The American Nation

by Davidson, James West; Stoff, Michael B.; Viola, Herman J.

• ISBN13: 9780130588494
• ISBN10: 0130588490
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: PRENTICE HALL SCHOOL GROUP

Table of Contents

Student Success Handbook	xxiv
Review The Emerging Nation	1	(11)
The American Flag	12	(444)
UNIT 5 Division and Reunion	456	(84)
Slavery Divides the Nation (1820--1861)	458	(26)
Slavery in the Territories	460	(3)
The Compromise of 1850	463	(5)
Connecting With...Culture Uncle Tom's Cabin	467	(1)
The Crisis Deepens	468	(5)
The Republican Party Emerges	473	(5)
Skills for Life Identifying Bias	477	(1)
A Nation Divides	478	(6)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Fort Sumter	480	(4)
The Civil War (1861--1865)	484	(30)
The Conflict Takes Shape	486	(4)
No Easy Victory	490	(6)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Antietam National Battlefield	493	(2)
Connecting With...Geography The Battle of Fredericksburg	495	(1)
A Promise of Freedom	496	(4)
Hardships of War	500	(5)
The War Ends	505	(9)
Skills for Life Analyzing Photographs	511	(3)
Reconstruction and the Changing South (1863--1896)	514	(26)
Early Steps to Reunion	516	(5)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Ford's Theatre	518	(2)
Skills for Life Solving Problems	520	(1)
Radical Reconstruction	521	(5)
Connecting With...Government and Citizenship The Power of the Fourteenth Amendment	525	(1)
The South Under Reconstruction	526	(4)
The End of Reconstruction	530	(10)
Test Preparation	538	(2)
UNIT 6 Transforming the Nation	540	(86)
The New West (1865--1914)	542	(30)
Indian Peoples of the Great Plains	544	(3)
Mining and Railroading	547	(5)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Garnet, Montana	550	(2)
The Cattle Kingdom	552	(5)
Skills for Life Evaluating Written Sources	556	(1)
Indian Peoples in Retreat	557	(5)
Farming	562	(10)
Connecting With...Geography Sodbusting on the Plains	567	(5)
Industrial Growth (1865--1914)	572	(26)
Railroads Spur Industry	574	(4)
The Rise of Big Business	578	(6)
Connecting With...Economics Advertising in the Industrial Age	583	(1)
Inventions Change the Nation	584	(6)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Henry Ford Museum	588	(2)
The Rise of Organized Labor	590	(8)
Skills for Life Formulating Questions	595	(3)
A New Urban Culture (1865--1914)	598	(28)
New Immigrants in a Promised Land	600	(6)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Ellis Island	602	(4)
An Age of Cities	606	(6)
Skills for Life Comparing Maps Over Time	611	(1)
Life in the Changing Cities	612	(5)
Connecting With...Culture The Early Days of Baseball	616	(1)
Public Education and American Culture	617	(9)
Test Preparation	624	(2)
UNIT 7 A New Role for the Nation	626	(88)
The Progressive Era (1876--1920)	628	(30)
Reform in the Gilded Age	630	(3)
The Progressives	633	(5)
Connecting With...Government and Citizenship The Muckrakers	637	(1)
Progressives in the White House	638	(7)
Skills for Life Analyzing Political Cartoons	644	(1)
Women Win Reforms	645	(4)
Other Americans Seek Justice	649	(9)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Tuskegee Institute	650	(8)
Becoming a World Power (1865--1916)	658	(26)
A Pacific Empire	660	(8)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here White Pass and Yukon Railroad	662	(5)
Skills for Life Identifying Historical Trends	667	(1)
War With Spain	668	(7)
The United States in Latin America	675	(9)
Connecting With...Science and Technology Fighting the Deadly Mosquito	681	(3)
World War I (1914--1919)	684	(30)
War in Europe	686	(5)
From Neutrality to War	691	(7)
Skills for Life Recognizing Propaganda	697	(1)
Americans in Battle	698	(6)
Connecting With...Government and Citizenship Honoring Our Veterans	703	(1)
The Failed Peace	704	(10)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here The Hall of Mirrors	705	(7)
Test Preparation	712	(2)
UNIT 8 Prosperity, Depression, and War	714	(92)
The Roaring Twenties (1919--1929)	716	(28)
Politics and Prosperity	718	(6)
Skills for Life Determining Relevance	723	(1)
New Ways of Life	724	(6)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Hollywood Boulevard	728	(2)
The Roaring Twenties	730	(6)
Connecting With...Culture The Harlem Renaissance	735	(1)
A Nation Divided	736	(8)
The Great Depression (1929--1941)	744	(28)
The Great Crash	746	(6)
FDR and the New Deal	752	(7)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here San Antonio River Walk	755	(3)
Connecting With...Geography The TVA Today	758	(1)
Response to the New Deal	759	(6)
Skills for Life Evaluating Long-Term Effects	764	(1)
The Nation in Hard Times	765	(7)
The World War II Era (1935--1945)	772	(34)
The Gathering Storm	774	(4)
World War II Begins	778	(6)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here USS Arizona Memorial	782	(2)
Americans in Wartime	784	(6)
Connecting With...Economics A Wartime Economy	789	(1)
The Allies Turn the Tide	790	(6)
Skills for Life Evaluating the Validity of Internet Sources	795	(1)
The End of the War	796	(10)
Test Preparation	804	(2)
UNIT 9 The Bold Experiment Continues	806	(100)
The Cold War Era (1945--1991)	808	(32)
The Cold War Begins	810	(6)
Skills for Life Predicting Consequences	815	(1)
The Korean War Period	816	(5)
Regional Conflicts	821	(6)
Connecting With...Science and Technology NASA and the Space Age	826	(1)
The War in Vietnam	827	(5)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Vietnam Veterans Memorial	830	(2)
The Cold War Ends	832	(8)
Prosperity, Rebellion, and Reform (1945--1980)	840	(30)
Postwar Policies and Prosperity	842	(7)
Connecting With...Culture The Early Days of Television	848	(1)
The Civil Rights Movement	849	(7)
Skills for Life Interpreting Oral History	855	(1)
Protest, Reform, and Doubt	856	(6)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Kennedy Space Center	857	(5)
The Crusade for Equal Rights	862	(8)
The Nation in a New World (1970-Present)	870	(36)
The Conservative Revolt	872	(6)
American Leadership in a New World	878	(5)
The Spread of Regional Conflict	883	(5)
A Global Economy	888	(6)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Everglades National Park	891	(2)
Connecting With...Economics Oil: A Valuable Resource	893	(1)
New Challenges for the Nation	894	(12)
Skills for Life Transferring Information	899	(5)
Test Preparation	904	(2)
Reference Section	906	(41)
The Declaration of Independence	907	(4)
The Constitution of the United States	911	(23)
Presidents of the United States	934	(4)
The Fifty States	938	(2)
Geographic Atlas	940	(4)
Gazetteer	944	(3)
Glossary	947	(12)
Spanish Glossary	959	(13)
Index	972	(10)
Credits	982