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Document Outline
- Front Cover
- Title Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Maps
- Features
- Preface
- A Note for the Students: Your Guide to Making America
- About the Authors
- 1 Making a "New" World, to 1588 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Hienwatha Introduction A World of Change American Origins It Matters Today: Native Americans Shape a New World Change and Restlessness in the Atlantic World The Complex World of Indian America A World of Change in Africa Exploiting Atlantic Opportunities The Portuguese, Africa, and Plantation Slavery The Continued Quest for Asian Trade A New Transatlantic World The Challenges of Mutual Discovery A Meeting of Minds in America The Columbian Exchange New Worlds in Africa and America A New World in Europe Individual Voices: The Five Nations Adopt the Great Law Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 2 A Continent on the Move, 1400-1725 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Bartolome de Las Casas Introduction The New Europe and the Atlantic World Spanish Expansion in America Dreams of an English Eden The Decline of Spanish Power European Empires in America The Troubled Spanish Colonial Empire The Dutch Enterprise It Matters Today: The Felt Hat Fad The French Presence in America Indians and the European Challenge The Indian Frontier in New Spain The Indian World in the Southeast The Indian World in the Northeast The New Indian World of the Plains Conquest and Accommodation in a Shared New World New Spain's Northern Frontiers The Dutch Settlements Life in French Louisiana Individual Voices: Bartolome de Las Casas Argues for the American Indians Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 3 Founding the English Mainland Colonies, 1585-1732 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Nathaniel Bacon Introduction It Matters Today: Grassroots Movements, Then and Now England and Colonization England's First Attempts at Colonization Turmoil and Tensions in England Settling the Chesapeake The Jamestown Colony Maryland: A Catholic Refuge Troubles on the Chesapeake Colonial Chesapeake Life New England: Colonies of Dissenters The Plymouth Colony Massachusetts Bay and Its Settlers Government in Puritan Massachusetts Indian Suppression Change and Reaction in England and New England The Pluralism of the Middle Colonies From New Netherland to New York Leisler's Rebellion William Penn's Holy Experiment The Colonies of the Lower South The Carolina Colony Georgia, the Last Colony Individual Voices: Nathaniel Bacon: Manifesto Concerning the Troubles in Virginia, 1676 Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 4 The English Colonies in the Eighteenth Century, 1689-1763 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Eliza Lucas Pinckney Introduction The English Transatlantic Communities of Trade Regions of Commerce It Matters Today: Women's Opportunities, Then and Now The Cords of Commercial Empire Community and Work in Colonial Society The Emergence of the "Yankee" Planter Society and Slavery Slave Experience and Slave Culture The Urban Culture of the Middle Colonies Life in the Backcountry Conflicts Among the Colonists Slave Revolts, North and South Clashes Between the Rich and the Poor Reason and Religion in Colonial Society The Impact of the Enlightenment Religion and Religious Institutions Government and Politics in the Mainland Colonies Imperial Institutions and Policies Local Colonial Government Conflicting Views of the Assemblies North America and the Struggles for Empire An Age of Imperial Warfare The Great War for Empire The Outcomes of the Great War for Empire Individual Voices: Eliza Lucas Challenges Traditional Plantation Life Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 5 Deciding Where Loyalties Lie, 1763-1776 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Charles Inglis Introduction It Matters Today: The Right to Dissent Victory's New Problems Dealing with Indian and French Canadian Resistance Demanding More from the Colonists The Colonial Response The Stamp Act The Popular Response Political Debate Repeal of the Stamp Act Asserting American Rights The Townshend Acts and Colonial Protest The British Humiliated Success Weakens Colonial Unity The Crisis Renewed Distributing the Peace of the Early 1770s The Tea Act and the Tea Party The Intolerable Acts Creating a National Forum: The First Continental Congress The Decision for Independence Taking Charge and Enforcing Policies The Shot Heard 'Round the World The Second Continental Congress The Impact of Common Sense Declaring Independence Declaring Loyalties Individual Voices: Charles Inglis Calls for Reconciliation Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 6 Recreating America: Independence and a New Nation, 1775-1783 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Deborah Sampson Introduction The First Two Years of War The Battle for Boston Congress Creates an Army The British Strategy in 1776 Escape from New York Winter Quarters and Winter Victories Burgoyne's New York Campaign Winter Quarters in 1777 Diplomacy Abroad and Profiteering at Home The Long Road to Formal Recognition War and the American Public From Stalemate to Victory The War Stalls in the North The Second Carolinas Campaign Treason and Triumph Winning Diplomatic Independence Republican Expectations in a New Nation The Protection of Fundamental Rights Protection of Property Rights Legal Reforms Women in the New Republic It Matters Today: Tracking Changes in Gender Roles The War's Impact on Slaves and Slavery The Fate of the Loyalists Individual Voices: Esther Deberdt Reed Glories in the Usefulness of Women Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 7 Competing Visions of the Virtuous Republic, 1770-1796 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Mercy Otis Warren Introduction America's First Constitutions It Matters Today: Having a Vision for the Future The Articles of Confederation Challenges to the Confederation Depression and Financial Crisis The Northwest Ordinances Diplomatic Problems A Farmers' Revolt The Revolt of the "Better Sort" Creating a New Constitution Revise or Replace Drafting an Acceptable Document Resolving the Conflict of Vision The Ratification Controversy The Federalist Victory President George Washington Competing Visions Re-emerge Unity's Achievements Hamilton and Jefferson's Differences Hamilton's Economic Plan Foreign Affairs and Deepening Divisions More Domestic Disturbances Jay's Treaty Washington's Farewell Individual Voices: Mercy Otis Warren Criticizes Boston Citizens Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 8 The Early Republic, 1796-1804 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: George Logan Introduction Conflict in the Adams Administration The Split Election of 1796 XYZ: The Power of Patriotism The Home Front in the Quasi-War Settlement with France The "Revolution of 1800" The Lesser of Republican Evils Federalist Defenses and a Loyal Opposition Jefferson's Vision for America It Matters Today: Classical versus Liberal Republicanism Republicanism in Action Assault on Federalist Defenses Implementing a New Economy Threats to Jefferson's Vision Pushing Westward Challenge and Uncertainty in Jefferson's America The Heritage of Partisan Politics Westward Expansion and Social Stress The Religious Response to Social Change The Problem of Race in Jefferson's Republic Individual Voices: Congress Debates George Logan's Mission to France Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 9 Increasing Conflict and War, 1805-1815 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Tecumseh Introduction Troubling Currents in Jefferson's America Emerging Factions in American Politics The Problem of American Neutrality Economic Warfare Crises in the Nation Economic Depression Political Upheaval The Rise of the Shawnee Prophet Prophecy and Politics in the West Choosing War It Matters Today: The Battle of Tippecanoe The Nation at War The Fight Begins The War Continues The Politics of War New British Offensives The War's Strange Conclusion Peace and the Rise of New Expectations New Expectations in the Northeastern Economy New Opportunities in the West A Revolution in the Southern Economy Reviving and Reinventing Slavery Individual Voices: Tecumseh Describes American Indian Policy Under William Henry Harrison Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 10 The Rise of a New Nation, 1815-1836 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: John C. Calhoun Introduction An "Era of Good Feelings" The "American System" and New Economic Direction The Transportation Problem Legal Anchors for New Business Enterprise It Matters Today: The Federal Role in Interstate Commerce James Monroe and the Nationalist Agenda Dynamic Growth and Political Consequences The Panic of 1819 Economic Woes and Political Sectionalism The Missouri Compromise New Politics and the End of Good Feelings The "New Man" in Politics Adams's Troubled Administration Democratic Styles and Political Structure The Rise of "King Andrew" Launching Jacksonian Politics The Reign of "King Andrew" Jackson and the Bank Jackson and the West Jackson and the Indians The Nullification Crisis Individual Voices: John C. Calhoun Justifies the Principle and Practice of Nullification Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 11 The Great Transformation: Growth and Expansion, 1828-1848 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Helen Jewett Introduction The New Cotton Empire in the South A New Birth for the Plantation System Life Among Common Southern Whites Free Blacks in the South Living Conditions for Southerners' Slaves The Manufacturing Empire in the Northeast The "American System of Manufacturing" New Workplaces and New Workers It Matters Today: Manufacturing and the Revolution in Time Living Conditions in Blue-Collar America Life and Culture Among a New Middle Class Social Life for a Genteel Class A New Empire of the West Moving Westward Pioneer Life in the New Cotton Country Life Among Westering Yankees The Hispanic Southwest The Mormon Community Tying the West to the Nation Individual Voices: The Press "Remembers" Helen Jewett Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 12 Responses to the Great Transformation, 1828-1848 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Lydia Sigourney Introduction Reactions to Changing Conditions Romanticism and Genteel Culture It Matters Today: The Spread of Mass Literacy Culture Among Workers and Slaves Radical Attempts to Regain Community A Second Great Awakening The Middle Class and Moral Reform Free and Slave Labor Protests The Whig Alternative to Jacksonian Democracy The End of the Old Party Structure The New Political Coalition Van Buren in the White House The Log-Cabin and Hard-Cider Campaign of 1840 The Triumph of Manifest Destiny The Rise of Manifest Destiny Expansion to the North and West Revolution in Texas The Politics of Manifest Destiny Expansion and the Election of 1844 The War with Mexico and Sectional Crisis Individual Voices: The American Tract Society: Moral Threat from Reading Fiction Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 13 Sectional Conflict and Shattered Union, 1848-1860 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Frederick Douglass Introduction New Political Options Politicizing Slavery: The Election of 1848 Disaffected Voices and Political Dissent The Politics of Compromise A Changing Political Economy Political Instability and the Election of 1852 Increasing Tension Under Pierce Toward a House Divided A Shattered Compromise Bleeding Kansas Bringing Slavery Home to the North It Matters Today: The Dred Scott Case Radical Responses to Abolitionism and Slavery The Divided Nation The Dominance of Regionalism The Election of 1860 The First Wave of Secession Responses to Disunion The Nation Dissolved Lincoln, Sumter, and War Choosing Sides in Virginia A Second Wave of Secession Trouble in the Border States Individual Voices: Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 14 A Violent Choice: Civil War, 1861-1865 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Susie King Taylor Introduction The Politics of War Union Policies and Objectives Confederate Policies and Objectives The Diplomatic Front The Union's First Attack From Bull Run to Antietam The War in the West Struggle for the Mississippi Lee's Aggressive Defense of Virginia Lee's Invasion of Maryland Diplomacy and the Politics of Emancipation The Human Dimensions of the War Instituting the Draft Wartime Economy in the North and South Women in the Two Nations at War Free Blacks, Slaves, and War Life and Death at the Front Waging Total War Lincoln's Generals and Southern Successes Grant, Sherman, and the Invention of Total War The Election of 1864 and Sherman's March to the Sea It Matters Today: The Gettysburg Address The End of Lee and Lincoln Individual Voice: Susie King Taylor Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 15 Reconstruction: High Hopes and Shattered Dreams, 1865-1877 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Andy Anderson Introduction Residential Reconstruction Republican War Aims Lincoln's Approach to Reconstruction: "With Malice Toward None" Abolishing Slavery Forever: The Thirteenth Amendment Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction The Southern Response: Minimal Compliance Freedom and the Legacy of Slavery Defining the Meaning of Freedom Creating Communities Land and Labor White Southerners: Confronting Change Congressional Reconstruction Challenging Presidential Reconstruction The Civil Rights Act of 1866 Defining Citizenship: The Fourteenth Amendment It Matters Today: The Fourteenth Amendment Radicals in Control Political Terrorism and the Election of 1868 Voting Rights and Civil Rights Black Reconstruction The Republican Party in the South Creating an Educational System and Fighting Discrimination Railroad Development and Corruption The End of Reconstruction The "New Departure" The 1872 Presidential Election The Politics of Terror: The "Mississippi Plan" The Compromise of 1877 After Reconstruction Individual Voices: A Freedman Offers His Former Master a Proposition Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 16 An Industrial Order Emerges, 1865-1880 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Frank Roney Introduction Foundation for Industrialization Resources, Skills, and Capital The Transformation of Agriculture The Impact of War and new Government Policies Overview: The Economy from the Civil War to World War I Railroads and Industry Railroad Expansion Railroads: Model for Big Business Chicago: Railroad Metropolis Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel It Matters Today: Vertical Integration Survival of the Fittest or Robber Barons? Workers in Industrial America The Transformation of Work Workers for Industry Craft Unionism--and Its Limits Politics: Parties, Spoils, Scandals, and Stalemate Parties, Conventions, and Patronage Republicans and Democrats Grant's Troubled Presidency: Spoils and Scandals President Rutherford B. Hayes and the Politics of Stalemate Challenges to Politics as Usual: Grangers, Greenbackers, and Silverites The Great Railway Strike of 1877 and the Federal Response The United States and the World, 1865-1880 Alaska, Canada, and the Alabama Claims The United States and Latin America Eastern Asia and the Pacific Individual Voices: Andrew Carnegie Explains the Gospel of Wealth Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 17 Becoming an Urban Industrial Society, 1880-1890 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Nikola Tesla Introduction Expansion of the Industrial Economy Standard Oil: Model for Monopoly Thomas Edison and the Power of Innovation Selling to the Nation Railroads, Investment Bankers, and "Morganization" Economic Concentration in Consumer-Goods Industries Laying an Economic Base for a New South Organized Labor in the 1880s The Knights of Labor 1886: Turning Point for Labor Uniting the Craft Unions: The American Federation of Labor New Americans from Europe A Flood of Immigrants Hyphenated America Nativism The New Urban America Surging Urban Growth New Cities of Skyscrapers and Streetcars Building an Urban Infrastructure The New Urban Geography "How the Other Half Lives" New Patterns of Urban Life The New Middle Class Ferment in Education Redefining Gender Roles It Matters Today: The WCTU and Woman Outside the United States Emergence of a Gay and Lesbian Subculture The Politics of Stalemate The Presidencies of Garfield and Arthur Reforming the Spoils System Cleveland and the Democrats The Mixed Blessings of Urban Machine Politics Challenging the Male Bastion: Woman Suffrage Structural Change and Policy Change The United States and the World, 1880-1889 Individual Voices: Nikola Tesla Explores the Problems of Energy Resources and World Peace Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 18 Conflict and Change in the West, 1865-1902 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton Introduction War for the West The Plains Indians The Plains Wars The Last Indian Wars Transforming the West: Mormons, Cowboys, and Sodbusters Zion in the Great Basin Cattle Kingdom on the Plains Plowing the Plains Transforming the West: Railroads, Mining, Agribusiness, Logging, and Finance Western Railroads Western Mining The Birth of Western Agribusiness Logging in the Pacific Northwest Western Metropolis: San Francisco Water Wars It Matters Today: Western Water and Global Warming Ethnicity and Race in the West Immigrants to the Golden Mountain Forced Assimilation Mexican Americans in the Southwest The West in American Thought The West as Utopia and Myth The Frontier and the West Individual Voices: Helen Hunt Jackson Appeals for Justice for the Mission Indians of Southern California (1883) Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 19 Economic Crash and Political Upheaval, 1890-1900 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Mary Elizabeth Lease Introduction Political Upheaval: The People's Party The Origins of the People's Party The People's Party Political Upheaval, part two: The Politics of Race and Nativism The Second Mississippi Plan and the Atlanta Compromise The Politics of Nativism Political Upheaval, part three: The Failure of the Republicans Harrison and the Fifty-first Congress It Matters Today: The Defeat of the Lodge Bill The Elections of 1890 and 1892 Economic Collapse and Restructuring Economic Collapse and Depression Labor on the Defensive: Homestead and Pullman The "Merger Movement" Political Realignment: The Presidential Election of 1896 The Failure of the Divided Democrats The 1896 Election: Bryan Versus McKinley, Silver Versus Protection After 1896: The New Republican Majority Stepping into World Affairs: Harrison and Cleveland Building a Navy A New American Mission? Revolution in Hawai'i Crises in Latin America Striding Boldly in World Affairs: McKinley, War, and Imperialism McKinley and War The "Splendid Little War" The Treaty of Paris Republic or Empire: The Election of 1900 Organizing an Insular Empire The Open Door and the Boxer Rebellion in China Individual Voices: William Allen White Asks, "What's the Matter with Kansas?" Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 20 The Progressive Era, 1900-1917 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Theodore Roosevelt Introduction Organizing for Change The Changing Face of Politics "Spearheads for Reform": The Settlement Houses Women and Reform Moral Reform Racial Issues Challenging Capitalism: Socialists and Wobblies The Reform of Politics, the Politics of Reform Exposing Corruption: The Muckrakers Reforming City Government Saving the Future Reforming State Government The Decline of Parties and the Rise of Interest Groups Roosevelt, Taft, and Republican Pogressivism Roosevelt: Asserting the Power of the Presidency The Square Deal in Action: Creating Federal Economic Regulation Regulating Natural Resources Taft's Troubles "Carry a Big Stick": Roosevelt, Taft, and World Affairs Taking Panama Making the Caribbean an American Lake Roosevelt and Eastern Asia The United States and the World, 1901-1913 Wilson and Democratic Progressivism Debating the Future: The Election of 1912 Wilson and Reform, 1913-1914 It Matters Today: The Federal Reserve Act Another Round of Reform and the Election of 1916 New Patterns in Cultural Expression Realism, Impressionism, and Ragtime Mass Entertainment in the Early Twentieth Century Celebrating the New Age Progressivism in Perspective Individual Voices: Theodore Roosevelt Asserts Presidential Powers Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 21 The United States in a World at War, 1913-1920 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Charles Young Introduction Inherited Commitments and New Directions Anti-Imperialism, Intervention, and Arbitration Wilson and the Mexican Revolution The United States in a World at War, 1914-1917 The Great War in Europe American Neutrality Neutral Rights and German U-boats The Election of 1916 The Decision for War The Home Front Mobilizing the Economy Mobilizing Public Opinion Civil Liberties in Time of War Changes in the Workplace The Great Migration and White Reactions Americans "Over There" Mobilizing for Battle "Over There" Wilson and the Peace Conference Bolshevism, the Secret Treaties, and the Fourteen Points The World in 1919 Wilson at Versailles It Matters Today: Redrawing the Middle East The Senate and the Treaty Legacies of the Great War America in the Aftermath of War, November 1918-November 1920 "HCL" and Strikes Red Scare Race Riots and Lynchings Amending the Constitution: Prohibition and Woman Suffrage The Election of 1920 Individual Voices: Woodrow Wilson Proposes his Fourteen Points Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 22 Prosperity Decade, 1920-1928 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Clara Bow Introduction Prosperity Decade The Economics of Prosperity Targeting Consumers The Automobile: Driving the Economy Changes in Banking and Business "Get Rich Quick"--Speculative Mania Agriculture: Depression in the Midst of Prosperity The "Roaring Twenties" Putting a People on Wheels: The Automobile and American Life Los Angeles: Automobile Metropolis A Homogenized Culture Searches for Heroes Alienated Intellectuals Renaissance Among African Americans "Flaming Youth" Traditional America Roars Back Prohibition Fundamentalism and the Crusade Against Evolution It Matters Today: Teaching Evolution in Public Schools Nativism, Immigration Restriction, and Eugenics The Ku Klux Klan Ethnicity, Race, Class, and Gender in the 1920s Ethnicity and Race: North, South, and West Beginnings of Change in Federal Indian Policy Mexican Americans Labor on the Defensive Changes in Women's Lives Development of Gay and Lesbian Subcultures The Politics of Prosperity Harding's Failed Presidency The Three-Way Presidential Election of 1924 The Politics of Business The 1928 Campaign and the Election of Hoover The Diplomacy of Prosperity The United States and Latin America America and the European Economy Encouraging International Cooperation Individual Voices: Middletown Parents Bemoan the Movies Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 23 The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Frances Perkins Introduction Hoover and Economic Crisis The Great Crash and the Depression Hoover and the Depression The New Deal Roosevelt Confronts the Depression Seeking Recovery Remembering the "Forgotten Man" Changing Focus It Matters Today: Social Security Waning of the New Deal Surviving the Depression Coping with the Depression "Making Do"--Families and the Depression Women and Minorities in the Depression A New Deal for Women and Minorities Individual Voices: Frances Perkins Explains the Social Security Act Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 24 America's Rise to World Leadership, 1929-1945 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Minoru Kiyota Introduction The Road to War Diplomacy in a Dangerous World Roosevelt and Isolationism War and American Neutrality The Battle for the Atlantic Pearl Harbor America Responds to War Japanese American Internment It Matters Today: Internment Mobilizing the Nation for War Wartime Politics A People at Work and War New Opportunities and Old Constraints Waging World War Halting the Japanese Advance The Tide Turns in Europe Stressed in the Grand Alliance Defeating Hitler Closing the Circle on Japan Entering the Nuclear Age Individual Voices: Justice Hugo Black Explains the Majority View in Korematsu United States Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 25 Truman and Cold War America, 1945-1952 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: George Frost Kennan Introduction The Cold War Begins Truman and the Soviets The Division of Europe It Matters Today: Appeasement A Global Presence The Korean War Halting Communist Aggression Seeking to Liberate North Korea Postwar Politics Truman and Liberalism The 1948 Election Cold War Politics The Red Scare Joseph McCarthy and the Politics of Loyalty Homecoming and Social Adjustments Rising Expectations From Industrial Worker to Homemaker Restrained Expectations Individual Voices: George F. Kennan Analyzes the Soviets'Worldview Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 26 Quest for Consensus, 1952-1960 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Ray Kroc Introduction Politics of Consensus Eisenhower Takes Command Dynamic Conservatism The Problem with McCarthy Eisenhower and a Hostile World The New Look The Third World Turmoil in the Middle East A Protective Neighbor The New Look in Asia The Soviets and Cold War Politics The Best of Times The Web of Prosperity Suburban and Family Culture Consumerism Another View of Suburbia Rejecting Consensus The Trouble with Kids Outside Suburbia Integrating Schools It Matters Today: The Brown Decision The Montgomery Bus Boycott Ike and Civil Rights Individual Voices: Ray Kroc Explains the McDonald's Approach to Business Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 27 Great Promises, Bitter Disappointments, 1960-1968 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) Introduction The Politics of Action The 1960 Campaign The New Frontier Kennedy and Civil Rights Flexible Response It Matters Today: Letter from a Birmingham Jail Confronting Castro and the Soviets Vietnam Death in Dallas Defining a New Presidency Old and New Agendas Implementing the Great Society New Voices Urban Riots and Black Power Rejecting the Feminine Mystique Rejecting Gender Roles The Youth Movement The Counterculture Individual Voices: Stokely Carmichael Justifies Black Power Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 28 America Under Stress, 1967-1976 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Dolores Huerta Introduction Johnson and the War Americanization of the Vietnam War The Antiwar Movement Tet and the 1968 Presidential Campaign The Tet Offensive Changing of the Guard The Election of 1968 Defining the American Dream The Emergence of La Causa American Indian Activism Nixon and the World Vietnamization Modifying the Cold War Nixon and the Domestic Agenda Nixon as Pragmatist It Matters Today: Improving the Environment Building the Silent Majority An Embattled President An Interim President Individual Voices: Striking Grape Workers Proclaim Their Goals Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 29 Facing Limits, 1976-1992 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Franklin Chang-Diaz Introduction The Carter Presidency New Directions in Foreign Policy Middle Eastern Crises It Matters Today: Islamic Fundamentalism Domestic Priorities A Society in Transition Economic Slowdown Social Divisions New Immigrants Resurgent Conservatism The New Right Reaganism A Second Term Asserting World Power Cold War Renewed Terrorism Reagan and Gorbachev In Reagan's Shadow Bush Assumes Office Bush and a New International Order Protecting American Interests Abroad A Kinder, Gentler Nation Individual Voices: Diameng Pa Tells His Story Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- 30 Entering a New Century, 1992-2007 A Note from the Author Individual Choices: Colin Powell Introduction Old Visions and New Realities The Shifting Economy Rich and Poor Women and Family Values The Clinton Years Clinton and Congress Judicial Restraint and the Rehnquist Court Clinton's Comeback A Revitalized Economy Clinton's Second Term Clinton's Foreign Policy It Matters Today: The Impeachment Process The Testing of President Bush The 2000 Election Establishing the Bush Agenda Charting New Foreign Policies An Assault Against a Nation A Series of Political Races Individual Voices: Colin Powell Makes a Case for War Summary In the Wider World In the United States
- Appendix Suggested Readings
- Documents Declaration of Independence Constitution of the United States of America and Amendments
- Presidential Elections
- Index