A People and a Nation

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780618214686
• ISBN10: 0618214682
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-23
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

This spirited narrative challenges students to think about the meaning of American history. Thoughtful inclusion of the lives of everyday people, cultural diversity, work, and popular culture preserves the text's basic approach to American history as a story of all the American people.The Seventh Edition maintains the emphasis on the unique social history of the United States and engages students through cutting-edge research and scholarship. New content includes expanded coverage of modern history (post-1945) with discussion of foreign relations, gender analysis, and race and racial relations.Chapter-based "Links to the World" connect US history to global events and provide web links for further research while end-of-chapter "Legacies for a People and a Nation" focus on meaningful events or movements relevant to present-day issues or controversies.

Table of Contents

Maps	xv
Charts	xvi
Preface to the Brief Sixth Edition	xvii
Preface to the Full-Length Sixth Edition	xix
Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492--1600	1	(20)
American Societies	2	(3)
North America in 1492	5	(3)
African Societies	8	(2)
European Societies	10	(1)
Early European Explorations	11	(1)
The Voyages of Columbus, Cabot, and Their Successors	12	(3)
Spanish Exploration and Conquest	15	(1)
The Columbian Exchange	16	(2)
Europeans in North America	18	(1)
Summary	19	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation Columbus Day	20	(1)
Europeans Colonize North America, 1600--1640	21	(18)
New Spain, New France, and New Netherland	22	(4)
The Caribbean	26	(1)
English Interest in Colonization	26	(2)
The Founding of Virginia	28	(2)
Life in the Chesapeake	30	(2)
The Founding of New England	32	(3)
Life in New England	35	(2)
Summary	37	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation The Foxwoods Casino and the Mashantucket Pequot Museum	38	(1)
American Societies Take Shape, 1640--1720	39	(20)
The Restoration Colonies	40	(5)
1670--1680: A Decade of Crisis	45	(3)
The Introduction of African Slavery	48	(1)
The Web of Empire and the Atlantic Slave Trade	49	(4)
Enslavement in North America	53	(2)
Colonial Political Development, Imperial Reorganization, and the Witchcraft Crisis	55	(2)
Summary	57	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation ``Witch Hunts''	57	(2)
A World Transformed, 1720--1770	59	(16)
Population Growth and Ethnic Diversity	60	(3)
Economic Growth and Development	63	(2)
Colonial Cultures	65	(3)
Colonial Families	68	(3)
Politics: Stability and Crisis in British America	71	(1)
A Crisis in Religion	72	(1)
Summary	73	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation Anti-Immigrant Sentiments	74	(1)
Severing the Bonds of Empire, 1754--1774	75	(17)
Renewed Warfare Among Europeans and Indians	76	(4)
1763: A Turning Point	80	(2)
The Stamp Act Crisis	82	(3)
Resistance to the Townshend Acts	85	(2)
Confrontations in Boston	87	(2)
Tea and Turmoil	89	(1)
Summary	90	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation The Census and Reapportionment	91	(1)
A Revolution, Indeed, 1774--1783	92	(16)
Government by Congress and Committee	93	(2)
Choosing Sides: Loyalists, African Americans, and Indians	95	(2)
War and Independence	97	(4)
The Long Struggle in the North	101	(3)
The Long Struggle in the South	104	(2)
Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris	106	(1)
Summary	106	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation The Black Patriots' Memorial	107	(1)
Forging a National Republic, 1776--1789	108	(18)
Creating a Virtuous Republic	110	(2)
The First Emancipation and the Growth of Racism	112	(3)
Designing Republican, Governments	115	(1)
Trials of the Confederation	116	(2)
Order and Disorder in the West	118	(2)
From Crisis to the Constitution	120	(3)
Opposition and Ratification	123	(2)
Summary	125	(1)
Legacy for a People and a Nation Women's Education	125	(1)
The Early Republic: Conflicts at Home and Abroad, 1789--1800	126	(14)
Building a Workable Government	127	(1)
Domestic Policy Under Washington and Hamilton	128	(3)
The French Revolution and the Development of Partisan Politics	131	(1)
Partisan Politics and Relations with Great Britain	132	(2)
John Adams and Political Dissent	134	(2)
Race Relations at the End of the Century	136	(3)
Summary	139	(1)
Legacy for a People and a Nation Dissent During Wartime	139	(1)
``A Wise and Frugal Government'': The Democratic-Republicans in Power, 1801--1815	140	(16)
The Jefferson Presidency and Marshall Court	142	(2)
Louisiana and Lewis and Clark	144	(2)
Political Factionalism and Jefferson's Reelection	146	(1)
Indian Resistance	147	(2)
American Neutrality Imperiled by a World at War	149	(1)
Commerce and Industry	150	(1)
The War of 1812	151	(3)
Peace and Consequences	154	(1)
Summary	155	(1)
Legacy for a People and a Nation The Peaceful Transfer of Power	155	(1)
Nationalism, Expansion, and the Market Economy, 1816--1845	156	(22)
Postwar Nationalism	158	(3)
The Market Economy and Government's Economic Role	161	(3)
Transportation Links	164	(1)
Commercial Farming	165	(1)
The Rise of Manufacturing and Commerce	166	(2)
Workers and the Workplace	168	(2)
Americans on the Move	170	(2)
Native American Resistance and Removal	172	(4)
Summary	176	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation A Mixed Economy	177	(1)
Reform and Politics in the Age of Jackson, 1824--1845	178	(19)
From Revival to Reform	180	(2)
Antimasonary	182	(1)
Abolitionism and the Women's Movement	183	(3)
Jacksonianism and Party Politics	186	(2)
Federalism at Issue: The Nullification and Bank Controversies	188	(2)
The Whig Challenge and the Second Party System	190	(2)
Manifest Destiny and Expansionism	192	(3)
Summary	195	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation The Bible Belt	195	(2)
People and Communities in the North and West, 1830--1860	197	(19)
Country Life	198	(3)
The West	201	(1)
City Life	202	(3)
Extremes of Wealth	205	(3)
Women, Families, and the Domestic Ideal	208	(1)
Immigrant Lives in America	209	(4)
Free People of Color	213	(1)
Summary	214	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation White Fascination with and Appropriation of Black Culture	215	(1)
People and Communities in a Slave Society: The South, 1830--1860	216	(17)
The ``Peculiar'' South?	217	(3)
Free Southerners: Farmers, Planters, and Free Blacks	220	(4)
Slave Life and Labor	224	(2)
Slave Culture	226	(3)
Slave Resistance and Rebellion	229	(1)
Harmony and Tension in a Slave Society	229	(2)
Summary	231	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation The Black Family	232	(1)
Slavery and America's Future: The Road to War, 1845--1861	233	(19)
The War with Mexico and Its Consequences	234	(4)
1850: Compromise or Armistice?	238	(3)
Slavery Expansion and Collapse of the Party System	241	(3)
Slavery and the Nation's Future	244	(3)
Disunion	247	(3)
Summary	250	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation Revolutionary Violence	251	(1)
Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1861--1865	252	(21)
America Goes to War, 1861--1862	254	(3)
War Transforms the South	257	(2)
Wartime Northern Economy and Society	259	(3)
The Advent of Emancipation	262	(2)
The Soldiers' War	264	(1)
1863: The Tide of Battle Turns	265	(1)
Disunity, South and North	266	(2)
1864--1865: The Final Test of Wills	268	(4)
Summary	272	(1)
Legacy for a People and a Nation The Confederate Battle Flag	272	(1)
Reconstruction: An Unfinished Revolution, 1865--1877	273	(19)
Wartime Reconstruction	274	(2)
The Meanings of Freedom	276	(2)
Johnson's Reconstruction Plan	278	(2)
The Congressional Reconstruction Plan	280	(4)
Reconstruction Politics in the South	284	(3)
Reconstruction Reversed	287	(3)
Summary	290	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation The Fourteenth Amendment	291	(1)
The Development of the West, 1877--1900	292	(16)
The Economic Activities of Native Peoples	294	(1)
The Transformation of Native Cultures	295	(3)
The Extraction of Natural Resources	298	(4)
Irrigation and Transportation	302	(2)
Farming the Plains	304	(1)
The Ranching Frontier	305	(1)
Summary	306	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation The West and Hugged Individualism	307	(1)
The Machine Age, 1877--1920	308	(18)
Technology and the Triumph of Industrialism	310	(3)
Mechanization and the Changing Status of Labor	313	(3)
The Union Movement	316	(3)
Standards of Living	319	(1)
The Quest for Convenience	320	(2)
The Corporate Consolidation Movement	322	(1)
The Gospel of Wealth and Its Critics	323	(1)
Summary	324	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation Rockefeller and Standard Oil	325	(1)
The Vitality and Turmoil of Urban Life, 1877--1920	326	(21)
Industrial Growth and Transportation in the Modern City	327	(1)
Peopling the Cities: Migrants and Immigrants	328	(5)
Urban Neighborhoods	333	(1)
Living Conditions in the Inner City	334	(2)
Promises of Mobility	336	(1)
Managing the City	337	(3)
Family Life	340	(2)
The New Leisure and Mass Culture	342	(3)
Summary	345	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation Ethnic Food	346	(1)
Gilded Age Politics, 1877--1900	347	(16)
The Nature of Party Politics	348	(1)
Politics in the Industrial Age	349	(3)
The Presidency Restrengthened	352	(1)
Limits of Gilded Age Politics	353	(2)
Agrarian Unrest and Populism	355	(3)
The Depression of the 1890s	358	(1)
Depression-Era Protests	359	(1)
Populists, the Silver Crusade, and the Election of 1896	360	(1)
Summary	361	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation Politics and Popular Culture	362	(1)
The Progressive Era, 1895--1920	363	(19)
The Varied Progressive Impulse	364	(3)
Governmental and Legislative Reform	367	(2)
New Ideas in Education, Law, and Religion	369	(2)
Challenges to Racial and Sexual Discrimination	371	(4)
Theodore Roosevelt and the Revival of the Presidency	375	(3)
Woodrow Wilson and the Extension of Reform	378	(2)
Summary	380	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation Women and Social Work	380	(2)
The Quest for Empire, 1865--1914	382	(16)
Imperial Promoters: The Foreign Policy Elite and Economic Expansion	384	(1)
Ideology, Culture, and Empire	385	(2)
Ambitions Abroad, 1860s--1880s	387	(1)
Crises in the 1890s: Hawai`i, Venezuela, and Cuba	388	(2)
The Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino War and the Debate over Empire	390	(1)
Asian Encounters: Open Door in China, Philippine Insurrection, and Japan	391	(3)
Latin America, Europe, and International Rivalry	394	(3)
Summary	397	(1)
Legacy for a People and a Nation The Status of Puerto Rico	397	(1)
Americans in the Great War, 1914--1920	398	(18)
Precarious Neutrality	400	(2)
Submarine Warfare and Wilson's Decision for War	402	(2)
Taking Up Arms and Winning the War	404	(2)
Mobilizing and Managing the Home Front	406	(2)
Emergence of the Civil Liberties Issue	408	(2)
The Bolshevik Revolution, Labor Strikes, and the Red Scare	410	(1)
The Peace Conference, League Fight, and Postwar World	411	(3)
Summary	414	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation Remembering War at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier	415	(1)
The New Era of the 1920s	416	(18)
Big Business Triumphant	417	(2)
Politics and Government	419	(2)
Materialism Unbound	421	(1)
Cities, Migrants, and Suburbs	421	(2)
New Rhythms of Everyday Life	423	(2)
Lines of Defense	425	(3)
The Age of Play	428	(1)
Cultural Currents	429	(1)
The Election of 1928 and the End of the New Era	430	(2)
Summary	432	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation Intercollegiate Athletics	432	(2)
The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929--1941	434	(20)
Hoover and Hard Times: 1929--1933	436	(2)
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Election of 1932	438	(2)
Launching the New Deal and Restoring Confidence	440	(3)
Opposition to the New Deal	443	(1)
The Second New Deal and Roosevelt's Second Term	444	(2)
Industrial Workers and the Rise of the CIO	446	(1)
Mixed Progress for People of Color	447	(3)
Women, Work, and the Great Depression	450	(1)
The Election of 1940 and the Legacy of the New Deal	451	(1)
Summary	451	(3)
Legacy for a People and a Nation Social Security for Retired Americans	452	(2)
Peaceseekers and Warmakers: Americans in the World, 1920--1941	454	(17)
Searching for Peace and Order in the 1920s	456	(1)
The World Economy, Cultural Expansion, and the Great Depression	457	(2)
U.S. Hegemony in Latin America	459	(4)
Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and War in Europe	463	(1)
Isolationism, Neutrality Acts, and Roosevelt's Cautious Foreign Policy	464	(1)
Japan, China, and a New Order in Asia	465	(1)
On a Collision Course with Japan and Germany, 1939--1941	466	(2)
Why War Came: Pearl Harbor and U.S. Entry into World War II	468	(1)
Summary	469	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation Presidential Deception of the Public	470	(1)
The Second World War at Home and Abroad, 1941--1945	471	(18)
Winning the Second World War	472	(5)
Mobilizing the American Home Front	477	(1)
The Military Life	478	(1)
Enemy Aliens, Conscientious Objectors, and Japanese American Internees	479	(1)
Jobs and Racism on the Home Front	480	(1)
Women and Children in the War Effort	481	(2)
The Decline of Liberalism and the Election of 1944	483	(1)
Planning for Peace	484	(3)
Summary	487	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation Atomic	487	(2)
Postwar America: Cold War Politics, Civil Rights, and the Baby Boom, 1945--1961	489	(20)
Cold War Politics: The Truman Presidency	490	(4)
Consensus and Conflict: The Eisenhower Presidency	494	(2)
McCarthyism	496	(2)
The Civil Rights Movement in the 1940s and 1950s	498	(3)
The Postwar Booms: Babies, Business, and Bigness	501	(2)
Conformity and Consumerism	503	(3)
The Other America	506	(1)
The Election of 1960 and the Dawning of a New Decade	507	(1)
Summary	508	(1)
Legacy for a People and a Nation The Eradication of Polio	508	(1)
The Cold War and American Globalism, 1945--1961	509	(21)
Why the Cold War Began	510	(3)
Truman's Cold War: Europe and Global Containment	513	(4)
Asian Acrimony: Japan, China, and Vietnam	517	(1)
The Korean War	518	(2)
Eisenhower, Dulles, and Unrelenting Cold War	520	(3)
At Odds with the Third World	523	(3)
U.S. Interventions in the Third World	526	(2)
Summary	528	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation The National Security State	929
Reform and Conflict at Home: A Turbulent Era, 1961--1974	530	(18)
Civil Rights and the New Frontier	532	(2)
The Great Society and the Triumph of Liberalism	534	(2)
Civil Rights Disillusionment, Race Riots, and Black Power	536	(2)
The New Left and the Counterculture	538	(2)
1968: A Year of Protest, Violence, and Loss	540	(1)
Rebirth of Feminism	541	(2)
Nixon and the Divided Nation	543	(1)
Nixon's Reelection and Resignation	544	(2)
Summary	546	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation Watergate and Political Reforms	546	(2)
Disaster and Detente: The Cold War, Vietnam, and the Third World, 1961--1989	548	(21)
Kennedy's Nation Building, Arms Buildup, and the Cuban Missile Crisis	550	(2)
Johnson and Americanization of the War in Vietnam	552	(3)
Vietnam: Escalation, Carnage, and Protest	555	(2)
Nixon, Vietnamization, and the Impact of America's Longest War	557	(2)
Nixon, Kissinger, and Detente	559	(3)
Carter, Preventive Diplomacy, and a Reinvigorated Cold War	562	(3)
The Ups and Downs of Reagan's World	565	(3)
Summary	568	(1)
Legacy for a People and a Nation The Peace Corps	568	(1)
The End of the Postwar Boom, 1974--1989	569	(19)
Economic Crisis and Ford's Response	570	(4)
Continuing Economic Problems and the Carter Presidency	574	(1)
Conservative Resurgence and Reagan	575	(2)
``Reaganomics''	577	(2)
People of Color and New Immigrants	579	(2)
Feminism, Antifeminism, and Women's Lives	581	(1)
A Polarized People: American Society in the 1980s	582	(2)
Economic Upturn and the Election of 1988	584	(2)
Summary	586	(2)
Legacy for a People and a Nation Ethnic America	586	(2)
Prosperity, Power, and Peril: America to 2002	588
Economic and Social Anxieties: The Presidency of George H. W. Bush	591
The End of the Cold War and Global Disorder	592
Economic Doldrums, American voters, and the Election of 1992	596
Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and Political Stalemate	597
Anger, Apathy, and the Election of 1996	599
The Prospects and Perils of Hegemonic Power: Military Interventions, Peace Diplomacy, Trade, and Culture	601
Clinton's Second Term: Scandal, Impeachment, and Political Survival	605
The 2000 Elections, a New Bush, and Terrorism	606
Summary	610
Legacy for a People and a Nation The Internet	611
Appendix
Suggestions for Further Reading	A-1
Historical Reference Books by Subject	A-37
Documents
Declaration of Independence in Congress, July 4, 1776	A-45
Constitution of the United States of America and Amendments	A-46
The American People and Nation: A Statistical Profile	A-56
The Fifty States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico	A-62
Presidential Elections	A-66
Presidents and Vice Presidents	A-71
Party Strength in Congress	A-73
Justices of the Supreme Court	A-76
Index	I-1