Rand McNally Atlas of American History 99

by Rand McNally

• ISBN13: 9780395949016
• ISBN10: 0395949017
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-09-01
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Table of Contents

Introduction	5	(4)
Section 1: Beginnings (prehistory-1620)	9	(8)
Early Routes and Cultures in the Americas
Routes of the First Americans, 23,000 - 8,000 B.C.	10	(1)
Viking Voyages, A.D. 1000	10	(1)
Where Native Americans Lived	11	(1)
European Trade Routes
International Trade, 1350-1450	12	(1)
Portuguese Routes to India, 1488-1498	13	(1)
Spanish and English Explorers
The Spanish in the Americas, 1492-1542	14	(1)
Cabot's Voyages, 1497-1498	15	(1)
England Searches for a Northwest Passage, 1576-1586	15	(1)
French Explorers
Voyages of Cartier and Verrazano, 1524-1536	16	(1)
Explorations of Champlain and Brule 1603-1615	16	(1)
Section 2: Establishing Colonies (1600-1775)	17	(8)
Settling the Atlantic Coast
English Land Grants, 1606	18	(1)
Dutch and Swedish Settlements, 1623-1643	18	(1)
Plymouth Colony, 1620	19	(1)
Early Settlements in New England, 1620-1630	19	(1)
Expansion of New England, 1636-1640	19	(1)
Struggle for the North American Continent
French Influence in North America, 1682	20	(1)
The Thirteen Original British Colonies, 1750	21	(1)
French and Indian War
French and British Forts, 1753-1760	22	(1)
British Strategy in the French and Indian War, 1754-1763	22	(1)
North America, 1763	23	(1)
Colonial Economy
Sources of Wealth in the British Colonies, 1770	24	(1)
Triangular Trade Routes, about 1770	24	(1)
Section 3: Forming a New Nation (1775-1800)	25	(6)
The Struggle for Independence
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, 1775	26	(1)
The War in New England, 1775-1776	26	(1)
The Retreat from New York, 1776-1777	26	(1)
Clark's Route, 1778-1779	26	(1)
Northern Campaigns, 1777	27	(1)
The War in the South, 1780-1781	27	(1)
The Final Campaign, 1781	27	(1)
The Growing Republic
North America, 1783	28	(1)
Spanish Influence in North America, late 1700s	28	(1)
State Claims to Western Lands	29	(1)
The United States, 1775-1800	29	(1)
Developing New States
The Northwest Territory, 1787	30	(1)
Section 4: The Nation Expands & Changes (1790-1870)	31	(8)
Expanding Through Treaties, Purchase, and War
British Held Posts, 1794	32	(1)
Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and Its Exploration, 1804-1807	32	(1)
Campaigns in the War of 1812	33	(1)
The United States in 1819	33	(1)
Changes in the West and the East
Routes to the West, about 1840	34	(1)
The Mexican War, 1846-1848	34	(1)
National Road and Canals, about 1840	35	(1)
The Removal of the Eastern Indians, 1840	35	(1)
Acquiring New Territories
Westward Expansion, 1800-1850	36	(2)
Acquiring New Settlers
Major Sources of Immigration, 1820-1870	38	(1)
Section 5: A Nation Divided (1850-1865)	39	(6)
The Slavery Issue
The Compromise of 1850	40	(1)
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854	40	(1)
Slaves and the Underground Railroad, about 1860	40	(1)
A Quarreling People, 1820-1860	41	(1)
The Civil War
Secession, 1860-1861	42	(1)
The Civil War	43	(1)
Major Civil War Battles
The Civil War, 1861-1865	44	(1)
1861-1863	44	(1)
1864-1865	44	(1)
Section 6: Emerging as a Modern Nation (1860-1920)	45	(6)
Expansion and Involvement Beyond the Mainland
Western Frontiers, 1860-1890	46	(1)
Expansion Overseas, 1865-1920	47	(1)
Spanish-American War in Cuba, 1898	47	(1)
Spanish-American War in the Philippines, 1898	47	(1)
The New Immigrants
Major Sources of Immigration, 1880-1920	48	(1)
Immigration's Impact, 1910	49	(1)
World War I
World War I, Europe in 1914	50	(1)
The Western Front in 1918	50	(1)
Section 7: Challenges & Changes in the 20th Century (1920-1990)	51	(12)
Economic Growth and Depression
United States Industries, 1920	52	(1)
Great Depression, 1929-1939	53	(1)
World War II: Axis Expansion
World War II, The Height of Axis Expansion, 1942	54	(2)
World War II: Allied Advances
World War II, 1941-1945 Pacific Theater	56	(1)
World War II, 1941-1945 European Theater	57	(1)
Conflicts in the Postwar World
Opportunities and Uncertainties, 1957-1975	58	(1)
The War in Korea, 1950	59	(1)
The Vietnam War, 1957-1975	59	(1)
Migration and Immigration
African American Migration, 1940-1970	60	(1)
Major Sources of Immigration, 1960s-1990s	61	(1)
Involvement in Middle America
United States Involvement in Central America and the Caribbean, 1959-1990	62	(1)
Section 8: Entering a New Millennium (1990 & beyond)	63	(13)
Our Country Today
The United States	64	(2)
Who We Are
African American Population	66	(1)
Hispanic Population	66	(1)
Asian Population	66	(1)
American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut Population	66	(1)
Where We Live
Population	67	(1)
Our Way of Life
Income	68	(1)
Lifetime Expectance	68	(1)
Poverty	69	(1)
Unemployment	69	(1)
Our Place in the World
World Political	70	(2)
Databank
Populations of United States Colonies and States, 1650-1990	72	(2)
Facts About the States	74	(2)
Index	76