The American Journey:
A History of the United States,
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4) Convergence and Conflict, 1660s-1763
5) Imperial Breakdown, 1763-1774
6) The War for Independence, 1774-1783
7) The First Republic, 1776-1789
8) A New Republic and the Rise of Parties, 1789-1800
9) The Triumph and Collapse of Jeffersonian Republicanism, 1800-1824
10) The Jacksonian Era, 1824-1845 The Egalitarian Impulse.
11) Industrial Change and Urbanization, 1820-1850
12) The Way West The Agricultural Frontier.
13) Slavery and the Old South,1800-1860
14) Reforming Antebellum Society, 1815-1850
15) The Politics of Sectionalism, 1846-1861
16) Battle Cries and Freedom Songs: The Civil War, 1861-1863
17) The Union Preserved: The Civil War, 1863-1865
20) Industry, Immigrants, and Cities, 1870-1900
21) Transforming the West, 1865-1890
22) Politics and Government, 1877-1900
23) The Progressive Era, 1900-1917
24) Creating an Empire, 1865-1917
25) America and the Great War, 1914-1920
26) Toward a Modern America: The 1920s
27) The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939
29) The Cold War at Home and Abroad: 1946-1952
30) The Confident Years: 1953-1964
31) Shaken to the Roots: 1965-1980
32) Shaping a New America: 1965-1995
33) Searching for Stability in a Changing World: 1980-1996
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1. Worlds Apart
Different Worlds. Native American Societies Before 1492. Cultural Perceptions and Misperceptions. West African Societies. Western Europe on the Eve of Discovery.
Contact. The Lure of Discovery. Christopher Columbus. Spanish Conquest and Colonization. The Columbian Exchange
Competition for a Continent. Early French Efforts in North America. English Attempts in the New World
2. Transplantation, 1600-1685
The French in North America. The Development of New France. The Fur Trade.
English Settlement in the Chesapeake. The Ordeal of Early Virginia. Tobacco Colony. Maryland.
The Founding of New England. The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony. Massachusetts Bay Colony and Its Offshoots. The Growth of New England.
The English in the Caribbean. Sugar and Slaves. A Biracial Society .
The Proprietary Colonies. Early Carolina. Pennsylvania. New Netherlands Becomes New York.
3. The Creation of New Worlds
Indians and Europeans. The Web of Trade. Occupying the Land. Priests and Preachers. After the First Hundred Years.
Africans and Europeans. The Evolution of Slavery in the New World. The Shock of Enslavement. African-American Families and Communities. Resistance and Rebellion.
Nonslave Labor in Early America. Indian Workers in New France and the Spanish Borderlands. Laborers in the English Colonies. Transplanted Europeans.
4. Convergence and Conflict, 1660s-1763
Economic Development and Imperial Trade in the British Colonies. The Regulation of Trade. The Colonial Export Trade and the Spirit of Enterprise. The Import Trade and Ties of Credit. Becoming More Like England.
The Transformation of Culture. Goods and Houses. Shaping Minds and Manners. Colonial Religion and the Great Awakening.
The Colonial Political World. The Dominion of New England and the Limits of British Control. The Legacy of the Glorious Revolution. Diverging Politics in the Colonies and Great Britain.
Expanding Empires. The English in the Backcountry. The Spanish in Texas and California. The French along the Mississippi.
A Century of Warfare. Imperial Conflict and the Establishment of an American Balance of Power, 1689-1738. King George's War Shifts the Balance, 1739-1754. Decision: The French and Indian War, 1754-1760. The Triumph of the British Empire, 1763.
5. Imperial Breakdown, 1763-1774
Imperial Reorganization. British Problems. Dealing With the New Territories. Indian Affairs. Curbing the Assemblies. The Sugar and Stamp Acts.
American Reactions. Constitutional Issues. Taxation and the Political Culture. Protesting the Taxes. The Aftermath of Crisis. A Strained Relationship. Regulator Movements.
The Townshend Crisis. Townshend's Plan. American Boycott. The Boston Massacre. The "Quiet Period." The Boston Tea Party. The Intolerable Acts.
The Road to Revolution. The American Response to the Intolerable Acts. The First Continental Congress. The Continental Association. Political Divisions.
6. The War for Independence, 1774-1783
The Outbreak of War and the Declaration of Independence, 1774-1776. Mounting Tensions. The Loyalists' Dilemma. British Coercion and Conciliation. The Battles of Lexington and Concord. The Second Continental Congress, 1775-1776. Commander-in-Chief George Washington. Early Fighting. Independence. Republicanism
The Combatants. Professional Soldiers. Women in the Contending Armies. Black and Native American Participation in the War.
The War in the North, 1776-1777. The British Army Hesitates. The Year of the Hangman.
The War Widens, 1778-1781. The United States Gains an Ally. Fighting on the Frontier and at Sea. The Land War Moves South. American Counterattacks.
The American Victory, 1782-1783. The Peace of Paris. The Components of Success.
The War and Society, 1775-1783. The Women's War. Effect of the War on African-Americans and Native Americans. Economic Disruption. The Price of Victory.
7. The First Republic, 1776-1789
The New Order of Republicanism. Defining the People. The State Constitutions. The Articles of Confederation.
Problems at Home. The Fiscal Crisis. Economic Depression. The Economic Policies of the States. Congress and the West.
Diplomatic Weaknesses. Impasse with Britain. Spain and the Mississippi River.
Toward a New Union. The Road to Philadelphia. The Convention at Work. Overview of the Constitution. The Struggle over Ratification.
WE THE PEOPLE: 1789
8. A New Republic and the Rise of Parties, 1789-1800
Washington's America. The Uniformity of New England. The Pluralism of the Mid-Atlantic Region. The Slave South and its Backcountry. The Growing West
Forging a New Government. "Mr. President" and the Bill of Rights. Departments and Courts. Revenue and Trade. Hamilton and the Public Credit. Reaction and Opposition.
The Emergence of Parties. The French Revolution. Securing the Frontier. The Whiskey Rebellion. Treaties with Britain and Spain. The First Partisan Election.
The Last Federalist Administration. The French Crisis and the XYZ Affair. Crisis at Home. The End of the Federalists.
9. The Triumph and Collapse of Jeffersonian Republicanism, 1800-1824
Jefferson's Presidency. Reform at Home. The Louisiana Purchase. Florida and Western Schemes. Embargo and a Crippled Presidency.
Madison and the Coming of War. The Failure of Economic Sanctions. The Frontier and Indian Resistance. Decision for War.
The War of 1812. Setbacks in Canada. Western Victories and British Offensives. The Treaty of Ghent and the Battle of New Orleans.
The Era of Good Feelings. Economic Nationalism. Judicial Nationalism. Toward a Continental Empire.
The Breakdown of Unity. The Panic of 1819. The Missouri Compromise. The Election of 1824.
10. The Jacksonian Era, 1824-1845
The Egalitarian Impulse. The Extension of White Male Democracy. The Popular Religious Revolt. The Rise of the Jacksonians
Jackson's Presidency. The Jacksonian Appeal. Indian Removal. The Nullification Crisis. The Bank War.
Van Buren and Hard Times. The Panic of 1837. The Independent Treasury. Uproar over Slavery.
The Rise of the Whig Party. The Party Takes Shape. Whig Persuasion. The Election of 1840.
The Whigs in Power. Harrison and Tyler. The Texas Issue. The Election of 1844.
11. Industrial Change and Urbanization, 1820-1850
The Transportation Revolution. Canals and Steamboats. Railroads. Government and the Economy.
The Rise of Cities. The Port Cities. Interior Cities. Immigration.
The Industrial Revolution. Early Stages. Sources of Workers in Manufacturing. The Role of Technology.
Growing Inequality and New Classes. The Old Rich. The New Middle Class. The Working Classes.
12. The Way West
The Agricultural Frontier. The Crowded East. The Old Northwest. The Old Southwest.
The Frontier of the Plains Indians. Tribal Lands. The Fur Traders. The Oregon Trail.
The Mexican Borderlands. The Peoples of the Southwest. The Americanization of Texas. The Push into California and the Southwest.
Politics, Expansion, and War. Manifest Destiny. The Mexican War.
13. Slavery and the Old South,1800-1860
The Lower South. Cotton and Slaves. The Profits of Slavery.
The Upper South. A Period of Economic Adjustment. The Decline of Slavery.
Slave Life and Culture. Work Routines and Living Conditions. Families and Religion. Resistance.
Free Society. The Slaveholding Minority. The White Majority. Free Blacks.
The Proslavery Argument.
14. Reforming Antebellum Society, 1815-1850
Reform and Moral Order. The Benevolent Empire. The Temperance Movement. Backlash against Benevolence.
Institutions and Social Improvement. School Reform. Prisons, Workhouses, and Asylums. Utopian Alternatives.
Women's Role in Reform. Reform and Women's Sphere. A New Militancy. The Appeal of Abolitionism.
Abolitionism and Women's Rights. Rejecting Colonization. Abolitionism. The Women's Rights Movement. Political Antislavery.
15. The Politics of Sectionalism, 1846-1861
Slavery in the Territories. The Wilmot Proviso. The Election of 1848. The Compromise of 1850. Response to the Fugitive Slave Act. Uncle Tom's Cabin. The Election of 1852.
Political Realignment. Young America's Foreign Misadventures. Stephen Douglas's Railroad Proposal. The Kansas-Nebraska Act. "Bleeding Kansas." Know Nothings and Republicans. The Election of 1856. The Dred Scott Case. The Lecompton Constitution. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates .
The Road to Disunion. North-South Differences. John Brown's Raid. The Election of 1860. Secession Begins. Presidential Inaction. Peace Proposals. Lincoln's Views on Secession. Fort Sumter: The Tug Comes.
16. Battle Cries and Freedom Songs: The Civil War, 1861-1863
Mobilization, North and South. War Fever. The North's Advantage in Resources. Leaders and Governments. Lincoln's Fight for the Border States. Strategies and Tactics.
The Early War, 1861-1862. First Bull Run. The War in the West. Reassessing the War. The War in the East.
Turning Points, 1862-1863. The Naval War. The Diplomatic War. Antietam. Eman-cipation. "Stealing" Freedom. Black Troops in the Union Army. Fredericksburg and Chan-cellorsville. Gettysburg. Vicksburg. Chattanooga. The War in the Trans-Mississippi West.
17. The Union Preserved: The Civil War, 1863-1865
War Transforms the North. Wartime Legislation and Politics. Conscription and the Draft Riots. The Northern Economy. Northern Women and the War.
The Confederacy Disintegrates. Southern Politics. The Southern Economy. Southern Women and the War.
The Union Prevails, 1864-1865. Grant's Plan to End the War. From the Wilderness to Cold Harbor. Atlanta. The Election of 1864. Sherman's March to the Sea. Arming the Confederacy's Slaves. The Road to Appomattox. The Death of Lincoln.
WE THE PEOPLE, 1789-1865
18. Reconstruction, 1865-1877
Southern Whites and the Ghosts of the Confederacy, 1865.
More than Freedom: African-American Aspirations in 1865. Education. "Forty Acres and a Mule." Migration to Cities. Faith and Freedom.
Federal Reconstruction, 1865-1870 Presidential Reconstruction, 1865-1867. Congressional Reconstruction, 1867-1870. Southern Republican Governments, 1867-1870.
Counter-Reconstruction, 1870-1874. The Uses of Violence. The Failure of Northern Will. Liberal Republicans and the Election of 1872.
Redemption, 1874-1877. The Democrats' Violent Resurgence. The Weak Federal Response. The Election of 1876 and the Compromise of 1877. The Memory of Reconstruction.
The Failure of Reconstruction. Sharecropping. Segregation. Modest Gains and Future Victories.
19. A New South, 1877-1900
The Newness of the New South. An Industrial and Urban South. The Limits of Industrial and Urban Growth. The Impact on Southerners.
The Agrarian Revolt. Cotton and Credit. Farmers Organize, 1877-1892. Southern Populists.
Women in the New South. Church Work and Preserving Memories. Women's Clubs.
Settling the Race Issue. The Fluidity of Southern Race Relations, 1877-1890. The White Backlash. Lynch Law. Segregation by Law. Disfranchisement. A National Consensus on Race. Response of the Black Community.
20. Industry, Immigrants, and Cities, 1870-1900
New Industry. Inventing Technology. The Corporation and its Impact. The Changing Nature of Work. Child Labor. Working Women. Responses to Poverty and Wealth. Workers Organize. American Workers and Socialism.
New Immigrants. Old World Backgrounds. The Neighborhood. The Job. Nativism. Roots of the Great Migration.
New Cities. Centers and Suburbs. The New Middle Class.
21. Transforming the West, 1865-1890
Native Americans. Tribes and Cultures. Federal Indian Policy. Warfare and Dispossession. Life on the Reservation.
Exploiting the Mountains: The Mining Bonanza. Rushes and Mining Camps. Labor and Capital.
Exploiting the Grass: The Cattle Kingdom. Cattle Drives and Cowtowns. Rise and Fall of Open-Range Ranching. Cowhands.
Exploiting the Earth: The Expansion of Agriculture. Settling the Land. Home on the Range. Farming the Land.
22. Politics and Government, 1877-1900
The Structure and Style of Politics. Campaigns and Elections. Partisan Politics. Associational Politics.
The Limits of Government. The Weak Presidency. The Inefficient Congress. The Federal Bureaucracy and the Spoils System. Inconsistent State Government.
Public Policies and National Elections. Civil Service Reform. The Political Life of the Tariff. The Beginnings of Federal Regulation. The Money Question.
The Crisis of the 1890s. Agricultural Protest. The People's Party. The Challenge of the Depression. The Battle of the Standards Color and the Election of 1896.
23. The Progressive Era, 1900-1917
The Ferment of Reform. The Context of Reform: Industrial and Urban Tensions. Church and Campus. Muckrakers. The Gospel of Efficiency. Labor's Demand for Rights. Extending the Woman's Sphere. Socialism. Opponents of Reform.
Reforming Society. Settlement Houses and Urban Reform. Protective Legislation for Women and Children. Restrictions Challenging Gender. Reshaping Public Education. Reforming Country Life. Social Control and Moral Crusades. For Whites Only—
Reforming Politics and Government. Woman Suffrage. Electoral Reform. Municipal Reform. Progressive State Government.
Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Presidency. TR and the Modern Presidency. Roosevelt and Labor. Managing Natural Resources. Corporate Regulation. Taft and the Insurgents.
Woodrow Wilson and Progressive Reform. The Election of 1912. Implementing the New Freedom. The Expansion of Reform.
24. Creating an Empire, 1865-1917
The Roots of Imperialism. Ideological Arguments. Strategic Concerns. Economic Designs.
First Steps. Seward and Blaine. Hawaii. Chile and Venezuela.
The Spanish-American War. The Cuban Revolution. Growing Tensions. War and Empire. The Treaty of Paris.
Imperial Ambitions: The United States and East Asia, 1899-1917. The Filipino-American War. China and the Open Door. Rivalry with Japan and Russia.
Imperial Power: The United States and Latin America, 1899-1917. U.S. Rule in Puerto Rico. Cuba as a U.S. Protectorate. The Panama Canal. The Roosevelt Corollary. Dollar Diplomacy. Wilsonian Interventions.
25. America and the Great War, 1914-1920
Waging Neutrality. The Origins of Conflict. American Attitudes. The Economy of War. The Diplomacy of Neutrality. The Battle over Preparedness. The Election of 1916. Descent into War.
Waging War in America. Managing the War Economy. New Opportunities, Old Issues. Financing the War. Conquering Minds. Suppressing Dissent.
Waging War and Peace Abroad. The War to End All Wars. The Fourteen Points. The Paris Peace Conference.
Waging Peace at Home. Battle over the League. Economic Readjustment and Social Conflict. The Red Scare. The Election of 1920.
WE THE PEOPLE, 1865-1920
26. Toward a Modern America: The 1920s
The Economy that Roared. Boom Industries. Corporate Consolidation. Open Shops and Welfare Capitalism. Sick Industries.
The Business of Government. Republican Ascendancy. Government Corruption. Coolidge Prosperity. The Fate of Reform.
Cities and Suburbs. Expanding Cities. The Great Black Migration. Barrios. The Road to Suburbia.
Mass Culture in the Jazz Age. Advertising the Consumer Society. Leisure and Entertainment. The New Morality. The Searching Twenties.
Culture Wars. Nativism and Immigration Restriction. The Ku Klux Klan. Prohibition and Crime. Old-Time Religion and the Scopes Trial.
A New Era in the World— War Debts and Economic Expansion. Rejecting War. Managing the Hemisphere.
Herbert Hoover and the Final Triumph of the New Era.
27. The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939
Hard Times in Hooverville. Crash! The Depression Spreads. "Women's Jobs" and "Men's Jobs." Families in the Depression. "Last Hired, First Fired." Protest.
Herbert Hoover and the Depression. The Limits of Voluntarism. Repudiating Hoover: The Election of 1932.
Launching the New Deal. Action Now! Relief. Helping Some Farmers. The Flight of the Blue Eagle. Critics Right and Left.
Consolidating the New Deal. Lifting and Weeding. Expanding Relief. The Roosevelt Coalition and the Election of 1936.
The New Deal and American Life. Labor on the March. Women and the New Deal. Minorities and the New Deal. The New Deal for the South and West. The New Deal and Public Activism.
Ebbing of the New Deal. Challenging the Court. More Hard Times. Political Stalemate.
28. World War II: 1939-1945
The Dilemmas of Neutrality. The Roots of War. Hitler's War in Europe. Trying to Keep Out. Edging toward Intervention. The Brink of War. December 7, 1941.
Holding the Line in 1942. Stopping Germany. Britain Survives. Retreat and Stabilization in the Pacific.
Mobilizing the Home Front. Warriors and Families. Industry Gears Up. The Enlistment of Science. Boom Times. Women in the War Effort. Unequal Opportunity. Clashing Cultures. The End of the New Deal.
War and Peace. The Allies Gather Strength. Turning the Tide in Europe. Operation Overlord. Victory and Tragedy in Europe. The Pacific War. Searching for Peace
29. The Cold War at Home and Abroad: 1946-1952
Launching the Great Boom. Reconversion Chaos. Economic Policy. The GI Bill. Assembly Line Neighborhoods. Steps Toward Civil Rights. Consumer Boom and Baby Boom.
Confronting the Soviet Union. The Grand Alliance Dissolves. The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan. The Soviet Union Reacts. The United States Rearms.
Truman, Republicans, and the Fair Deal. Truman's Opposition. Whistle-Stopping across America. Truman's Fair Deal.
Cold War and Hot War. The Nuclear Shadow. The Cold War in Asia. NSC-68 and Aggressive Containment. War in Korea. The Politics of War.
The Second Red Scare. The Communist Party and the Loyalty Program. Naming Names to Congress. Subversion Trials. Senator McCarthy Takes the Stage. Understanding McCarthyism.
30. The Confident Years: 1953-1964
A Decade of Affluence. What's Good for General Motors. Reshaping Urban America. Comfort on Credit. The New Fifties Family. Turning to Religion. The Gospel of Prosperity. The Underside of Affluence
Facing Off with the Soviet Union. Why We Liked Ike. A Balance of Terror. Containment in Action. Global Standoff.
John F. Kennedy and the Cold War. The Kennedy Mystique. Kennedy's Mistakes. Missile Crisis: A Line Drawn in the Waves. Science and Foreign Affairs.
Righteousness Like a Mighty Stream: The Struggle for Civil Rights. Getting to the Supreme Court. Deliberate Speed. Public Accommodations. March on Washington: 1963.
"Let Us Continue." Dallas 1963. War on Poverty. Civil Rights, 1964-1965. War, Peace, and the Landslide of 1964.
31. Shaken to the Roots: 1965-1980
The Great Consensus Unravels. Deeper into Vietnam. Community Activism. Youth Culture and Counterculture. Racial Rioting. Minority Separatism.
The Year of the Gun: 1968. The Tet Offensive. LBJ Steps Aside. Red Spring. Violence and Politics.
Nixon and Watergate. Getting Out of Vietnam: 1969-1973. Nixon and the Wider World. Courting Middle America. Americans Become Environmentalists. From Dirty Tricks to Watergate. The Ford Footnote.
Jimmy Carter: Idealism and Frustration in the White House. Carter, Energy, and the Economy. Looking for a New World Order. The Cold War Comes Back.
32. Shaping a New America: 1965-1995
A Globalized America. New Americans. In the World Market. Old Gateways and New. Ethnic Identity and Conflict.
Making a Living. The Defense Economy. Deindustrialization. Sunrise Industries and Service Jobs. Crisis for Organized Labor. The Rise of the Sunbelt.
Cities and Suburbs. Urban Crisis. Suburban America. Suburban Politics.
New Meanings for American Families. The Feminist Critique. Women's Rights and Public Policy. Women in the Labor Force, Women in Poverty. Coming Out. The Greying of America.
The Search for Spiritual Grounding. Communes and Cults. Personal Religion. Values in Conflict.
33. Searching for Stability in a Changing World: 1980-1996
The Reagan Revolution. Reagan's Majority. Taxes, Deficits, and Deregulation. The Election of 1984. Progress and Poverty.
The Second (Short) Cold War. Confronting the USSR. Risky Business: Foreign Policy Adventures. Embracing Perestroika.
Government by Gestures. George Bush, Willie Horton, and Manuel Noriega. Crisis and Democracy in Eastern Europe. The Persian Gulf War. A New World Order—
Searching for the Center. Political Generations. Minorities at the Ballot Box. Women from the Grass roots to Congress. Clinton's First Term
WE THE PEOPLE, Toward the Twenty-First Century
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