American Journey, The: Teaching and Learning Classroom Edition, Volume 1

by Goldfield, David; Abbott, Carl E; Anderson, Virginia DeJohn; Argersinger, Jo Ann E; Argersinger, Peter H.; Barney, William; Weir, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780131992474
• ISBN10: 0131992473
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Written in a clear, engaging style with a straightforward chronological organization,The American Journeyintroduces readers to the key features of American political, social, and economic history. This new edition focuses more closely on the theme of the American journey, showing that our attempt to live up to and with our ideals is an ongoing process that has become ever more inclusive of different groups and ideas.Covering the period of Reconstruction after the Civil War to the present, and including the events of 9/11/2001, prominent coverage is given to politics, religion and the Great Wars. Hundreds of maps, graphs, and illustrations help readers absorb history and bring it to life.For those interested in a comprehensive study of post-Civil War U.S. history that is presented in a flowing, lively narrative.

Table of Contents

Preface	xxiv
Student Tool Kit	xxx
Worlds Apart	1	(29)
Voices from the American Journey: Moctezuma	2	(1)
Native American Societies before 1492	3	(6)
Paleo-Indians and the Archaic Period	4	(1)
The Development of Agriculture	4	(1)
Nonfarming Societies	5	(1)
Mesoamerican Civilizations	5	(2)
North America's Diverse Cultures	7	(2)
The Caribbean Islanders	9	(1)
West African Societies	9	(4)
Geographical and Political Differences	11	(1)
Family Structure and Religion	11	(1)
European Merchants in West Africa and the Slave Trade	12	(1)
Western Europe on the Eve of Exploration	13	(2)
The Consolidation of Political and Military Authority	14	(1)
Religious Conflict and the Protestant Reformation	14	(1)
Contact	15	(9)
The Lure of Discovery	16	(1)
Christopher Columbus and the Westward Route to Asia	17	(1)
The Spanish Conquest and Colonization	18	(4)
The Columbian Exchange	22	(1)
Cultural Perceptions and Misperceptions	23	(1)
Competition for a Continent	24	(3)
Early French Efforts in North America	24	(1)
English Attempts in the New World	25	(2)
Conclusion	27	(1)
Summary	27	(1)
Review Questions	28	(1)
Key Terms	29	(1)
Where to Learn More	29	(1)
Transplantation, 1600--1685	30	(28)
Voices from the American Journey: Richard Frethorne	32	(1)
The French in North America	33	(2)
The Quest for Furs and Converts	33	(1)
The Development of New France	34	(1)
The Dutch Overseas Empire	35	(1)
The Dutch East India Company	35	(1)
The West India Company and New Netherland	35	(1)
English Settlement in the Chesapeake	36	(5)
The Ordeal of Early Virginia	37	(2)
The Importance of Tobacco	39	(1)
Maryland: A Refuge for Catholics	40	(1)
Life in the Chesapeake Colonies	41	(1)
The Founding of New England	41	(6)
The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony	42	(1)
Massachusetts Bay Colony and Its Offshoots	43	(3)
Families, Farms, and Communities in Early New England	46	(1)
Competition in the Caribbean	47	(2)
Sugar and Slaves	48	(1)
A Biracial Society	48	(1)
The Restoration Colonies	49	(6)
Early Carolina: Colonial Aristocracy and Slave Labor	49	(3)
Pennsylvania: The Dream of Toleration and Peace	52	(2)
New Netherland Becomes New York	54	(1)
Conclusion	55	(1)
Summary	55	(1)
Review Questions	56	(1)
Key Terms	57	(1)
Where to Learn More	57	(1)
A Meeting of Cultures	58	(28)
Voices from the American Journey: Olaudah Equiano	60	(1)
Indians and Europeans	61	(10)
Indian Workers in the Spanish Borderlands	61	(1)
The Web of Trade	61	(3)
Displacing Native Americans in the English Colonies	64	(1)
Bringing Christianity to Native Peoples	65	(2)
After the First Hundred Years: Conflict and War	67	(4)
Africans and Europeans	71	(8)
Labor Needs and the Turn to Slavery	71	(1)
The Shock of Enslavement	72	(1)
African Slaves in the New World	73	(3)
African-American Families and Communities	76	(2)
Resistance and Rebellion	78	(1)
European Laborers in Early America	79	(2)
A Spectrum of Control	79	(2)
New European Immigrants	81	(1)
Conclusion	81	(1)
From Then to Now: The Legacy of Slavery	82	(1)
Summary	83	(1)
Review Questions	84	(1)
Key Terms	85	(1)
Where to Learn More	85	(1)
English Colonies in an Age of Empire	86	(34)
Voices from the American Journey: Geroge Washington	88	(1)
Economic Development and Imperial Trade in the British Colonies	89	(6)
The Regulation of Trade	89	(1)
The Colonial Export Trade and the Spirit of Enterprise	90	(2)
The Import Trade and Ties of Credit	92	(1)
Becoming More Like England: The Growth of Cities and Inequality	93	(2)
The Transformation of Culture	95	(5)
Goods and Houses	95	(1)
Shaping Minds and Manners	96	(1)
Colonial Religion and the Great Awakening	97	(3)
The Colonial Political World	100	(5)
The Dominion of New England and the Limits of British Control	101	(1)
The Legacy of the Glorious Revolution	102	(1)
Diverging Politics in the Colonies and Great Britain	103	(2)
Expanding Empires	105	(4)
British Colonists in the Backcountry	105	(1)
The Spanish in Texas and California	106	(2)
The French along the Mississippi and in Louisiana	108	(1)
A Century of Warfare	109	(7)
Imperial Conflict and the Establishment of an American Balance of Power, 1689--1738	109	(2)
King George's War Shifts the Balance, 1739--1754	111	(1)
The French and Indian War, 1754--1760: A Decisive Victory	112	(3)
The Triumph of the British Empire, 1763	115	(1)
Conclusion	116	(1)
Summary	117	(1)
Review Questions	118	(1)
Key Terms	119	(1)
Where to Learn More	119	(1)
Imperial Breakdown, 1763--1774	120	(26)
Voices from the American Journey: Eliza Farmer	122	(1)
Imperial Reorganization	123	(6)
British Problems	123	(2)
Dealing with the New Territories	125	(1)
The Status of Native Americans	125	(2)
Curbing the Assemblies	127	(1)
The Sugar and Stamp Acts	128	(1)
American Reactions	129	(2)
Constitutional Issues	129	(1)
Taxation and the Political Culture	129	(1)
Protesting the Taxes	130	(1)
The Aftermath of the Stamp Act Crisis	131	(3)
A Strained Relationship	131	(1)
Regulator Movements	132	(2)
The Townshend Crisis	134	(4)
Townshend's Plan	134	(1)
American Boycott	134	(1)
The Boston Massacre	135	(1)
The ``Quiet Period''	135	(1)
The Boston Tea Party	136	(2)
The Intolerable Acts	138	(1)
The Road to Revolution	138	(4)
Protestantism and the American Response to the Intolerable Acts	138	(1)
The First Continental Congress	139	(2)
The Continental Association	141	(1)
Political Divisions	141	(1)
Conclusion	142	(1)
Summary	142	(2)
Review Questions	144	(1)
Key Terms	144	(1)
Where to Learn More	144	(2)
The War for Independence, 1774--1783	146	(32)
Voices from the American Journey: John Laurens	148	(1)
The Outbreak of War and The Declaration of Independence, 1774--1776	149	(7)
Mounting Tensions	149	(1)
The Loyalists' Dilemma	149	(1)
British Coercion and Conciliation	149	(1)
The Battles of Lexington and Concord	150	(2)
The Second Continental Congress, 1775--1776	152	(1)
Commander in Chief George Washington	152	(1)
Early Fighting: Massachusetts, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Canada	152	(2)
Independence	154	(1)
Religion, Virtue, and Republicanism	155	(1)
The Combatants	156	(4)
Professional Soldiers	156	(3)
Women in the Contending Armies	159	(1)
African-American Participation in the War	159	(1)
Native Americans and the War	160	(1)
The War in the North, 1776--1777	160	(2)
Britain Hesitates: Crucial Battles in New York and New Jersey	160	(1)
The Year of the Hangman: Victory at Saratoga and Winter at Valley Forge	161	(1)
The War Widens, 1778--1781	162	(5)
The United States Gains an Ally	162	(1)
Fighting on the Frontier and at Sea	163	(1)
The Land War Moves South	163	(3)
American Counterattacks	166	(1)
The American Victory, 1782--1783	167	(2)
The Peace of Paris	167	(1)
The Components of Success	167	(2)
The War and Society, 1775--1783	169	(3)
The Women's War	169	(1)
Effect of the War on African Americans	169	(1)
The War's Impact on Native Americans	170	(1)
Economic Disruption	171	(1)
The Price of Victory	172	(1)
Conclusion	172	(1)
Summary	173	(1)
Review Questions	174	(1)
Key Terms	174	(1)
Where to Learn More	174	(2)
Visualizing The Past: The Rattlesnake as a National Symbol	176	(2)
The First Republic, 1776--1789	178	(30)
Voices from the American Journey: William Shepard	180	(1)
The New Order of Republicanism	181	(7)
Defining the People	182	(2)
The State Constitutions	184	(3)
The Articles of Confederation	187	(1)
Problems at Home	188	(6)
The Fiscal Crisis	188	(1)
Economic Depression	189	(2)
The Economic Policies of the States	191	(1)
Congress and the West	192	(2)
Diplomatic Weaknesses	194	(2)
Impasse with Britain	194	(1)
Spain and the Mississippi River	195	(1)
Toward a New Union	196	(9)
The Road to Philadelphia	197	(1)
The Convention at Work	197	(2)
Overview of the Constitution	199	(2)
The Struggle over Ratification	201	(4)
Conclusion	205	(1)
Summary	206	(1)
Review Questions	206	(1)
Key Terms	207	(1)
Where to Learn More	207	(1)
A New Republic and the Rise of Parties, 1789--1800	208	(28)
Voices from the American Journey: William Maclay	210	(1)
Washington's America	211	(7)
The Uniformity of New England	213	(1)
The Pluralism of the Mid-Atlantic Region	214	(2)
The Slave South and Its Backcountry	216	(1)
The Growing West	217	(1)
Forging a New Government	218	(4)
``Mr. President'' and the Bill of Rights	218	(1)
Departments and Courts	219	(1)
Revenue and Trade	219	(1)
Hamilton and the Public Credit	220	(1)
Reaction and Opposition	221	(1)
The Emergence of Parties	222	(6)
The French Revolution	222	(2)
Securing the Frontier	224	(1)
The Whiskey Rebellion	225	(1)
Treaties with Britain and Spain	226	(1)
The First Partisan Election	227	(1)
The Last Federalist Administration	228	(4)
The French Crisis and the XYZ Affair	228	(1)
Crisis at Home	229	(1)
The End of the Federalists	230	(2)
Conclusion	232	(1)
Summary	233	(1)
Review Questions	234	(1)
Key Terms	234	(1)
Where to Learn More	234	(2)
The Triumph and Collapse of Jeffersonian Republicanism, 1800--1824	236	(28)
Voices from the American Journey: Rosalie Calvert	238	(1)
Jefferson's Presidency	239	(6)
Reform at Home	241	(1)
The Louisiana Purchase	242	(1)
Florida and Western Schemes	243	(1)
Embargo and a Crippled Presidency	244	(1)
Madison and the Coming of War	245	(4)
The Failure of Economic Sanctions	245	(1)
The Frontier and Indian Resistance	246	(1)
Decision for War	247	(2)
The War of 1812	249	(4)
Setbacks in Canada	249	(2)
Western Victories and British Offensives	251	(1)
The Treaty of Ghent and the Battle of New Orleans	252	(1)
The Era of Good Feelings	253	(3)
Economic Nationalism	253	(1)
Judicial Nationalism	254	(1)
Toward a Continental Empire	255	(1)
The Breakdown of Unity	256	(4)
The Panic of 1819	256	(1)
The Missouri Compromise	257	(2)
The Election of 1824	259	(1)
Conclusion	260	(1)
Summary	261	(1)
Review Questions	262	(1)
Key Terms	262	(1)
Where to Learn More	262	(2)
The Jacksonian Era, 1824--1845	264	(30)
Voices from the American Journey: Benjamin B. French	266	(1)
The Egalitarian Impulse	267	(6)
The Extension of White Male Democracy	267	(3)
The Popular Religious Revolt	270	(2)
The Rise of the Jacksonians	272	(1)
Jackson's Presidency	273	(9)
Jackson's Appeal	274	(1)
Indian Removal	275	(2)
The Nullification Crisis	277	(3)
The Bank War	280	(2)
Van Buren and Hard Times	282	(2)
The Panic of 1837	282	(1)
The Independent Treasury	283	(1)
Uproar over Slavery	284	(1)
The Rise of the Whig Party	284	(4)
The Party Taking Shape	285	(1)
Whig Persuasion	286	(1)
The Election of 1840	287	(1)
The Whigs in Power	288	(3)
Harrison and Tyler	288	(1)
The Texas Issue	288	(1)
The Election of 1844	289	(2)
Conclusion	291	(1)
Summary	291	(1)
Review Questions	292	(1)
Key Terms	293	(1)
Where to Learn More	293	(1)
Slavery and the Old South, 1800--1860	294	(26)
Voices from the American Journey: Hannah Crafts	296	(1)
The Lower South	297	(4)
Cotton and Slaves	297	(2)
The Profits of Slavery	299	(2)
The Upper South	301	(3)
A Period of Economic Adjustment	302	(2)
The Decline of Slavery	304	(1)
Slave Life and Culture	304	(5)
Work Routines and Living Conditions	305	(1)
Families and Religion	306	(2)
Resistance	308	(1)
Free Society	309	(6)
The Slaveholding Minority	309	(3)
The White Majority	312	(1)
Free Black People	313	(2)
The Proslavery Argument	315	(1)
Religious Arguments	315	(1)
Racial Arguments	316	(1)
Conclusion	316	(1)
Summary	317	(1)
Review Questions	318	(1)
Key Terms	318	(1)
Where to Learn More	318	(2)
The Market Revolution and Social Reform, 1815--1850	320	(36)
Voices from the American Journey: Angelina Grimke	322	(1)
Industrial Change and Urbanization	323	(13)
The Transportation Revolution	324	(3)
Cities and Immigrants	327	(3)
The Industrial Revolution	330	(3)
Growing Inequality and New Classes	333	(3)
Reform and Moral Order	336	(4)
The Benevolent Empire	337	(1)
The Temperance Movement	337	(1)
Women's Role in Reform	338	(1)
Backlash against Benevolence	339	(1)
Institutions and Social Improvement	340	(4)
School Reform	340	(2)
Prisons, Workhouses, and Asylums	342	(1)
Utopian Alternatives	343	(1)
A Distinctly National Literature	344	(1)
Abolitionism and Women's Rights	344	(7)
Rejecting Colonization	345	(1)
Abolitionism	345	(3)
The Women's Rights Movement	348	(2)
Political Antislavery	350	(1)
Conclusion	351	(2)
From Then to Now: Immigration: An Ambivalent Welcome	353	(3)
Summary	352	(2)
Review Questions	354	(1)
Key Terms	354	(1)
Where to Learn More	355	(1)
The Way West, 1815--1850	356	(28)
Voices from the American Journey: George Catlin	358	(1)
The Agricultural Frontier	359	(6)
The Crowded East	359	(2)
The Old Northwest	361	(2)
The Old Southwest	363	(2)
The Frontier of the Plains Indians	365	(4)
Tribal Lands	365	(2)
The Fur Traders	367	(1)
The Oregon Trail	368	(1)
The Mexican Borderlands	369	(7)
The Peoples of the Southwest	370	(1)
The Americanization of Texas	371	(2)
The Push into California and the Southwest	373	(3)
Politics, Expansion, and War	376	(3)
Manifest Destiny	376	(1)
The Mexican War	377	(2)
Conclusion	379	(2)
From Then to Now: Manifest Destiny and American Foreign Policy	381
Summary	380	(2)
Review Questions	382	(501)
Key Terms	883
Where to Learn More	383	(1)
The Politics of Sectionalism, 1846--1861	384	(34)
Voices from the American Journey: Harriel Beecher Stowe	386	(1)
Slavery in the Territories	387	(7)
The Wilmot Proviso	388	(1)
The Election of 1848	389	(1)
The Gold Rush	389	(1)
The Compromise of 1850	390	(2)
Response to the Fugitive Slave Act	392	(1)
Uncle Tom's Cabin	393	(1)
The Election of 1852	394	(1)
Political Realignment	394	(9)
Young America's Foreign Misadventures	395	(1)
Stephen Douglas's Railroad Proposal	396	(1)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act	396	(1)
``Bleeding Kansas''	396	(1)
Know-Nothings and Republicans: Religion and Politics	397	(2)
The Election of 1856	399	(1)
The Dred Scott Case	399	(1)
The Lecompton Constitution	400	(1)
The Religious Revival of 1857--58	401	(1)
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates	401	(2)
The Road to Disunion	403	(11)
North-South Differences	403	(2)
John Brown's Raid	405	(2)
The Election of 1860	407	(2)
Secession Begins	409	(1)
Presidential Inaction	409	(1)
Peace Proposals	410	(1)
Lincoln's Views on Secession	410	(1)
Fort Sumter: The Tug Comes	411	(3)
Conclusion	414
From Then to Now: Religion and Politics	408	(7)
Summary	415	(1)
Review Questions	416	(1)
Key Terms	416	(1)
Where to Learn More	416	(2)
Battle Cries and Freedom Songs: The Civil War, 1861--1865	418	(40)
Voices from the American Journey: Sullivan Ballou	420	(1)
Mobilization, North and South	421	(5)
War Fever	421	(2)
The North's Advantage in Resources	423	(1)
Leaders, Governments, and Strategies	424	(2)
The Early War, 1861--1862	426	(3)
First Bull Run	426	(1)
The War in the West	426	(1)
Reassessing the War: The Human Toll	427	(2)
The War in the East	429	(1)
Turning Points, 1862--1863	429	(10)
The Naval War and the Diplomatic War	430	(1)
Antietam	430	(1)
Emancipation	431	(3)
From Fredericksburg to Gettysburg	434	(2)
Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and the West	436	(3)
The War Transforms the North	439	(2)
Wartime Legislation and Politics	439	(1)
The Northern Economy	440	(1)
Northern Women and the War	441	(1)
The Confederacy Disintegrates	441	(3)
Southern Politics	442	(1)
The Southern Economy	442	(1)
Southern Women and the War	443	(1)
The Union Prevails, 1864--1865	444	(8)
Grant's Plan to End the War	444	(3)
The Election of 1864 and Sherman's March	447	(1)
The Road to Appomattox and the Death of Lincoln	448	(4)
Conclusion	452	(1)
Summary	453	(1)
Review Questions	454	(1)
Key Terms	454	(1)
Where to Learn More	455	(1)
Visualizing The Past: The Civil War	456	(2)
Reconstruction, 1865--1877	458	(22)
Voices from the American Journey: T. Thomas Fortune	460	(1)
White Southerners and the Ghosts of the Confederacy, 1865	461	(1)
More than Freedom: African American Aspirations in 1865	462	(3)
Education	463	(1)
``Forty Acres and a Mule''	463	(1)
Migration to Cities	464	(1)
Faith and Freedom	464	(1)
Federal Reconstruction, 1865--1870	465	(5)
Presidential Reconstruction, 1865--1867	465	(3)
Congressional Reconstruction, 1867--1870	468	(1)
Southern Republican Governments	469	(1)
Counter-Reconstruction, 1870--1874	470	(2)
The Uses of Violence	470	(1)
The Failure of Northern Will	471	(1)
Liberal Republicans and the Election of 1872	472	(1)
Redemption, 1874--1877	472	(3)
The Democrats' Violent Resurgence	472	(1)
The Weak Federal Response	473	(1)
The Election of 1876 and the Compromise of 1877	473	(1)
The Memory of Reconstruction	474	(1)
The Failed Promise of Reconstruction	475	(1)
Modest Gains and Future Victories	475	(1)
Conclusion	475	(2)
From Then to Now: African-American Voting Rights in The South	477
Summary	476	(3)
Review Questions	479	(1)
Key Terms	479	(1)
Where to Learn More	479	(1)
A New South: Economic Progression and Social Tradition, 1877--1900	480	(30)
Voices from the American Journey: Anna J. Cooper	482	(1)
The Newness of the New South	483	(7)
An Industrial and Urban South	484	(3)
The Limits of Industrial and Urban Growth	487	(2)
Farms to Cities: Impact on Southern Society	489	(1)
The Southern Agrarian Revolt	490	(4)
Cotton and Credit	491	(1)
Southern Farmers Organize, 1877--1892	491	(2)
Southern Populists	493	(1)
Women in the New South	494	(2)
Church Work and Preserving Memories	494	(2)
Women's Clubs	496	(1)
Settling the Race Issue	496	(11)
The Fluidity of Southern Race Relations, 1877--1890	496	(1)
The White Backlash	497	(1)
Lynch Law	497	(2)
Segregation by Law	499	(2)
Disfranchisement	501	(1)
A National Consensus on Race	502	(2)
Response of the Black Community	504	(3)
Conclusion	507	(1)
Summary	507	(1)
Review Questions	508	(1)
Key Terms	509	(1)
Where to Learn More	509	(1)
Industry, Immigrants, and Cities, 1870--1900	510	(34)
Voices from the American Journey: Mary Antin	512	(1)
New Industry	513	(12)
Inventing Technology: The Electric Age	514	(2)
The Corporation and Its Impact	516	(2)
The Changing Nature of Work	518	(1)
Working Women	519	(3)
Responses to Poverty and Wealth	522	(1)
Workers Organize	523	(2)
New Immigrants	525	(10)
Old-World Backgrounds	526	(2)
The Neighborhood	528	(1)
The Job	528	(3)
Nativism	531	(1)
Roots of the Great Migration	532	(3)
New Cities	535	(5)
Centers and Suburbs	535	(2)
The New Middle Class	537	(1)
A Consumer Society	538	(1)
The Growth of Leisure Activities	539	(1)
Conclusion	540	(1)
Summary	540	(1)
Review Questions	541	(1)
Key Terms	542	(1)
Where to Learn More	542	(2)
Transforming the West, 1865--1890	544	(30)
Voices from the American Journey: Andrew J. Russell	546	(1)
Subjugating Native Americans	547	(8)
Tribes and Cultures	547	(2)
Federal Indian Policy	549	(1)
Warfare and Dispossession	549	(3)
Life on the Reservation: Americanization	552	(3)
Exploiting the Mountains: The Mining Bonanza	555	(3)
Rushes and Mining Camps	555	(2)
Labor and Capital	557	(1)
Using the Grass: The Cattle Kingdom	558	(4)
Cattle Drives and Cow Towns	558	(2)
Rise and Fall of Open-Range Ranching	560	(2)
Cowhands and Capitalists	562	(1)
Working the Earth: Homesteaders and Agricultural Expansion	562	(7)
Settling the Land	562	(3)
Home on the Range	565	(1)
Farming the Land	566	(3)
Conclusion	569
From Then to Now: The Legacy of Indian Americanization	567	(2)
Summary	569	(1)
Review Questions	570	(1)
Key Terms	570	(1)
Where to Learn More	571	(1)
Visualizing The Past: Mythologizing the ``Wild West''	572	(2)
Politics and Government, 1877--1900	574	(28)
Voices from the American Journey: Horace and William H. Taft	576	(2)
The Structure and Style of Politics	578	(4)
Campaigns and Elections	578	(1)
Partisan Politics	579	(2)
Associational Politics	581	(1)
The Limits of Government	582	(3)
The Weak Presidency	583	(1)
The Inefficient Congress	583	(1)
The Federal Bureaucracy and the Spoils System	584	(1)
Inconsistent State Government	585	(1)
Public Policies and National Elections	585	(5)
Civil Service Reform	585	(1)
The Political Life of the Tariff	586	(1)
The Beginnings of Federal Regulation	587	(1)
The Money Question	588	(2)
The Crisis of the 1890s	590	(8)
Farmers Protest Inequities	590	(1)
The People's Party	591	(1)
The Challenge of the Depression	592	(4)
The Battle of the Standards and the Election of 1896	596	(2)
Conclusion	598	(1)
Summary	599	(1)
Review Questions	600	(1)
Key Terms	600	(1)
Where to Learn More	600	(2)
The Progressive Era, 1900--1917	602	(34)
Voices from the American Journey: General Rosalie Jones	604	(2)
The Ferment of Reform	606	(7)
The Context of Reform: Industrial and Urban Tensions	607	(1)
Church and Campus	608	(1)
Muckrakers	609	(1)
The Gospel of Efficiency	609	(1)
Labor's Demand for Rights	610	(1)
Extending the Woman's Sphere	610	(1)
TransAtlantic Influences	611	(1)
Socialism	612	(1)
Opponents of Reform	612	(1)
Reforming Society	613	(7)
Settlement Houses and Urban Reform	613	(1)
Protective Legislation for Women and Children	614	(1)
Reshaping Public Education	615	(1)
Challenging Gender Restrictions	616	(1)
Reforming Country Life	616	(1)
Social Control and Moral Crusades	617	(2)
For Whites Only?	619	(1)
Reforming Politics and Government	620	(4)
Woman Suffrage	620	(1)
Electoral Reform	621	(2)
Municipal Reform	623	(1)
Progressive State Government	623	(1)
Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Presidency	624	(4)
TR and the Modern Presidency	624	(1)
Roosevelt and Labor	625	(1)
Managing Natural Resources	625	(1)
Corporate Regulation	626	(1)
Taft and the Insurgents	627	(1)
Woodrow Wilson and Progressive Reform	628	(3)
The Election of 1912	628	(1)
Implementing the New Freedom	629	(1)
The Expansion of Reform	630	(1)
Conclusion	631	(1)
Summary	632	(2)
Review Questions	634	(1)
Key Terms	634	(1)
Where to Learn More	635	(1)
Creating an Empire, 1865--1917	636	(28)
Voices from the American Journey: Major-General Leonard Wood	638	(1)
The Roots of Imperialism	639	(6)
Ideological and Religious Arguments	640	(1)
Strategic Concerns	641	(1)
Economic Designs	642	(3)
First Steps	645	(2)
Seward and Blaine	645	(1)
Hawaii	645	(2)
Chile and Venezuela	647	(1)
The Spanish-American War	647	(5)
The Cuban Revolution	648	(1)
Growing Tensions	648	(1)
War and Empire	649	(2)
The Treaty of Paris	651	(1)
Imperial Ambitions: The United States and East Asia, 1899--1917	652	(3)
The Filipino-American War	652	(1)
China and the Open Door	653	(1)
Rivalry with Japan and Russia	654	(1)
Imperial Power: The United States and Latin America, 1899--1917	655	(6)
U.S. Rule in Puerto Rico	656	(1)
Cuba as a U.S. Protectorate	657	(1)
The Panama Canal	658	(1)
The Roosevelt Corollary	659	(1)
Dollar Diplomacy	659	(1)
Wilsonian Interventions	660	(1)
Conclusion	661	(1)
Summary	662	(1)
Review Questions	663	(1)
Key Terms	663	(1)
Where to Learn More	663	(1)
America and the Great War, 1914--1920	664	(28)
Voices from the American Journey: Ray Stannard Baker	666	(1)
Waging Neutrality	667	(6)
The Origins of Conflict	667	(1)
American Attitudes	668	(1)
The Economy of War	669	(1)
The Diplomacy of Neutrality	669	(2)
The Battle over Preparedness	671	(1)
The Election of 1916	672	(1)
Descent into War	672	(1)
Waging War in America	673	(5)
Managing the War Economy	674	(1)
Women and Minorities: New Opportunities, Old Inequities	675	(1)
Financing the War	676	(1)
Conquering Minds	676	(1)
Suppressing Dissent	677	(1)
Waging War and Peace Abroad	678	(6)
The War to End All Wars	679	(2)
The Fourteen Points	681	(1)
The Paris Peace Conference	682	(2)
Waging Peace at Home	684	(5)
Battle over the League	684	(2)
Economic Readjustment and Social Conflict	686	(2)
Red Scare	688	(1)
The Election of 1920	688	(1)
Conclusion	689	(1)
Summary	689	(1)
Review Questions	690	(1)
Key Terms	691	(1)
Where to Learn More	691	(1)
Toward a Modern America, The 1920s	692	(30)
Voices from the American Journey: Upton Sinclair	694	(2)
The Economy That Roared	696	(3)
Boom Industries	696	(1)
Corporate Consolidation	697	(1)
Open Shops and Welfare Capitalism	697	(1)
Sick Industries	698	(1)
The Business of Government	699	(3)
Republican Ascendancy	699	(2)
Government Corruption	701	(1)
Coolidge Prosperity	701	(1)
The Fate of Reform	702	(1)
Cities and Suburbs	702	(3)
Expanding Cities	702	(1)
The Great Black Migration	702	(2)
Barrios	704	(1)
The Road to Suburbia	705	(1)
Mass Culture in the Jazz Age	705	(4)
Advertising the Consumer Society	705	(1)
Leisure and Entertainment	706	(1)
The New Morality	707	(1)
The Searching Twenties	707	(2)
Culture Wars	709	(4)
Nativism and Immigration Restriction	709	(1)
The Ku Klux Klan	710	(1)
Prohibition and Crime	711	(1)
Old-Time Religion and the Scopes Trial	712	(1)
A New Era in the World?	713	(2)
War Debts and Economic Expansion	713	(1)
Rejecting War	714	(1)
Managing the Hemisphere	714	(1)
Herbert Hoover and the Triumph of the New Era	715	(1)
Conclusion	715	(1)
From Then to Now: The Culture Wars	716	(1)
Summary	717	(1)
Review Questions	718	(1)
Key Terms	719	(1)
Where to Learn More	719	(1)
Visualizing The Past: Advertising and the Modern Woman	720	(2)
The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929--1939	722	(32)
Voices from the American Journey: Carlotta Silvas Martine, Eunice Langdon, and Meridel LeSeur	724	(2)
Hard Times in Hooverville	726	(6)
Crash!	726	(2)
The Depression Spreads	728	(1)
``Women's Jobs'' and ``Men's Jobs''	729	(1)
Families in the Depression	729	(1)
``Last Hired, First Fired''	730	(1)
Protest	731	(1)
Herbert Hoover and the Depression	732	(2)
The Failure of Voluntarism	732	(1)
Repudiating Hoover: The Election of 1932	733	(1)
Launching the New Deal	734	(4)
Action Now!	734	(1)
Creating Jobs	734	(1)
Helping Some Farmers	735	(1)
The Flight of the Blue Eagle	736	(1)
Critics Right and Left	736	(2)
Consolidating the New Deal	738	(2)
Weeding Out and Lifting Up	738	(1)
Expanding Relief	739	(1)
The Roosevelt Coalition and the Election of 1936	740	(1)
The New Deal and American Life	740	(7)
Labor on the March	740	(1)
Women and the New Deal	741	(1)
Minorities and the New Deal	742	(1)
The New Deal: North, South, East, and West	743	(3)
The New Deal and Public Activism	746	(1)
Ebbing of the New Deal	747	(1)
Challenging the Court	747	(1)
More Hard Times	747	(1)
Political Stalemate	748	(1)
Good Neighbors and Hostile Forces	748	(2)
Neutrality and Fascism	749	(1)
Edging Toward Involvement	750	(1)
Conclusion	750	(1)
Summary	751	(1)
Review Questions	752	(1)
Key Terms	753	(1)
Where to Learn More	753	(1)
World War II, 1939--1945	754	(32)
Voices from the American Journey: Enrico Fermi	756	(1)
The Dilemmas of Neutrality	757	(6)
The Roots of War	757	(2)
Hitler's War in Europe	759	(1)
Trying to Keep Out	759	(2)
Edging Toward Intervention	761	(1)
The Brink of War	762	(1)
December 7, 1941	763	(1)
Holding the Line	763	(3)
Stopping Germany	763	(2)
The Survival of Britain	765	(1)
Retreat and Stabilization in the Pacific	766	(1)
Mobilizing for Victory	766	(8)
Organizing the Economy	767	(1)
The Enlistment of Science	767	(1)
Men and Women in the Military	768	(1)
The Home Front	769	(1)
Women and Ethnic Minorities in the Workforce	770	(1)
Clashing Cultures	771	(1)
Internment of Japanese Americans	771	(3)
The End of the New Deal	774	(1)
War and Peace	774	(9)
Turning the Tide in Europe	774	(3)
Operation Overlord	777	(1)
Victory and Tragedy in Europe	777	(1)
The Pacific War	778	(2)
Searching for Peace	780	(1)
How the Allies Won	781	(2)
Conclusion	783	(1)
Summary	783	(1)
Review Questions	784	(1)
Key Terms	785	(1)
Where to Learn More	785	(1)
The Cold War at Home and Abroad, 1946--1952	786	(26)
Voices from the American Journey: Bernadette Wheeler	788	(1)
Launching the Great Boom	789	(4)
Reconversion Chaos	789	(1)
Economic Policy	790	(1)
The GI Bill	790	(1)
Assembly-Line Neighborhoods	791	(1)
Steps Toward Civil Rights	792	(1)
Consumer Boom and Baby Boom	792	(1)
Truman, Republicans, and the Fair Deal	793	(2)
Truman's Opposition	793	(1)
Whistle-Stopping across America	794	(1)
Truman's Fair Deal	795	(1)
Confronting the Soviet Union	795	(4)
The End of the Grand Alliance	796	(1)
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan	797	(1)
Soviet Reactions	798	(1)
American Rearmament	798	(1)
Cold War and Hot War	799	(5)
The Nuclear Shadow	799	(1)
The Cold War in Asia	799	(1)
NSC-68 and Aggressive Containment	800	(1)
War in Korea, 1950--1953	800	(1)
The Politics of War	801	(3)
The Second Red Scare	804	(5)
The Communist Party and the Loyalty Program	805	(1)
Naming Names to Congress	805	(1)
Subversion Trials	806	(1)
Senator McCarthy on Stage	807	(1)
Understanding McCarthyism	808	(1)
Conclusion	809	(1)
Summary	809	(1)
Review Questions	810	(1)
Key Terms	811	(1)
Where to Learn More	811	(1)
The Confident Years, 1953--1964	812	(32)
Voices from the American Journey: Melba Pattillo	814	(1)
A Decade of Affluence	815	(6)
What's Good for General Motors	815	(2)
Reshaping Urban America	817	(1)
Comfort on Credit	818	(1)
The New Fifties Family	818	(1)
Inventing Teenagers	819	(1)
Turning to Religion	820	(1)
The Gospel of Prosperity	821	(1)
The Underside of Affluence	821	(1)
Facing Off with the Soviet Union	821	(5)
Why We Liked Ike	822	(1)
A Balance of Terror	822	(1)
Containment in Action	823	(2)
Global Standoff	825	(1)
John F. Kennedy and the Cold War	826	(4)
The Kennedy Mystique	826	(1)
Kennedy's Mistakes	827	(1)
Getting into Vietnam	828	(1)
Missile Crisis: A Line Drawn in the Waves	829	(1)
Science and Foreign Affairs	830	(1)
Righteousness Like a Mighty Stream: The Struggle for Civil Rights	830	(5)
Getting to the Supreme Court	831	(1)
Deliberate Speed	832	(1)
Public Accommodations	833	(1)
The March on Washington, 1963	834	(1)
``Let Us Continue''	835	(4)
Dallas, 1963	835	(1)
War on Poverty	835	(1)
Civil Rights, 1964--1965	836	(2)
War, Peace, and the Landslide of 1964	838	(1)
Conclusion	839	(1)
Summary	840	(1)
Review Questions	841	(1)
Key Terms	842	(1)
Where to Learn More	842	(2)
Shaken to the Roots, 1965--1980	844	(34)
Voices from the American Journey: Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong	846	(1)
The End of Consensus	847	(8)
Deeper into Vietnam	848	(2)
Voices of Dissent	850	(2)
New Left and Community Activism	852	(1)
Youth Culture and Counterculture	852	(1)
Sounds of Change	853	(1)
Communes and Cults	854	(1)
The Feminist Critique	854	(1)
Coming Out	855	(1)
Cities Under Stress	855	(5)
Diagnosing an Urban Crisis	855	(1)
Racial Rioting	856	(1)
Minority Separatism	857	(2)
Suburban Independence: The Outer City	859	(1)
The Year of the Gun, 1968	860	(2)
The Tet Offensive	860	(1)
LBJ's Exit	860	(1)
Violence and Politics: Kennedy, King, and Chicago	861	(1)
Nixon, and Watergate, and the Crisis of the Early 1970s	862	(7)
Getting Out of Vietnam, 1969--1975	862	(1)
Nixon and the Wider World	863	(1)
Courting Middle America	864	(1)
Oil, OPEC, and Stagflation	864	(1)
Americans as Environmentalists	865	(1)
From Dirty Tricks to Watergate	866	(1)
The Ford Footnote	867	(2)
Jimmy Carter: Idealism and Frustration in the White House	869	(4)
Carter, Energy, and the Economy	870	(1)
Closed Factories and Failed Farms	870	(1)
Building a Cooperative World	871	(1)
New Crises Abroad	872	(1)
Conclusion	873	(1)
Summary	873	(1)
Review Questions	874	(1)
Key Terms	875	(1)
Where to Learn More	875	(1)
Visualizing The Past: Iconic Images of the Vietnam Era	876	(2)
The Reagan Revolution and a Changing World, 1981--1992	878	(34)
Voices from the American Journey: Celia Noup	880	(2)
Reagan's Domestic Revolution	882	(9)
Reagan's Majority	882	(2)
The New Conservatism	884	(1)
Reaganomics: Deficits and Deregulation	885	(1)
Crisis for Organized Labor	886	(1)
An Acquisitive Society	887	(1)
Mass Media and Fragmented Culture	887	(1)
Poverty amid Prosperity	888	(1)
Consolidating the Revolution: George Bush	889	(2)
The Second (Short) Cold War	891	(7)
Confronting the Soviet Union	891	(1)
Risky Business: Foreign Policy Adventures	892	(1)
Embracing Perestroika	893	(1)
Crisis and Democracy in Eastern Europe	894	(2)
The Persian Gulf War	896	(2)
Growth in the Sunbelt	898	(4)
The Defense Economy	899	(1)
New Americans from around the World	899	(2)
Old Gateways and New	901	(1)
The Graying of America	902	(1)
Values in Collision	902	(6)
Women's Rights and Public Policy	903	(1)
AIDS and Gay Activism	904	(1)
Churches in Change	904	(2)
Culture Wars	906	(2)
Conclusion	908	(1)
Summary	909	(1)
Review Questions	910	(1)
Key Terms	910	(1)
Where to Learn More	911	(1)
Complacency and Crisis, 1993--2005	912
Voices from the American Journey: John McNamara	914	(1)
Politics of the Center	915	(7)
The Election of 1992: A New Generation	915	(2)
Policing the World	917	(1)
Clinton's Neoliberalism	918	(1)
Contract with America and the Election of 1996	918	(1)
The Dangers of Everyday Life	919	(2)
Morality and Partisanship	921	(1)
A New Economy?	922	(5)
The Prosperous 1990s	923	(1)
A Service Economy	924	(1)
The High Tech Sector	924	(1)
An Instant Society	925	(1)
In the World Market	925	(2)
Broadening Democracy	927	(5)
Americans in 2000	927	(1)
Women from the Grassroots to Congress	928	(1)
Minorities at the Ballot Box	929	(1)
Rights and Opportunities	930	(2)
Edging into a New Century	932	(3)
The 2000 Election	932	(1)
Reaganomics Revisited	933	(1)
Downsized Diplomacy	934	(1)
Paradoxes of Power	935	(4)
9-11-01	935	(1)
Security and Conflict	936	(1)
Iraq and Conflicts in the Middle East	937	(4)
The 2004 Election	941
Conclusion	939	(1)
From Then to Now: America's Mission to the World	940	(1)
Summary	941	(1)
Review Questions	942	(1)
Key Terms	942	(1)
Where to Learn More	943
Appendix	1	(1)
Glossary	1	(1)
Credits	1	(1)
Index	1	(1)
U.S. History Documents CD-ROM	1