Americans

by Danzer, Gerald A.

• ISBN13: 9780395851821
• ISBN10: 0395851823
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: MCDOUGAL, LITTELL/HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Table of Contents

Prologue What Is an American?	xxx
Unit 1 Beginnings to 1783
American Beginnings to 1783
Beginnings to 1506
Three Worlds Meet	2	(34)
Peopling the Americas	4	(4)
Native American Societies Around 1492	8	(6)
West African Societies Around 1492	14	(6)
European Societies Around 1492	20	(7)
Transatlantic Encounters	27	(5)
Point/Counterpoint Columbus's Legacy	32	(2)
Assessment / Bridge to Chapter 2	34	(2)
1492-1690
The American Colonies Emerge	36	(28)
Spain's Empire in the Americas	38	(6)
An English Settlement at Jamestown	44	(2)
Now & Then Tobacco and North Carolina's Economy	46	(4)
Geography Spotlight The Jamestown Settlement	50	(2)
Puritan New England	52	(6)
Settlement of the Middle Colonies	58	(4)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 3	62	(2)
1651-1765
The Colonies Come of Age	64	(28)
England and Its Colonies	66	(5)
The Agricultural South	71	(6)
The Commercial North	77	(6)
The French and Indian War	83	(5)
Daily Life Colonial Courtship	88	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 4	90	(2)
1765-1783
The War for Independence	92	(12)
The Stirrings of Rebellion	94	(5)
Ideas Help Start a Revolution	99	(5)
The Declaration of Independence	104	(20)
Struggling Toward Saratoga	107	(5)
Winning the War	112	(6)
Tracing Themes Women in America: Women and Political Power	118	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 5	120	(4)
Unit 2 1781-1850
A New Nation
1781-1788
Shaping a New Nation	124	(20)
Experimenting with Confederation	126	(4)
Geography Spotlight The Land Ordinance of 1785	130	(2)
Drafting the Constitution	132	(5)
Ratifying the Constitution	137	(1)
Now & Then South Africa Creates a Bill of Rights	138	(4)
Assessment / Bridge To The Constitution	142	(2)
The Living Constitution	144	(26)
Tracing Themes Expanding Democracy: Voting Rights	166	(2)
Constitution Assessment	168	(2)
1789-1816
Launching the New Nation	170	(26)
Washington Heads the New Government	172	(5)
Foreign Affairs Trouble the Nation	177	(5)
Daily Life Life of the Upper Crust	182	(2)
Jefferson Alters the Nation's Course	184	(5)
The War of 1812 Erupts	189	(3)
American Studies Neoclassical Style in Federal Architecture	192	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 7	194	(2)
1817-1840
Balancing Nationalism and Sectionalism	196	(26)
Regional Economies Create Differences	198	(6)
Nationalism at Center Stage	204	(5)
The Age of Jackson	209	(3)
Point/Counterpoint Indian Removal Act of 1830	212	(2)
Jackson, States' Rights, and the National Bank	214	(6)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 8	220	(2)
1820-1850
Reforming American Society	222	(30)
Religion Sparks Reform	224	(5)
Slavery and Abolition	229	(6)
Women and Reform	235	(5)
The Changing Workplace	240	(6)
Daily Life Working at Mid-Century	246	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 9	248	(4)
Unit 3 1825-1877
An Era of Growth and Disunion
1825-1850
Expanding Markets and Moving West	252	(28)
The Market Revolution	254	(2)
Now & Then From Telegraph to Internet	256	(4)
Manifest Destiny	260	(6)
Geography Spotlight Mapping the Oregon Trail	266	(2)
Expansion in Texas	268	(5)
The War with Mexico	273	(5)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 10	278	(2)
1850-1861
The Union in Peril	280	(30)
The Divisive Politics of Slavery	282	(6)
Protest, Resistance, and Violence	288	(7)
The Birth of the Republican Party	295	(4)
Slavery and Secession	299	(7)
Tracing Themes Constitutional Concerns: States' Rights	306	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 11	308	(2)
1861-1865
The Civil War	310	(38)
The Civil War Begins	312	(6)
The Politics of War	318	(5)
Life During Wartime	323	(6)
The North Takes Charge	329	(9)
American Studies Civil War Photography	338	(2)
The Legacy of the War	340	(6)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 12	346	(2)
1865-1877
Reconstruction and Its Effects	348	(30)
The Politics of Reconstruction	350	(6)
Reconstructing Society	356	(4)
Now & Then from Sharecropper to Shareholder	360	(6)
The Collapse of Reconstruction	366	(6)
Point/Counterpoint Reconstruction	372	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 13	374	(4)
Unit 4 1876-1917
Migration and Industrialization Change Society
1876-1900
Changes on the Western Frontier	378	(30)
Native American Culture in Crisis	380	(8)
The Growth of the Cattle Industry	388	(6)
Daily Life Mining: Some Struck It Rich---Most Struck Out	394	(2)
Settling on the Great Plains	396	(5)
Farmers and the Populist Movement	401	(5)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 14	406	(2)
1876-1900
The Industrial Age	408	(28)
The Expansion of Industry	410	(4)
Geography Spotlight Industry Changes the Environment	414	(2)
The Age of the Railroads	416	(5)
Big Business Emerges	421	(3)
Point/Counterpoint Robber Barons	424	(2)
Workers of the Nation Unite	426	(2)
Now & Then Underage and on the Job	428	(6)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 15	434	(2)
1876-1914
Immigrants and Urbanization	436	(24)
The New Immigrants	438	(6)
Tracing Themes The American Dream: What Is the American Dream?	444	(2)
The Problems of Urbanization	446	(6)
The Emergence of the Political Machine	452	(3)
Politics in the Gilded Age	455	(3)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 16	458	(2)
1877-1917
Life at the Turn of the Century	460	(32)
Science and Urban Life	462	(5)
Education and Culture	467	(6)
Segregation and Discrimination	473	(5)
Dawn of Mass Culture	478	(4)
Now & Then Going to the Movies	482	(4)
Daily Life New Ways to Play	486	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 17	488	(4)
Unit 5 1890-1920
Modern America Emerges
1890-1920
The Progressive Era	492	(32)
The Origins of Progressivism	494	(7)
Women in Public Life	501	(4)
Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal	505	(7)
Progressivism Under Taft	512	(4)
Wilson's New Freedom	516	(6)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 18	522	(2)
1890-1920
America Claims an Empire	524	(28)
Imperialism and America	526	(4)
The Spanish-American-Cuban War	530	(5)
Acquiring New Lands	535	(7)
America as a World Power	542	(2)
Now & Then U.S. Intervention	544	(4)
Geography Spotlight The Panama Canal: Funnel for Trade	548	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 19	550	(2)
1914-1920
The First World War	552	(36)
World War I Begins	554	(8)
American Power Tips the Balance	562	(7)
The War at Home	569	(8)
Wilson Fights for Peace	577	(2)
Point/Counterpoint The League of Nations	579	(3)
Tracing Themes Immigration and Migration: Immigration, Migration, and War	582	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 20	584	(4)
Unit 6 1920-1940
The Twenties and the Great Depression
1920-1929
Politics of the Roaring Twenties	588	(22)
Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues	590	(6)
``Normalcy'' and Isolationism	596	(5)
The Business of America	601	(5)
Tracing Themes Economic Opportunity: Consumer Spending	606	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 21	608	(2)
1920-1929
The Roaring Life of the 1920s	610	(30)
Changing Ways of Life	612	(6)
The Twenties Woman	618	(4)
Daily Life Youth in the Roaring Twenties	622	(2)
Education and Popular Culture	624	(6)
The Harlem Renaissance	630	(6)
American Studies Literature in the Jazz Age	636	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 22	638	(2)
1929-1933
The Great Depression Begins	640	(22)
The Nation's Sick Economy	642	(4)
Now & Then The Dow Jones Average	646	(4)
Hardship and Suffering During the Depression	650	(5)
Hoover Struggles with the Depression	655	(5)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 23	660	(2)
1933-1940
The New Deal	662	(38)
A New Deal Fights the Depression	664	(7)
The Second New Deal Takes Hold	671	(6)
The New Deal Affects Many Groups	677	(6)
Society and Culture	683	(6)
The Impact of the New Deal	689	(1)
Point/Counterpoint The New Deal	690	(4)
Geography Spotlight The Tennessee Valley Authority	694	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 24	696	(4)
Unit 7 1931-1960
World War II and Its Aftermath
1931-1941
World War Looms	700	(28)
Dictators Threaten World Peace	702	(6)
War in Europe	708	(6)
The Holocaust	714	(5)
America Moves Toward War	719	(2)
Point/Counterpoint Isolationism	721	(5)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 25	726	(2)
1941-1945
The United States in World War II	728	(36)
Mobilization on the Home Front	730	(8)
The War for Europe and North Africa	738	(8)
The War in the Pacific	746	(8)
Tracing Themes Science and Technology: From the Frontlines to Your Back Yard	754	(2)
The Impact of the War	756	(4)
Point/Counterpoint Japanese-American Internment	760	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 26	762	(2)
1945-1960
Cold War Conflicts	764	(30)
Origins of the Cold War	766	(7)
The Cold War Heats Up	773	(6)
The Cold War at Home	779	(3)
Now & Then Television: Making the News	782	(3)
Two Nations Live on the Edge	785	(5)
American studies Science Fiction Reflects Cold War Realities	790	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 27	792	(2)
1946-1959
The Postwar Boom	794	(34)
Postwar America	796	(7)
The American Dream in the Fifties	803	(7)
Geography Spotlight The Road to Suburbia	810	(2)
Popular Culture	812	(6)
Daily Life The Emergence of the Teenager	818	(2)
The Other America	820	(4)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 28	824	(4)
Unit 8 1954-1975
Living with Great Turmoil
1960-1968
The New Frontier and the Great Society	828	(26)
Kennedy and the Cold War	830	(7)
The New Frontier	837	(6)
The Great Society	843	(5)
Now & Then Creating Fair Legislative Districts	848	(2)
Point/Counterpoint The Legacy of the Great Society	850	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 29	852	(2)
1954-1968
Civil Rights	854	(28)
Taking on Segregation	856	(8)
The Triumphs of a Crusade	864	(7)
Challenges and Changes in the Movement	871	(7)
Tracing Themes Civil Rights: An Evolving Idea	878	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 30	880	(2)
1954-1975
The Vietnam War Years	882	(36)
Moving Toward Conflict	884	(5)
U.S. Involvement and Escalation	889	(6)
A Nation Divided	895	(6)
1968: A Tumultuous Year	901	(6)
The End of the War and Its Legacy	907	(7)
American Studies Literature of the Vietnam War	914	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 31	916	(2)
1960-1975
An Era of Social Change	918	(26)
Latinos and Native Americans Seek Equality	920	(6)
Geography spotlight The Movement of Migrant Workers	926	(2)
Women Fight for Equality	928	(5)
Culture and Counterculture	933	(5)
Daily Life Signs of the Sixties	938	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 32	940	(4)
Unit 9 1968-1996
Nearing the Century Mark
1968-1980
An Age of Limits	944	(32)
The Nixon Administration	946	(7)
Watergate: Nixon's Downfall	953	(5)
Daily Life Television Reflects American Life	958	(2)
The Ford and Carter Years	960	(8)
Environmental Activism	968	(2)
Now & Then Air Pollution in California	970	(4)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 33	974	(2)
1980-1992
The Conservative Tide	976	(28)
A Conservative Movement Emerges	978	(4)
Conservative Policies Under Reagan and Bush	982	(5)
American Society in a Conservative Age	987	(7)
Geography spotlight Sunbelt, Rustbelt, Ecotopia	994	(2)
Changes in America's Foreign Policy	996	(4)
Point/Counterpoint Intervention Abroad	1000	(2)
Assessment / Bridge To Chapter 34	1002	(2)
1992-1996
The United States in Today's World	1004	(30)
The Clinton Presidency	1006	(7)
The New Global Economy	1013	(5)
Technology and Modern Life	1018	(6)
The Changing Face of America	1024	(6)
Tracing Themes Cultural Diversity: Sharing Cultures	1030	(2)
Assessment / Review Chapter 34	1032	(2)
REFERENCE SECTION
Contents	1034	(43)
Skillbuilder Handbook	1035	(24)
Atlas	1059	(13)
Facts About the States	1072	(2)
Presidents of the United States	1074	(3)
Glossary	1077	(16)
Spanish Glossary	1093	(17)
Index	1110	(26)
Acknowledgments	1136