The Story of America 1991

by Garraty, John A.

• ISBN13: 9780030469947
• ISBN10: 0030469945
• Edition: Student
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-01-01
• Publisher: Harcourt School

Table of Contents

How to Use The Story of America	xviii
Using the Textbook's Features	xviii
Studying Primary Sources	xxiii
Developing Historical Imagination	xxiii
Writing About History	xxiv
To the Student	xxvi
Unit One THE AMERICAN COLONIES Beginnings to 1770
Three Discoveries of America	2	(38)
The First Americans	2	(12)
Europe Awakens	14	(6)
The Age of Discovery	20	(7)
Spain's Golden Age	27	(13)
Strategies for Success: Reading a Time Line	21	(11)
Reading Maps	32	(4)
Linking History & Geography: The Columbian Exchange	36
Portfolio: America's Indian Heritage	10	(28)
Review	38	(2)
English Colonies in America	40	(32)
Why Colonists Came to America	40	(7)
The Settlement of Virginia	47	(6)
The Settlement of Massachusetts	53	(4)
``A City Upon a Hill''	57	(5)
European Challenges to England	62	(4)
Later Colonial Settlements	66	(6)
Feature: A Colony Built Upon Smoke	52
Strategies for Success: Using Latitude and Longitude	46	(24)
Review	70	(2)
Life in Colonial America	72	(36)
An American Civilization	72	(13)
Slavery and the Economy	85	(10)
Americans Share New Ideas	95	(6)
East-West Disputes	101	(7)
Strategies for Success: Reading Graphs	78	(25)
Creating a Graphic Representation	103
Portfolio: America's West African Heritage	81	(25)
Review	106	(2)
Governing the American Colonies	108	(30)
The English Colonial System	108	(3)
English Colonial Policies	111	(5)
France Challenges England	116	(8)
Taxation Without Representation	124	(14)
Feature: Washington's Escape	120	(12)
Strategies for Success: Recognizing Cause and Effect	132	(1)
Interpreting History: The American Revolution	132	(2)
Review	134	(2)
Review	136	(2)
Unit Two THE AMERICAN NATION 1770-1798
The Revolutionary War	138	(42)
The Revolution Begins	138	(5)
Shots Heard Round the World	143	(7)
``Liberty or Death''	150	(6)
Independence Is Declared	156	(8)
Americans Hold Together	164	(5)
The War Is Won	169	(11)
The Declaration of Independence	158
Features: Praise to Washington	154	(20)
Heroes of the Revolution	174
Strategies for Success: Tracing Movements on a Map	146	(30)
Linking History & Geography: Crossing the Atlantic	176	(2)
Review	178	(2)
Creating the United States	180	(54)
Self Government	180	(5)
Setting New Boundaries	185	(6)
Peacetime Troubles	191	(5)
``We, the People''	196	(24)
``A More Perfect Union''	220	(14)
The Constitution	200	(19)
Interpreting the Constitution	219	(2)
Feature: Franklin's Advice	221	(9)
Strategies for Success: SQ3R-A Helpful Study Plan	230
Interpreting History: The Constitution	219	(13)
Review	232	(2)
Governing the United States	234	(32)
A Government Is Formed	234	(6)
Financing the Nation	240	(4)
The Nation Is Tested	244	(10)
The Two-Party System	254	(12)
Feature: The Whiskey Rebellion	252	(6)
Strategies for Success: Separating Fact from Opinion	258	(4)
Review	262	(2)
Review	264	(2)
Unit Three A GROWING AMERICA 1790-1840
The Age of Jefferson	266	(28)
The Fall of the Federalists	266	(6)
Jefferson as President	272	(8)
The Louisiana Territory	280	(6)
The Threat of War	286	(8)
Feature: The Capital City	270	(4)
Strategies for Success: Interpreting a Physical Map	274	(18)
Review	292	(2)
War and Peace, 1812-1823	294	(34)
War in the Northwest	295	(5)
The War at Sea	300	(5)
The War on Land	305	(8)
Peace and New Boundaries	313	(10)
A Latin America Policy	323	(5)
Features: A Wolf Against Sheep	304	(7)
The Star-Spangled Banner	311
Strategies for Success: Synthesizing Information	296	(23)
Portfolio: America's Hispanic Heritage	319	(7)
Review	326	(2)
Building America, 1790-1840	328	(36)
A Diversified Economy	329	(4)
The Industrial Revolution	333	(10)
The Rise of the Cities	343	(6)
Improvements in Travel	349	(15)
Features: A Protective Tariff	331	(25)
Strategies for Success: Interpreting a Special-Purpose Map	356	(2)
Linking History & Geography: Homes for Americans	358	(2)
Review	360	(2)
Review	362	(2)
Unit Four A WESTERING AMERICA 1816-1860
The Age of Jackson	364	(40)
The Era of Good Feelings	364	(6)
Sectional Conflicts	370	(12)
Jackson as President	382	(6)
Jackson and the Economy	388	(5)
Jackson's Indian Policy	393	(11)
Features: America Grows Westward	376	(18)
The Trail of Tears	394	(5)
Strategies for Success: Using Photographs as Primary Sources	399	(3)
Review	402	(2)
Manifest Destiny	404	(44)
The Texas Question	404	(8)
Westward Movement	412	(6)
War with Mexico	418	(7)
The Golden West	425	(11)
Free and Slave Territories	436	(12)
Feature: A Desert in Bloom	428
Strategies for Success: Learning from Art	415	(29)
Linking History & Geography: The Nation Moves West	444	(2)
Review	446	(2)
Slavery and Abolition	448	(28)
Cotton and Slavery	449	(7)
``Cotton Is King''	456	(9)
Abolitionism	465	(11)
Feature: Sold Down the River	460
Strategies for Success: Comparing Statistics	457	(17)
Review	474	(2)
Reform and Romanticism	476	(34)
Women and Reform	477	(7)
Reforms in Education	484	(6)
Religion and Reform	490	(5)
The Romantic Age	495	(3)
Improving Society	498	(12)
Strategies for Success: Understanding Sequence	481	(25)
Review	506	(2)
Review	508	(2)
Unit Five A DIVIDED AMERICA 1850-1877
Causes of the Civil War	510	(32)
The North and Slavery	512	(3)
The Struggle for Kansas	515	(8)
New Political Parties	523	(2)
A Controversial Court	525	(3)
Lincoln and Douglas	528	(4)
The Threat of Secession	532	(10)
Features: A Caning in Congress	521	(5)
The Amistad Mutiny	526
Strategies for Success: Comparing Maps	517	(23)
Review	540	(2)
The Civil War	542	(48)
The War Begins	543	(6)
Raising the Armies	549	(11)
War and the Economy	560	(8)
The War in the East	568	(9)
The War in the West	577	(4)
The Final Battles	581	(9)
Features: Johnny Reb and Billy Yank	552	(3)
Soldiering in the Civil War	555	(19)
Binding Up the Wounds of War	574
Strategies for Success: Reading a Statistical Chart	558	(28)
Linking History & Geography: Geography and War	586	(2)
Review	588	(2)
Reconstruction	590	(32)
Radicals and Moderates	591	(6)
The Civil War Amendments	597	(4)
Freedom After Slavery	601	(9)
Troops Leave the South	610	(3)
The Long Night Begins	613	(9)
Strategies for Success: Interpreting a Graph of Business Cycles	605
Interpreting History: Reconstruction	596	(22)
Review	618	(2)
Review	620	(2)
Unit Six A CHANGING AMERICA 1850-1900
The Last Frontier	622	(36)
The Battle for the Plains	623	(7)
Indian Wars	630	(9)
Mining the West	639	(4)
The End of the Open Range	643	(15)
Features: The Buffalo Vanishes	635	(5)
The Richest Hill in the World	640	(9)
Strategies for Success: Reading a Climate Map	649	(5)
Linking History & Geography: Gold! Gold! Gold!	654
Interpreting History: The American Frontier	633	(23)
Review	656	(2)
The Rise of Industrial America	658	(38)
The Power of the Rails	659	(6)
The Communications Revolution	665	(5)
Regulation of Big Business	670	(8)
Workers and Work	678	(5)
The Growth of Cities	683	(13)
Feature: Root, Hog, or Die	672	(16)
Strategies for Success: Reading a Table	688	(6)
Review	694	(2)
National Politics and Culture, 1867-1896	696	(40)
Politics After the War	697	(9)
The Age of Realism	706	(6)
Populism	712	(11)
Unemployment and Unrest	723	(3)
Gold Versus Silver	726	(10)
Feature: The Front-Porch Campaign	729
Strategies for Success: Interpreting Election Results	716	(16)
Review	732	(2)
Review	734	(2)
Unit Seven AN EXPANDING AMERICA 1865-1914
America in World Affairs, 1865-1912	736	(44)
Extending America's Influence	736	(8)
Policing the Western Hemisphere	744	(3)
The Spanish-American War	747	(14)
America Expands Further	761	(9)
Roosevelt and His Canal	770	(10)
Features: Yellow Journalism	753	(18)
The One-Centavo Stamp	771	(4)
Strategies for Success: Interpreting Editorial Cartoons	775
Portfolio: America's Pacific Heritage	757	(21)
Review	778	(2)
Reformers and the Progressive Movement	780	(36)
The Progressive Idea	781	(4)
Reformers	785	(11)
Government Versus Big Business	796	(4)
A Progressive Victory	800	(5)
Limits of Progressivism	805	(11)
Feature: ``TR''	798	(8)
Strategies for Success: Composing Paragraphs	806	(4)
Linking History & Geography: Identifying Geographic Regions	810	(2)
Review	812	(2)
Review	814	(2)
Unit Eight A TROUBLED AMERICA 1914-1940
The Great World War	816	(36)
The Spark Is Lit	817	(5)
War on Land and Sea	822	(6)
America Enters the War	828	(3)
The War at Home and Abroad	831	(14)
The Search for Peace	845	(7)
Feature: Torpedo Warfare	827	(20)
Strategies for Success: Analyzing Boundary Changes	847	(3)
Review	850	(2)
The Twenties	852	(42)
The Tragedy of Woodrow Wilson	852	(7)
American Reaction to the War	859	(11)
The Roaring Twenties	870	(10)
An Automobile Civilization	880	(4)
America Heads for a Crash	884	(10)
Feature: The Lone Eagle	873
Strategies for Success: Comparing Points of View	855	(37)
Review	892	(2)
The Great Depression and the New Deal	894	(42)
The Costs of Depression	895	(8)
Roosevelt Comes to Power	903	(10)
The New Deal	913	(7)
Effects of the New Deal	920	(16)
Features: The Dust Bowl	910	(14)
The First Lady	924
Strategies for Success: Composing an Essay	914	(16)
Linking History & Geography: Dust from the Greenhouse	930	(2)
Review	932	(2)
Review	934	(2)
Unit Nine A GLOBAL AMERICA 1940-1963
World War II	936	(42)
American Neutrality	937	(5)
The European War	942	(8)
The Pacific War	950	(9)
The Allies Regain Europe	959	(7)
The Allies Win in the Pacific	966	(12)
Feature: New Weapons of War	954	(18)
Strategies for Success: Evaluating Decisions	972	(4)
Review	976	(2)
America in the Cold War	978	(50)
The United Nations	978	(5)
Truman in the Cold War	983	(10)
Truman Survives His Critics	993	(7)
The Eisenhower Legacy	1000	(14)
A Youthful Cold Warrior	1014	(14)
Feature: The Stars and Stripes	1008
Strategies for Success: Analyzing Historical Interpretations	987	(5)
Interpreting History: The Cold War	992	(30)
Linking History & Geography: Political Geography: Uncle Sam's Islands	1022	(2)
Review	1024	(2)
Review	1026	(2)
Unit Ten MODERN AMERICA 1964 to the Present
The Great Society	1028	(32)
The Johnson Presidency	1029	(3)
A Prosperous America	1032	(10)
A Society of Many Members	1042	(9)
Movements for Equal Rights	1051	(9)
Feature: Baseball Leaves Brooklyn	1048
Strategies for Success: Using the Census	1047	(11)
Review	1058	(2)
America Is Put to the Test	1060	(28)
War in Vietnam	1061	(7)
A Year of Tragedy	1068	(4)
Nixon as President	1072	(9)
The Watergate Affair	1081	(7)
Feature: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial	1079
Strategies for Success: Drawing Conclusions	1066	(20)
Review	1086	(2)
Modern Times	1088	(1)
Two Centuries of Democracy	1089	(3)
The Melting Pot Bubbles Over	1092	(11)
Three American Tragedies	1103	(4)
The Democrats Take a Turn	1107	(3)
The Republicans Triumphant	1110	(5)
Strategies for Success: Expressing a Point of View	1115	(7)
Linking History & Geography: Fatal Error: Oil on Water	1122	(2)
Review	1124	(2)
Review	1126