These United States: The Questions of Our Past/ to 1877

by Irwin Unger

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9780131714632

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0131714635

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Pub. Date:

2/1/1995

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These United States discusses political, diplomatic, and military events, it also covers - and extensively - social, cultural, and economic events and currents. It deals not only with events, moreover, but also with people. Each chapter has a 'Historical Portrait' and a 'Historical Document' in the words of some representative figure of the period discussed in the chapter.

Maps

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xiii

The New World Encounters The Old

Why 1492?

(14)

The First Americans

(4)

The First European ``Discovery''

(1)

The Rise of Modern Europe

(1)

European Revival

(3)

European Expansion

(2)

A Historical Document: The ``Indies'' Described

(3)

A Historical Portrait: Isabella of Castile

(8)

The ``Columbian Exchange''

(2)

Conclusions

(1)

For Further Reading

(1)

The Old World Comes To America

What Brought Europeans and Africans to the New World?

(12)

The Aristocratic Impulse

(1)

The Profit Motive

(3)

``The Best Poor Man's Country''

(3)

Involuntary Immigrants

(2)

A Historical Document: How Africans Came to America

(1)

America as a Religious Haven

(5)

A Historical Portrait

(8)

John Winthrop

Conclusions

(1)

For Further Reading

(2)

Colonial Society

How Did Old World Culture Change in the Wilderness?

(21)

A New Mixture in a New Land

(6)

Regions

(2)

Families

(3)

Everyday Life

(2)

Government

(4)

Religion

(2)

A Historical Document: Sinners and an Angry God

(5)

Intellectual America

(3)

A Historical Portrait

(6)

Benjamin Franklin

The Arts

(3)

Conclusions

(1)

For Further Reading

(2)

Moving Toward Independence

Why Did the Colonists Revolt?

(24)

The Colonial Economy

(7)

Costs and Benefits of Empire Before 1763

(3)

The Crisis of Empire

(12)

A Historical Document: The Sons of Liberty

108

(1)

A Historical Portrait

109

(7)

Sam Adams

Conclusions

113

(1)

For Further Reading

114

(2)

The Revolution

How Did It Change America?

116

(16)

American Prospects

118

(3)

The Road to Independence

121

(2)

The Fight for Independence

123

(5)

The Articles of Confederation

128

(2)

Social Change

130

(2)

A Historical Portrait

132

(3)

Benedict Arnold

A Historical Document

135

(7)

Slavery Struck Down

Making the Peace

137

(2)

Conclusions

139

(1)

For Further Reading

140

(2)

The Origins Of The Constitution

By Popular Demand?

142

(13)

America in the 1780s

144

(5)

Foreign Affairs

149

(1)

The Public Domain

150

(4)

The Constitutional Convention

154

(1)

A Historical Document: Annapolis Convention

155

(3)

A Historical Portrait

158

(10)

Daniel Shays

Ratification

161

(5)

Conclusions

166

(1)

For Further Reading

166

(2)

The First Party System

What Issues Divided the New Nation?

168

(6)

The New Government Launched

170

(4)

A Historical Document: Report on Manufactures

174

(13)

The Beginnings of Parties

175

(3)

Relations with Europe

178

(8)

Republican Triumph

186

(1)

A Historical Portrait

187

(5)

Timothy Pickering

Conclusions

190

(1)

For Further Reading

191

(1)

The Jeffersonians In Office

How Did Power Affect Republican Ideology?

192

(4)

President Jefferson

194

(2)

A Historical Document: Jefferson in Office

196

(7)

International Politics and Republican Policy

198

(5)

A Historical Portrait

203

(15)

Albert Gallatin

The War of 1812

211

(5)

Conclusions

216

(1)

For Further Reading

216

(2)

The American Economic Miracle

What Made It Possible?

218

(10)

Factors of Production

220

(8)

A Historical Portrait

228

(14)

Samuel F. B. Morse

The Course of American Economic Growth

232

(10)

A Historical Document: The Lowell Girls

242

(6)

Industrial Workers

242

(4)

Conclusions

246

(1)

For Further Reading

247

(1)

Jacksonian Democracy

What Was It and How Did It Change Political Life?

248

(12)

The Era of Good Feelings

250

(4)

Jackson Rises to Power

254

(5)

King Andrew

259

(1)

A Historical Document: Jacksonian Democracy

260

(7)

A Historical Portrait

267

(9)

Peggy Eaton

Politics after Jackson

271

(3)

Conclusions

274

(1)

For Further Reading

274

(2)

The Mexican War And Expansionism

Greed, Manifest Destiny, or Inevitability?

276

(15)

The Oregon Country

278

(4)

The Mexican Borderland

282

(4)

The Annexation of Texas

286

(2)

Expansionism: Advocates and Opponents

288

(2)

Moving toward War

290

(1)

A Historical Document: Manifest Destiny

291

(5)

War with Mexico

294

(2)

A Historical Portrait

296

(8)

John Charles Fremont

Conclusions

302

(1)

For Further Reading

302

(2)

American Before The Civil War

What Were They Really Like?

304

(25)

The Moving Frontier

306

(4)

New Pressures in the Northeast

310

(6)

Everyday Live in Antebellum America

316

(1)

The Arts in Antebellum America

317

(7)

The Perfect Society

324

(5)

A Historical Document: Women's Rights

329

(4)

A Historical Portrait

333

(5)

Frederick Douglass

Conclusions

335

(1)

For Further Reading

336

(2)

The Old South

What Is Myth and What Was Real?

338

(10)

An Unexpected Diversity

340

(5)

Life Under Slavery

345

(3)

A Historical Document: The Slaves Speak Out

348

(6)

The Southern Mind

351

(3)

A Historical Portrait

354

(7)

William Gilmore Simms

Conclusions

359

(1)

For Further Reading

360

(1)

The Coming Of The Civil War

What Caused the Division?

361

(13)

A House Dividing

364

(2)

The Dilemma of Territorial Growth

366

(8)

A Historical Portrait

374

(38)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Worsening Tensions

376

(7)

Republicans and the Worsening Crisis

383

(9)

Conclusions

392

(1)

For Further Reading

393

(1)

The Civil War

How Did the War Change the Nation?

394

(2)

North and South

396

(2)

The War Begins

398

(4)

War and Society

402

(10)

A Historical Document: Lincoln on Slavery

412

(4)

The Last Years of Battle

414

(2)

A Historical Portrait

416

(8)

Mary Boykin Chesnut

Conclusions

422

(1)

For Further Reading

422

(2)

Reconstruction

What Went Wrong?

424

(9)

The Legacy of War

426

(1)

Issues and Attitudes

427

(2)

Presidential Reconstruction

429

(4)

A Historical Document: Black Reconstruction

433

(8)

Congress Takes Over

435

(3)

The First Reconstruction Act

438

(2)

Reconstruction in the South

440

(1)

A Historical Portrait

441

(16)

Thaddeus Stevens

Conclusions

453

(2)

For Further Reading

455

(2)

APPENDIX

The Declaration of Independence

457

(4)

The Constitution of the United States of America

461

(8)

Presidential Elections

469

(4)

Chief Justices of the Supreme Court

473

(2)

Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Cabinet Members

475

(6)

Writing About History

481

(6)

Photo Credits

487

(2)

Index

489

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