Exploring American Histories: A Brief Survey, Value Edition, Volume II, Since 1865

by Hewitt, Nancy A.; Lawson, Steven F.

• ISBN13: 9781457659850
• ISBN10: 1457659859
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-01-03
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

Explore U.S. histories at an affordable price

Exploring American Histories, Value Edition, presents Nancy Hewitt and Steven Lawson's new U.S. history narrative in a two-color trade format with selected maps and images from the full-length text. The authors explore a variety of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic perspectives and recognize the political, social, and economic contributions of both men and women in their narrative. Competitively priced to save your students money, the Value Edition includes online document projects and features Bedford/St. Martin's new digital history tools, including LearningCurve, an adaptive quizzing engine that garners over a 90% student satisfaction rate, and LaunchPad, the all new interactive e-book and course space that puts high quality easy-to-use assessment at your fingertips. Easy to integrate into your campus LMS, and featuring video, additional primary sources, a wealth of adaptive and summative quizzing, and more, LaunchPad cements student understanding of the text while helping them make progress toward learning outcomes.  It's the best content joined up with the best technology.

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Author Biography

Nancy A. Hewitt (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is Professor of History and of Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. Her publications include Southern Discomfort: Women’s Activism in Tampa, Florida, 1880s-1920s, for which she received the Julia Cherry Spruill Prize from the Southern Association of Women Historians, Women’s Activism and Social Change: Rochester, New York, 1822-1872, and the edited volume No Permanent Waves: Recasting Histories of U.S. Feminism. She is currently working on a biography of the nineteenth-century radical activist Amy Post and a book that recasts the U.S. woman suffrage movement.

Steven F. Lawson (Ph.D., Columbia University) is Professor Emeritus of History at Rutgers University. His research interests include U.S. politics since 1945 and the history of the civil rights movement, with a particular focus on black politics and the interplay between civil rights and political culture in the mid-twentieth century. He is the author of many works including Running for Freedom: Civil Rights and Black Politics in America since 1941, Black Ballots: Voting Rights in the South, 1944-1969, and In Pursuit of Power: Southern Blacks and Electoral Politics, 1965-1982.

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

Versions and Supplements

Maps, Figures, and Tables

 

14 Emancipations and Reconstructions, 1863–1877

American Histories: Jefferson Long and Andrew Johnson

　　　　 Prelude to Reconstruction

　　　　　　　　　 African Americans Embrace Emancipation

　　　　　　　　　 Reuniting Families Torn Apart by Slavery

　　　　　　　　　 Free to Learn

　　　　　　　　　 Black Churches Take a Leadership Role

　　　　 National Reconstructions

　　　　　　　　　 Abraham Lincoln Plans for Reunion

　　　　　　　　 Andrew Johnson and Presidential Reconstruction

　　　　　　　　 Johnson and Congressional Resistance

　　　　　　　　　 Congressional Reconstruction

　　　　　　　　　 The Struggle for Universal Suffrage

　　　　 Remaking the South

　　　　　　　　　 Whites Reconstruct the South

　　　　　　　　　 Black Political Participation and Economic Opportunities

　　　　　　　　　 White Resistance to Congressional Reconstruction

　　　　 The Unmaking of Reconstruction

　　　　　　　　　 The Republican Retreat

　　　　　　　　　 Congressional and Judicial Retreat

　　　　　　　　　 The Presidential Compromise of 1876

　　　　 Conclusion: The Legacies of Reconstruction

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Testing and Contesting Freedom

Reconstruction in South Carolina

 

15 Frontier Encounters, 1865–1896

American Histories: Annie Oakley and Geronimo

　　　　 Opening the West

　　　　　　　　　 The Great Plains

　　　　　　　　　 Federal Policy and Foreign Investment

　　　　 Conquest of the Frontier

　　　　　　　　　 Indian Civilizations

　　　　　　　　　 Changing Federal Policy toward Indians

　　　　　　　　　 Indian Defeat

　　　　　　　　　 Reforming Indian Policy

　　　　　　　　　 Indian Assimilation and Resistance

　　　　 The Mining Frontier

　　　　　　　　　 The Business of Mining

　　　　　　　　　 Life in the Mining Towns

　　　　 Ranching and Farming Frontiers

　　　　　　　　　 The Life of the Cowboy

　　　　　　　　　 Farmers Head West

　　　　　　　　　 Women Homesteaders

　　　　　　　　　 The Economy of Farming on the Great Plains

　　　　 Pushing Farther West

　　　　　　　　　 Mormons Head West

　　　　　　　　　 Californios

　　　　　　　　　 The Chinese in the Far West

　　　　 Conclusion: The Ambiguous Legacy of the Frontier

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American Indians and Whites on the Frontier

Women in the West

 

16 American Industry in the Age of Organization, 1877–1900

American Histories: Andrew Carnegie and John Sherman

　　　　 America Industrializes

　　　　　　　　　 The New Industrial Economy

　　　　　　　　　 Innovation and Inventions

　　　　　　　　　 Building a New South

　　　　　　　　　 Industrial Consolidation

　　　　　　　　　 The Growth of Corporations

　　　　 Free Markets and Rugged Individuals

　　　　　　　　　 The Doctrine of Success

　　　　　　　　　 Challenges to Laissez-Faire

　　　　 Society and Culture in the Gilded Age

　　　　　　　　　 Wealthy and Middle-Class Pleasures

　　　　　　　　　 Changing Gender Roles

　　　　　　　　　 Black America and Jim Crow

　　　　 National Politics in the Era of Industrialization

　　　　　　　　　 Why Great Men Did Not Become President

　　　　　　　　　 Congressional Inaction

　　　　　　　　　 An Energized and Entertained Electorate

　　　　 Conclusion: Industry in the Age of Organization

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Debates about Laissez-Faire

Labor and Race in the New South

 

17 Workers and Farmers in the Age of Organization, 1877–1900

American Histories: John McLuckie and Mary Elizabeth Lease

　　　　 Working People Organize

　　　　　　　　　 The Industrialization of Labor

　　　　　　　　　 Organizing Unions

　　　　　　　　　 Clashes between Workers and Owners

　　　　　　　　　 Working-Class Leisure in Industrial America

　　　　 Farmers Organize

　　　　　　　　　 Farmers Unite

　　　　　　　　　 Populists Rise Up

　　　　 The Depression of the 1890s

　　　　　　　　　 Depression Politics

　　　　　　　　　 Political Realignment in the Election of 1896

　　　　　　　　　 The Decline of the Populists

　　　　 Conclusion: A Passion for Organization

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The Pullman Strike of 1894

The Meanings of Populism

 

18 Cities, Immigrants, and the Nation, 1880–1914

American Histories: Beryl Lassin and Maria Vik

　　　　 A New Wave of Immigrants

　　　　　　　　　 Immigrants Arrive from Many Lands

　　　　　　　　　 Creating Immigrant Communities

　　　　　　　　　 Hostility toward Recent Immigrants

　　　　　　　　　 The Assimilation Dilemma

　　　　 Becoming an Urban Nation

　　　　　　　　　 The New Industrial City

　　　　　　　　　 Cities Expand Outward and Upward

　　　　　　　　　 How the Other Half Lived

　　　　 Urban Politics at the Turn of the Century

　　　　　　　　　 Political Machines and City Bosses

　　　　　　　　　 Urban Reformers

　　　　 Conclusion: A Nation of Cities

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"Melting Pot" or "Vegetable Soup"?

Class and Leisure in the American City

 

19 Progressivism and the Search for Order, 1900–1917

American Histories: Gifford Pinchot and Gene Stratton-Porter

　　　　 The Roots of Progressivism

　　　　　　　　　 Progressive Origins

　　　　　　　　　 Muckrakers

　　　　 Humanitarian Reform

　　　　　　　　　 Female Progressives and the Poor

　　　　　　　　　 Fighting for Women’s Suffrage

　　　　　　　　　 Progressivism and African Americans

　　　　 Morality and Social Control

　　　　　　　　　 Prohibition

　　　　　　　　　 The Crusade against Vice

　　　　　　　　　 Immigration Restriction

　　　　 Good Government Progressivism

　　　　　　　　　 Municipal and State Reform

　　　　　　　　　 Conservation and Preservation of the Environment

　　　　 Presidential Progressivism

　　　　　　　　　 Theodore Roosevelt and the Square Deal

　　　　　　　　　 Taft Retreats from Progressivism

　　　　　　　　　 The Election of 1912 and the Progressive Mandate

　　　　　　　　　 Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom Agenda

　　　　 Conclusion: The Progressive Legacy

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Progressivism and Social Control

The New Nationalism, the New Freedom, and the Election of 1912

 

20 Empire and Wars, 1898–1918

American Histories: Alfred Thayer Mahan and José Martí

　　　　 The Awakening of Imperialism

　　　　　　　　　 The Economics of Expansion

　　　　　　　　　 Cultural Justifications for Imperialism

　　　　　　　　　 Gender and Empire

　　　　 The War with Spain

　　　　　　　　　 Cuba Libre

　　　　　　　　　 The War of 1898

　　　　　　　　　 A Not-So-Free Cuba

　　　　　　　　　 The Philippine War

　　　　 Extending U.S. Imperialism, 1899–1913

　　　　　　　　　 Theodore Roosevelt and "Big Stick" Diplomacy

　　　　　　　　　 Opening the Door in China

　　　　 Wilson and American Foreign Policy, 1912–1917

　　　　　　　　　 Diplomacy and War

　　　　　　　　　 Making the World Safe for Democracy

　　　　 Fighting the War at Home

　　　　　　　　　 Government by Commission

　　　　　　　　　 Winning Hearts and Minds

　　　　　　　　　 Waging Peace

　　　　　　　　　 The Failure of Ratification

　　　　 Conclusion: An American Empire

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Imperialism versus Anti-Imperialism

The Committee on Public Information and Wartime Propaganda

 

21 An Anxious Affluence, 1919–1929

American Histories: D. C. Stephenson and Ossian Sweet

　　　　 Postwar Turmoil

　　　　　　　　　 The Supreme Court and Civil Liberties

　　　　　　　　　 The Red Scare, 1919–1920

　　　　　　　　　 Racial Violence in the Postwar Era

　　　　 People of Plenty

　　　　　　　　　 Government Promotion of the Economy

　　　　　　　　　 Americans Become Consumers

　　　　　　　　　 Perilous Prosperity

　　　　 Challenges to Social Conventions

　　　　　　　　　 Breaking with the Old Morality

　　　　　　　　　 The African American Renaissance

　　　　　　　　　 Marcus Garvey and Black Nationalism

　　　　 Culture Wars

　　　　　　　　　 Nativists versus Immigrants

　　　　　　　　　 Resurrection of the Ku Klux Klan

　　　　　　　　　 Fundamentalism versus Modernism

　　　　 Politics and the Fading of Prosperity

　　　　　　　　　 The Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party

　　　　　　　　　 Where Have All the Progressives Gone?

　　　　　　　　　 Financial Crash

　　　　 Conclusion: The Roaring Twenties

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The Abrams Case and the Red Scare

The New Negro and the Harlem Renaissance

 

22 Depression, Dissent, and the New Deal, 1929–1940

American Histories: Eleanor Roosevelt and Luisa Moreno

　　　　 The Great Depression

　　　　　　　　　 Hoover Faces the Depression

　　　　　　　　　 Hoovervilles and Dust Storms

　　　　　　　　　 Challenges for Minorities

　　　　　　　　　 Families under Strain

　　　　　　　　　 The Season of Discontent

　　　　 The New Deal

　　　　　　　　　 Roosevelt Restores Confidence

　　　　　　　　　 Steps toward Recovery

　　　　　　　　　 Direct Assistance and Relief

　　　　　　　　　 New Deal Critics

　　　　 The New Deal Moves to the Left

　　　　　　　　　 Expanding Relief Measures

　　　　　　　　　 Establishing Social Security

　　　　　　　　　 Organized Labor Strikes Back

　　　　　　　　　 A Half Deal for Minorities

　　　　　　　　　 Twilight of the New Deal

　　　　 Conclusion: New Deal Liberalism

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The Depression in Rural America

Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and its Critics

 

23 World War II, 1933–1945

American Histories: J. Robert Oppenheimer and Fred Korematsu

　　　　 The Road toward War

　　　　　　　　　 The Growing Crisis in Europe

　　　　　　　　　 The Challenge to Isolationism

　　　　　　　　　 The United States Enters the War

　　　　 Global War

　　　　　　　　　 War in Europe

　　　　　　　　　 War in the Pacific

　　　　　　　　　 Ending the War

　　　　　　　　　 Evidence of the Holocaust

　　　　 The Home-Front Economy

　　　　　　　　　 Managing the Wartime Economy

　　　　　　　　　 New Opportunities for Women

　　　　　　　　　 Everyday Life on the Home Front

　　　　 Fighting for Equality at Home

　　　　　　　　　 The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement

　　　　　　　　　 Struggles for Mexican Americans

　　　　　　　　　 The Ordeal of Japanese Americans

　　　　 Conclusion: The Impact of World War II

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The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb

Anti-Japanese Prejudice during World War II

 

24 The Opening of the Cold War, 1945–1954

American Histories: George Kennan and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

　　　　 The Origins of the Cold War, 1945–1947

　　　　　　　　 Mutual Misunderstandings

　　　　　　　　　 The Truman Doctrine

　　　　　　　　　 The Marshall Plan and Economic Containment

　　　　 The Cold War Hardens, 1948–1952

　　　　　　　　　 Military Containment

　　　　　　　　　 The Korean War

　　　　　　　　　 The War and the Imperial Presidency

　　　　 Peacetime Challenges, 1945–1948

　　　　　　　　　 Coming Home

　　　　　　　　　 Economic Conversion and Labor Discontent

　　　　　　　　　 The Postwar Civil Rights Struggle

　　　　　　　　　 The Election of 1948

　　　　 The Anti-Communist Consensus, 1945–1954

　　　　　　　　　 Loyalty and Americanism

　　　　　　　　　 McCarthyism

　　　　 Conclusion: The Cold War and Anticommunism

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McCarthyism and the Hollywood Ten

McCarthyism in Higher Education

 

25 Troubled Innocence, 1950–1961

American Histories: Alan Freed and Grace Metalious

　　　　 The Boom Years

　　　　　　　　　 Economic Boom

　　　　　　　　　 Baby Boom

　　　　　　　　　 Suburban Boom

　　　　 The Culture of the 1950s

　　　　　　　　　 The Rise of Television

　　　　　　　　　 Wild Ones on the Big Screen

　　　　　　　　　 The Influence of Teenage Culture

　　　　　　　　　 The Lives of Women

　　　　　　　　　 Religious Revival

　　　　　　　　　 Beats and Other Nonconformists

　　　　 The Civil Rights Movement

　　　　　　　　　 School Segregation and the Supreme Court

　　　　　　　　　 The Montgomery Bus Boycott

　　　　　　　　　 White Resistance to Desegregation

　　　　　　　　　 The Sit-Ins

　　　　 The Eisenhower Era

　　　　　　　　　 Modern Republicanism

　　　　　　　　　 Eisenhower and the Cold War

　　　　　　　　　 Cold War Interventions

　　　　　　　　　 Early U.S. Intervention in Vietnam

　　　　　　　　　 The Election of 1960

　　　　 Conclusion: Cold War Politics and Culture

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Teenagers in Postwar America

The Postwar Suburbs

 

26 The Liberal Consensus and Its Challengers, 1960–1973

American Histories: Earl Warren and Bayard Rustin

　　　　 The Politics of Liberalism

　　　　　　　　　 Kennedy’s New Frontier

　　　　　　　　　 Containment in Southeast Asia

　　　　　　　 Johnson Escalates the War in Vietnam

　　　　 Civil Rights

　　　　　　　　　 Freedom Rides

　　　　　　　　　 The Government Responds on Civil Rights

　　　　　　　　　 Freedom Summer and Voting Rights

　　　　 Reforming the Social Order

　　　　　　　　　 The Great Society

　　　　　　　　　 The Warren Court

　　　　 Challenges to the Liberal Center

　　　　　　　　　 Movements on the Left

　　　　　　　　　 Women’s Liberation

　　　　　　　　　 Power to the People

　　　　　　　　　 The Revival of Conservatism

　　　　 Conclusion: Liberalism and Its Discontents

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Freedom Summer

Women’s Liberation

 

27 The Conservative Ascendancy, 1968–1992

American Histories: Allan Bakke and Anita Hill

　　　　 Richard M. Nixon, War, and Politics, 1969–1974

　　　　　　　　　 The Election of President Nixon

　　　　　　　　　 The Failure of Vietnamization

　　　　　　　　　 Cold War Realism and Détente

　　　　　　　　　 Pragmatic Conservatism at Home

　　　　　　　　　 The Nixon Landslide and Disgrace, 1972–1974

　　　　 The Challenges of the 1970s

　　　　　　　　　 Jimmy Carter and the Limits of Affluence

　　　　　　　　　 The Persistence of Liberalism

　　　　　　　　　 Racial Struggles Continue

　　　　 The Conservative Political Ascendancy

　　　　　　　　　 The New Right Revival

　　　　　　　　　 The Triumph of Ronald Reagan

　　　　　　　　　 The Implementation of Social Conservatism

　　　　　　　　　 The George H.W. Bush Presidency

　　　　 Conclusion: The Conservative Legacy

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The Affirmative Action Debate

Debating the Vietnam War

 

28 Ending the Cold War, 1977–1991

American Histories: George Shultz and Barbara Deming

　　　　 Carter’s Diplomacy, 1977–1980

　　　　　　　　　 The Perils of Détente

　　　　　　　　　 Challenges in the Middle East

　　　　 Reagan’s Cold War Policy, 1981–1988

　　　　　　　　　 "The Evil Empire"

　　　　　　　　　 Human Rights and the Fight against Communism

　　　　　　　　　 Fighting International Terrorism

　　　　　　　　　 The Nuclear Freeze Movement

　　　　　　　　　 The Road to Nuclear De-escalation

　　　　 The Fall of the Iron Curtain

　　　　　　　　　 The Breakup of the Soviet Union

　　　　　　　　　 Globalization and the New World Order

　　　　　　　　　 Managing Conflict after the Cold War

　　　　 Conclusion: Farewell to the Cold War

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The Iran-Contra Scandal

Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War

 

29 The Challenges of a New Century, 1993 to the present

American Histories: Bill Gates and Kristen Breitweiser

　　　　 Transforming American Society

　　　　　　　　　 The Computer Revolution

　　　　　　　　　 Business Consolidation

　　　　　　　　　 The Changing American Population

　　　　 Politics at the End of the Twentieth Century

　　　　　　　　　 The Clinton Presidency

　　　　　　　　　 Global Challenges and Economic Renewal

　　　　 The New Millennium

　　　　　　　　　 George W. Bush and Compassionate Conservatism

　　　　　　　　　 The United States at War

　　　　　　　　　 The Decline of the Bush Presidency

　　　　 Challenges Ahead

　　　　　　　　　 The Great Recession

　　　　　　　　　 The Rise of Barack Obama

　　　　　　　　　 An Unfinished Agenda

　　　　 Conclusion: Technology and Terror in a Global Society

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The Uses of September 11

The Environment and Federal Policy in the Twenty-First Century

Appendix

The Declaration of Independence

The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union

The Constitution of the United States

Amendments to the Constitution (including six unratified amendments)

Admission of States to the Union

Presidents of the United States

Glossary of Key Terms

Credits

Index