The Everything American History Book

by Oberlin, Loriann Hoff

• ISBN13: 9781580625319
• ISBN10: 1580625312
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Everything

Summary

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	viii
Introduction	ix
Discovering the New World	1	(8)
Columbus Had a Hunch	2	(2)
The First Colony	4	(1)
Columbus Hailed by Spanish Court	4	(1)
They're Back	5	(1)
Poor Management	6	(3)
English, French, and Dutch Influences	9	(18)
The Roanoke Colony	10	(1)
Jamestown Settlement	11	(2)
The Top Crop	13	(2)
The Dutch Arrive	15	(1)
A New England	15	(3)
Massachusetts Bay Colony	18	(2)
Salem Witch Trials	20	(1)
Life in New England	21	(2)
Struggles with France	23	(4)
Foundations of Freedom	27	(16)
The British Position	28	(2)
Rebels among Us	30	(4)
First Continental Congress	34	(1)
It Seemed Like Common Sense	34	(3)
The Battle of Bunker Hill	37	(3)
The Declaration of Independence	40	(3)
Revolution Reigns	43	(14)
The Continental Army	44	(4)
The War Up North	48	(2)
Attack on Philadelphia	50	(1)
French Aid	51	(1)
The War in the West and South	52	(1)
The War at Sea	53	(1)
The Battle of Yorktown	53	(1)
Peace Negotiations Proceed	54	(1)
Farewell to Arms	55	(2)
Shaping a New Nation and Government	57	(18)
Shaping a System of Government	58	(1)
The Constitutional Convention	59	(1)
Early Compromises	60	(1)
Powers Vested	61	(1)
Checks, Balances, and Everyone's Blessing	62	(1)
The Bill of Rights	63	(2)
Two Factions Forge Ahead	65	(1)
George Washington after the War	66	(1)
The First Presidency	66	(2)
Two Parties Arise	68	(2)
Washington's Second Term	70	(1)
Early Separation of Church and State	71	(1)
The Country's Economy	71	(1)
Adams and Jefferson as President	72	(3)
Early American Struggles	75	(16)
Prelude to War	76	(1)
The War of 1812	77	(2)
The Creation of Washington, D.C.	79	(2)
Native American Tensions	81	(1)
The Monroe Doctrine	82	(1)
Opening Other Frontiers	82	(1)
Other Early Presidents	83	(1)
Mexico and Manifest Destiny	84	(1)
Go West, Young Man	85	(2)
The Wave of Immigrants	87	(4)
A Country Unraveling	91	(14)
The Issue of Slavery	92	(1)
Farming the Land	93	(1)
The Cry for States' Rights	94	(1)
The Underground Railroad	95	(1)
The Rise of Abraham Lincoln	95	(4)
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates	99	(1)
Creation of the Confederacy	100	(5)
The Civil War	105	(20)
Fire on Fort Sumter	106	(1)
Four Years at War	107	(1)
Famous Battles in the South	108	(3)
Northern Fighting	111	(1)
A Chance Meeting at Gettysburg	112	(2)
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address	114	(1)
War on the Western Front	115	(1)
The Political Climate	115	(1)
More Fighting in the South	116	(2)
Grief Overwhelms the Lincoln Family	118	(1)
Final Battles	119	(2)
Amendments and Aftermath	121	(4)
Mending America	125	(14)
Reconstruction	126	(2)
The Wild West	128	(1)
Post-Civil War Presidents	129	(2)
Transportation Evolves	131	(2)
A Heritage of Crafts	133	(1)
Famous Firsts	134	(1)
Famous American Architects	134	(5)
The Age of Industry, Invention, and Discovery	139	(14)
The Rise of Organized Labor	140	(1)
Inventions and Engineering Marvels	141	(2)
Early Medical Miracles	143	(1)
Thomas Edison, Inventor Extraordinaire	144	(2)
The Election of 1904 and Beyond	146	(1)
The Nation's Economy	147	(1)
Men of Vision and Wealth	148	(2)
The Power of Publishing	150	(3)
The World War I Era	153	(16)
The First World War Begins	154	(1)
Submarines Let Loose	155	(1)
U.S. Entry into World War I	155	(3)
The End of the War	158	(2)
The 1920s: Life in These United States	160	(2)
Immigration Policies Are Tightened	162	(1)
Women's Suffrage and the Advancement of Women's Causes	163	(1)
With Pen in Hand	164	(4)
The Boom That Went Bust	168	(1)
The Great Depression	169	(12)
The Do-Nothing Presidents	170	(2)
The New Deal	172	(4)
The Newsworthy and Notable	176	(1)
Entertainment as Escapism	176	(1)
Emerging Skyscrapers	177	(4)
The World War II Era	181	(20)
The Seeds of German and Italian Discontent	182	(4)
The Popular American President	186	(1)
War Across Two Oceans	187	(2)
Major WWII Battles	189	(4)
Hitler's Demise	193	(1)
Life on the Home Front	194	(1)
Building the Bomb	195	(2)
The Nuremberg Trials	197	(1)
Germany Divided	198	(1)
The Marshall Plan	199	(2)
The Fifties and Sixties	201	(24)
Prelude to the Cold War	202	(1)
McCarthyism	203	(1)
The Korean War	204	(3)
Everyone Liked Ike	207	(1)
Civil Rights Strides	207	(2)
Music That Changed America	209	(1)
The 1960 Election	210	(1)
The Space Race	211	(1)
The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis	212	(1)
Shots Heard Worldwide	213	(2)
Voices of Civil Rights Activists	215	(2)
Seeds of the Vietnam War	217	(2)
LBJ and the 1968 Elections	219	(1)
The Counterculture of the 1960s	220	(5)
Watergate Rocks the Nation	225	(12)
Foreign Relations	226	(1)
Domestic Turmoil	226	(2)
Watergate	228	(2)
Single Term Presidents	230	(2)
Women's Rights	232	(2)
Outstanding Athletes of the 1970s	234	(3)
The End of the Millennium	237	(28)
The Great Communicator	238	(4)
The Iran-Contra Scandal	242	(1)
End of the Reagan Era	243	(1)
No Beating Around the Bush	244	(1)
Tensions in the Persian Gulf	245	(2)
Headline News	247	(2)
The Computer Age	249	(1)
Famous Faces of the 1980s and '90s	250	(3)
It's the Economy, Stupid	253	(3)
Terrorism Strikes	256	(1)
The 1996 Election	257	(2)
What Was America Coming To?	259	(1)
Millennium Madness	260	(2)
The 2000 Elections	262	(3)
Appendix I: Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States	265	(2)
Appendix II: First Ladies and Official White House Hostesses	267	(25)
Appendix III: The Presidential Libraries	292	(7)
Index	299	(8)
About the Author	307