The American Promise Value Edition, Volume II: From 1865 A History of the United States

by Roark, James L.; Johnson, Michael P.; Cohen, Patricia Cline; Stage, Sarah; Hartmann, Susan M.

• ISBN13: 9781457613470
• ISBN10: 1457613476
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-04
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

The new two-color Value Edition of The American Promiseis the ideal solution for instructors and students who want a full-length narrative at a low price. A clear political framework supports a dynamic social and cultural story enlivened by the voices of hundreds of Americans who help students connect with history and grasp important concepts. With the complete supplements package from the full text, the Value Edition offers everything cost-conscious instructors and students want and need for their U.S. history courses.

Table of Contents

Preface

Versions and Supplements

Maps and Figures

 

Chapter 16

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

Opening Vignette: James T. Rapier emerges in the early 1870s as Alabama’s most prominent black leader

Wartime Reconstruction

Presidential Reconstruction

Congressional Reconstruction

The Struggle in the South

Reconstruction Collapses

Conclusion: "A Revolution But Half Accomplished"  

Reviewing the Chapter

 

Chapter 17

The Contested West, 1865-1900

Opening Vignette: Frederick Jackson Turner delivers his "frontier thesis"

Conquest and Empire in the West

Forced Assimilation and Resistance Strategies

Gold Fever and the Mining West

Land Fever

Conclusion: The West in the Gilded Age

Reviewing the Chapter

 

Chapter 18

Business and Politics in the Gilded Age, 1865-1900

Opening Vignette: Mark Twain and the Gilded Age

Old Industries Transformed, New Industries Born

From Competition to Consolidation

Politics and Culture

Presidential Politics

Economic Issues and Party Realignment

Conclusion: Business Dominates an Era

Reviewing the Chapter

 

Chapter 19

The City and Its Workers, 1870-1900

Opening Vignette: Workers build the Brooklyn Bridge

The Rise of the City

At Work in Industrial America

Workers Organize

At Home and at Play

City Growth and City Government

Conclusion: Who Built the Cities?

Reviewing the Chapter

 

Chapter 20

Dissent, Depression, and War, 1890-1900

Opening Vignette: Frances Willard participates in the creation of the Populist Party in 1892

The Farmers’ Revolt

The Labor Wars

Women’s Activism

Depression Politics

The United States and the World

War and Empire

Conclusion: Rallying around the Flag

Reviewing the Chapter

 

Chapter 21

Progressivism from the Grass Roots to the White House, 1890-1916

Opening Vignette: Jane Addams founds Hull House

Grassroots Progressivism

Progressivism: Theory and Practice

Progressivism Finds a President: Theodore Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson and Progressivism at High Tide

The Limits of Progressive Reform

Conclusion: The Transformation of the Liberal State

Reviewing the Chapter

 

Chapter 22

World War I: The Progressive Crusade at Home and Abroad, 1914-1920

Opening Vignette: Doughboy George "Brownie" Browne sees combat on the frontlines in France

Woodrow Wilson and the World

"Over There"

The Crusade for Democracy at Home

A Compromised Peace

Democracy at Risk

Conclusion: Troubled Crusade

Reviewing the Chapter

 

Chapter 23

From New Era to Great Depression, 1920-1932

Opening Vignette: Henry Ford puts America on wheels

The New Era

The Roaring Twenties

Resistance to Change

The Great Crash

Life in the Depression

Conclusion: Dazzle and Despair

Reviewing the Chapter

 

Chapter 24

The New Deal Experiment, 1932-1939

Opening Vignette: ÒMigrant MotherÓ Florence Owens struggles to survive in the Great Depression

Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Patrician in Government

Launching the New Deal

Challenges to the New Deal

Toward a Welfare State

The New Deal from Victory to Deadlock

Conclusion: Achievements and Limitations of the New Deal

Reviewing the Chapter

 

Chapter 25

The United States and the Second World War, 1939-1945

Opening Vignette: Colonel Paul Tibbets drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

Peacetime Dilemmas

The Onset of War

Mobilizing for War

Fighting Back

The Wartime Home Front

Toward Unconditional Surrender

Conclusion: Allied Victory and America’s Emergence as a Superpower

Reviewing the Chapter

 

Chapter 26

Cold War Politics in the Truman Years, 1945-1953

Opening Vignette: Helen Gahagan Douglas, congresswoman and loyal Truman ally, supports the Marshall Plan, the creation of NATO, and the war in Korea

From the Grand Alliance to Containment

Truman and the Fair Deal at Home

The Cold War Becomes Hot: Korea Conclusion: The Cold War’s Costs and Consequences

Reviewing the Chapter

 

Chapter 27

The Politics and Culture of Abundance, 1952-1960

Opening Vignette: Vice President Richard Nixon debates Russian premier Nikita Khrushchev

Eisenhower and the Politics of the "Middle Way"

Liberation Rhetoric and the Practice of Containment

New Work and Living Patterns in an Economy of Abundance

The Culture of Abundance

The Emergence of a Civil Rights Movement

Conclusion: Peace and Prosperity Mask Unmet Challenges

Reviewing the Chapter

 

Chapter 28

Reform, Rebellion, and Reaction, 1960-1974

Opening Vignette: Fannie Lou Hamer leads grassroots struggles of African Americans for voting rights and political empowerment

Liberalism at High Tide

The Second Reconstruction

A Multitude of Movements

The New Wave of Feminism

Liberal Reform in the Nixon Administration

Conclusion: Achievements and Limitations of Liberalism

Reviewing the Chapter

 

Chapter 29

Vietnam and the End of the Cold War Consensus, 1961-1975

Opening Vignette: Lieutenant Frederick Downs, Jr., is wounded in Vietnam and returns home to a country divided over the war

New Frontiers in Foreign Policy

Lyndon Johnson’s War against Communism

A Nation Polarized

Nixon, Detente, and the Search for Peace in Vietnam

Conclusion: An Unwinnable War

Reviewing the Chapter

 

Chapter 30

America Moves to the Right, 1969-1989

Opening Vignette: Phyllis Schlafly promotes conservatism

Nixon, Conservatism, and Constitutional Crisis

The "Outsider" Presidency of Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan and the Conservative Ascendancy

Continuing Struggles over Rights

Ronald Reagan Confronts an "Evil Empire"

Conclusion: Reversing the Course of Government

Reviewing the Chapter

 

Chapter 31

The Promises and Challenges of Globalization, Since 1989

Opening Vignette: Colin Powell adjusts to a post-Cold War world

Domestic Stalemate and Global Upheaval: The Presidency of George H.W. Bush

The Clinton Administration’s Search for the Middle Ground

The United States in a Globalizing World

President George W. Bush: Conservatism at Home and Radical Initiatives Abroad

The Obama Presidency: Reform and Backlash

Conclusion: Defining the Government’s Role at Home and Abroad

Reviewing the Chapter

 

Appendix

The Declaration of Independence

The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union

The Constitution of the United States

Amendments to the Constitution with Annotations (including six unratified amendments)

Glossary of Historical Vocabulary

Index

About the Authors

About the Cover Art