Exploring American Histories, Volume 2 A Survey with Sources

by Hewitt, Nancy A.; Lawson, Steven F.

• ISBN13: 9781457694714
• ISBN10: 1457694719
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-09-07
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

Utilizing both written and visual primary sources, Exploring American Histories, Volume 2 breathes life into the many histories of this nation while helping you think crtically about the sources which lay the groundwork for historical narratives.

Author Biography

Nancy A. Hewitt (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is Professor Emerita of History and of Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. Her publications include Southern Discomfort: Women’s Activism in Tampa, Florida, 1880s-1920s, for which she received the Julia Cherry Spruill Prize from the Southern Association of Women Historians; Women’s Activism and Social Change: Rochester, New York, 1822-1872; the edited volume　No Permanent Waves: Recasting Histories of U.S. Feminism; and the co-edited volume, Lucretia Mott Speaks.　She is currently working on a biography of the nineteenth-century radical activist Amy Kirby Post.

Steven F. Lawson (Ph.D., Columbia University) is Professor Emeritus of History at Rutgers University. His research interests include U.S. politics since 1945 and the history of the civil rights movement, with a particular focus on black politics and the interplay between civil rights and political culture in the mid-twentieth century. He is the author of many works including Running for Freedom: Civil Rights and Black Politics in America since 1941; Black Ballots: Voting Rights in the South, 1944-1969; and In Pursuit of Power: Southern Blacks and Electoral Politics, 1965-1982.

Table of Contents

The Combined Volume includes all chapters.　
Volume 1 includes Chapters 1-14.　
Volume 2 includes Chapters 14-29.

NOTE: LaunchPad material that does not appear in the print book – including guided reading exercises, source feature quizzes, LearningCurve adaptive quizzes, summative quizzes, all of the documents from the companion reader　Document Projects for Exploring American Histories,　and the Thinking through Sources activities built for projects in the reader – has been labeled on this table of contents as shown. Each chapter in LaunchPad also comes with a wealth of additional documents, videos, key terms flashcards, map quizzes, timeline activities, and much more, all of which can be easily integrated and assigned.

Preface
Versions and Supplements
Maps, Figures, and Tables
How to Use This Book

14. EMANCIPATION AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1863–1877
Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad
AMERICAN HISTORIES: Jefferson Long and Andrew Johnson
Emancipation
African Americans Embrace Freedom
GUIDED ANALYSIS Document 14.1 Freedpeople Petition for Land, 1865
Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad
Reuniting Families Torn Apart by Slavery
Freedom to Learn
Freedom to Worship and the Leadership Role of Black Churches
National Reconstruction
Abraham Lincoln Plans for Reunification
Andrew Johnson and Presidential Reconstruction
Johnson and Congressional Resistance
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Debating the Freedmen’s Bureau Document 14.2 Colonel Eliphalet Whittlesey, Report on the Freedmen’s Bureau, 1865; Document 14.3 Democratic Flier Opposing the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill, 1866
Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad
Congressional Reconstruction
The Struggle for Universal Suffrage
Remaking the South
Whites Reconstruct the South
Black Political Participation and Economic Opportunities
SOLO ANALYSIS Document 14.4 Sharecropping Agreement, 1870
Quiz for Solo Analysis　LaunchPad
White Resistance to Congressional Reconstruction
The Unraveling of Reconstruction
The Republican Retreat
Congressional and Judicial Retreat
The Presidential Compromise of 1876
Conclusion: The Legacies of Reconstruction
LearningCurve　LaunchPad
Chapter Review　
Summative Quiz　LaunchPad
DOCUMENT PROJECT 14 Testing and Contesting Freedom
Document 14.5 Mississippi Black Code, 1865
Document 14.6 Richard H. Cain, Federal Aid for Land Purchase, 1868
Document 14.7 Ellen Parton, Testimony on Klan Violence, 1871
Document 14.8 Thomas Nast, Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?) State, 1874
Document 14.9 What the Centennial Ought to Accomplish, 1875
Quiz for Document Project 14　LaunchPad
14. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 14: Reconstruction in South Carolina　LaunchPad
Document 14.1 Colored People’s Convention of South Carolina, Memorial to Congress, 1865
Quiz for Document 14.1　LaunchPad
Document 14.2 Lottie Rollin, Address on Universal Suffrage, 1870
Quiz for Document 14.2　LaunchPad
Document 14.3 Robert Brown Elliott, In Defense of the Civil Rights Bill, 1874
Quiz for Document 14.3　LaunchPad
Document 14.4 James Shepherd Pike,　The Prostrate State, 1874
Quiz for Document 14.4　LaunchPad
Document 14.5 Ulysses S. Grant, Letter to South Carolina Governor D. H. Chamberlain, 1876
Quiz for Document 14.5　LaunchPad
Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context
THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 14: Reconstruction in the South Carolina　LaunchPad
Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 14　　LaunchPad
Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 14　LaunchPadEssay Questions for Thinking through Sources 14　LaunchPad

15. THE WEST, 1865–1896
Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad
AMERICAN HISTORIES: Annie Oakley and Geronimo
Opening the West
The Great Plains
Federal Policy and Foreign Investment
Indians and Resistance to Expansion
Indian Civilizations
GUIDED ANALYSIS Document 15.1 Buffalo Hunting, c. 1875
Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad
Changing Federal Policy toward Indians
Indian Defeat
Reforming Indian Policy
Indian Assimilation and Resistance
The Mining and Lumber Industries
The Business of Mining
Life in the Mining Towns
The Lumber Boom
The Cattle Industry and Commercial Farming
The Life of the Cowboy
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Cowboy Myths and Realities Document 15.2 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, 1893; Document 15.3 George C. Duffield, Diary of a Real Cowboy, 1866
Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad
The Rise of Commercial Ranching
Commercial Farming
Women Homesteaders
Farming on the Great Plains
Diversity in the Far West
Mormons
Californios
SOLO ANALYSIS Document 15.4　White Caps Flier, 1890
Quiz for Solo Analysis　LaunchPad
The Chinese
Conclusion: The Ambiguous Legacy of the West
LearningCurve　LaunchPad
Chapter Review　
Summative Quiz　LaunchPad
DOCUMENT PROJECT 15 American Indians and Whites in the West
Document 15.5 James Michael Cavanaugh, Support for Indian Extermination, 1868
Document 15.6 Helen Hunt Jackson, Challenges to Indian Policy, 1881
Document 15.7 Thomas Nast, "Patience until the Indian Is Civilized—So to Speak," 1878
Document 15.8 Zitkala-Ša, Life at an Indian Boarding School, 1921
Document 15.9 Chief Joseph, Views on Indian Affairs, 1879
Quiz for Document Project 15　LaunchPad
15. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 15: Women in the West　LaunchPad
Document 15.1 Martha Jane Cannary Burk, The Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane, 1896Quiz for Document 15.1　LaunchPad
Document 15.2 Black Migrants to Kansas, 1880
Quiz for Document 15.2　LaunchPad
Document 15.3 A Prostitute’s Contract, 1886
Quiz for Document 15.3　LaunchPad
Document 15.4 Abigail Scott Duniway, Speaking Out for the Right to Vote, 1914
Quiz for Document 15.4　LaunchPad
Document 15.5 Caroline Nichols Churchill, Fighting for Woman Suffrage in Colorado, 1909
Quiz for Document 15.5　LaunchPad
Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context
THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 15: Women in the West　LaunchPad
Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 15　LaunchPad
Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 15　LaunchPad
Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 15　LaunchPad

16. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA, 1877–1900
Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad
AMERICAN HISTORIES: Andrew Carnegie and John Sherman
America Industrializes
The New Industrial Economy
Innovation and Inventions
Building a New South
Industrial Consolidation
The Growth of Corporations
GUIDED ANALYSIS Document 16.1 Horace Taylor, What a Funny Little Government, 1900
Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad
Laissez-Faire, Social Darwinism, and Their Critics
The Doctrines of Success
Challenges to Laissez-Faire
Society and Culture in the Gilded Age
Wealthy and Middle-Class Leisure-Time Pursuits
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Leisure-Class Women Document 16.2 The Delineator, 1900;　Document 16.3 Alice Austen and Trude Eccleston, 1891
Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad
Changing Gender Roles
Black America and Jim Crow
National Politics in the Era of Industrialization
The Weak Presidency
SOLO ANALYSIS Documents 16.4 James Bryce, Why Great Men Are Not Chosen Presidents, 1888
Quiz for Solo Analysis　LaunchPad
Congressional Inefficiency
The Business of Politics
An Energized and Entertained Electorate
Conclusion: Industrial America
LearningCurve　LaunchPad
Chapter Review　
Summative Quiz　LaunchPad
DOCUMENT PROJECT 16 Debates about Laissez-Faire
Document 16.5 William Graham Sumner, A Defense of Laissez-Faire, 1883
Document 16.6 Edward Bellamy　Looking Backward, 2000–1887, 1888
Document 16.7 Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth, 1889
Document 16.8 Henry Demarest Lloyd, Critique of Wealth, 1894
Quiz for Document Project 16　LaunchPad
16. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 16: Labor and Race in the New South　LaunchPad
Document 16.1 Henry Grady, The New South, 1890
Quiz for Document 16.1　LaunchPad
Document 16.2 Testimony of North Carolina Industrial Workers, 1887
Quiz for Document 16.2　LaunchPad
Document 16.3 Sharecropper’s Contract, 1882
Quiz for Document 16.3　LaunchPad
Document 16.4 Mississippi Constitution, 1890
Quiz for Document 16.4　LaunchPad
Document 16.5 Justice Henry Billings Brown, Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
Quiz for Document 16.5　LaunchPad
Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context
THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 16: Labor and Race in the New South　LaunchPad
Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 16　LaunchPad
Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 16　LaunchPad
Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 16　LaunchPad　

17. WORKERS AND FARMERS IN THE AGE OF ORGANIZATION, 1877–1900
Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad
AMERICAN HISTORIES: John McLuckie and Mary Elizabeth Lease
Working People Organize
The Industrialization of Labor
GUIDED ANALYSIS Document 17.1 John Morrison, Testimony on the Impact of Mechanization, 1883
Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad
Organizing Unions
Clashes between Workers and Owners
Working-Class Leisure in Industrial America
Farmers Organize
Farmers Unite
Populists Rise Up
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Farmers and Workers Organize: Two Views Document 17.2　The Ten Commandments of the Grange, 1874; Document 17.3 The Populist Party Platform, 1892
Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad
The Depression of the 1890s
Depression Politics
SOLO ANALYSIS Document 17.4　Walter Huston, "Here Lies Prosperity," 1895
Quiz for Solo Analysis　LaunchPad
Political Realignment in the Election of 1896
The Decline of the Populists
Conclusion: A Passion for Organization
LearningCurve　LaunchPad
Chapter Review　
Summative Quiz　LaunchPad
DOCUMENT PROJECT 17 The Pullman Strike of 1894
Document 17.5 George Pullman, Testimony before the U.S. Strike Commission, 1894
Document 17.6 Eugene V. Debs, On Radicalism, 1902
Document 17.7 Jennie Curtis, Testimony before the U.S. Strike Commission, 1894
Document 17.8 Report from the Commission to Investigate the Chicago Strike, 1895
Quiz for Document Project 17　LaunchPad
17. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 17: The Meanings of Populism　LaunchPad
Document 17.1 Frank Doster, Labor Day Speech, 1894
Quiz for Document 17.1　LaunchPad
Document 17.2 Reverend J. L. Moore, The Colored Farmers’ Alliance, 1891
Quiz for Document 17.2　LaunchPad
Document 17.3 Thomas E. Watson, "The Negro Question in the South," 1892
Quiz for Document 17.3　LaunchPad
Document 17.4 "The People’s Party Tree," 1895
Quiz for Document 17.4　LaunchPad
Document 17.5 William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold Speech, 1896
Quiz for Document 17.5　LaunchPad
Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context
THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 17: The Meanings of Populism　LaunchPad
Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 17　LaunchPad
Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 17　LaunchPad
Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 17　LaunchPad

18. CITIES, IMMIGRANTS, AND THE NATION, 1880–1914
Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad
AMERICAN HISTORIES: Beryl Lassin and Maria Vik
A New Wave of Immigrants
Immigrants Arrive from Many Lands
Creating Immigrant Communities
GUIDED ANALYSIS Document 18.1 Anzia Yerzierska, Immigrant Fathers and Daughters, 1925
Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad
Hostility toward Recent Immigrants
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS The Chinese in America Document 18.2 Saum Song Bo, "A Chinese View of the Statue of Liberty" 1885; Document 18.3 Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 1886
Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad
The Assimilation Dilemma
Becoming an Urban Nation
The New Industrial City
Cities Expand Upward and Outward
How the Other Half Lived
SOLO ANALYSIS Document 18.4 Rose Schneiderman, The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, 1911
Quiz for Solo Analysis　LaunchPad
Urban Politics at the Turn of the Century
Political Machines and City Bosses
Urban Reformers
Conclusion: A Nation of Cities
LearningCurve　LaunchPad
Chapter Review　
Summative Quiz　LaunchPad
DOCUMENT PROJECT 18 "Melting Pot" or "Vegetable Soup"?
Document 18.5 Israel Zangwill,　The Melting-Pot, 1908
Document 18.6 "The Mortar of Assimilation—And the Element That Won’t Mix," 1889
Document 18.7 "Be Just—Even to John Chinaman," 1893
Document 18.8 Alfred P. Schultz, The Mongrelization of America, 1908
Document 18.9 Randolph S. Bourne, Trans-national America, 1916
Quiz for Document Project 18　LaunchPad
18. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 18: Class and Leisure in the American City　LaunchPad
Document 18.1 Elephant Ride at Coney Island, 1911
Quiz for Document 18.1　LaunchPad
Document 18.2 International Contest for the Heavyweight Championship, 1907
Quiz for Document 18.2　LaunchPad
Document 18.3 Joseph Rumshinsky, "The Living Orphan," 1914
Quiz for Document 18.3　LaunchPad
Document 18.4 Hutchins Hapgood,　Types from City Streets, 1910
Quiz for Document 18.4　LaunchPad
Document 18.5 Thorstein Veblen,　The Theory of the Leisure Class, 1899
Quiz for Document 18.5　LaunchPad
Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context
THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 18: Class and Leisure in the American City　LaunchPad
Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 18　LaunchPad
Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 18　LaunchPad
Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 18　LaunchPad

19. PROGRESSIVISM AND THE SEARCH FOR ORDER, 1900–1917
Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad
AMERICAN HISTORIES: Gifford Pinchot and Gene Stratton-Porter
The Roots of Progressivism
Progressive Origins
GUIDED ANALYSIS Document 19.1 Walter Rauschenbusch, Christianity and the Social Crisis, 1907
Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad
Muckrakers
Humanitarian and Social Justice Reform
Female Progressives and the Poor
Fighting for Women’s Suffrage
Progressivism and African Americans
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Addressing Racial Inequality Documents 19.2 Booker T. Washington, The Atlanta Compromise, 1895; Document 19.3 Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington and His Critics, 1904
Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad
Progressivism and Indians
Morality and Social Control
Prohibition
Prostitution, Narcotics, and Juvenile Delinquency
Birth Control
SOLO ANALYSIS Document 19.4 Margaret Sanger, "Birth Control and Racial Betterment," 1919
Quiz for Solo Analysis　LaunchPad
Immigration Restriction
Good Government Progressivism
Municipal and State Reform
Conservation and Preservation of the Environment
Presidential Progressivism
Theodore Roosevelt and the Square Deal
Taft Retreats from Progressivism
The Election of 1912
Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom Agenda
Conclusion: The Progressive Legacy
LearningCurve　LaunchPad
Chapter Review　
Summative Quiz　LaunchPad
DOCUMENT PROJECT 19　Muller v. Oregon,　1908
Document 19.5 Theodore Roosevelt, "On American Motherhood," 1905
Document 19.6 William D. Fenton and Henry H. Gilfrey, Brief for Plaintiff in Error,　Muller v. Oregon, 1907
Document 19.7 Louis D. Brandeis, Brief for Defendant in Error,　Muller v. Oregon, 1908
Document 19.8 Justice David J. Brewer, Opinion in　Muller v. Oregon,　1908
Document 19.9 Louisa Dana Haring, Letter, "Equality before the Law," 1908
Quiz for Document Project 19　LaunchPad
19. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 19: Progressivism and Social Control　LaunchPad
Document 19.1 Frances Willard, On Behalf of Home Protection, 1884
Quiz for Document 19.1　LaunchPad
Document 19.2 Abstinence Poster, 1919
Quiz for Document 19.2　LaunchPad
Document 19.3 Indiana Sterilization Law, 1907
Quiz for Document 19.3　LaunchPad
Document 19.4 The Immigration Act of 1917
Quiz for Document 19.4　LaunchPad
Document 19.5 "Sanitary Precaution," c. 1914
Quiz for Document 19.5　LaunchPad
Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context
THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 19: Progressivism and Social Control　LaunchPad
Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 19　LaunchPad
Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 19　LaunchPad
Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 19　LaunchPad

20. EMPIRE AND WARS, 1898–1918
Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad
AMERICAN HISTORIES:　Alfred Thayer Mahan and José Martí
The Awakening of Imperialism
The Economics of Expansion
Cultural Justifications for Imperialism
Gender and Empire
GUIDED ANALYSIS Document 20.1 Rudyard Kipling, "The White Man’s Burden," 1899
Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad
The War with Spain
Revolution in Cuba
The War of 1898
The Pacification of Cuba
The Philippine War
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Fighting in the Philippines Document 20.2 President McKinley Defends His Decision; Document 20.3 Cartoon, "A Bigger Job Than He Thought For,"1899
Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad
Extending U.S. Imperialism, 1899–1913
Theodore Roosevelt and "Big Stick" Diplomacy
Opening the Door in China
Wilson and American Foreign Policy, 1912–1917
Diplomacy and War
Making the World Safe for Democracy
Fighting the War at Home
Government by Commission
Winning Hearts and Minds
SOLO ANALYSIS Document　20.4　W. E. B. Du Bois, "Returning Soldiers," 1919
Quiz for Solo Analysis　LaunchPad
Waging Peace
The Failure of Ratification
Conclusion: An American Empire
LearningCurve　LaunchPad
Chapter Review　
Summative Quiz　LaunchPad
DOCUMENT PROJECT 20 Imperialism versus Anti-Imperialism
Document 20.5 The Hawaiian Memorial, 1897
Document 20.6 Albert Beveridge, The March of the Flag, 1898
Document 20.7 "There’s Plenty of Room at the Table," 1906
Document 20.8 Anti-Imperialism Letter, 1899
Quiz for Document Project 20　LaunchPad
20. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 20: The Committee on Public Information and Wartime Propaganda　LaunchPad
Document 20.1 "It’s Duty Boy," c. 1918
Quiz for Document 20.1　LaunchPad
Document 20.2 "Halt the Hun!" c. 1918
Quiz for Document 20.2　LaunchPad
Document 20.3 Advertisement in History Teacher’s Magazine, 1917
Quiz for Document 20.3　LaunchPad
Document 20.4 "He Will Come Back a Better Man!" 1918
Quiz for Document 20.4　LaunchPad
Document 20.5 George Creel, "The ‘Censorship’ Bugbear," 1920
Quiz for Document 20.5　LaunchPad
Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context
THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 20: The Committee on Public Information and Wartime Propaganda　LaunchPad
Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 20　LaunchPad
Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 20　LaunchPad
Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 20　LaunchPad　

21. THE TWENTIES, 1919–1929
Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad
AMERICAN HISTORIES: D. C. Stephenson and Ossian Sweet
Social Turmoil
The Red Scare, 1919–1920
GUIDED ANALYSIS Document 21.1 A. Mitchell Palmer, The Case against the Reds, 1920
Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad
Racial Violence in the Postwar Era
Prosperity, Consumption, and Growth
Government Promotion of the Economy
Americans Become Consumers
Urbanization
Perilous Prosperity
Challenges to Social Conventions
Breaking with the Old Morality
The Harlem Renaissance
Marcus Garvey and Black Nationalism
Culture Wars
Prohibition
Nativists versus Immigrants
Resurrection of the Ku Klux Klan
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Men and Women of the KKK Document 21.2 Gerald W. Johnson,　The Ku Kluxer, 1924; Document 21.3 Women of the Ku Klux Klan, 1927
Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad
Fundamentalism versus Modernism
Politics and the Fading of Prosperity
The Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party
Lingering Progressivism
SOLO ANALYSIS Document 21.4 Progressive Party Presidential Platform, 1924
Quiz for Solo Analysis　LaunchPad
Financial Crash
Conclusion: The Transitional Twenties
LearningCurve　LaunchPad
Chapter Review　
Summative Quiz　LaunchPad
DOCUMENT PROJECT 21 The New Negro and the Harlem Renaissance
Document 21.5 A. Philip Randolph and Chandler Owen, "The New Negro—What Is He?" 1919
Document 21.6 Claude McKay, If We Must Die, 1919
Document 21.7 Langston Hughes, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," 1921
Document 21.8 Aaron Douglas, Illustration,　The New Negro, 1925
Document 21.9 Bessie Smith, "Down-Hearted Blues," 1923
Quiz for Document Project 21　LaunchPad
21. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories,　Document Project 21: The Scopes "Monkey Trial"　LaunchPad
Document 21.1 The Butler Act, 1925
Quiz for Document 21.1　LaunchPad
Document 21.2 Clarence Darrow, Trial Speech, 13 July 1925
Quiz for Document 21.2　LaunchPad
Document 21.3 William Jennings Bryan, Trial Speech, 16 July 1925
Quiz for Document 21.3　LaunchPad
Document 21.4 Cartoon from the　Chicago Defender, 20 June 1925
Quiz for Document 21.4　LaunchPad
Document 21.5　Poem by Mrs. E.P. Blair,　Nashville Tennessean, 29 June 1925
Quiz for Document 21.5　LaunchPad
Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context
THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 21: The Scopes "Monkey Trial"　LaunchPad
Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 21　LaunchPad
Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 21　LaunchPad
Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 21　LaunchPad

22. DEPRESSION, DISSENT, AND THE NEW DEAL, 1929–1940
Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad
AMERICAN HISTORIES:　Eleanor Roosevelt and Luisa Moreno
The Great Depression
Hoover Faces the Depression
Hoovervilles and Dust Storms
Challenges for Minorities
GUIDED ANALYSIS Document 22.1 Plea from the Scottsboro Prisoners, 1932
Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad
Families under Strain
Organized Protest
The New Deal
Roosevelt Restores Confidence
Steps toward Recovery
Direct Assistance and Relief
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Letters to Eleanor Roosevelt Document 22.2 Mildred Isbell to Mrs. Roosevelt, January 1, 1936; Document 22.3 Minnie Hardin to Mrs. Roosevelt, December 14, 1937
Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad
New Deal Critics
The New Deal Moves to the Left
Expanding Relief Measures
Establishing Social Security
Organized Labor Strikes Back
A Half Deal for Minorities
Decline of the New Deal
SOLO ANALYSIS Document 22.4 Retire or Move Over, 1937
Quiz for Solo Analysis　LaunchPad
Conclusion: New Deal Liberalism
LearningCurve　LaunchPad
Chapter Review　
Summative Quiz　LaunchPad
DOCUMENT PROJECT 22 The Depression in Rural America
Document 22.5 Ann Marie Low, Dust Bowl Diary, 1934
Document 22.6 John P. Davis, A Black Inventory of the New Deal, 1935
Document 22.7 A Sharecropper’s Family in Washington County, Arkansas, 1935
Document 22.8 Martin Torres, Protest against Maltreatment of Mexican Laborers in California, 1934
Document 22.9 Otis Nation, Testimony to the Great Plains Committee, 1937
Quiz for Document Project 22　LaunchPad
22. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 22: Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and its Critics　LaunchPad
Document 22.1 Franklin Roosevelt, Fireside Chat transcript, May 7, 1933
Quiz for Document 22.1　LaunchPad
Document 22.2 "Give a Man a Job!" transcript 1933
Quiz for Document 22.2　LaunchPad
Document 22.3 Frank E. Gannett, Letter on Court Packing, 1937
Quiz for Document 22.3　LaunchPad
Document 22.4 Republican Party National Platform, 1936
Quiz for Document 22.4　LaunchPad
Document 22.5 Huey P. Long, Criticism of Franklin Roosevelt, 1935
Quiz for Document 22.5　LaunchPad
Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context
THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 22: Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and its Critics　LaunchPad
Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 22　LaunchPad
Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 22　LaunchPad
Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 22　LaunchPad　

23. WORLD WAR II, 1933–1945
Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad
AMERICAN HISTORIES: J. Robert Oppenheimer and Fred Korematsu
The Road toward War
The Growing Crisis in Europe
The Challenge to Isolationism
The United States Enters the War
GUIDED ANALYSIS Document 23.1 Monica Sone, Memories of Pearl Harbor
Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad
The Home-Front Economy
Managing the Wartime Economy
New Opportunities for Women
Everyday Life on the Home Front
Fighting for Equality at Home
The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
Struggles for Mexican Americans
American Indians
The Ordeal of Japanese Americans
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Japanese American Internment Document 23.2 Charles Kikuchi Internment Diary, 1942; Document 23.3 Justice Hugo Black, Korematsu v. United States, 1944
Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad
Global War
War in Europe
War in the Pacific
Ending the War
Evidence of the Holocaust
SOLO ANALYSIS Document 23.4 The War Department on Bombing the Railway Lines to Auschwitz, 1944
Quiz for Solo Analysis　LaunchPad
Conclusion: The Impact of World War II
LearningCurve　LaunchPad
Chapter Review　
Summative Quiz　LaunchPad
DOCUMENT PROJECT 23 The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
Document 23.5 Petition to the President of the United States, July 17, 1945
Document 23.6 President Harry S. Truman, Press Release on the Atomic Bomb, August 6, 1945
Document 23.7 Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
Document 23.8 U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, 1946
Document 23.9 Father Johannes Siemes, Eyewitness Account of the Hiroshima Bombing, 1945
Quiz for Document Project 23　LaunchPad
23. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 23: Anti-Japanese Prejudice during World War II　　LaunchPad
Document 23.1 Why We Fight: Prelude to War transcript, 1942
Quiz for Document 23.1　LaunchPad
Document 23.2 Poster to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry, 1942
Quiz for Document 23.2　LaunchPad
Document 23.3 Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone, Hirabayashi v. United States Decision, 1943
Quiz for Document 23.3　LaunchPad
Document 23.4 Justice Frank Murphy, Dissent in Korematsu v. United States, 1944
Quiz for Document 23.4　LaunchPad
Document 23.5 Charles Kikuchi, Internment Diary, 1942
Quiz for Document 23.5　LaunchPad
Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context
THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 23: Anti-Japanese Prejudice during World War II　LaunchPad
Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 23　LaunchPad
Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 23　LaunchPad
Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 23　LaunchPad

24. THE OPENING OF THE COLD WAR, 1945–1961
Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad
AMERICAN HISTORIES: George Kennan and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
The Origins of the Cold War, 1945–1947
Mutual Misunderstandings
GUIDED ANALYSIS Document 24.1 Henry Wallace, The Way to Peace, 1946
Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad
The Truman Doctrine
The Marshall Plan and Economic Containment
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS The Marshall Plan and the Soviet Union Document 24.2 George C. Marshall, The Marshall Plan, 1947; Document 24.3 Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Objections to the Marshall Plan, 1947
Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad
The Cold War Hardens, 1948–1953
Military Containment
The Korean War
SOLO ANALYSIS Document 24.4 Statement by President Truman on the Situation in Korea, June 27, 1950
Quiz for Solo Analysis　LaunchPad
The Korean War and the Imperial Presidency
Combatting Communism at Home, 1945–1954
Loyalty and the Second Red Scare
McCarthyism
The Cold War Expands, 1953-1961
Nuclear Weapons and Containment
Interventions in the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa
Early Intervention in Vietnam, 1954–1960
Conclusion: The Cold War and Anticommunism
LearningCurve　LaunchPad
Chapter Review　
Summative Quiz　LaunchPad
DOCUMENT PROJECT 24 McCarthyism and the Hollywood Ten
Document 24.5　Ronald Reagan, Testimony before HUAC, 1947
Document 24.6　John Howard Lawson, Testimony before HUAC, 1947
Document 24.7　The Waldorf Statement and the Introduction of the Blacklist, 1947
Document 24.8　Herblock, "Fire!" 1949
Document 24.9　Lillian Hellman, Letter to HUAC, 1952
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24. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 24: The Korean War　LaunchPad
Document 24.1 Sidney W. Souers, NSC 48, December 1949
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Document 24.2 Terenti Shtykov, Telegram, January 19, 1950
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Document 24.3 Harry Truman, Radio Address on Korea, April 11, 1951
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Document 24.4 Douglas MacArthur, Speech before Congress, April 19, 1951
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Document 24.5 Herbert Block, "We've Been Using More of a Roundish One,"　Washington Post, May 1951
Quiz for Document 24.5　LaunchPad
Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context
THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 24: The Korean War　LaunchPad
Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 24　LaunchPad
Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 24　LaunchPad
Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 24　LaunchPad

25. TROUBLED INNOCENCE, 1945–1961
Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad
AMERICAN HISTORIES: Alan Freed and Grace Metalious
Peacetime Transition and the Boom Years
Peacetime Challenges, 1945–1948
Economic Conversion and Labor Discontent
Truman, the New Deal Coalition, and the Election of 1948
Economic Boom
Baby Boom
GUIDED ANALYSIS Document 25.1 Adlai E. Stevenson, "A Purpose for Modern Woman," 1955
Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad
Changes in Living Patterns
The Culture of the 1950s
The Rise of Television
Wild Ones on the Big Screen
The Influence of Teenage Culture
The Lives of Women
Religious Revival
Beats and Other Nonconformists
The Growth of the Civil Rights Movement
The Rise of the Southern Civil Rights Movement　
School Segregation and the Supreme Court
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
White Resistance to Desegregation
The Sit-Ins
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS The Civil Rights Movement and Its Opponents Document 25.2 The Southern Manifesto, 1956; Document 25.3 Ella Baker, "Bigger Than a Hamburger," 1960
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The Civil Rights Movement and Minority Struggles in the West
Domestic Politics in the Eisenhower Era
Modern Republicanism
SOLO ANALYSIS Document 25.4 Dwight Eisenhower, Letter about Moderation in Governance, 1954
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The Election of 1960　
Conclusion: Postwar Politics and Culture
LearningCurve　LaunchPad
Chapter Review　
Summative Quiz　LaunchPad
DOCUMENT PROJECT 25 Teenagers in Postwar America
Document 25.5 Dick Clark,　Your Happiest Years, 1959
Document 25.6 Charlotte Jones, Letter on Elvis, 1957
Document 25.7 The Desegregation of Central High School, 1957
Document 25.8 Gloria Lopez-Stafford, A Mexican-American Childhood in El Paso, Texas, 1949
Document 25.9 Why No Chinese American Delinquents? 1955
Quiz for Document Project 25　LaunchPad
25. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 25: The Postwar Suburbs　LaunchPad
Document 25.1 Metropolitan Highway Construction: Boston transcript, 1955
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Document 25.2 In the Suburbs transcript, 1957
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Document 25.3 Harry Henderson, "The Mass-Produced Suburbs," 1953
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Document 25.4 Malvina Reynolds, "Little Boxes," 1962
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Document 25.5 Jackie Robinson, Testimony before the United States Commission on Civil Rights, 1959
Quiz for Document 24.5　LaunchPad
Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context
THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 25: The Postwar Suburbs　LaunchPad
Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 25　LaunchPad
Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 25　LaunchPad
Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 25　LaunchPad　

26. LIBERALISM AND ITS CHALLENGERS, 1960–1973
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AMERICAN HISTORIES:　Earl Warren and Bayard Rustin
The Politics of Liberalism
Kennedy’s New Frontier
Kennedy, the Cold War, and Cuba
GUIDED ANALYSIS Document 26.1 Edmund Valtman, The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
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The Civil Rights Movement Intensifies, 1961–1968
Freedom Rides
Kennedy Supports Civil Rights
Freedom Summer and Voting Rights
From Civil Rights to Black Power
Federal Efforts toward Social Reform, 1964-1968
The Great Society
The Warren Court
The Vietnam War, 1961–1969
Kennedy’s Intervention in South Vietnam
Johnson Escalates the War in Vietnam
Challenges to the Liberal Establishment
The New Left
The Counterculture
Liberation Movements
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Chicano and Native American Freedom Movements Document 26.2 Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán, 1969; Document 26.3 The Alcatraz Proclamation, American Indian Center, 1969
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The Revival of Conservatism
SOLO ANALYSIS Document　26.4　The Sharon Statement, 1960
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Conclusion: Liberalism and Its Discontents
LearningCurve　LaunchPad
Chapter Review　
Summative Quiz　LaunchPad
DOCUMENT PROJECT 26 Freedom Summer
Document 26.5 Prospectus for Mississippi Freedom Summer, 1964
Document 26.6 Nancy Ellin, Letter Describing Freedom Summer, 1964
Document 26.7 White Southerners Respond to Freedom Summer, 1964
Document 26.8 Fannie Lou Hamer, Address to the Democratic National Convention Credentials Committee, 1964
Document 26.9 Lyndon B. Johnson, Monitoring the MFDP Challenge, 1964
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26. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 26: Debating the Vietnam War　LaunchPad
Document 26.1 Telephone Conversations Between Lyndon Johnson and Senator Richard Russell, May 27, 1964
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Document 26.2 Lyndon Johnson, "Peace Without Conquest," Speech at Johns Hopkins University, April 7, 1965
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Document 26.3 Herbert Block, "Our Position Hasn't Changed At All,"　Washington Post, June 17, 1965
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Document 26.4 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, "Statement on Vietnam," January 6, 1966
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Document 26.5 Robert F. Kennedy, "Vietnam Illusions," Feburary 8, 1968
Quiz for Document 26.5　LaunchPad
Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context
THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 26: Debating the Vietnam War　LaunchPad
Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 26　LaunchPad
Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 26　LaunchPad
Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 26　LaunchPad

27. CONSERVATISM AND ITS CHALLENGERS, 1968–1992
Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad
AMERICAN HISTORIES: Allan Bakke and Anita Hill
Nixon, War, and Politics, 1969–1974
The Election of 1968
GUIDED ANALYSIS Document 27.1 Richard Nixon, Speech Accepting the Republican Nomination for President, August 8, 1968
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The Failure of Vietnamization
Pragmatic Conservatism
The Nixon Landslide and Disgrace, 1972–1974
The Challenges of the 1970s
Jimmy Carter and the Limits of Affluence
The Persistence of Liberalism
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Women of Color and Feminism
Racial Struggles Continue Document 27.2 Workshop Resolutions, First National Chicana Conference, 1971; Document 27.3 Combahee River Collective, A Black Feminist Statement, 1977
Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad
The Conservative Ascendancy
The New Right Revival
Reagan and Reaganomics
SOLO ANALYSIS Document　27.4　Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981
Quiz for Solo Analysis　LaunchPad
The Implementation of Social Conservatism
The Presidency of George H. W. Bush
Conclusion: The Conservative Legacy
LearningCurve　LaunchPad
Chapter Review　
Summative Quiz　LaunchPad
DOCUMENT PROJECT 27 The New Right and Its Critics
Document 27.5 Proposition 13, California, 1978
Document 27.6 Phyllis Schlafly, What’s Wrong with "Equal Rights" for Women? 1972
Document 27.7 Paul Weyrich, Building the Moral Majority, 1979
Document 27.8 Walter Mondale, Criticism of Reaganomics, 1984
Document 27.9 A. Bartlett Giamatti, The Moral Majority Threatens Freedom, 1981
Quiz for Document Project 27　LaunchPad
27. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 27: Women’s Liberation　LaunchPad
Document 27.1 No More Miss America! 1968
Quiz for Document 27.1　LaunchPad
Document 27.2 Gloria Steinem, "Women Freeing the Men, Too," 1970
Quiz for Document 27.2　LaunchPad
Document 27.3 National Black Feminist Organization, Statement of Purpose, 1973
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Document 27.4 Pat Mainardi, "The Politics of Housework," 1970
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Document 27.5 Phyllis Schlafly, "What’s Wrong with ‘Equal Rights’ for Women?" 1972
Quiz for Document 27.5　LaunchPad
Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context
THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 27: Women’s Liberation　LaunchPad
Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 27　LaunchPad
Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 27　LaunchPad
Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 27　LaunchPad　

28. THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBALIZATION, 1969–1991
Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad
AMERICAN HISTORIES: George Shultz and Barbara Deming
Nixon, the Cold War, and Détente
The Cold War Thaws
Crisis in the Middle East and at Home
Carter’s Diplomacy, 1977–1980
The Perils of Détente
Challenges in the Middle East
GUIDED ANALYSIS Document　28.1　Robert Ode, Iran Hostage Diary, 1979–1980
Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad
Reagan’s Cold War Policy, 1981–1988
"The Evil Empire"
Human Rights and the Fight against Communism
Fighting International Terrorism
The Nuclear Freeze Movement
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS The Nuclear Freeze Movement Document 28.2 New Jersey Referendum on Nuclear Freeze, 1982; Document 28.3 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Pastoral Letter on War and Peace, 1983
Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad
The Road to Nuclear De-escalation
George H. W. Bush and the New World Order
The Breakup of the Soviet Union
SOLO ANALYSIS Document　28.4　Mikhail Gorbachev, Speech to the United Nations, 1988
Quiz for Solo Analysis　LaunchPad
Globalization and the New World Order
Managing Conflict after the Cold War
Conclusion: Farewell to the Cold War
LearningCurve　LaunchPad
Chapter Review　
Summative Quiz　LaunchPad
DOCUMENT PROJECT 28 The Iran-Contra Affair
Document 28.5 The Boland Amendments, 1982 and 1984
Document 28.6 CIA Freedom Fighter’s Manual, 1983
Document 28.7 Ronald Reagan, Speech on the Iran-Contra Affair, 1987
Document 28.8 Oliver North, Testimony to Congress, July 1987
Document 28.9 George Mitchell, Response to Oliver North, 1987
Quiz for Document Project 28　LaunchPad
28.　Document Projects for Exploring American Histories,　Document Project 28: Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War　LaunchPad
Document 28.1 Ronald Reagan, Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals, 1983
Quiz for Document 28.1　LaunchPad
Document 28.2 Geraldine Ferraro, Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address, 1984
Quiz for Document 28.2　LaunchPad
Document 28.3 Tony Auth, Cartoon,　Philadelphia Inquirer, [[Date]]
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Document 28.4 Ronald Reagan, Address at Moscow State University, 1988
Quiz for Document 28.4　LaunchPad
Document 28.5 Mikhail Gorbachev, Speech Before the Central Committee, January 27, 1987
Quiz for Document 28.5　LaunchPad
Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context
THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 28: Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War　LaunchPad
Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 28　LaunchPad
Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 28　LaunchPad
Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 28　LaunchPad　

29. THE CHALLENGES OF A GLOBALIZED WORLD, 1993 to the present
Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad
AMERICAN HISTORIES: Bill Gates and Kristen Breitweiser
Transforming American Business and Society
The Computer Revolution
Business Consolidation
The Changing American Population
GUIDED ANALYSIS Document 29.1 Bo Yee, The New American Sweatshop, 1994
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Political Divisions and Globalization in the Clinton Years
Domestic and Economic Policy during the Clinton Administration
Global Challenges
The Presidency of George W. Bush
Bush and Compassionate Conservatism
The Iraq War
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS The War in Iraq Document 29.2 President Bush Declares Victory in Iraq, May 1, 2003; Document 29.3 Farnaz Fassihi, Report from Baghdad, 2004
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Bush’s Second Term
The Challenges Faced by President Barack Obama
The Great Recession
SOLO ANALYSIS Document　29.4　Alice, Recession Grads Interview, April 21, 2011
Quiz for Solo Analysis　LaunchPad
Obama and Domestic Politics
An Unfinished Agenda around the World
Conclusion: Technology and Terror in a Global Society
LearningCurve　LaunchPad
Chapter Review　
Summative Quiz　LaunchPad
DOCUMENT PROJECT 29 The Uses of September 11
Document 29.5 Diana Hoffman, "The Power of Freedom," 2002
Document 29.6 Khaled Abou El Fadl, Response to September 11, 2001
Document 29.7 Anti-Muslim Discrimination, 2011
Document 29.8 Edward Snowden, Interview, 2014
Document 29.9 Alice M. Greenwald, Statement on the 9/11 Memorial Museum
Quiz for Document Project 29　LaunchPad
29. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 29: The Environment and Federal Policy in the Twenty-First Century　LaunchPad
Document 29.1 George W. Bush, Press Release on Global Climate Change, 2001
Quiz for Document 29.1　LaunchPad
Document 29.2 Lester Brown, Outgrowing the Earth, 2004
Quiz for Document 29.2　LaunchPad
Document 29.3 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Environmental Justice Act, 2007
Quiz for Document 29.3　LaunchPad
Document 29.4 Barack Obama, State of the Union Address, 2012
Quiz for Document 29.4　LaunchPad
Document 29.5 Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Change Facts, 2012
Quiz for Document 29.5　LaunchPad
Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context
THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 29: The Environment and Federal Policy in the Twenty-First Century　LaunchPad
Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 29　LaunchPad
Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 29　LaunchPad
Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 29　LaunchPad

Appendix
Admission of the States to the Union
Presidents of the United States
The Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union
The Constitution of the United States (including six unratified amendments)
Admission of the States to the Union
Presidents of the United States
Glossary of Key Terms
GUIDE TO ANALYZING PRIMARY SOURCES