The Americans Reconstruction to the 21st Century

by Danzer, Gerald A.; Klor De Alva, J. Jorge; Krieger, Larry S.; Wilson, Louis E.; Woloch, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780618184163
• ISBN10: 0618184163
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-31
• Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Table of Contents

Themes in United States History	xxviii
Themes in Geography	xxx
Strategies for Taking Standardized Tests	1	(1)
REVIEW UNIT 1 American Beginnings to 1877
1763 Exploration and the Colonial Era	2	(42)
The Americas, West Africa, and Europe	4	(8)
Science & Technology The Caravel	12	(2)
Spanish North America	14	(7)
Early British Colonies	21	(10)
The Colonies Come of Age	31	(9)
Daily Life Colonial Courtship	40	(4)
Chapter 1 Assessment	42	(2)
1763--1800 Revolution and the Early Republic	44	(38)
Colonial Resistance and Rebellion	46	(8)
The Declaration of Independence	54	(4)
The War for Independence	58	(6)
Tracing Themes Women and Political Power	64	(2)
Confederation and the Constitution	66	(6)
Geography Spotlight The Land Ordinance of 1785	72	(2)
Launching the New Nation	74	(8)
Chapter 2 Assessment	80	(2)
The Living Constitution	82	(810)
Tracing Themes Voting Rights	104	(4)
The Living Constitution Assessment	106	(2)
Projects for Citizenship Applying the Constitution	108	(2)
1800--1850 The Growth of a Young Nation	110	(44)
The Jeffersonian Era	112	(6)
Supreme Court Marbury v. Madison	118	(2)
The Age of Jackson	120	(1)
Science & Technology The Cotton Gin	121	(7)
Tracing Themes States' Rights	128	(2)
Manifest Destiny	130	(9)
The Market Revolution	139	(5)
Reforming American Society	144	(6)
Geography Spotlight Mapping the Oregon Trail	150	(4)
Chapter 3 Assessment	152	(2)
1850--1877 The Union in Peril	154	(46)
The Divisive Politics of Slavery	156	(10)
Supreme Court Dred Scott v. Sandford	166	(2)
The Civil War Begins	168	(7)
The North Takes Charge	175	(9)
Reconstruction and Its Effects	184	(8)
Chapter 4 Assessment	190	(2)
Thematic Review of Unit 1
Diversity and the National Identity	192	(1)
Immigration and Migration	193	(1)
America in World Affairs	194	(1)
Voting Rights	194	(1)
States' Rights	195	(1)
Women and Political Power	195	(1)
Science and Technology	196	(1)
Civil Rights	196	(1)
Economic Opportunity	197	(3)
UNIT 2 Bridge to the 20th Century
1877--1900 Changes on the Western Frontier	200	(28)
Cultures Clash on the Prairie	202	(10)
Daily Life Gold Mining	212	(2)
Settling on the Great Plains	214	(3)
Science & Technology Inventions that Tamed the Prairie	217	(2)
Farmers and the Populist Movement	219	(5)
American Literature Literature of the West	224	(4)
Chapter 5 Assessment	226	(2)
1877--1900 A New Industrial Age	228	(24)
The Expansion of Industry	230	(4)
Geography Spotlight Industry Changes the Environment	234	(2)
The Age of the Railroads	236	(5)
Big Business and Labor	241	(11)
Chapter 6 Assessment	250	(2)
1877--1914 Immigrants and Urbanization	252	(22)
The New Immigrants	254	(6)
Tracing Themes Diversity and the National Identity	260	(2)
The Challenges of Urbanization	262	(5)
Politics in the Gilded Age	267	(7)
Chapter 7 Assessment	272	(2)
1877--1917 Life at the Turn of the 20th Century	274	(30)
Science and Urban Life	276	(4)
Science & Technology Aviation Pioneers	280	(2)
Expanding Public Education	282	(4)
Segregation and Discrimination	286	(4)
Supreme Court Plessy v. Ferguson	290	(2)
The Dawn of Mass Culture	292	(6)
Daily Life Going to the Show	298	(6)
Chapter 8 Assessment	300	(4)
UNIT 3 Modern America Emerges
1890--1920 The Progressive Era	304	(36)
The Origins of Progressivism	306	(7)
Women in Public Life	313	(4)
Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal	317	(9)
American Literature The Muckrakers	326	(2)
Progressivism Under Taft	328	(4)
Wilson's New Freedom	332	(8)
Chapter 9 Assessment	338	(2)
1890--1920 America Claims an Empire	340	(30)
Imperialism and America	342	(4)
The Spanish-American War	346	(6)
Acquiring New Lands	352	(7)
America as a World Power	359	(2)
Science & Technology The Panama Canal	361	(5)
Geography Spotlight The Panama Canal: Funnel for Trade	366	(4)
Chapter 10 Assessment	368	(2)
1914--1920 The First World War	370	(40)
World War I Begins	372	(9)
American Power Tips the Balance	381	(3)
Science & Technology Technology at War	384	(4)
The War at Home	388	(8)
Supreme Court Schenck v. United States	396	(2)
Wilson Fights for Peace	398	(3)
Point/Counterpoint The League of Nations	401	(3)
Tracing Themes America in World Affairs	404	(6)
Chapter 11 Assessment	406	(4)
UNIT 4 The 1920s and the Great Depression
1919--1929 Politics of the Roaring Twenties	410	(22)
Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues	412	(7)
The Harding Presidency	419	(3)
The Business of America	422	(6)
Tracing Themes Economic Opportunity	428	(4)
Chapter 12 Assessment	430	(2)
1920-1929 The Roaring Life of the 1920s	432	(30)
Changing Ways of Life	434	(6)
The Twenties Woman	440	(4)
Daily Life Youth in the Roaring Twenties	444	(2)
Education and Popular Culture	446	(6)
The Harlem Renaissance	452	(6)
American Literature Literature in the Jazz Age	458	(4)
Chapter 13 Assessment	460	(2)
1929--1933 The Great Depression Begins	462	(24)
The Nation's Sick Economy	464	(8)
Hardship and Suffering During the Depression	472	(6)
Hoover Struggles with the Depression	478	(8)
Chapter 14 Assessment	484	(2)
1933--1940 The New Deal	486	(40)
A New Deal Fights the Depression	488	(7)
The Second New Deal Takes Hold	495	(7)
Supreme Court NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.	502	(2)
The New Deal Affects Many Groups	504	(6)
Culture in the 1930s	510	(5)
The Impact of the New Deal	515	(1)
Point/Counterpoint The New Deal	516	(4)
Geography Spotlight The Tennessee Valley Authority	520	(6)
Chapter 15 Assessment	522	(4)
UNIT 5 World War II and Its Aftermath
1931--1941 World War Looms	526	(34)
Dictators Threaten World Peace	528	(8)
War in Europe	536	(6)
The Holocaust	542	(8)
America Moves Toward War	550	(2)
Point/Counterpoint Isolationism	552	(1)
Science & Technology German Wolf Packs	553	(7)
Chapter 16 Assessment	558	(2)
1941--1945 The United States in World War II	560	(40)
Mobilizing for Defense	562	(7)
The War for Europe and North Africa	569	(9)
The War in the Pacific	578	(7)
Point/Counterpoint Dropping the Atomic Bomb	585	(3)
Tracing Themes Science and Technology	588	(2)
The Home Front	590	(6)
Supreme Court Korematsu v. United States	596	(4)
Chapter 17 Assessment	598	(2)
1945--1960 Cold War Conflicts	600	(32)
Origins of the Cold War	602	(7)
The Cold War Heats Up	609	(7)
The Cold War at Home	616	(6)
Two Nations Live on the Edge	622	(6)
American Literature Science Fiction Reflects Cold War Fears	628	(4)
Chapter 18 Assessment	630	(2)
1946--1960 The Postwar Boom	632	(36)
Postwar America	634	(7)
The American Dream in the Fifties	641	(9)
Geography Spotlight The Road to Suburbia	650	(2)
Popular Culture	652	(6)
Daily Life The Emergence of the Teenager	658	(2)
The Other America	660	(4)
Chapter 19 Assessment	664	(4)
UNIT 6 Living with Great Turmoil
1960--1968 The New Frontier and the Great Society	668	(30)
Kennedy and the Cold War	670	(9)
The New Frontier	679	(5)
Geography Spotlight The Movement of Migrant Workers	684	(2)
The Great Society	686	(6)
Point/Counterpoint The Legacy of the Great Society	692	(2)
Supreme Court Miranda v. Arizona	694	(4)
Chapter 20 Assessment	696	(2)
1954--1968 Civil Rights	698	(30)
Taking on Segregation	700	(8)
Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka	708	(2)
The Triumphs of a Crusade	710	(7)
Challenges and Changes in the Movement	717	(7)
Tracing Themes Civil Rights	724	(4)
Chapter 21 Assessment	726	(2)
1954--1975 The Vietnam War Years	728	(38)
Moving Toward Conflict	730	(6)
U.S. Involvement and Escalation	736	(6)
A Nation Divided	742	(6)
1968: A Tumultuous Year	748	(6)
The End of the War and Its Legacy	754	(8)
American Literature Literature of the Vietnam War	762	(4)
Chapter 22 Assessment	764	(2)
1960--1975 An Era of Social Change	766	(26)
Latinos and Native Americans Seek Equality	768	(6)
Supreme Court Reynolds v. Sims	774	(2)
Women Fight for Equality	776	(5)
Culture and Counterculture	781	(5)
Daily Life Signs of the Sixties	786	(6)
Chapter 23 Assessment	788	(4)
UNIT 7 Passage to a New Century
1968--1980 An Age of Limits	792	(36)
The Nixon Administration	794	(8)
Watergate: Nixon's Downfall	802	(6)
Daily Life Television Reflects American Life	808	(2)
The Ford and Carter Years	810	(8)
Supreme Court Regents v. Bakke	818	(2)
Environmental Activism	820	(3)
Science & Technology Three Mile Island	823	(5)
Chapter 24 Assessment	826	(2)
1980--1992 The Conservative Tide	828	(30)
A Conservative Movement Emerges	830	(4)
Conservative Policies Under Reagan and Bush	834	(5)
Social Concerns in the 1980s	839	(7)
Geography Spotlight Sunbelt, Rustbelt, Ecotopia	846	(2)
Foreign Policy After the Cold War	848	(5)
Point/Counterpoint Intervention Abroad	853	(5)
Chapter 25 Assessment	856	(2)
1992--2001 The United States in Today's World	858	(34)
The 1990s and the New Millennium	860	(9)
The New Global Economy	869	(5)
American Literature Women Writers Reflect Diversity	874	(2)
Technology and Modern Life	876	(5)
Science & Technology Alternative Cars	881	(1)
The Changing Face of America	882	(6)
Tracing Themes Immigration and Migration	888	(4)
Chapter 26 Assessment	890	(2)
Epilogue: Issues for the 21st Century	892	(2)
Foreign Policy	894	(2)
The Debate Over Immigration	896	(2)
Crime and Public Safety	898	(2)
Issues in Education	900	(2)
The Communications Revolution	902	(2)
Curing the Health Care System	904	(2)
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty	906	(2)
Tough Choices About Social Security	908	(2)
Women in the Work Force	910	(2)
The Conservation Controversy	912
The War on Terrorism	2
REFERENCE SECTION
Atlas	1	(1)
Rand McNally
Skillbuilder Handbook	2	(36)
Economics Handbook	38	(10)
Facts About the States	48	(2)
Presidents of the United States	50	(3)
Glossary	53	(14)
Spanish Glossary	67	(15)
Index	82	(26)
Acknowledgments	108