First Americans	6	(3)
The Mayas and the Aztecs	9	(2)
The Indians of the North	11	(3)
Traditional European Society in 1450	14	(4)
The Peasantry	14	(2)
Hierarchy and Authority	16	(1)
The Power of Religion	17	(1)
Europe Encounters Africa and the Americas, 1450--1550	18	(10)
The Renaissance	19	(1)
West African Society and Slavery	20	(2)
Europe Reaches the Americas	22	(2)
The Spanish Conquest	24	(4)
The Protestant Reformation and the Rise of England	28	(9)
The Protestant Movement	29	(4)
The Dutch and the English Challenge Spain	33	(2)
The Social Causes of English Colonization	35	(2)
Summary	37	(1)
Timeline	37	(2)
The Invasion and Settlement of North America, 1550--1700	39	(30)
Imperial Conflicts and Rival Colonial Models	40	(10)
New Spain: Colonization and Conversion	40	(4)
New France: Furs and Souls	44	(2)
New Netherland: Commerce	46	(2)
The First English Model: Tobacco and Settlers	48	(2)
The Chesapeake Experience	50	(6)
Settling the Tobacco Colonies	50	(2)
Masters, Servants, and Slaves	52	(2)
The Seeds of Social Revolt	54	(1)
Bacon's Rebellion	55	(1)
Puritan New England	56	(5)
The Puritan Migration	56	(2)
Religion and Society, 1630--1670	58	(1)
The Puritan Imagination and Witchcraft	59	(1)
A Yeoman Society, 1630--1700	60	(1)
The Indians' New World	61	(6)
Puritans and Pequots	61	(2)
Metacom's Rebellion	63	(1)
The Fur Trade and the Inland Peoples	63	(4)
Summary	67	(1)
Timeline	67	(2)
The British Empire in America, 1660--1750	69	(32)
The Politics of Empire, 1660--1713	70	(6)
The Restoration Colonies	70	(2)
From Mercantilism to Dominion	72	(1)
The Glorious Revolution of 1688	73	(2)
Imperial Wars and Native Peoples	75	(1)
The Imperial Slave Economy	76	(17)
The South Atlantic System	76	(4)
Slavery in the Chesapeake and South Carolina	80	(5)
African American Community and Resistance	85	(4)
The Southern Gentry	89	(2)
The Northern Maritime Economy	91	(2)
The New Politics of Empire, 1713--1750	93	(6)
The Rise of Colonial Assemblies	93	(2)
Salutary Neglect	95	(1)
Protecting the Mercantile System of Trade	95	(4)
Summary	99	(1)
Timeline	99	(2)
Growth and Crisis in Colonial Society, 1720--1765	101	(32)
Freehold Society in New England	102	(3)
Farm Families: Women's Place	102	(1)
Farm Property: Inheritance	103	(1)
The Crisis of Freehold Society	104	(1)
The Middle Atlantic: Toward a New Society, 1720--1765	105	(7)
Economic Growth and Social Inequality	105	(2)
Cultural Diversity	107	(3)
Religious Identity and Political Conflict	110	(2)
The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening, 1740--1765	112	(9)
The Enlightenment in America	112	(2)
American Pietism and the Great Awakening	114	(1)
Religious Upheaval in the North	115	(4)
Social and Religious Conflict in the South	119	(2)
The Midcentury Challenge: War, Trade, and Social Conflict, 1750--1765	121	(10)
The French and Indian War	121	(3)
The Great War for Empire	124	(3)
British Economic Growth and the Consumer Revolution	127	(1)
Land Conflicts	128	(1)
Western Uprisings	129	(2)
Summary	131	(1)
Timeline	131	(2)
Toward Independence: Years of Decision, 1763--1775	133	(29)
The Imperial Reform Movement, 1763--1765	134	(6)
The Legacy of War	134	(2)
The Sugar Act and Colonial Rights	136	(2)
An Open Challenge: The Stamp Act	138	(2)
The Dynamics of Rebellion, 1765--1766	140	(5)
The Crowd Rebels	140	(3)
Ideological Roots of Resistance	143	(1)
Parliament Compromises, 1766	144	(1)
The Growing Confrontation, 1767--1770	145	(5)
The Townshend Initiatives	145	(1)
America Again Debates and Resists	146	(1)
Lord North Compromises, 1770	147	(3)
The Road to War, 1771--1775	150	(9)
The Compromise Ignored	150	(4)
The Continental Congress Responds	154	(1)
The Rising of the Countryside	154	(3)
The Failure of Compromise	157	(2)
Summary	159	(1)
Timeline	159	(3)
PART TWO The New Republic, 1775--1820	162	(120)
War and Revolution, 1775--1783	165	(28)
Toward Independence, 1775--1776	166	(4)
The Second Continental Congress and Civil War	166	(1)
Common Sense	167	(2)
Independence Declared	169	(1)
The Trials of War, 1776--1778	170	(5)
War in the North	170	(1)
Armies and Strategies	171	(1)
Victory at Saratoga	172	(2)
Social and Financial Perils	174	(1)
The Path to Victory, 1778--1783	175	(9)
The French Alliance	175	(2)
War in the South	177	(5)
The Patriot Advantage	182	(1)
Diplomatic Triumph	182	(2)
Republicanism Defined and Challenged	184	(7)
Republican Ideals under Wartime Pressures	185	(1)
The Loyalist Exodus	186	(1)
The Problem of Slavery	187	(3)
A Republican Religious Order	190	(1)
Summary	191	(1)
Timeline	191	(2)
The New Political Order, 1776--1800	193	(28)
Creating Republican Institutions, 1776--1787	194	(7)
The State Constitutions: How Much Democracy?	194	(2)
The Articles of Confederation	196	(4)
Shays's Rebellion	200	(1)
The Constitution of 1787	201	(9)
The Rise of a Nationalist Faction	201	(1)
The Philadelphia Convention	202	(2)
The People Debate Ratification	204	(5)
The Federalists Implement the Constitution	209	(1)
The Political Crisis of the 1790s	210	(9)
Hamilton's Financial Program	210	(2)
Jefferson's Agrarian Vision	212	(1)
The French Revolution Divides Americans	213	(3)
The Rise of Political Parties	216	(1)
Constitutional Crisis, 1798--1800	216	(3)
Summary	219	(1)
Timeline	219	(2)
Dynamic Change: Western Settlement and Eastern Capitalism, 1790--1820	221	(30)
Westward Expansion	222	(8)
Native American Resistance	222	(3)
Migration and the Changing Farm Economy	225	(3)
The Transportation Bottleneck	228	(2)
The Republicans' Political Revolution	230	(11)
The Jeffersonian Presidency	230	(1)
Jefferson and the West	231	(2)
Conflict with Britain and France	233	(2)
The War of 1812	235	(6)
The Capitalist Commonwealth	241	(8)
A Merchant-Based Economy: Banks, Manufacturing, and Markets	241	(3)
Public Policy: The Commonwealth System	244	(1)
Federalist Law: John Marshall and the Supreme Court	245	(4)
Summary	249	(1)
Timeline	249	(2)
The Quest for a Republican Society, 1790--1820	251	(31)
Democratic Republicanism	252	(9)
Social and Political Equality for White Men	252	(1)
Toward a Republican Marriage System	253	(2)
Republican Motherhood	255	(2)
Raising and Educating Republican Children	257	(4)
Aristocratic Republicanism and Slavery, 1780--1820	261	(11)
The North and South Grow Apart	261	(1)
Toward a New Southern Social Order	262	(3)
Slave Society and Culture	265	(2)
The Free Black Population	267	(2)
The Missouri Crisis	269	(3)
Protestant Christianity as a Social Force	272	(7)
The Second Great Awakening	272	(5)
Women's New Religious Roles	277	(2)
Summary	279	(1)
Timeline	279	(3)
PART THREE Economic Revolution and Sectional Strife, 1820--1877	282	(172)
The Economic Revolution, 1820--1860	285	(30)
The Coming of Industry: Northeastern Manufacturing	286	(10)
Division of Labor and the Factory	286	(2)
The Textile Industry and British Competition	288	(4)
American Mechanics and Technological Innovation	292	(1)
Wage Workers and the Labor Movement	292	(4)
The Expansion of Markets	296	(7)
Migration to the Southwest and the Midwest	296	(1)
The Transportation Revolution Forges Regional Ties	297	(5)
The Growth of Cities and Towns	302	(1)
Changes in the Social Structure	303	(10)
The Business Elite	303	(1)
The Middle Class	304	(1)
The New Urban Poor	305	(1)
The Benevolent Empire	306	(2)
Revivalism and Reform	308	(3)
Immigration and Cultural Conflict	311	(2)
Summary	313	(1)
Timeline	313	(2)
A Democratic Revolution, 1820--1844	315	(26)
The Rise of Popular Politics, 1820--1829	316	(5)
The Decline of the Notables and the Rise of Parties	316	(1)
The Election of 1824	317	(1)
The Last Notable President: John Quincy Adams	318	(1)
``The Democracy'' and the Election of 1828	319	(2)
The Jacksonian Presidency, 1829--1837	321	(9)
Jackson's Agenda: Patronage and Policy	321	(1)
The Tariff and Nullification	321	(3)
The Bank War	324	(2)
Indian Removal	326	(2)
The Jacksonian Impact	328	(2)
Class, Culture, and the Second Party System	330	(9)
The Whig Worldview	330	(2)
Labor Politics and the Depression of 1837--1843	332	(1)
``Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!''	333	(6)
Summary	339	(1)
Timeline	339	(2)
Religion and Reform, 1820--1860	341	(26)
Individualism	342	(4)
Emerson and Transcendentalism	342	(2)
Emerson's Literary Influence	344	(1)
Brook Farm	345	(1)
Communalism	346	(6)
The Shakers	346	(1)
The Fourierist Phalanxes	347	(1)
John Humphrey Noyes and the Oneida Community	348	(1)
The Mormon Experience	349	(3)
Abolitionism	352	(6)
Slave Rebellion	352	(1)
Garrison and Evangelical Abolitionism	353	(3)
Opposition and Internal Conflict	356	(2)
The Women's Rights Movement	358	(7)
Origins of the Women's Movement	358	(1)
Abolitionism and Women	359	(3)
The Program of Seneca Falls	362	(3)
Summary	365	(1)
Timeline	365	(2)
The Crisis of the Union, 1844--1860	367	(30)
Manifest Destiny	368	(8)
The Mature Cotton Economy, 1820--1860	368	(1)
The Independence of Texas	369	(3)
The Push to the Pacific: Oregon and California	372	(3)
The Fateful Election of 1844	375	(1)
War, Expansion, and Slavery, 1846--1850	376	(9)
The War with Mexico, 1846--1848	376	(3)
A Divisive Victory	379	(3)
1850: Crisis and Compromise	382	(3)
The End of the Second Party System, 1850--1858	385	(6)
Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act	385	(2)
The Whigs' Decline and the Democrats' Diplomacy	387	(1)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Rise of New Parties	387	(3)
The Election of 1856 and Dred Scott	390	(1)
Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Triumph, 1858--1860	391	(4)
Lincoln's Political Career	391	(2)
The Party System Fragments	393	(2)
Summary	395	(1)
Timeline	395	(2)
Two Societies at War, 1861--1865	397	(32)
Secession and Military Stalemate, 1861--1862	398	(9)
Choosing Sides	398	(3)
Setting Objectives and Devising Strategies	401	(6)
Toward Total War	407	(6)
Mobilizing Armies and Civilians	407	(2)
Mobilizing Resources	409	(4)
The Turning Point: 1863	413	(4)
Emancipation	413	(2)
Vicksburg and Gettysburg	415	(2)
The Union Victorious, 1864--1865	417	(10)
Soldiers and Strategy	417	(4)
The Election of 1864 and Sherman's March to the Sea	421	(6)
Summary	427	(1)
Timeline	427	(2)
Reconstruction, 1865--1877	429	(25)
Presidential Reconstruction	430	(6)
Lincoln's Approach	430	(1)
Johnson's Initiative	430	(1)
Acting on Freedom	431	(4)
Congress versus President	435	(1)
Radical Reconstruction	436	(8)
Congress Takes Command	436	(3)
Republican Rule in the South	439	(3)
The Quest for Land	442	(2)
The Undoing of Reconstruction	444	(7)
Counterrevolution	445	(4)
The Acquiescent North	449	(1)
The Political Crisis of 1877	450	(1)
Summary	451	(1)
Timeline	451	(3)
PART FOUR A Maturing Industrial Society, 1877--1914	454	(180)
The American West	457	(28)
The Great Plains	458	(16)
Indians of the Great Plains	459	(1)
Wagon Trains, Railroads, and Ranchers	460	(4)
Homesteaders	464	(5)
The Fate of the Indians	469	(5)
The Far West	474	(9)
The Mining Frontier	474	(4)
Hispanics, Chinese, Anglos	478	(3)
Golden California	481	(2)
Summary	483	(1)
Timeline	483	(2)
Capital and Labor in the Age of Enterprise, 1877--1900	485	(30)
Industrial Capitalism Triumphant	486	(12)
Growth of the Industrial Base	486	(2)
The Railroad Boom	488	(3)
Mass Markets and Large-Scale Enterprise	491	(4)
The New South	495	(3)
The World of Work	498	(7)
Labor Recruits	498	(3)
Autonomous Labor	501	(1)
Systems of Control	502	(3)
The Labor Movement	505	(8)
Reformers and Unionists	505	(3)
The Triumph of ``Pure and Simple'' Unionism	508	(2)
Industrial War	510	(1)
American Radicalism in the Making	511	(2)
Summary	513	(1)
Timeline	513	(2)
The Politics of Late-Nineteenth-Century America	515	(28)
The Politics of the Status Quo, 1877--1893	516	(4)
The National Scene	516	(2)
The Ideology of Individualism	518	(1)
The Supremacy of the Courts	519	(1)
Politics and the People	520	(5)
Cultural Politics: Party, Religion, and Ethnicity	520	(1)
Organizational Politics	521	(2)
Women's Political Culture	523	(2)
Race and Politics in the New South	525	(9)
Biracial Politics	526	(2)
One-Party Rule Triumphant	528	(3)
Resisting White Supremacy	531	(3)
The Crisis of American Politics: The 1890s	534	(7)
The Populist Revolt	535	(2)
Money and Politics	537	(4)
Summary	541	(1)
Timeline	541	(2)
The Rise of the City	543	(30)
Urbanization	544	(6)
Industrial Sources of City Growth	544	(1)
City Innovation	545	(5)
Private City, Public City	548	(2)
Upper Class, Middle Class	550	(6)
The Urban Elite	550	(2)
The Suburban World	552	(1)
Middle-Class Families	553	(3)
City Life	556	(15)
Newcomers	557	(4)
Ward Politics	561	(1)
Religion in the City	562	(4)
City Amusements	566	(3)
The Higher Culture	569	(2)
Summary	571	(1)
Timeline	571	(2)
The Progressive Era	573	(30)
The Course of Reform	574	(17)
The Progressive Mind	574	(2)
Women Progressives	576	(7)
Reforming Politics	583	(4)
Racism and Reform	587	(4)
Progressivism and National Politics	591	(10)
The Making of a Progressive President	591	(1)
Regulating the Marketplace	592	(3)
The Fracturing of Republican Progressivism	595	(2)
Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom	597	(4)
Summary	601	(1)
Timeline	601	(2)
An Emerging World Power, 1877--1914	603	(31)
The Roots of Expansion	604	(5)
Diplomacy in the Gilded Age	604	(2)
The Economy of Expansionism	606	(2)
The Making of a ``Large'' Foreign Policy	608	(1)
The Ideology of Expansionism	609	(1)
An American Empire	609	(13)
The Cuban Crisis	612	(4)
The Spoils of War	616	(2)
The Imperial Experiment	618	(4)
Onto the World Stage	622	(9)
A Power among Powers	622	(4)
The Open Door in Asia	626	(2)
Wilson and Mexico	628	(1)
The Gathering Storm in Europe	629	(2)
Summary	631	(1)
Timeline	631	(3)
PART FIVE The Modern State and Society, 1914--1945	634	(146)
War and the American State, 1914--1920	637	(28)
The Great War, 1914--1918	638	(9)
War in Europe	638	(2)
The Perils of Neutrality	640	(3)
``Over There''	643	(1)
The American Fighting Force	644	(3)
War on the Home Front	647	(8)
Mobilizing Industry and the Economy	647	(2)
Mobilizing American Workers	649	(2)
Wartime Reform: Woman Suffrage and Prohibition	651	(3)
Promoting National Unity	654	(1)
An Unsettled Peace, 1919--1920	655	(8)
The Treaty of Versailles	655	(5)
Racial Strife, Labor Unrest, and the Red Scare	660	(3)
Summary	663	(1)
Timeline	663	(2)
Modern Times, The 1920s	665	(30)
Business-Government Partnership of the 1920s	666	(7)
Politics in the Republican ``New Era''	666	(2)
The Economy	668	(1)
The Heyday of Big Business	669	(1)
Economic Expansion Abroad	670	(2)
Foreign Policy in the 1920s	672	(1)
A New National Culture	673	(8)
A Consumer Culture	673	(2)
The Automobile Culture	675	(1)
Mass Media and New Patterns of Leisure	675	(6)
Dissenting Values and Cultural Conflict	681	(12)
The Rise of Nativism	681	(5)
Legislating Values: The Scopes Trial and Prohibition	686	(2)
Intellectual Crosscurrents	688	(3)
Cultural Clash in the Election of 1928	691	(2)
Summary	693	(1)
Timeline	693	(2)
The Great Depression	695	(26)
The Coming of the Great Depression	697	(2)
Causes of the Depression	697	(1)
The Deepening Economic Crisis	697	(1)
The Worldwide Depression	698	(1)
Hard Times	699	(8)
The Invisible Scar	699	(2)
Families Face the Depression	701	(4)
Popular Culture Views the Depression	705	(2)
Harder Times	707	(7)
African Americans in the Depression	707	(2)
Dust Bowl Migrations	709	(2)
Mexican American Communities	711	(3)
Asian Americans Face the Depression	714	(1)
Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression	714	(5)
Hoover Responds	715	(1)
Rising Discontent	716	(1)
The 1932 Election: A New Order	717	(2)
Summary	719	(1)
Timeline	719	(2)
The New Deal, 1933--1939	721	(28)
The New Deal Takes Over, 1933--1935	722	(6)
The Roosevelt Style of Leadership	722	(2)
The Hundred Days	724	(2)
The New Deal under Attack	726	(2)
The Second New Deal, 1935--1938	728	(4)
Legislative Accomplishments	728	(1)
The 1936 Election	729	(1)
Stalemate	730	(2)
The New Deal's Impact on Society	732	(15)
New Deal Constituencies and the Broker State	732	(8)
The New Deal and the Land	740	(1)
The New Deal and the Arts	741	(4)
The Legacies of the New Deal	745	(2)
Summary	747	(1)
Timeline	747	(2)
The World at War, 1939--1945	749	(31)
The Road to War	750	(4)
The Rise of Facism	750	(1)
Depression-Era Isolationism	751	(1)
Retreat from Isolationism	751	(2)
The Attack on Pearl Harbor	753	(1)
Organizing for Victory	754	(8)
Financing the War	755	(3)
Mobilizing the American Fighting Force	758	(1)
Workers and the War Effort	759	(1)
Civil Rights during Wartime	760	(1)
Politics in Wartime	761	(1)
Life on the Home Front	762	(5)
``For the Duration''	762	(3)
Japanese Internment	765	(2)
Fighting and Winning the War	767	(10)
Wartime Aims and Strategies	768	(1)
The War in Europe	769	(2)
The War in the Pacific	771	(2)
Planning the Postwar World	773	(2)
The Onset of the Atomic Age and the War's End	775	(2)
Summary	777	(1)
Timeline	777	(3)
PART SIX America and the World, 1945 to the Present	780	(159)
Cold War America, 1945--1960	783	(32)
The Cold War Abroad	784	(13)
Descent into Cold War, 1945--1946	784	(1)
The Truman Doctrine and Containment	785	(6)
Containment in Asia and the Korean War	791	(3)
Eisenhower and the ``New Look'' of Foreign Policy	794	(3)
The Cold War at Home	797	(7)
Postwar Domestic Challenges	797	(2)
Fair Deal Liberalism	799	(1)
The Great Fear	799	(2)
``Modern Republicanism''	801	(3)
The Emergence of Civil Rights as a National Issue	804	(3)
Civil Rights under Truman	804	(1)
Challenging Segregation	804	(2)
The Civil Rights Movement and the Cold War	806	(1)
The Impact of the Cold War	807	(6)
Nuclear Proliferation	807	(3)
The Military-Industrial Complex	810	(3)
Summary	813	(1)
Timeline	813	(2)
The Affluent Society and the Liberal Consensus, 1945--1965	815	(34)
The Affluent Society	816	(9)
The Economic Record	816	(1)
The Suburban Explosion	817	(3)
American Life during the Baby Boom	820	(5)
The Other America	825	(5)
Migration to Cities	825	(4)
The Urban Crisis	829	(1)
John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Expectation	830	(10)
The New Politics	830	(1)
Activism Abroad	831	(3)
The New Frontier at Home	834	(2)
New Tactics for the Civil Rights Movement	836	(3)
The Kennedy Assassination	839	(1)
Lyndon B. Johnson and the Great Society	840	(7)
The Momentum for Civil Rights	840	(2)
Enacting the Liberal Agenda	842	(2)
War on Poverty	844	(3)
Summary	847	(1)
Timeline	847	(2)
War Abroad and at Home: The Vietnam Era, 1961--1975	849	(30)
Into the Quagmire, 1945--1968	850	(6)
America in Vietnam: From Truman to Kennedy	850	(2)
Escalation: The Johnson Years	852	(2)
American Soldiers' Perspectives on the War	854	(2)
The Cold War Consensus Unravels	856	(11)
Public Opinion on Vietnam	856	(1)
Student Activism	857	(2)
The Rise of the Counterculture	859	(1)
The Widening Struggle for Civil Rights	860	(3)
The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement	863	(2)
The Revival of Feminism	865	(2)
The Long Road Home, 1968--1975	867	(10)
1968: A Year of Shocks	867	(3)
Nixon's War	870	(1)
Withdrawal from Vietnam and Detente	871	(2)
The Legacy of Vietnam	873	(4)
Summary	877	(1)
Timeline	877	(2)
The Lean Years, 1969--1980	879	(28)
The Nixon Years	880	(4)
The Republican Domestic Agenda	880	(1)
The 1972 Election	881	(1)
Watergate	882	(2)
An Economy of Diminished Expectations	884	(3)
Energy Crisis	884	(1)
Economic Woes	884	(3)
Reform and Reaction in the 1970s	887	(12)
The New Activism: Environmental and Consumer Movements	888	(1)
Challenges to Tradition: The Women's Movement and Gay Rights	889	(5)
Racial Minorities	894	(4)
The Politics of Resentment	898	(1)
Politics in the Wake of Watergate	899	(6)
Ford's Caretaker Presidency	899	(1)
Jimmy Carter: The Outsider as President	899	(3)
The Reagan Revolution	902	(3)
Summary	905	(1)
Timeline	905	(2)
A New Domestic and World Order, 1981--2001	907	(32)
The Reagan-Bush Years, 1981--1993	908	(4)
Reaganomics	908	(1)
Reagan's Second Term	909	(1)
The Bush Presidency	910	(2)
Foreign Relations under Reagan and Bush	912	(2)
Interventions in Developing Countries	912	(1)
The End of the Cold War	912	(1)
War in the Persian Gulf, 1990--1991	913	(1)
Uncertain Times: Economic and Social Trends, 1980--2000	914	(13)
The Economy	915	(2)
Popular Culture and Popular Technology	917	(2)
An Increasingly Pluralistic Society	919	(6)
Backlash against Women's and Gay Rights	925	(1)
The AIDS Epidemic	925	(2)
The Environmental Movement at Twenty-Five	927	(1)
Restructuring the Domestic Order: Public Life, 1992--2001	927	(10)
Clinton's First Term	928	(2)
``The Era of Big Government Is Over''	930	(1)
Second-Term Stalemates	930	(3)
An Unprecedented Election	933	(1)
George W. Bush's Early Presidency	934	(3)
Summary	937	(1)
Timeline	937	(2)
Epilogue: Thinking about Contemporary History	939
Documents	1	(1)
The Declaration of Independence	1	(2)
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union	3	(4)
The Constitution of the United States of America	7	(5)
Amendments to the Constitution with Annotations (with Six Unratified Amendments)	12
Appendix	1	(1)
The American Nation	1	(5)
The American People: A Demographic Survey	6	(7)
The American Government and Economy	13
Glossary	1	(1)
Suggested References	1	(1)
Credits	1	(1)
Index	1