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9781319038212

LaunchPad for Exploring American Histories (2-Term Access)

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  • Copyright: 2016-11-11
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Summary

Exploring American Histories opens an entirely new window into the many histories of the nation’s past. It integrates an unprecedented number of primary sources—both written and visual—in a unique building blocks approach that enables students to hone their analysis skills while they actively learn the fundamental concepts of American history. By weaving sources into the story and culminating in multidocument projects around a single topic at the end of each chapter, the book brings history to life while helping students understand how sources form the basis of historical narratives and how to think critically about them.

The possibilities for active learning and assessment expand with the LaunchPad e-book and course space which adds a wealth of time-saving teaching and learning tools at instructors’ fingertips. LaunchPad comes with LearningCurve, an adaptive and automatically graded learning tool that students love to use and that, when assigned, ensures students come to class prepared. Easy to integrate into your campus LMS, and featuring additional primary sources, summative quizzing, videos, new autograded source-based questions, and new autograded exercises that guide students to use sources to build an argument, LaunchPad provides an easy and fun way to help students learn about American history while helping them make progress toward learning outcomes.

Author Biography

Nancy A. Hewitt (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is Professor Emerita 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; the edited volume No Permanent Waves: Recasting Histories of U.S. Feminism; and the co-edited volume, Lucretia Mott Speaks. She is currently working on a biography of the nineteenth-century radical activist Amy Kirby Post.

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

Please note: 
The Combined Volume includes all chapters. 
Volume 1 includes Chapters 1-14. 
Volume 2 includes Chapters 14-29.

NOTE: LaunchPad material that does not appear in the print book – including guided reading exercises, source feature quizzes, LearningCurve adaptive quizzes, summative quizzes, all of the documents from the companion reader Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, and the Thinking through Sources activities built for projects in the reader – has been labeled on this table of contents as shown. Each chapter in LaunchPad also comes with a wealth of additional documents, videos, key terms flashcards, map quizzes, timeline activities, and much more, all of which can be easily integrated and assigned.

Preface

Versions and Supplements

Maps, Figures, and Tables

How to Use This Book

1. MAPPING GLOBAL FRONTIERS, TO 1585

Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad

AMERICAN HISTORIES: Malintzin and Martin Waldseemüller

Native Peoples in the Americas

Native Peoples Develop Diverse Cultures

The Aztecs, the Maya, and the Incas

          Native Cultures to the North

Europe Expands Its Reach

          The Mediterranean World

          Portugal Pursues Long-Distance Trade

          European Encounters with West Africa

Guided Analysis Document 1.1 Martin Waldseemüller and Mathias Ringman, Universalis Cosmographia, 1507

Quiz for Guided Analysis LaunchPad

Worlds Collide    

Europeans Cross the Atlantic

Comparative Analysis Who Are These Native People? Document 1.2 Christopher Columbus, Description of His First Encounter with Indians, 1492; Document 1.3 Antonio Pigafetta, Journal, 1521

Quiz for Comparative Analysis LaunchPad

          Europeans Explore the Americas

          Mapmaking and Printing

          The Columbian Exchange

Europeans Make Claims to North America

          Spaniards Conquer Indian Empires

          Spanish Adventurers Head North

          Europeans Compete in North America

          Spain Seeks Dominion in the Americas

Solo Analysis Document 1.4 Theodor de Bry, Engraving of the Black Legend, 1598

Quiz for Solo Analysis LaunchPad

Conclusion: A New America

LearningCurve
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Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz
LaunchPad

Document Project 1 Indian and Spanish Encounters in the Americas, 1520–1555

Document 1.5 Hernán Cortés, Letter to King Charles I, 1520

Document 1.6 Aztec Priests Respond to the Spanish, 1524

Document 1.7 Hernán Cortés and Malintzin Meet Montezuma at Tenochtitlán, 1519

Document 1.8 Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, La Relación, c. 1528
Quiz for Document Project 1 LaunchPad

1. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 1: Mapping America LaunchPad

Document 1.1 Christopher and Bartolomeo Columbus, Map of Europe and North Africa, c. 1490

Quiz for Document 1.1 LaunchPad

Document 1.2 Piri Reis Map, 1513

Quiz for Document 1.2 LaunchPad

Document 1.3 Dauphin Map of Canada, c. 1543

Quiz for Document 1.3 LaunchPad

Document 1.4 Map of Cuauhtinchan, 1550

Quiz for Document 1.4 LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 1: Mapping America LaunchPad

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 1 LaunchPad

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 1 LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 1 LaunchPad

 

2. COLONIZATION AND CONFLICTS, 1550–1680

Guided Reading Exercise 
LaunchPad

AMERICAN HISTORIES:
Captain John Smith and Anne Hutchinson

Religious and Imperial Transformations

          The Protestant Reformation

       Spain’s Global Empire Declines

          France Enters the Race for Empire

Guided Analysis Document 2.1 A French Nun Reports a Huron Woman’s View of the Jesuits, 1640

Quiz for Guided Analysis 
LaunchPad

The Dutch Expand into North America

The English Seek an Empire

          The English Establish Jamestown

          Tobacco Fuels Growth in Virginia

Comparative Analysis Indentured Servants in Maryland Document 2.2 Sarah Tailer Charges Captain and Mrs. Thomas Bradnox with Abuse, 1659; Document 2.3 John Smith et al. Petition the Governor and Council for Redress, 1663

Quiz for Comparative Analysis LaunchPad

        Expansion, Rebellion, and the Emergence of Slavery

          The English Compete for West Indies Possessions

Pilgrims and Puritans Settle New England

Pilgrims Arrive in Massachusetts

The Puritan Migration

The Puritan Worldview

Dissenters Challenge Puritan Authority

          Wars in Old and New England

Solo Analysis Document 2.4 Captain John Underhill, Attack at Mystic, Connecticut, 1638

Quiz for Solo Analysis LaunchPad

Conclusion: European Empires in North America

LearningCurve
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Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz
LaunchPad

Document Project 2 King Philip’s War

Document 2.5
William Nahaton, Petition to Free an Indian Slave, 1675

Document 2.6 Benjamin Church, A Visit with Awashonks, Sachem of the Sakonnet, 1716

Document 2.7 John Easton, A Relation of the Indian War, 1675

Document 2.8 Edward Randolph, Report on the War, 1676

Document 2.9 Mary Rowlandson, Narrative of Captivity, 1682

Quiz for Document Project 2 LaunchPad

2. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 2: Comparing Virginia and Massachusetts Bay Colonies LaunchPad

Document 2.1 John Smith, The Commodities in Virginia, c. 1612

Quiz for Document 2.1 LaunchPad

Document 2.2 Powhatan’s Viewpoint, as reported by John Smith, 1609

Quiz for Document 2.2 LaunchPad
Document 2.3 John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity, 1630

Quiz for Document 2.3 LaunchPad

Document 2.4 Richard Frethorne, Letter Home from Virginia, 1623

Quiz for Document 2.4 LaunchPad

Document 2.5 Letter Home from Massachusetts Bay, 1631

Quiz for Document 2.5 LaunchPad
Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 2: Comparing Virginia and Massachusetts Bay Colonies LaunchPad

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 2 LaunchPad

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 2 LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 2 LaunchPad

 

3. COLONIAL AMERICA AMID GLOBAL CHANGE, 1680–1750

Guided Reading Exercise 
LaunchPad

AMERICAN HISTORIES: William Moraley Jr. and Eliza Lucas

     Europeans Expand Their Claims

          English Colonies Grow and Multiply

          France Seeks Land and Control

  The Pueblo Revolt and Spain’s Fragile Empire

     European Wars and American Consequences     

Colonial Conflicts and Indian Alliances

          Indians Resist European Encroachment

Guided Analysis Document 3.1 The Tuscarora Appeal to the Pennsylvania Government, 1710

Quiz for Guided Analysis LaunchPad

Conflicts on the Southern Frontier

     The Benefits and Costs of Empire

          Colonial Traders Join Global Networks

          Imperial Policies Focus on Profits

          The Atlantic Slave Trade

Comparative Analysis The Middle Passage Document 3.2 Plan of a Slave Ship, 1794; Document 3.3 The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, 1789

Quiz for Comparative Analysis LaunchPad

          Seaport Cities and Consumer Cultures

     Labor in North America

          Finding Work in the Colonies

Solo Analysis Document 3.4 Gottlieb Mittelberger, Laboring in Pennsylvania, 1756

Quiz for Solo Analysis LaunchPad

          Coping with Economic Distress

          Rural Americans Face Changing Conditions

          Slavery Takes Hold in the South

          Africans Resist Their Enslavement

Conclusion: Changing Fortunes in British North America

LearningCurve
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Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz
LaunchPad

Document Project 3 Tobacco and Slaves

Document
3.5 Virginia Slave Laws, 1662 and 1667

Document 3.6 John Ball Instructs His Nephew on Managing Enslaved Workers, 1743

Document 3.7 Enslaved Blacks Working on a Tobacco Plantation

Document 3.8 Richard Corbin Describes How to Become a Successful Planter, 1759

Document 3.9 Lieutenant Governor William Gooch to the Board of Trade, London, 1729

Quiz for Document Project 3 LaunchPad

3. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 3: The Atlantic Slave Trade
LaunchPad

Document 3.1 Venture Smith, A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, 1798

Quiz for Document 3.1 LaunchPad

Document 3.2 Thomas Phillips, Voyage of the Hannibal, 1694

Quiz for Document 3.2 LaunchPad

Document 3.3 Willem Bosman, A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea, 1703

Quiz for Document 3.3 LaunchPad

Document 3.4 Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, 1789

Quiz for Document 3.4 LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 3: The Atlantic Slave Trade LaunchPad

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 3 LaunchPad

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 3 LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 3 LaunchPad

 

4. RELIGIOUS STRIFE AND SOCIAL UPHEAVALS, 1680–1750

Guided Reading Exercise 
LaunchPad

AMERICAN HISTORIES: Gilbert Tennent and Sarah Grosvenor

An Ungodly Society?

          The Rise of Religious Anxieties

          Cries of Witchcraft

Guided Analysis Document 4.1 Abigail Faulkner Appeals Her Conviction for Witchcraft, 1692

Quiz for Guided Analysis LaunchPad

Family and Household Dynamics

          Women’s Changing Status

Comparative Analysis Elite Women’s Lives in the North American Colonies

Document 4.2 Isaac Royall and His Family, 1741; Document 4.3 Eliza Lucas Letter to Miss Bartlett, London, c. 1742

Quiz for Comparative Analysis LaunchPad

          Working Families

     Reproduction and Women’s Roles

    The Limits of Patriarchal Order

Diversity and Competition in Colonial Society

          Population Growth and Economic Competition

          Increasing Diversity

          Expansion and Conflict

Religious Awakenings

          The Roots of the Great Awakening

          An Outburst of Revivals

          Religious Dissension

Political Awakenings

          Changing Political Relations

          Dissent and Protest

          Transforming Urban Politics

Solo Analysis Document 4.4 Andrew Hamilton’s Defense of John Peter Zenger, 1736

Quiz for Solo Analysis LaunchPad

Conclusion: A Divided Society

LearningCurve
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Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz
LaunchPad

Document Project 4 Awakening Religious Tensions

Document
4.5 Nathan Cole, On George Whitefield Coming to Connecticut, 1740

Document 4.6 Benjamin Franklin, On George Whitefield, the Great Revivalist, 1739

Document 4.7 Jonathan Edwards, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, 1741

Document 4.8 Newspaper Report on James Davenport, 1743

Document 4.9 John Collet, George Whitefield Preaching, c. 1760

Quiz for Document Project 4 LaunchPad

4. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 4: A New Commercial Culture in Boston LaunchPad

Document 4.1 Ship Arrivals and Departures at Boston, 1707

Quiz for Document 4.1 LaunchPad

Document 4.2 Goods for Sale, 1720

Quiz for Document 4.2 LaunchPad

Document 4.3 Advertisement for Musical Instruments, 1716

Quiz for Document 4.3 LaunchPad

Document 4.4 Chest of Drawers, ca. 1735–1739

Quiz for Document 4.4 LaunchPad

Document 4.5 Advertisement for Runaway Slave, 1744

Quiz for Document 4.5 LaunchPad

Document 4.6 Letter from a Boston Protester, 1737

Quiz for Document 4.6 LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 4: A New Commercial Culture in Boston LaunchPad

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 4 LaunchPad

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 4 LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 4 LaunchPad

 

5. WARS AND EMPIRES, 1750–1774

Guided Reading Exercise 
LaunchPad

AMERICAN HISTORIES: George Washington and Hermon Husband

Imperial Conflicts and Indian Wars, 1754–1763

The Opening Battles

A Shift to Global War

The Costs of Victory

Battles and Boundaries on the Frontier

Conflicts over Land and Labor Escalate

Guided Analysis Document 5.1 Hermon Husband, Causes of Armed Resistance in North Carolina, 1770

Quiz for Guided Analysis LaunchPad

Postwar British Policies and Colonial Unity

          Common Grievances

          Forging Ties across the Colonies

          Great Britain Seeks Greater Control

Resistance to Britain Intensifies

          The Stamp Act Inspires Coordinated Resistance

Comparative Analysis Protesting the Stamp Act Document 5.2 London Merchants Petition to Repeal the Stamp Act, 1766; Document 5.3 The Repeal, 1766

Quiz for Comparative Analysis LaunchPad

          The Townshend Act and the Boston Massacre

Solo Analysis Document 5.4 John Dickinson, Letter from a Farmer, 1768

Quiz for Solo Analysis LaunchPad

          Continuing Conflicts at Home

          Tea and Widening Resistance

          The Continental Congress and Colonial Unity

Conclusion: Liberty within Empire

LearningCurve
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Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz
LaunchPad

Document Project 5 The Boston Massacre

Document 5.5
Deposition of William Wyatt, March 7, 1770

Document 5.6 Account of Boston Massacre Funeral Procession, March 12, 1770

Document 5.7 Paul Revere, Etching of the Boston Massacre, 1770

Document 5.8 Account of Captain Thomas Preston, June 25, 1770

Document 5.9 John Adams, Defense of the British Soldiers at Trial, October 1770

Quiz for Document Project 5 LaunchPad

5. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 5: Defining Liberty, Defining America LaunchPad

Document 5.1 The Albany Plan of Union, 1754

Quiz for Document 5.1 LaunchPad

Document 5.2 Boycott Agreement of Women in Boston, 1770

Quiz for Document 5.2 LaunchPad

Document 5.3 Peter Bestes and Massachusetts Slaves, Letter to Local Representatives, 1773

Quiz for Document 5.3 LaunchPad

Document 5.4 Committees of Correspondence, 1773

Quiz for Document 5.4 LaunchPad

Document 5.5 J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, Letters from an American Farmer, 1782

Quiz for Document 5.5 LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 5: Defining Liberty, Defining America LaunchPad

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 5 LaunchPad

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 5 LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 5 LaunchPad

 

6. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1775–1783

Guided Reading Exercise 
LaunchPad

AMERICAN HISTORIES: Thomas Paine and Deborah Sampson

The Question of Independence

          Armed Conflict Erupts

          Building a Continental Army

          Reasons for Caution and for Action

Guided Analysis Document 6.1 Thomas Paine, Common Sense, January 1776

          Declaring Independence

Quiz for Guided Analysis LaunchPad

Choosing Sides

          Recruiting Supporters

Comparative Analysis African Americans in New York City amid the Upheavals of 1776 Document 6.2 Slaves Destroy Statue of King George III in New York City, July 1776; Document 6.3 A Fire Burns British-Occupied New York City, September 1776

Quiz for Comparative Analysis LaunchPad

          Choosing Neutrality

          Committing to Independence

Fighting for Independence, 1776–1777

          British Troops Gain Early Victories

          Patriots Prevail in New Jersey

          A Critical Year of Warfare

          Patriots Gain Critical Assistance

          Surviving on the Home Front

Governing in Revolutionary Times

          Colonies Become States

          Patriots Divide over Slavery

          France Allies with the Patriots

          Raising Armies and Funds

Indian Affairs and Land Claims

Winning the War and the Peace, 1778–1781

          Fighting in the West

Solo Analysis Document 6.4 Mary Jemison, The War’s Impact on the Seneca Nation, 1823

Quiz for Solo Analysis LaunchPad

War Rages in the South

          An Uncertain Peace

          A Surprising Victory

Conclusion: Legacies of the Revolution

LearningCurve
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Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz
LaunchPad

Document Project 6 Women in the Revolution

Document
6.5 Christian Barnes, Letter to Elizabeth Inman, April 29, 1775

Document 6.6 Deborah Champion, Letter to Patience, October 2, 1775

Document 6.7 Abigail Adams, Letter to John Adams, March 31, 1776

Document 6.8 Esther De Berdt Reed, The Sentiments of an American Woman, 1780

Document 6.9 Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, 1811

Quiz for Document Project 6 LaunchPad

6. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 6: Loyalists in the American Revolution
LaunchPad

Document 6.1 Joseph Galloway, Speech to Continental Congress, 1774

Quiz for Document 6.1 LaunchPad

Document 6.2 Charles Inglis, The True Interest of America, Impartially Stated, 1776

Quiz for Document 6.2 LaunchPad

Document 6.3 Hannah Griffits, Response to Thomas Paine, 1776

Quiz for Document 6.3 LaunchPad

Document 6.4 Joseph Brant (Mohawk) Expresses Loyalty to the Crown (1776)

Quiz for Document 6.4 LaunchPad

Document 6.5 Boston King, Memoirs of the Life of Boston King, 1798

Quiz for Document 6.5 LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 6: Loyalists in the American Revolution LaunchPad

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 6 LaunchPad

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 6 LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 6 LaunchPad

 

7. FORGING A NEW NATION, 1783–1800

Guided Reading Exercise 
LaunchPad

AMERICAN HISTORIES: Daniel Shays and Alexander Hamilton

Financial, Frontier, and Foreign Problems

          Continental Officers Threaten Confederation

Indians, Land, and the Northwest Ordinance

Guided Analysis Document 7.1 United Indian Nations Council, Message to Congress, 1786

Quiz for Guided Analysis LaunchPad

          Depression and Debt

On the Political Margins

          Separating Church and State

          African Americans Struggle for Rights

Comparative Analysis Women and Free Blacks Claim Rights in the Nation Document 7.2 Judith Sargent Murray, On the Equality of the Sexes, 1790; Document 7.3 Petition from Free Blacks of Charleston, 1791

Quiz for Comparative Analysis LaunchPad

          Women Seek Wider Roles

          Indebted Farmers Fuel Political Crises

Reframing the American Government

          The Constitutional Convention of 1787

          Americans Battle over Ratification

          Organizing the Federal Government

          Hamilton Forges an Economic Agenda

Years of Crisis, 1792–1796

          Foreign Trade and Foreign Wars

          The Whiskey Rebellion

          Further Conflicts on the Frontier

The First Party System

          The Adams Presidency

          The Election of 1800

Solo Analysis Document 7.4 The Election of 1800

Quiz for Solo Analysis LaunchPad

Conclusion: A Young Nation Comes of Age

LearningCurve
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Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz
LaunchPad

Document Project 7 Debating the Constitution in New York State

Document
7.5 James Madison, Federalist 10, The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection, November 1787
Document 7.6 Melancton Smith, Antifederalist Argument at the New York State Convention, June 1788

Document 7.7 Alexander Hamilton, Pro-Federalist Argument at the New York State Convention, June 1788

Document 7.8 John Williams, Antifederalist Argument at the New York State Convention, June 1788

Document 7.9 The Eleventh Pillar of the Great National Dome, July 1788

Quiz for Document Project 7 LaunchPad

7. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 7:
Whiskey Rebellion LaunchPad

Document 7.1 Resolution to the Pennsylvania Legislature, 1791

Quiz for Document 7.1 LaunchPad

Document 7.2 The Pittsburgh Resolution, 1794

Quiz for Document 7.2 LaunchPad

Document 7.3 George Washington, Proclamation Against the Rebels, 1794

Quiz for Document 7.3 LaunchPad

Document 7.4 Alexander Hamilton, Letter to George Washington, August 5, 1794

Quiz for Document 7.4 LaunchPad

Document 7.5 James Madison, Letter to James Monroe, December 4, 1794

Quiz for Document 7.5 LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 7: Whiskey Rebellion LaunchPad

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 6 LaunchPad

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 6 LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 6 LaunchPad

 

8. THE EARLY REPUBLIC, 1790–1820

Guided Reading Exercise 
LaunchPad

AMERICAN HISTORIES: Parker Cleaveland and Sacagawea

The Dilemmas of National Identity

          Education for a New Nation

          Literary and Cultural Developments

Guided Analysis Document 8.1 Samuel Jennings, Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, 1792

Quiz for Guided Analysis LaunchPad

          The Racial Limits of an American Culture

          Emigration and Colonization

          A New Capital for a New Nation

Extending Federal Power

          A New Administration Faces Challenges

Comparative Analysis White Responses to Black Rebellion Document 8.2 Thomas Jefferson, Letter to U.S. Minister to Great Britain Rufus King, July 1802; Document 8.3 Leonora Sansay, Letter to Aaron Burr, November 1802

Quiz for Comparative Analysis LaunchPad

          Acquiring the Louisiana Territory

          The Supreme Court Extends Its Reach

          Democratic-Republicans Expand Federal Powers

Remaking America’s Economic Character

          The U.S. Population Grows and Migrates

          Technology Reshapes Agriculture and Industry

Solo Analysis Document 8.4 Timothy Dwight, Visit to Worcester (Massachusetts) Mills, 1821

Quiz for Solo Analysis LaunchPad

          Transforming Household Production

Technology, Cotton, and Slaves

Conclusion: New Identities and New Challenges

LearningCurve
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Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz
LaunchPad

Document Project 8 The Corps of Discovery: Paeans to Peace and Instruments of War

Document
8.5 William Clark, Journal, October 12, 1804

Document 8.6 Charles McKenzie, Narrative of a Fur Trader, November 1804

Document 8.7 William Clark, Journal, November 18, 1804

Document 8.8 Clark and Lewis Journal, January 28 and February 1, 1805

Document 8.9 Meriwether Lewis, Journal, August 20, 1805

Quiz for Document Project 8 LaunchPad

8. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 8: Race Relations in the Early Republic
LaunchPad

Document 8.1 Confession of Solomon, September 1800

Quiz for Document 8.1 LaunchPad

Document 8.2 Andrew Jackson, Runaway Slave Advertisement, 1804

Quiz for Document 8.2 LaunchPad

Document 8.3 Robert Sutcliff, Travels in Some Parts of North America, 1812

Quiz for Document 8.3 LaunchPad

Document 8.4 Free Blacks in Philadelphia Oppose Colonization, 1817

Quiz for Document 8.4 LaunchPad

Document 8.5 Richard Allen, Excerpt from The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen, 1833

Quiz for Document 8.5 LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 8: Race Relations in the Early Republic LaunchPad

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 8 LaunchPad

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 8 LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 8 LaunchPad

 

9. DEFENDING AND REDEFINING THE NATION, 1809–1832

Guided Reading Exercise 
LaunchPad

AMERICAN HISTORIES: Dolley Madison and John Ross

Conflicts at Home and Abroad

          Tensions at Sea and on the Frontier

Guided Analysis Document 9.1 Tecumseh, Speech to William Henry Harrison, 1810

Quiz for Guided Analysis LaunchPad

          War Erupts with Britain

National Expansion and Regional Economies

          Governments Fuel Economic Growth

          Americans Expand the Nation’s Borders

          Regional Economic Development

Economic and Political Crises

          The Panic of 1819

          Slavery in Missouri

Comparative Analysis Protesting the Missouri Compromise Document 9.2 Timothy Claimright, Maine Not to Be Coupled with the Missouri Question, 1820; Document 9.3 Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Holmes, 1820

Quiz for Comparative Analysis LaunchPad

The Expansion and Limits of American Democracy

          Expanding Voting Rights

          Racial Restrictions and Antiblack Violence

          Political Realignments

          The Presidential Election of 1828

Jacksonian Politics in Action

          A Democratic Spirit?

          Confrontations over Tariffs and the Bank

Solo Analysis Document 9.4 General Jackson Slaying the Many Headed Monster, 1836

Quiz for Solo Analysis LaunchPad

          Contesting Indian Removal

Conclusion: The Nation Faces New Challenges

LearningCurve
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Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz
LaunchPad

Document Project 9 The Election of 1828

Document
9.5 Proceedings of the Anti-Jackson Convention in Richmond, 1828

Document 9.6 John Binns, Monumental Inscriptions, 1828

Document 9.7 New Jersey Pro-Jackson Convention, 1828

Document 9.8 Resolution of the Albany County Republican Convention, 1828

Document 9.9 President Andrew Jackson’s First Inauguration, 1829

Quiz for Document Project 9 LaunchPad

9. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 9: The Panic of 1819
LaunchPad

Document 9.1 Auction in Chatham Square Street, 1820

Quiz for Document 9.1 LaunchPad

Document 9.2 James Flint, Account of the Panic, 1820

Quiz for Document 9.2 LaunchPad

Document 9.3 Virginia Agricultural Society, Antitariff Petition, 1820

Quiz for Document 9.3 LaunchPad

Document 9.4 James Kent, Arguments against Expanding Male Voting Rights, 1821

Quiz for Document 9.4 LaunchPad

Document 9.5 Nathan Sanford, Arguments for Expanding Male Voting Rights, 1821

Quiz for Document 9.5 LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 9: The Panic of 1819 LaunchPad

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 9 LaunchPad

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 9 LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 9 LaunchPad

 

10. SLAVERY EXPANDS SOUTH AND WEST, 1830–1850

Guided Reading Exercise 
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AMERICAN HISTORIES: James Henry Hammond and Solomon Northrup

Planters Expand the Slave System

          A Plantation Society Develops in the South

          Urban Life in the Slave South

          The Consequences of Slavery’s Expansion

Guided Analysis Document 10.1 Edward Strutt Abdy, Description of Washington D.C., Slave Pen, 1833

Quiz for Guided Analysis LaunchPad

Slave Society and Culture

          Slaves Fuel the Southern Economy

          Developing an African American Culture

          Resistance and Rebellion

Planters Tighten Control

          Harsher Treatment for Southern Blacks

          White Southerners without Slaves

          Planters Seek to Unify Southern Whites

Democrats Face Political and Economic Crises

The Battle for Texas

Comparative Analysis Two Views on Texas Independence Document 10.2 Colonel William Travis, Appeal for Reinforcements, March 3, 1836; Document 10.3 Benjamin Lundy, The War in Texas, 1836

Quiz for Comparative Analysis LaunchPad

          Indians Resist Removal

Van Buren and the Panic of 1837

          The Whigs Win the White House

The National Government Looks to the West

          Expanding to Oregon and Texas

          Pursuing War with Mexico

Solo Analysis Document 10.4 Richard Caton Woodville, War News from Mexico, 1848

Quiz for Solo Analysis LaunchPad

          Debates over Slavery Intensify

Conclusion: Geographical Expansion and Political Division

LearningCurve
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Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz
LaunchPad

Document Project 10 Lives in Slavery

Document
10.5 William Wells Brown, Memories of Childhood

Document 10.6 Harriet Jacobs, A Girl Threatened by Sexual Exploitation

Document 10.7 Solomon Northup, Endless Labor and Constant Fear

Document 10.8 Friedrich Shulz, The Slave Market

Document 10.9 Mary Reynolds, Recalling Work, Punishment, and Faith

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10. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 10: The Cherokee Removal
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Document 10.1 Andrew Jackson, Second Annual Message, 1830

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Document 10.2 Petition of the Women’s Councils to the Cherokee National Council, 1831

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Document 10.3 John Marshall, Majority Opinion, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 1831

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Document 10.4 Andrew Jackson as the Great Father, ca. 1835

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Document 10.5 John Ross, On the Treaty of New Echota, 1836

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

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11. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FERMENT IN THE NORTH, 1820–1850

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AMERICAN HISTORIES: Charles Grandison Finney and Amy Post

The Growth of Northern Cities

          The Lure of Urban Life

          The Roots of Urban Disorder

          The New Middle Class

The Rise of Industry

          Factory Towns and Women Workers

Guided Analysis Document 11.1 Harriet Robinson, Reflections on the 1836 Lowell Mill Strike, 1898

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          The Decline of Craft Work and Workingmen’s Responses

          The Panic of 1837 in the North

Saving the Nation from Sin

          The Second Great Awakening

          New Visions of Faith and Reform

          Transcendentalism

Organizing for Change

          Varieties of Reform

The Problem of Poverty

Comparative Analysis How Can We Help the Poor? Document 11.2 Matthew Carey, Appeal to the Wealthy of the Land, 1833; Document 11.3 Mrs. Emily G. Kempshall, Letter to the Rochester Female Charitable Society, 1838

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          The Temperance Movement

          Utopian Communities

Abolitionism Expands and Divides

          The Beginnings of the Antislavery Movement

          Abolition Gains Ground and Enemies

Solo Analysis Document 11.4 Frederick Douglass, What, to the American Negro, is Your 4th of July?

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          Abolitionism and Women’s Rights

          The Rise of Antislavery Parties

Conclusion: From the North to the Nation

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Document Project 11 Religious Faith and Women’s Activism

Document 11.5
Charles G. Finney, An Influential Woman Convert, 1830

Document 11.6 Elizabeth Emery and Mary P. Abbott, Founding a Female Anti-Slavery Society, 1836

Document 11.7 Maria Stewart, On Religion and the Pure Principles of Morality, 1831

Document 11.8 Congregational Pastoral Letter, 1837

Document 11.9 Sarah Grimké, Response to the Pastoral Letter, 1837

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11. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 11: Debating Abolition
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Document 11.1 William Lloyd Garrison, On the Constitution and the Union, 1832

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Document 11.2 Angelina Grimké, Appeal to the Christian Women of the South, 1836

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Document 11.3 Stephen Symonds Foster, The Brotherhood of Thieves, 1843

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Document 11.4 Liberty Party Platform, 1844

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Document 11.5 Frederick Douglass, Abolitionism and the Constitution, 1851

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

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12. IMPERIAL AMBITIONS AND SECTIONAL CRISES, 1842–1861

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AMERICAN HISTORIES: John C. Frémont and Dred Scott

Claiming the West

          Traveling the Overland Trail

Guided Analysis Document 12.1 Elizabeth Smith Geer, Oregon Trail Diary, 1847

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          The Gold Rush

          A Crowded Land

Expansion and the Politics of Slavery

          California and the Compromise of 1850

          The Fugitive Slave Act Inspires Northern Protest

Comparative Analysis The Fugitive Slave Law Contested Document 12.2 William C. Nell, Meeting of Colored Citizens of Boston, September 30, 1850; Document 12.3 President Millard Fillmore, Proclamation 56 Calling on Citizens to Assist in the Recapture of a Fugitive Slave, February 18, 1851

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          Pierce Encourages U.S. Expansion

Sectional Crises Intensify

          Popularizing Antislavery Sentiment

          The Kansas-Nebraska Act Stirs Dissent

          Bleeding Kansas and the Election of 1856

          The Dred Scott Decision

From Sectional Crisis to Southern Secession

          John Brown’s Raid

          The Election of 1860

Solo Analysis Document 12.4 Republican Party Presidential Ticket, 1860

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         The Lower South Secedes

Conclusion: A Nation Divided

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Document Project 12 Visions of John Brown

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12.5 State Register (Springfield, Illinois), The Irrepressible Conflict, 1859

Document 12.6 Henry David Thoreau, A Plea for Captain John Brown, 1859

Document 12.7 Reverend J. Sella Martin, Day of Mourning Speech, December 2, 1859

Document 12.8 A Southern Paper Reacts to Brown’s Execution, December 3, 1859

Document 12.9 Currier and Ives, John Brown on His Way to Execution, 1863

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12. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 12: Sectional Politics and the Rise of the Republican Party
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Document 12.1 Abraham Lincoln, On Slavery, 1854

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Document 12.2 Republican Party Platform, 1856

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Document 12.3 Charles Sumner, The Crime against Kansas, 1856

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Document 12.4 Lydia Maria Child, Letter to Mrs. S.B. Shaw and Miss Lucy Osgood, 1856

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Document 12.5 The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

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13. CIVIL WAR, 1861–1865

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AMERICAN HISTORIES: Frederick Douglass and Rose O’Neal Greenhow

The Nation Goes to War, 1861

The South Embraces Secession

Guided Analysis Document 13.1 Robert Toombs, Supporting Secession in Georgia, 1860

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Military Conflict and Political Strife, 1861–1862

The Wartime Roles of African Americans and Indians

Union Politicians Consider Emancipation

War Transforms the North and the South

          Life and Death on the Battlefield

Comparative Analysis Photographers Bring the War Home Document 13.2 Union Soldiers in Camp, c. 1863; Document 13.3 Battlefield Dead at Antietam, 1862

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          The Northern Economy Expands

          Urbanization and Industrialization in the South

          Women Aid the War Effort

          Dissent and Protest in the Midst of War

The Tide of War Turns, 1863-1865

          Key Victories for the Union

          African Americans Contribute to Victory

          The Final Battles of a Hard War

Solo Analysis Document 13.4 Eleanor Cohen Seixas, Journal Entry, February 1865

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The War Comes to an End

Conclusion: An Uncertain Future

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Document Project 13 Civil War Letters and Journals

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13.5 Frederick Spooner, Letter to His Brother Henry, April 30, 1861

Document 13.6 John Hines, Letter to His Parents, April 22, 1862

Document 13.7 Suzy King Taylor, Caring for the Thirty-third U.S. Colored Troops, 1863

Document 13.8 Thomas Freeman, Letter to His Brother-in-Law, March 26, 1864

Document 13.9: Eliza Frances Andrews, On Union Prisoners of War, January 1865

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13. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 13: Home Front Protest during the Civil War
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Document 13.1
John Beauchamp Jones, The Richmond Bread Riot, 1866

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Document 13.2 Testimony of New York City Draft Riot Victim Mrs. Statts, collected by the Committee of Merchants for the Relief of Colored People, Suffering from the Late Riots, 1863

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Document 13.3 Richmond Bread Riot Cartoon, 1863

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Document 13.4 Clement L. Vallandigham, The Civil War in America, 1863

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Document 13.5 Calls for Peace in North Carolina, 1863

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Document 13.6 Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas Diary, 1864

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

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14. EMANCIPATION AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1863–1877

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AMERICAN HISTORIES: Jefferson Long and Andrew Johnson

Emancipation

African Americans Embrace Freedom

Guided Analysis Document 14.1 Freedpeople Petition for Land, 1865

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Reuniting Families Torn Apart by Slavery

          Freedom to Learn

          Freedom to Worship and the Leadership Role of Black Churches

National Reconstruction

Abraham Lincoln Plans for Reunification

Andrew Johnson and Presidential Reconstruction

Johnson and Congressional Resistance

Comparative Analysis Debating the Freedmen’s Bureau Document 14.2 Colonel Eliphalet Whittlesey, Report on the Freedmen’s Bureau, 1865; Document 14.3 Democratic Flier Opposing the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill, 1866

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Congressional Reconstruction

The Struggle for Universal Suffrage

Remaking the South

          Whites Reconstruct the South

          Black Political Participation and Economic Opportunities

Solo Analysis Document 14.4 Sharecropping Agreement, 1870

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          White Resistance to Congressional Reconstruction

The Unraveling of Reconstruction

          The Republican Retreat

          Congressional and Judicial Retreat

          The Presidential Compromise of 1876

Conclusion: The Legacies of Reconstruction

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Document Project 14 Testing and Contesting Freedom

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14.5 Mississippi Black Code, 1865

Document 14.6 Richard H. Cain, Federal Aid for Land Purchase, 1868

Document 14.7 Ellen Parton, Testimony on Klan Violence, 1871

Document 14.8 Thomas Nast, Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?) State, 1874

Document 14.9 What the Centennial Ought to Accomplish, 1875

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14. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 14: Reconstruction in South Carolina
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Document 14.1 Colored People’s Convention of South Carolina, Memorial to Congress, 1865

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Document 14.2 Lottie Rollin, Address on Universal Suffrage, 1870

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Document 14.3 Robert Brown Elliott, In Defense of the Civil Rights Bill, 1874

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Document 14.4 James Shepherd Pike, The Prostrate State, 1874

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Document 14.5 Ulysses S. Grant, Letter to South Carolina Governor D. H. Chamberlain, 1876

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

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15. THE WEST, 1865–1896

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AMERICAN HISTORIES: Annie Oakley and Geronimo

Opening the West

          The Great Plains

          Federal Policy and Foreign Investment

Indians and Resistance to Expansion

          Indian Civilizations

Guided Analysis Document 15.1 Buffalo Hunting, c. 1875

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          Changing Federal Policy toward Indians

          Indian Defeat

          Reforming Indian Policy

          Indian Assimilation and Resistance

The Mining and Lumber Industries

          The Business of Mining

          Life in the Mining Towns

          The Lumber Boom

The Cattle Industry and Commercial Farming

          The Life of the Cowboy

Comparative Analysis Cowboy Myths and Realities Document 15.2 Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, 1893; Document 15.3 George C. Duffield | Diary of a Real Cowboy, 1866

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          The Rise of Commercial Ranching

          Commercial Farming

          Women Homesteaders

          Farming on the Great Plains

Diversity in the Far West

          Mormons

          Californios

Solo Analysis Document 15.4 White Caps Flier, 1890

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          The Chinese

Conclusion: The Ambiguous Legacy of the West

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Document Project 15 American Indians and Whites in the West

Document 15.5
James Michael Cavanaugh, Support for Indian Extermination, 1868

Document 15.6 Helen Hunt Jackson, Challenges to Indian Policy, 1881

Document 15.7 Thomas Nast, "Patience until the Indian Is Civilized—So to Speak," 1878

Document 15.8 Zitkala-Ša, Life at an Indian Boarding School, 1921

Document 15.9 Chief Joseph, Views on Indian Affairs, 1879

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15. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 15: Women in the West
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Document 15.1
Martha Jane Cannary Burk, The Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane, 1896

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Document 15.2 Black Migrants to Kansas, 1880

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Document 15.3 A Prostitute’s Contract, 1886

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Document 15.4 Abigail Scott Duniway, Speaking Out for the Right to Vote, 1914

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Document 15.5 Caroline Nichols Churchill, Fighting for Woman Suffrage in Colorado, 1909

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

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16. INDUSTRIAL AMERICA, 1877–1900

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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

Guided Analysis Document 16.1 Horace Taylor, What a Funny Little Government, 1900

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    Laissez-Faire, Social Darwinism, and Their Critics

          The Doctrines of Success

          Challenges to Laissez-Faire

     Society and Culture in the Gilded Age

          Wealthy and Middle-Class Leisure-Time Pursuits

Comparative Analysis Leisure-Class Women Document 16.2 The Delineator, 1900; Document 16.3 Alice Austen and Trude Eccleston, 1891

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          Changing Gender Roles

          Black America and Jim Crow

     National Politics in the Era of Industrialization

          The Weak Presidency

Solo Analysis Documents 16.4 Presidents in the Age of Industrialization: An Appraisal

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          Congressional Inefficiency

          The Business of Politics

          An Energized and Entertained Electorate

Conclusion: Industrial America

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Document Project 16 Debates about Laissez-Faire

Document 16.5
William Graham Sumner, A Defense of Laissez-Faire, 1883

Document 16.6 Edward Bellamy Looking Backward, 2000–1887, 1888

Document 16.7 Andrew Carnegie, The Gospel of Wealth, 1889

Document 16.8 Henry Demarest Lloyd, Critique of Wealth, 1894

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16. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 16: Labor and Race in the New South
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Document 16.1 Henry Grady, The New South, 1890

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Document 16.2 Testimony of North Carolina Industrial Workers, 1887

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Document 16.3 Sharecropper’s Contract, 1882

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Document 16.4 Mississippi Constitution, 1890

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Document 16.5 Justice Henry Billings Brown, Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

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17. WORKERS AND FARMERS IN THE AGE OF ORGANIZATION, 1877–1900

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AMERICAN HISTORIES: John McLuckie and Mary Elizabeth Lease

Working People Organize

          The Industrialization of Labor

Guided Analysis Document 17.1 John Morrison, Testimony on the Impact of Mechanization, 1883

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          Organizing Unions

          Clashes between Workers and Owners

          Working-Class Leisure in Industrial America

Farmers Organize

          Farmers Unite

          Populists Rise Up

Comparative Analysis Farmers and Workers Organize: Two Views Document 17.2 The Ten Commandments of the Grange, 1874; Document 17.3 The Populist Party Platform, 1892

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The Depression of the 1890s

          Depression Politics

Solo Analysis Document 17.4 Walter Huston, "Here Lies Prosperity," 1895

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          Political Realignment in the Election of 1896

          The Decline of the Populists

Conclusion: A Passion for Organization

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Document Project 17 The Pullman Strike of 1894

Document 17.5
George Pullman, Testimony before the U.S. Strike Commission, 1894

Document 17.6 Eugene V. Debs, On Radicalism, 1902

Document 17.7 Jennie Curtis, Testimony before the U.S. Strike Commission, 1894

Document 17.8 Report from the Commission to Investigate the Chicago Strike, 1895

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17. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 17: The Meanings of Populism
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Document 17.1 Frank Doster, Labor Day Speech, 1894

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Document 17.2 Reverend J. L. Moore, The Colored Farmers’ Alliance, 1891

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Document 17.3 Thomas E. Watson, "The Negro Question in the South," 1892

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Document 17.4 "The People’s Party Tree," 1895

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Document 17.5 William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold Speech, 1896

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

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18. CITIES, IMMIGRANTS, AND THE NATION, 1880–1914

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AMERICAN HISTORIES: Beryl Lassin and Maria Vik

A New Wave of Immigrants

          Immigrants Arrive from Many Lands

          Creating Immigrant Communities

Guided Analysis Document 18.1 Anzia Yerzierska, Immigrant Fathers and Daughters, 1925

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          Hostility toward Recent Immigrants

Comparative Analysis The Chinese in America Document 18.2 Saum Song Bo, "A Chinese View of the Statue of Liberty" 1885; Document 18.3 Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 1886

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          The Assimilation Dilemma

Becoming an Urban Nation

          The New Industrial City

          Cities Expand Upward and Outward

          How the Other Half Lived

Solo Analysis Document 18.4 Rose Schneiderman, The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, 1911

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Urban Politics at the Turn of the Century

          Political Machines and City Bosses

          Urban Reformers

Conclusion: A Nation of Cities

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Document Project 18 "Melting Pot" or "Vegetable Soup"?

Document 18.5 Israel Zangwill, The Melting-Pot, 1908

Document 18.6 "The Mortar of Assimilation—And the Element That Won’t Mix," 1889

Document 18.7 "Be Just—Even to John Chinaman," 1893

Document 18.8 Alfred P. Schultz, The Mongrelization of America, 1908

Document 18.9 Randolph S. Bourne, Trans-national America, 1916

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18. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 18: Class and Leisure in the American City LaunchPad

Document 18.1 Elephant Ride at Coney Island, 1911

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Document 18.2 International Contest for the Heavyweight Championship, 1907

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Document 18.3 Joseph Rumshinsky, "The Living Orphan," 1914

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Document 18.4 Hutchins Hapgood, Types from City Streets, 1910

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Document 18.5 Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class, 1899

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

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19. PROGRESSIVISM AND THE SEARCH FOR ORDER, 1900–1917

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AMERICAN HISTORIES: Gifford Pinchot and Gene Stratton-Porter

The Roots of Progressivism

          Progressive Origins

Guided Analysis Document 19.1 Walter Rauschenbusch, Christianity and the Social Crisis, 1907

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          Muckrakers

Humanitarian and Social Justice Reform

          Female Progressives and the Poor

          Fighting for Women’s Suffrage

          Progressivism and African Americans

Comparative Analysis Addressing Racial Inequality Documents 19.2 Booker T. Washington, The Atlanta Compromise, 1895; Document 19.3 Ida B. Wells/Booker T. Washington and His Critics, 1904

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         Progressivism and Indians

Morality and Social Control

          Prohibition

          Prostitution, Narcotics, and Juvenile Delinquency

          Birth Control

Solo Analysis Document 19.4 Margaret Sanger, "Birth Control and Racial Betterment," 1919

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          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

          Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom Agenda

Conclusion: The Progressive Legacy

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Document Project 19 Muller v. Oregon, 1908

Document 19.5
Theodore Roosevelt, "On American Motherhood," 1905

Document 19.6 William D. Fenton and Henry H. Gilfrey, Brief for Plaintiff in Error, Muller v. Oregon, 1907

Document 19.7 Louis D. Brandeis, Brief for Defendant in Error, Muller v. Oregon, 1908

Document 19.8 Justice David J. Brewer, Opinion in Muller v. Oregon, 1908

Document 19.9 Louisa Dana Haring, Letter, "Equality before the Law," 1908

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19. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 19: Progressivism and Social Control
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Document 19.1 Frances Willard, On Behalf of Home Protection, 1884

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Document 19.2 Abstinence Poster, 1919

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Document 19.3 Indiana Sterilization Law, 1907

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Document 19.4 The Immigration Act of 1917

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Document 19.5 "Sanitary Precaution," c. 1914

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

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20. EMPIRE AND WARS, 1898–1918

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AMERICAN HISTORIES: Alfred Thayer Mahan and José Martí

The Awakening of Imperialism

          The Economics of Expansion

          Cultural Justifications for Imperialism

          Gender and Empire

Guided Analysis Document 20.1 Rudyard Kipling, "The White Man’s Burden," 1899

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The War with Spain

          Revolution in Cuba

          The War of 1898

          The Pacification of Cuba

          The Philippine War

Comparative Analysis Fighting in the Philippines Document 20.2 President McKinley Defends His Decision; Document 20.3 Cartoon, "A Bigger Job Than He Thought For,"1899

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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

Solo Analysis Document 20.4 W. E. B. Du Bois, "Returning Soldiers," 1919

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          Waging Peace

          The Failure of Ratification

Conclusion: An American Empire

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Document Project 20 Imperialism versus Anti-Imperialism

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20.5 The Hawaiian Memorial, 1897

Document 20.6 Albert Beveridge, The March of the Flag, 1898

Document 20.7 "There’s Plenty of Room at the Table," 1906

Document 20.8 Anti-Imperialism Letter, 1899

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20. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 20: The Committee on Public Information and Wartime Propaganda
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Document 20.1 "It’s Duty Boy," c. 1918

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Document 20.2 "Halt the Hun!" c. 1918
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Document 20.3 Advertisement in History Teacher’s Magazine, 1917

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Document 20.4 "He Will Come Back a Better Man!" 1918
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Document 20.5 George Creel, "The ‘Censorship’ Bugbear," 1920

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

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Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 20 LaunchPad

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21.
 THE TWENTIES, 1919–1929

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AMERICAN HISTORIES: D. C. Stephenson and Ossian Sweet

Social Turmoil

          The Red Scare, 1919–1920

Guided Analysis Document 21.1 A. Mitchell Palmer, The Case against the Reds, 1920

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          Racial Violence in the Postwar Era

Prosperity, Consumption, and Growth

          Government Promotion of the Economy

          Americans Become Consumers

          Urbanization

          Perilous Prosperity

Challenges to Social Conventions

          Breaking with the Old Morality

          The Harlem Renaissance

          Marcus Garvey and Black Nationalism

Culture Wars

          Prohibition

          Nativists versus Immigrants

          Resurrection of the Ku Klux Klan

Comparative Analysis Men and Women of the KKK Document 21.2 Gerald W. Johnson, The Ku Kluxer, 1924; Document 21.3 Women of the Ku Klux Klan, 1927

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          Fundamentalism versus Modernism

Politics and the Fading of Prosperity

          The Battle for the Soul of the Democratic Party

          Lingering Progressivism

Solo Analysis Document 21.4 Progressive Party Presidential Platform, 1924

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          Financial Crash

Conclusion: The Transitional Twenties

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Document Project 21 The New Negro and the Harlem Renaissance

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21.5 A. Philip Randolph and Chandler Owen, "The New Negro—What Is He?" 1919

Document 21.6 Claude McKay, If We Must Die, 1919

Document 21.7 Langston Hughes, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," 1921

Document 21.8 Aaron Douglas, Illustration, The New Negro, 1925

Document 21.9 Bessie Smith, "Down-Hearted Blues," 1923

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21. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 21: The Scopes "Monkey Trial"
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Document 21.1 The Butler Act, 1925

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Document 21.2
Clarence Darrow, Trial Speech, 13 July 1925

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Document 21.3 William Jennings Bryan, Trial Speech, 16 July 1925

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Document 21.4 Cartoon from the Chicago Defender, 20 June 1925

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Document 21.5 Poem by Mrs. E.P. Blair, Nashville Tennessean, 29 June 1925

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 21: The Scopes "Monkey Trial" LaunchPad

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 21 LaunchPad

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22.
 DEPRESSION, DISSENT, AND THE NEW DEAL, 1929–1940

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AMERICAN HISTORIES: Eleanor Roosevelt and Luisa Moreno

The Great Depression

          Hoover Faces the Depression

          Hoovervilles and Dust Storms

          Challenges for Minorities

Guided Analysis Document 22.1 Plea from the Scottsboro Prisoners, 1932

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          Families under Strain

          Organized Protest

The New Deal

          Roosevelt Restores Confidence

          Steps toward Recovery

          Direct Assistance and Relief

Comparative Analysis Letters to Eleanor Roosevelt Document 22.2 Mildred Isbell to Mrs. Roosevelt, January 1, 1936; Document 22.3 Minnie Hardin to Mrs. Roosevelt, December 14, 1937

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          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

          Decline of the New Deal

Solo Analysis Document 22.4 Retire or Move Over, 1937

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Conclusion: New Deal Liberalism

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Chapter Review 

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Document Project 22 The Depression in Rural America

Document
22.5 Ann Marie Low, Dust Bowl Diary, 1934

Document 22.6 John P. Davis, A Black Inventory of the New Deal, 1935

Document 22.7 A Sharecropper’s Family in Washington County, Arkansas, 1935

Document 22.8 Martin Torres, Protest against Maltreatment of Mexican Laborers in California, 1934

Document 22.9 Otis Nation Testimony to the Great Plains Committee, 1937

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22. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 22: Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and its Critics
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Document 22.1
Franklin Roosevelt, Fireside Chat transcript, May 7, 1933

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Document 22.2 "Give a Man a Job!" transcript 1933

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Document 22.3 Frank E. Gannett, Letter on Court Packing, 1937

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Document 22.4 Republican Party National Platform, 1936

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Document 22.5 Huey P. Long, Criticism of Franklin Roosevelt, 1935

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

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Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 22 LaunchPad

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 22 LaunchPad

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23. WORLD WAR II, 1933–1945

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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

Guided Analysis Document 23.1 Monica Sone, Memories of Pearl Harbor

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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

American Indians

          The Ordeal of Japanese Americans

Comparative Analysis Japanese American Internment Document 23.2 Charles Kikuchi Internment Diary, 1942; Document 23.3 Justice Hugo Black, Korematsu v. United States, 1944

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Global War

          War in Europe

          War in the Pacific

          Ending the War

          Evidence of the Holocaust

Solo Analysis Document 23.4 The War Department on Bombing the Railway Lines to Auschwitz, 1944

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Conclusion: The Impact of World War II

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Chapter Review 

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Document Project 23 The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb

Document
23.5 Petition to the President of the United States, July 17, 1945

Document 23.6 President Harry S. Truman, Press Release on the Atomic Bomb, August 6, 1945

Document 23.7 Hiroshima, August 6, 1945

Document 23.8 U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, 1946

Document 23.9 Father Johannes Siemes, Eyewitness Account of the Hiroshima Bombing, 1945

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23. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 23: Anti-Japanese Prejudice during World War II
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Document 23.1 Why We Fight: Prelude to War transcript, 1942

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Document 23.2 Poster to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry, 1942

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Document 23.3 Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone, Hirabayashi v. United States Decision, 1943

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Document 23.4 Justice Frank Murphy, Dissent in Korematsu v. United States, 1944

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Document 23.5 Charles Kikuchi, Internment Diary, 1942

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 23: Anti-Japanese Prejudice during World War II LaunchPad

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 23 LaunchPad

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 23 LaunchPad

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24. THE OPENING OF THE COLD WAR, 1945–1961

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AMERICAN HISTORIES: George Kennan and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

The Origins of the Cold War, 1945–1947

         Mutual Misunderstandings

Guided Analysis Document 24.1 Henry Wallace, The Way to Peace, 1946

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          The Truman Doctrine

          The Marshall Plan and Economic Containment

Comparative Analysis The Marshall Plan and the Soviet Union Document 24.2 George C. Marshall, The Marshall Plan, 1947; Document 24.3 Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Objections to the Marshall Plan, 1947

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The Cold War Hardens, 1948–1953

          Military Containment

          The Korean War

Solo Analysis Document 24.4 Statement by President Truman on the Situation in Korea, June 27, 1950

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          The Korean War and the Imperial Presidency

Combatting Communism at Home, 1945–1954

          Loyalty and the Second Red Scare

          McCarthyism

The Cold War Expands, 1953-1961

Nuclear Weapons and Containment

Interventions in the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa

Early Intervention in Vietnam, 1954–1960

Conclusion: The Cold War and Anticommunism

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Chapter Review 

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Document Project 24 McCarthyism and the Hollywood Ten

Document 24.5
Ronald Reagan, Testimony before HUAC, 1947

Document 24.6 John Howard Lawson, Testimony before HUAC, 1947

Document 24.7 The Waldorf Statement and the Introduction of the Blacklist, 1947

Document 24.8 Herblock, "Fire!" 1949

Document 24.9 Lillian Hellman, Letter to HUAC, 1952

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24. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 24: The Korean War
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Document 24.1 Sidney W. Souers, NSC 48, December 1949

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Document 24.2 Terenti Shtykov, Telegram, January 19, 1950

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Document 24.3 Harry Truman, Radio Address on Korea, April 11, 1951

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Document 24.4 Douglas MacArthur, Speech before Congress, April 19, 1951

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Document 24.5 Herbert Block, "We've Been Using More of a Roundish One," Washington Post,

May 1951

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 24: The Korean War LaunchPad

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 24 LaunchPad

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 24 LaunchPad

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25. TROUBLED INNOCENCE, 1945–1961

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AMERICAN HISTORIES: Alan Freed and Grace Metalious

Peacetime Transition and the Boom Years

Peacetime Challenges, 1945–1948

Economic Conversion and Labor Discontent

Truman, the New Deal Coalition, and the Election of 1948

Economic Boom

          Baby Boom

Guided Analysis Document 25.1 Adlai E. Stevenson, A Purpose for Modern Woman, 1955

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          Changes in Living Patterns

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 Growth of the Civil Rights Movement

The Rise of the Southern Civil Rights Movement         

School Segregation and the Supreme Court

          The Montgomery Bus Boycott

          White Resistance to Desegregation

          The Sit-Ins

Comparative Analysis The Civil Rights Movement and Its Opponents Document 25.2 The Southern Manifesto, 1956; Document 25.3 Ella Baker, Bigger Than a Hamburger, 1960

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The Civil Rights Movement and Minority Struggles in the West

Domestic Politics in the Eisenhower Era

          Modern Republicanism

Solo Analysis Document 25.4 Dwight Eisenhower, Letter about Moderation in Governance, 1954

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The Election of 1960                   

Conclusion: Postwar Politics and Culture

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Chapter Review 

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Document Project 25 Teenagers in Postwar America

Document
25.5 Dick Clark, Your Happiest Years, 1959

Document 25.6 Charlotte Jones, Letter on Elvis, 1957

Document 25.7 The Desegregation of Central High School, 1957

Document 25.8 A Mexican-American Childhood in El Paso, Texas, 1949

Document 25.9 Why No Chinese American Delinquents? 1955

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25. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 25: The Postwar Suburbs
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Document 25.1 Metropolitan Highway Construction: Boston transcript, 1955

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Document 25.2 In the Suburbs transcript, 1957
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Document 25.3 Harry Henderson, "The Mass-Produced Suburbs," 1953

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Document 25.4 Malvina Reynolds, "Little Boxes," 1962

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Document 25.5 Jackie Robinson, Testimony before the United States Commission on Civil Rights, 1959

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 25: The Postwar Suburbs LaunchPad

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 25 LaunchPad

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 25 LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 25 LaunchPad

 

26. LIBERALISM AND ITS CHALLENGERS, 1960–1973

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AMERICAN HISTORIES: Earl Warren and Bayard Rustin

 The Politics of Liberalism

          Kennedy’s New Frontier

          Kennedy, the Cold War, and Cuba

Guided Analysis Document 26.1 Edmund Valtman, The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

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  The Civil Rights Movement Intensifies, 1961–1968

          Freedom Rides

          Kennedy Supports Civil Rights

          Freedom Summer and Voting Rights

From Civil Rights to Black Power

  Federal Efforts toward Social Reform

          The Great Society

          The Warren Court

The Vietnam War, 1961–1969

          Kennedy’s Intervention in South Vietnam

Johnson Escalates the War in Vietnam

Challenges to the Liberal Establishment

The New Left

          The Counterculture

Liberation Movements

Comparative Analysis Chicano and Native American Freedom Movements Document 26.2 Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán, 1969; Document 26.3 The Alcatraz Proclamation, American Indian Center, 1969

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          The Revival of Conservatism

Solo Analysis Document 26.4 The Sharon Statement, 1960

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Conclusion: Liberalism and Its Discontents

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Chapter Review 

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Document Project 26 Freedom Summer

Document
26.5 Prospectus for Mississippi Freedom Summer, 1964

Document 26.6 Nancy Ellin, Letter Describing Freedom Summer, 1964

Document 26.7 White Southerners Respond to Freedom Summer, 1964

Document 26.8 Fannie Lou Hamer, Address to the Democratic National Convention Credentials Committee, 1964

Document 26.9 Lyndon B. Johnson, Monitoring the MFDP Challenge, 1964

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26. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 26: Debating the Vietnam War
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Document 26.1 Telephone Conversations Between Lyndon Johnson and Senator Richard Russell, May 27, 1964

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Document 26.2 Lyndon Johnson, "Peace Without Conquest," Speech at Johns Hopkins University, April 7, 1965

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Document 26.3 Herbert Block, "Our Position Hasn't Changed At All," Washington Post, June 17, 1965

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Document 26.4 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, "Statement on Vietnam," January 6, 1966

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Document 26.5 Robert F. Kennedy, "Vietnam Illusions," Feburary 8, 1968

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 26: Debating the Vietnam War LaunchPad

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 26 LaunchPad

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 26 LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 26 LaunchPad

 

27. CONSERVATISM AND ITS CHALLENGES, 1968–1992

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AMERICAN HISTORIES: Allan Bakke and Anita Hill

Nixon, War, and Politics, 1969–1974

          The Election of 1968

Guided Analysis Document 27.1 Richard Nixon, Speech Accepting the Republican Nomination for President, August 8, 1968

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          The Failure of Vietnamization

          Pragmatic Conservatism

          The Nixon Landslide and Disgrace, 1972–1974

 The Challenges of the 1970s

          Jimmy Carter and the Limits of Affluence

          The Persistence of Liberalism

Comparative Analysis Women of Color and Feminism

          Racial Struggles Continue Document 27.2 Workshop Resolutions, First National Chicana Conference, 1971; Document 27.3 Combahee River Collective, A Black Feminist Statement, 1977

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 The Conservative Ascendancy

          The New Right Revival

          Reagan and Reaganomics

Solo Analysis Document 27.4 Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981

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          The Implementation of Social Conservatism

          The Presidency of George H. W. Bush

Conclusion: The Conservative Legacy

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Chapter Review 

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Document Project 27 The New Right and Its Critics

Document
27.5 Proposition 13, California, 1978

Document 27.6 Phyllis Schlafly, What’s Wrong with "Equal Rights" for Women? 1972

Document 27.7 Paul Weyrich, Building the Moral Majority, 1979

Document 27.8 Walter Mondale, Criticism of Reaganomics, 1984

Document 27.9 A. Bartlett Giamatti, The Moral Majority Threatens Freedom, 1981

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27. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 27: Women’s Liberation
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Document 27.1 No More Miss America! 1968

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Document 27.2 Gloria Steinem, "Women Freeing the Men, Too," 1970

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Document 27.3 National Black Feminist Organization, Statement of Purpose, 1973

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Document 27.4 Pat Mainardi, "The Politics of Housework," 1970

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Document 27.5 Phyllis Schlafly, "What’s Wrong with ‘Equal Rights’ for Women?" 1972

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 27: Women’s Liberation LaunchPad

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 27 LaunchPad

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 27 LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 27 LaunchPad

 

28. THE END OF THE COLD WAR AND THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBALIZATION, 1969–1991

Guided Reading Exercise 
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AMERICAN HISTORIES: George Shultz and Barbara Deming

 Nixon, the Cold War, and Détente

The Cold War Thaws

Crisis in the Middle East and at Home

Carter’s Diplomacy, 1977–1980

          The Perils of Détente

          Challenges in the Middle East

Guided Analysis Document 28.1 Robert Ode, Iran Hostage Diary, 1979–1980

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 Reagan’s Cold War Policy, 1981–1988

          "The Evil Empire"

          Human Rights and the Fight against Communism

          Fighting International Terrorism

          The Nuclear Freeze Movement

Comparative Analysis The Nuclear Freeze Movement Document 28.2 New Jersey Referendum on Nuclear Freeze, 1982; Document 28.3 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | Pastoral Letter on War and Peace, 1983

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          The Road to Nuclear De-escalation

George H. W. Bush and the New World Order

          The Breakup of the Soviet Union

Solo Analysis Document 28.4 Mikhail Gorbachev, Speech to the United Nations, 1988

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          Globalization and the New World Order

          Managing Conflict after the Cold War

Conclusion: Farewell to the Cold War

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Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz
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Document Project 28 The Iran-Contra Scandal

Document
28.5 The Boland Amendments, 1982 and 1984

Document 28.6 CIA Freedom Fighter’s Manual, 1983

Document 28.7 Ronald Reagan, Speech on the Iran-Contra Affair, 1987

Document 28.8 Oliver North, Testimony to Congress, July 1987

Document 28.9 George Mitchell, Response to Oliver North, 1987

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28. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 28: Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War
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Document 28.1 Ronald Reagan, Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals, 1983

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Document 28.2 Geraldine Ferraro, Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address, 1984

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Document 28.3 Tony Auth, Cartoon, Philadelphia Inquirer, [[Date]]
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Document 28.4 Ronald Reagan, Address at Moscow State University, 1988

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Document 28.5 Mikhail Gorbachev, Speech Before the Central Committee, January 27, 1987

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 28: Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War LaunchPad

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 28 LaunchPad

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 28 LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 28 LaunchPad

 

29. THE CHALLENGES OF A GLOBALIZED WORLD, 1993 to the present

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AMERICAN HISTORIES: Bill Gates and Kristen Breitweiser

Transforming American Business and Society

          The Computer Revolution

          Business Consolidation

          The Changing American Population

Guided Analysis Document 29.1 Bo Yee, The New American Sweatshop, 1994

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 Political Divisions and Globalization in the Clinton Years

          Domestic and Economic Policy during the Clinton Administration

          Global Challenges

 The Presidency of George W. Bush

          Bush and Compassionate Conservatism

          The Iraq War

Comparative Analysis The War in Iraq Document 29.2 President Bush Declares Victory in Iraq, May 1, 2003; Document 29.3 Farnaz Fassihi, Report from Baghdad, 2004

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         Bush’s Second Term

 The Challenges Faced by President Barack Obama

          The Great Recession

Solo Analysis Document 29.4 Alice, Recession Grads Interview, April 21, 2011

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           Obama and Domestic Politics

An Unfinished Agenda around the World

Conclusion: Technology and Terror in a Global Society

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Chapter Review 

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Document Project 29 The Uses of September 11

Document
29.5 Diana Hoffman, "The Power of Freedom," 2002

Document 29.6 Khaled Abou El Fadl, Response to September 11, 2001

Document 29.7 Anti-Muslim Discrimination, 2011

Document 29.8 Interview with Edward Snowden, 2014

Document 29.9 Alice M. Greenwald, Director, 9/11 Memorial Museum, 2014

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29. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 29: The Environment and Federal Policy in the Twenty-First Century
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Document 29.1 George W. Bush, Press Release on Global Climate Change, 2001

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Document 29.2 Lester Brown, Outgrowing the Earth, 2004

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Document 29.3 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Environmental Justice Act, 2007

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Document 29.4 Barack Obama, State of the Union Address, 2012

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Document 29.5 Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Change Facts, 2012

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Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

THINKING THROUGH SOURCES 29: The Environment and Federal Policy in the Twenty-First Century LaunchPad

Organize the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 29 LaunchPad

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 29 LaunchPad

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Appendix

Admission of the States to the Union

Presidents of the United States

The Declaration of Independence

The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union

The Constitution of the United States (including six unratified amendments)

Admission of the States to the Union

Presidents of the United States

Glossary of Key Terms

GUIDE TO ANALYZING PRIMARY SOURCES

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