All the People; Since 1945 A History of US Book 10

by Hakim, Joy

• ISBN13: 9780195327243
• ISBN10: 0195327241
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-10
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

People call it "post-war," but All the People covers a period in U.S. history that features battles of another kind-from Cold War combat overseas to struggles for equality at home to learning to live with the threat of terrorism on U.S. soil. During these years, the United States began to be anation for all its people, outlawing school segregation, protesting war in Vietnam, and campaigning for equal rights for women. From Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall to seamstress Rosa Parks, extraordinary individuals led us back to the ideals espoused by the Declaration of Independence, theConstitution, and the Bill of Rights. But mostly-as it always has been in the United States-it was ordinary citizens who marched and voted and hoped and dreamed and made things happen. All the People includes the events of September 11, 2001, and a discussion of how many aspects of the terroristattacks have brought to the forefront the qualities that keep America strong: representative democracy, freedom of speech and press, and, especially in the face of religious totalitarianism, the basic freedom of religious tolerance.

Table of Contents

Preface: About Democracy and Struggles	p. 9
Feature: Building America	p. 10
The Making of a President	p. 13
A Major Leaguer	p. 18
A (Very Short) History of Russia	p. 23
A Curtain of Iron	p. 27
The Marshall Plan	p. 30
Feature: Israel and An American Peacemaker	p. 34
A "Lost" Election	p. 36
Spies	p. 40
Tail Gunner Joe	p. 44
Liking Ike	p. 49
Houses, Kids, Cars, and Fast Food	p. 54
French Indochina	p. 60
Separate but Unequal	p. 64
Feature: Jim Crow in the Far North	p. 66
Linda Brown-and Others	p. 68
Feature: Getting Integrated	p. 73
MLKs, Senior and Junior	p. 74
Rosa Parks Was Tired	p. 78
Three Boys and Six Girls	p. 83
Passing the Torch	p. 88
Feature: A Solitary Child	p. 90
Being President Isn't Easy	p. 93
Some Brave Children Meet a Roaring Bull	p. 97
Standing With Lincoln	p. 101
The President's Number	p. 105
LBJ	p. 109
The Biggest Vote in History	p. 112
Salt and Pepper the Kids	p. 116
A King Gets a Prize and Goes to Jail	p. 120
From Selma to Montgomery	p. 124
War in Southeast Asia	p. 128
Feature: An Unwilling Guest at the Hanoi Hilton	p. 131
Lyndon in Trouble	p. 133
Feature: A Farming Village in Vietnam	p. 136
Friedan, Schlafly, and Friends	p. 137
As Important As the Cotton Gin	p. 144
Picking and Picketing	p. 147
"These Are the Times That Try Men's Souls"	p. 153
Feature: Civil Rights for Native Americans	p. 156
Up to the Mountain	p. 157
A New Kind of Power	p. 161
The Counterculture Rocks	p. 165
Nixon: Vietnam, China, and Watergate	p. 170
Feature: Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo	p. 176
A Congressman and a Peanut Farmer	p. 179
Taking a Leading Role	p. 182
Living on the Edge	p. 191
The End of the Cold War	p. 194
A Quilt, Not a Blanket	p. 198
Feature: The New Technology	p. 201
Is It Me or We?	p. 203
Feature: Picturing Ourselves	p. 206
The Land That Never Has Been Yet	p. 208
A Boy from Hope	p. 211
Politics and Values	p. 214
Feature: Covering Up...or Just Plain Lying	p. 217
Electing the 21st Century's First President	p. 218
Of Colleges and Courts	p. 221
Big Ideas	p. 226
Feature: Watch That Briefcase!	p. 229
Catastrophe, War, and a New Century	p. 230
New York and the American Way	p. 236
War in Iraq	p. 238
The Best in US (and Some Civics)	p. 244
Religious Freedom: It's Freedom to Think for Yourself	p. 249
Chronology of Events	p. 254
More Books to Read	p. 255
Picture Credits	p. 256
Index	p. 257
A Note from the Author	p. 261
Atlas	p. 263
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