Study Guide for Give Me Liberty! An American History, Second Edition

by Letwin, Daniel; Recchiuti, John; Clarkin, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780393930740
• ISBN10: 0393930742
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-19
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

This Study Guide is an essential resource for students using Give Me Liberty! An American History, Second Edition by Eric Foner. The Guide is full of helpful hints on how to get the most out of the textbook and the course. Daniel Letwin, John Recchiuti, and Thomas Clarkin are experienced teachers of the survey, and they offer class-tested advice that will make a difference in your performance in the course.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
"What Is Freedom?": Reconstruction, 1865-1877	p. 1
America's Gilded Age, 1870-1890	p. 20
Freedom's Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900	p. 41
The Progressive Era, 1900-1916	p. 63
Safe for Democracy: The United States and World War I, 1916-1920	p. 89
From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932	p. 113
The New Deal, 1932-1940	p. 134
Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945	p. 157
The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953	p. 179
An Affluent Society, 1953-1960	p. 200
The Sixties, 1960-1968	p. 224
The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969-1988	p. 251
Globalization and Its Discontents, 1989-2000	p. 275
September 11 and the Next American Century	p. 298
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