Discovering the American Past A Look at the Evidence, Volume II: Since 1865

by Wheeler, William Bruce; Becker, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780618522606
• ISBN10: 0618522603
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-20
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This primary source reader in the popular Discovering series contains a multi-part pedagogical framework that guides students through the process of historical inquiry and explanation. The text emphasizes historical study as interpretation rather than memorization of data.The Sixth Edition integrates new documents and revised coverage throughout. Appearing in Volumes I and II, the Reconstruction chapter uncovers the work ethic of farmers and workers in the West and North following the Civil War. Each chapter is organized within the same pedagogical framework: The Problem, Background, The Method, The Evidence, Questions to Consider, and Epilogue.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
The Reconstruction Era: Farmers and Workers in the West and North, 1866-1877	p. 1
The Problem	p. 1
Background	p. 2
The Method	p. 5
The Evidence	p. 6
Excerpts from Inspirational Literature
Western Farmers
Photos of sod houses
Excerpts from observations, letters, circulars, and meeting notes concerning the lives of western farmers
Northern Workers
Excerpts from letters, preambles, government reports, and autobiographies concerning the lives of northern workers
Questions to Consider	p. 26
Epilogue	p. 28
The Road to True Freedom: African American Alternatives in the New South	p. 30
The Problem	p. 30
Background	p. 32
The Method	p. 36
The Evidence	p. 39
Excerpt from Ida B. Wells's United States Atrocities (1892)
Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Exposition Address (1895)
Excerpt from Henry McNeal Turner's "The American Negro and His Fatherland" (1895)
Excerpts from W. E. B. Du Bois's "The Talented Tenth" (1903) and Niagara Address (1906)
Excerpt from Frances E. W. Harper's "Enlightened Motherhood" (1892)
Table showing migration of Negro population by U.S. region, 1870-1920
Questions to Consider	p. 55
Epilogue	p. 58
How They Lived: Middle-Class Life, 1870-1917	p. 61
The Problem	p. 61
Background	p. 61
The Method	p. 68
The Evidence	p. 70
Advertisements for clothing, beauty and health aids, firearms, books and home study courses, insurance, automobiles, household appliances and furnishings, 1882-1916
Architectural drawings and descriptions of houses, 1878-1909
Excerpts on the new business of advertising, 1898-1927
Questions to Consider	p. 96
Epilogue	p. 97
Progressives and the Family: The Redefinition of Childhood, 1880-1920	p. 99
The Problem	p. 99
Background	p. 99
The Method	p. 103
The Evidence	p. 105
Photographs of children at play and work
Photographs of children and parents
Visuals of the pure milk campaign
Table of children's meals
Excerpts of a child neglect report
Letters to the children's bureau
Excerpts of advice to middle-class parents
Legislation and court rulings on child labor
Questions to Consider	p. 122
Epilogue	p. 123
Homogenizing a Pluralistic Nation: Propaganda During World War I	p. 124
The Problem	p. 124
Background	p. 126
The Method	p. 129
The Evidence	p. 131
War song and poetry, advertisements, posters, editorial cartoons, speeches, movie stills
Questions to Consider	p. 152
Epilogue	p. 154
The "New" Woman: Social Science Experts and the Redefinition of Women's Roles in the 1920s	p. 158
The Problem	p. 158
Background	p. 159
The Method	p. 163
The Evidence	p. 164
Excerpts from the 1920s' social science literature on sex and sexuality
Excerpts and charts on women's work and pay
Excerpts from the 1920s' social science literature on marriage and the family
Biographies and autobiographies of three "new" women
Questions to Consider	p. 183
Epilogue	p. 184
Documenting the Depression: The FSA Photographers and Rural Poverty	p. 186
The Problem	p. 186
Background	p. 187
The Method	p. 189
The Evidence	p. 192
Documentary photographs as instruments of reform
Questions to Consider	p. 201
Epilogue	p. 201
Going to War with Japan: A Problem in Diplomacy and Causation	p. 203
The Problem	p. 203
Background	p. 204
The Method	p. 208
The Evidence 210
Excerpts from public opinion polls, foreign policy dispatches and memoranda from the United States and Japan, memoirs and diaries, press releases, and speeches
Questions to Consider	p. 236
Epilogue	p. 237
Separate but Equal? African American Educational Opportunities and the Brown Decision	p. 239
The Problem	p. 239
Background	p. 240
The Method	p. 244
The Evidence	p. 246
First section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution
Excerpts from Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Photograph of doll experiment and excerpts from social science testimony
Excerpts from amicus curiae briefs, Brown v. Board of Education (1952)
Excerpts from the oral arguments, 1952 and 1953
Excerpts from the Brown I decision (1954)
Questions to Consider	p. 258
Epilogue	p. 259
A Generation in War and Turmoil: The Agony of Vietnam	p. 261
The Problem	p. 261
Background	p. 262
The Method	p. 268
The Evidence	p. 272
Sample release forms for oral history interviews
Interviews and photographs with five males and two females (veterans and civilians) of the Vietnam War era
Questions to Consider	p. 296
Epilogue	p. 297
A Nation of Immigrants: The California Experience	p. 299
The Problem	p. 299
Background	p. 300
The Method	p. 304
The Evidence	p. 305
Proverbs, statistics, and excerpts from life stories of Asian immigrants
Excerpts from life stories and testimonies of Hispanic immigrants
Photographs of fourth-wave immigrants
Questions to Consider	p. 315
Epilogue	p. 315
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