1. The Peopling And Unpeopling of America. 'A special instrument sent of God'. The First Discovery of America. A Diversity of Cultures. The Myth of the 'Virgin' Land. Eastern Indians on the Eve of Contact. Preparing Europe for Westward Expansion. Changing Population Pressures. Crusades, Commerce, and the New Learning. Nation-States Support the First Explorations. Explorers, Conquerors, and the Making of New Spain. Conquistadores Overrun Native Americans. Constructing the Spanish Empire. Success Breeds Envy and Contempt. Challengers for North America: France and England. The Protestant Reformation Stirs Deep Tensions. Defying the Supremacy of Spain. England Prepares for Westward Expansion. Joining in the Invasion of America. The Roanoke Disaster. Merchant Capitalists Sponsor the Founding of Virginia. Struggling Jamestown Survives. Dutch and French Adventurers. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic:Indian Scalping and European War Dogs. The People Speak: Powhatan Pleads for Peace and Harmony (1609). 2. Plantations and Cities Upon A Hill, 1620-1700. 'Slaves excepted'. From Settlements to Societies in the South. Searching for Laborers. To Be Like English Subjects at Home. Crushing Powhatans Confederacy. A Model for Other Royal Colonies. Proprietary Maryland and the Carolinas. Religious Dissenters Colonize New England. The Rise of Puritan Dissenters at Home. Godly Mission to New England. Testing the Limits of Toleration. 'Hivings Out' Provoke Bloody Indian Relations. Families, Individuals, and Communities: Surviving in Early America. Life and Death, North and South. Roles for Men, Women, and Children. Commercial Values and the Rise of Chattel Slavery. Declension in New England. Stabilizing Life in the Chesapeake Region. The Beginnings of American Slavery. Shifting to Slavery in Maryland and Virginia. The World the Slaves Made. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: Childbirth in Early America. The People Speak: William Bradfords History of Plymouth Plantation. 3. Provincial America in Upheaval, 1660-1760. Two Women. Designing Englands North American Empire. To Benefit the Parent State. Seizing Dutch New Netherland. Proprietary Difficulties in New York and New Jersey. Planting William Penns 'Holy Experiment'. Defying the Imperial Will: Provincial Convulsions and Rebellions. Bacons Bloody Rebellion in Virginia. The Glorious Revolution Spills into America. New Englands Witchcraft Hysteria. Settling Anglo-American Differences. Maturing Colonial Societies in Unsettled Times. An Exploding Population Base. The 'Europeanizing' of America. Intellectual and Religious Awakening. International Wars Beset America. Showdown: The Great War for the Empire. Allies as Enemies: Making War on the Cherokees. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: Colonial Pastimes. The People Speak: Olaudah Equiano on His Ship Passage as a Slave to America. 4. Breaking the Bonds of Empire, 1760-1775. Samuel Adams: Truly the Man of the Revolution. Provoking an Imperial Crisis. A Legacy of War-Related Problems. Getting Tough with the Americans. Parliament Endorses Direct Taxes. 'Liberty, Property, and No Stamps'. Emerging Patterns of Resistance. Protest Takes a Violent Turn. Resistance Spreads Across the Landscape. Parliament Retreats. A Second Crisis: The Townshend Duties. Formulating a New Taxation Scheme. Mustering Further American Resistance. A 'Bloody Massacre' in Boston. Parliament Backs Down Again. The Rupturing of Imperial Relations. The Necessity of Vigilance. The Tea Crisis of 1773. Parliament Adopts the Coercive Acts. Hurling Back the Challenge: The First Continental Congress. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: Those Hated Customs Informers. The People Speak: Dr. Joseph Warrens Boston Massacre Oration (1772). 5. The Times That Tried Many Souls, 1775-1783. Joseph Plumb Martin: A Continental Soldiers Forlorn Existence. Reconciliation or Independence. The Shooting War Starts. Moderates Versus Radicals in Congress. The Expanding Martial Conflict. Lord Dunmores Proclamation of Emancipation. Resolving the Independence Question. Without Visible Allies: The War in the North. Britains Massive Military Buildup. The Campaign for New York. Saving the Cause at Trenton. The Real Continentals. Rescuing the Patriots: Toward Global Conflict. France Offers Covert Assistance. The British Seize Philadelphia. Capturing Burgoynes Army at Saratoga. The World Turned Upside Down. Revamping British Strategy. The Tide of War Turns at Last. Franco-American Triumph at Yorktown. A Most Generous Peace Settlement. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: The Battle of Bunker Hill. The People Speak: Thomas Paines American Crisis I (December 1776). Map Essay: Lexington and Concord: The Shot Heard Round the World. 6. Securing the Republic and its ideals, 1776-1789. Nancy Shippen and Phillis Wheatley: Searching for Personal Freedom in Revolutionary Times. Establishing New Republican Governments. People Victorious: The New State Governments. The Articles of Confederation. Crises of the Confederation. Struggle to Ratify the Articles. Turmoil over Financing the War. Threatened Military Coup: The Newburgh Conspiracy. Drifting Toward Disunion. Daniel Shayss Rebellion. Human Rights and Social Change. In Pursuit of Religious Freedom. The Propertyless Poor and the West. Women Appeal for Fundamental Liberties. The Dilemma of Race and Racism. Second New Beginning, New National Government. The Framers of the Constitution. A Document Constructed by Compromises. The Ratification Struggle. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: Birth Control in the Early Republic. The People Speak: Abigail and John Adams, Letters. 7. The Formative Decade, 1790-1800. An 'Outrageous and Wretched Scandalmonger'. The Roots of American Economic Growth. Implementing the Constitution. Establishing the Machinery of Government. Defining the Presidency. Alexander Hamiltons Financial Program. The Birth of Political Parties. World Events and Political Polarization. 1793 and 1974: Years of Crisis. Washington Retires. A New President and New Challenges. The Presidency of John Adams. A New National Capital. The Quasi War with France. The Alien and Sedition Acts. The Revolution of 1800. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: Yellow Fever in Philadelphia: Pills and Politics. The People Speak: Gabriels Revolt. 8. The Jeffersonians in Power, 1800-1815. 'A Dangerous Man'. Jefferson Takes Command. Who Was Thomas Jefferson? Jeffersons Goal: To Restore Republican Government. Reforming the Federal Government. War on the Judiciary. International Conflict. Disunionist Conspiracies. The American Eagle Challenges the French Tiger and the British Shark 'Dambargo'. A Second War of Independence. Early Defeats. The Tide Turns. The Wars Significance. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: The Shawnee Prophet Tenskwatawa and His Warrior Brother Tecumseh. The People Speak: Religion in the Early Republic. 9. Nationalism, Economic Growth, and the Roots of Sectional Conflict, 1815-1824. No Smoking, Drinking, or Swearing. The Growth of American Nationalism. Neo-Hamiltonianism. Strengthening American Finances. Protecting American Industry. Conquering Space. Judicial Nationalism. Defending American Interests in Foreign Affairs. The Growth of the American Economy. Accelerating Transportation. Speeding Communications. Transforming American Law. Resistance to Technological Innovation. Early Industrialization. The Growth of Cities. The Growth of Political Factionalism and Sectionalism. The Panic of 1819. The Missouri Crisis. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: Denmark Vesey and the Slave Conspiracy of 1822. The People Speak: Growing Up Female in the Early Republic. 10. Power and Politics in Jacksons America. The 'Peoples' Candidate. Political Democratization. The Expansion of Voting Rights. Popular Attacks on Privilege. The Rebirth of Parties. Birth of the Second Party System. The Presidency of John Quincy Adams. The 'American System' and the 'Tariff of Abominations'. The Election of 1828. Andrew Jackson: The Politics of Egalitarianism. Expanding the Powers of the Presidency. Clearing the Land of Indians. Sectional Disputes over Public Lands and Nullification. The Bank War. The Jacksonian Court. Jacksons Legacy. Rise of a Political Opposition. A Party Formed by Coalition. Who Were the Whigs? Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: The Cholera Epidemic of 1832: Sinners and Saints. The People Speak: The Cherokee Nation Protests Against Jacksons Removal Policy (1836). 11. Americas First Age of Reform. 'Arnt I a Woman?' Sources of the Reform Impulse. Social Problems on the Rise. A New Moral Sensibility. The Second Great Awakening. Religious Diversity. Moral Reform. Social Reform. The Problem of Crime in a Free Society. The Struggle for Public Schools. Asylums for Societys Outcasts. Radical Reform. Early Antislavery Efforts. The Rise of Abolitionist Sentiment in the North. Abolitionist Arguments and Public Reaction. Division Within the Antislavery Movement. The Birth of Feminism. Catalyst for Womens Rights. Utopian Communities. Artistic and Cultural Ferment. American Transcendentalism. A Literary Renaissance. Ethnic Voices. American Art. American Popular Culture. The Popular Novel. Forms of Popular Entertainment. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: Gouging Fights and Backcountry Honor. The People Speak: Womens Rights: Seneca Falls Declaration and Resolutions (1848). 12. The Divided North, the Divided South. Eli Whitneys Flawed Legacy. A Divided Culture. The Emergence of a New Industrial Order in the North. The Transformation of the Rural Countryside. The Disruption of the Artisan System of Labor. The Introduction of the Factory System. Labor Protests. The Movement for a Ten-hour Day. The Laboring Poor. Immigration Begins. The Divided North. Southern Distinctiveness. The Plantation Legend. The Old South: Images and Realities. Impact of Slavery on the Southern Economy. Growth of a Distinctive Southern Identity. The Decline of Antislavery Sentiment in the South. 'Reforming' Slavery from Within. Southern Nationalism. Southern Radicalism. Slavery. The Legal Status of Slaves. Slave Labor. Material Conditions of Slave Life. Slave Family Life. Slave Cultural Expression. Slave Resistance. Free African Americans. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: Policing the Pre-Civil War City. The People Speak: Slave Resistance. 13. Cultures Collide in the Far West. 'Vampires in the Guise of Men'. The Hispanic and Native American West. Spanish America. The Mission System. Impact of Mexican Independence. Native Americans. Impact of Contact. The Surge Westward. Opening the West. Pathfinders. Mountain Men. Trailblazing. Settling the Far West. Life on the Trail. Manifest Destiny. Gone to Texas. The Texas Question. Webster-Ashburton Treaty. Oregon. The Mormon Frontier. War with Mexico. Why War? The War. War Fever and Antiwar Protests. Peace. The Fate of Mexican Americans. The Wars Significance. Political Crisis of the 1840s. The Gold Rush. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: Tejanos at the Alamo. The People Speak: Mexican Americans Defend Their Land and Rights (1859). 14. The House Divided. The Slave Power Conspiracy. The Crisis of 1850. The Souths Dilemma. The Compromise of 1850: The Illusion of Sectional Peace. The Fugitive Slave Law. Disintegration of the Party System. The Know Nothings. Young America. The Kansas-Nebraska Act. Revival of the Slavery Issue. The Gathering Storm. 'Bleeding Kansas' and 'Bleeding Sumner'. The Election of 1856. The Supreme Court Speaks. The Lecompton Constitution: 'A Swindle and a Fraud'. Crisis of the Union. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Harpers Ferry. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: Physicians and Planters, Prescription for Slave Medical Care. The People Speak: John Brown Defends His Raid on Harpers Ferry (1859). 15. A Nation Shattered by Civil War, 1860-1865. Thomas Rush and Alvin Flint, Jr.: Casualties at Antietam. From Secession to Full-scale War. Electing a New President. Secession Rends the Union. Lincoln Takes Command. An Accounting of Resources. 'Forward to Richmond!' and 'On to Washington!' Planning the Union Offensive. Yankee Reverses and Rebel Victories in the East. Federal Breakthrough in the West. To and From Emancipation: The War on the Home Front. An Abundance of Confederate Shortages. Directing the Northern War Effort. Issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. Emancipation Tests Northern Resolve. Breaking Confederate Resistance, 1863-1865. The Tide Turns: Gettysburg and Vicksburg. Crushing Blows from Grant and Sherman. Total War Forces Surrender. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: Picketts Charge at Gettysburg. The People Speak: Frederick Douglass Calls upon African Americans to Take Up Arms Against the Confederacy (1863). Map Essay: Antietam: 'We Will Make Our Stand'. 16. The Nation Reconstructed: North, South, and the West, 1865-1877. 'Id like to see any man put me outer dis house'. Postwar Conditions and Issues. The Wars Impact on Individuals. Unresolved Issues. Presidential Reconstruction. Lincolns Plan. Johnsons Plan. Black Codes in the South. Congressional Reconstruction. 'Radical' Reconstruction. Black Suffrage. Reconstruction in the South. Carpetbaggers, Scalawags, and Black Republicans. Character of Republican Rule. Black and White Economic and Social Adaptation. Violent White Resistance. Reconstruction in the North and West. Northern Shifts in Attitudes. Western Expansion, Racism, and Native Americans. Final Retreat from Reconstruction. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: Day of Jubilo: Slaves Confront Emancipation. The People Speak: Testimony Against the Klan. 17. Emergence as an Economic Power. 'I want to congratulate you on being the richest man in the world'. America: Land of Plenty. Mineral and Geographic Possibilities. Technological Change. An Expanding Railroad Network. Creating a Favorable Climate: The Role of Ideology, Politics, and Finance. Social Darwinism and the Gospel of Wealth. Laissez-faire in Theory and Practice. Corporations and Capital Formation. The Rise of Big Business. Controlling Competition. New Managerial Styles and an Expanding Middle Class. Mass Marketing, Assembly Lines, and Mass Production. The Power of Bigness. Varieties of Economic Change in the West and South. Western Expansion and Exploitation. The Changing Nature of Farming. The New South. Working in Industrial America. The Conditions of Work. Worker Discontent. Early Labor Violence. Unorganized and Organized Labor. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: The Wild West. The People Speak: The Gospel of Wealth. 18. The Rise of an Urban Society and City People. A Hatchet on a Sunny Morning. The New Immigrants. 'Birds of Passage'. In Search of a New Home. Nativism: The Anti-immigrant Reaction. Sources of Conflict. Closing the Golden Door. New Cities and New Problems. City Technology. The Segregated City. The Problems of Growth. From Private City to Public City. City Culture. Night Life and Day Life. From the Genteel Tradition to Realism and Naturalism. Describing the Urban Jungle. Painting Urban Reality. The Sounds of the City. Entertaining the Multitudes. Of Fields and Cities. 'I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House'. The Excluded Americans. From Central Park to Coney Island. The Magic of the Flickering Image. The Agony of Painless Escape. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: College Football Wars. The People Speak: How the Other Half Lives. 19. End-of-the-Century Crisis. 'You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold'. Equilibrium and Inertia: The National Political Scene. Divided Power: The Parties and the Federal Government. Subtle Differences: The Bases of Party Loyalty. The Business of Politics: Party Organization. The Struggle for Inclusion: Women and Politics. Style over Substance: Government in the Gilded Age, 1877-1892. Hayes and the 'Money Question'. Garfield, Arthur, and the Patronage Issue. Cleveland, the Railroads, and Tariffs. Harrison and Big Business. Legislative Activity on Minority Rights and Social Issues. Revolt of the West and South. Grievances: Real and Imagined. The Farmers Organize. The Agrarian Agenda. Emergence of the Populist Party. Depression and Turbulence in the 1890s. The Roots and Results of the Depression. Expressions of Worker Discontent. Deteriorating Race Relations. The Tide Turns: The Election of 1896. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: 'Rise, Brothers!': The Black Response to Jim Crow. The People Speak: Lynch Law in America. 20. Imperial America, 1870-1900. Looking Outward. Congressional Control and the Reduction of American Power. Trimming the State Department. Reducing the Military. Sewards Dream. The Spirit of American Greatness. American Exceptionalism. Sense of Duty. Search for Markets. The New Navy. Large Policy. The Emergence of Aggression in American Foreign Policy. Confronting the Germans in Samoa. Teaching Chile a Lesson. Plucking the Hawaiian Pear. Facing Down the British. The War for Empire. The Spirit of the 1890s. The Cuban Revolution. The Yellow Press. The Spanish-American War. Freeing Cuba. The Imperial Debate. The War to Crush Filipino Independence. Keeping the Doors Open. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders. The People Speak: March of the Flag. 21. The Progressive Struggle, 1900-1917. 'We object to being called here to meet a criminal'. The Progressive Impulse. America in 1901. Voices for Change. The Muckrakers. Progressives in Action. The Drive to Organize. Urban Beginnings. Reform Reaches the State Level. Progressivism Moves to the National Level. Roosevelt and New Attitudes Toward Government Power. Taft and Quiet Progressivism. Wilson and Moral Progressivism. Progressivism in the International Arena. Big Stick Diplomacy. Dollar Diplomacy. Missionary Diplomacy. Progressive Accomplishments, Progressive Failures. The Impact of Legislation. Winners and Losers. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: The White Plague. The People Speak: An Account of the Proceedings of the Trial of Susan B. Anthony. 22.The United States and World War I. The Intellectual Hero of World War I. The Road to War. The Guns of August. American Neutrality. Allied Violations of Neutrality. Submarine Warfare. Preparedness Campaign. The Election of 1916. The End of Neutrality. American Industry Goes to War. Voluntarism. 'Hooverizing'. Peace with Labor. Financing the War. The American Public Goes to War. Selling the War. Political Repression. Wartime Reform. African Americans and the Great Migration. The War Front. The War at Sea. Raising an Army. The Defeat of Germany. Social Unrest After the War. Mounting Racial Tension. Labor Unrest and the Red Scare. The Treaty of Versailles. The Fourteen Points. Discord Among the Victors. The Struggle for Ratification. The Election of 1920. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: The First Day of the Somme. The People Speak: Woodrow Wilson, Address to Congress (1917). 23. Modern Times, 1920-1929. The Woman Rebel. The Emergence of Modern America. Urban Growth. The Rise of a Consumer Economy. The Formation of Modern American Culture. Mass Entertainment. Spectator Sports. Low-Brow and Middle-Brow Culture. The Avant-Garde. The Sex Debate. The Clash of Cultures. The New Woman. Prohibition. The Scopes Trial. Xenophobia and Restricting Immigration. The Ku Klux Klan. African American Protests. The Harlem Renaissance. The Republican Restoration. Handsome Harding. Silent Cal. The Twilight of Progressivism. The Election of 1928. The Great Crash. Speculative Manias. The Market Crashes. Why It Happened. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: The Sexual Revolution of the Early 1900s. The People Speak: Margaret Sanger, 'Happiness in Marriage' (1926). 24. The Age of Roosevelt. Dust Bowl Balladeer. The Great Depression in Global Perspective. The Human Toll. The Dispossessed. Private and Public Charity. President Herbert Hoover Responds. Conservative Responses. Government Loans. Franklin Roosevelt and the First New Deal. The Election of 1932. The First 100 Days. The New Dealers. The Farmers Plight. The National Recovery Administration. Jobs Programs. Roosevelts Critics. The Second New Deal. The Wagner Act. Social Security. The Election of 1936. The New Deal, Women, and Minority Groups. Women. African Americans. Mexican Americans. Native Americans. The New Deal in Decline. Court Packing. The Depression of 1937. Popular Culture During the Great Depression. Artistic and Literary Endeavors. Hollywood During the Great Depression. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study. The People Speak: Frances Perkins, 'Thhe Social Security Act' (1935). 25. The End of Isolation: America Faces the World, 1920-1945. The 'Final Solution to the Jewish Problem'. Diplomacy Between the Wars. American Diplomacy During the 1920s. United States Policy Toward Latin America. The Isolationist Mirage. The Coming of World War II. Conflict in the Pacific. Italy. Germany. The American Response to Hitler. War Begins. 'The Arsenal of Democracy'. A Collision Course in the Pacific. Pearl Harbor. America Mobilizes for War. Mobilizing the Economy. Taming Inflation. Election of 1944. Molding Public Opinion. Social Changes During the War. Women. African Americans. Mexican Americans. Fear of Enemy Aliens. Internment of Japanese Americans. The War in Europe. The Grand Alliance. Early Axis Victories. Stemming the German Tide. Liberating Europe. The Yalta Conference. The War in the Pacific. Island Hopping. The Dawn of the Atomic Age. The Manhattan Project. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The People Speak: Alexander Leighton, 'That Day at Hiroshima' (1946). Map Essay: Landings on D-Day: The Longest Day. 26. Waging Peace and War. On Enemy Ground. Containing the Russian Bear. Origins of the Cold War. A World Divided. Tough Talk. The Marshall Plan: 'Saving Western Europe'. The Containment Policy. Berlin Test. Troubling Times. The Korean War. The Cold War at Home. Adjusting to Peace. Confronting the Demands of Labor. Failure of the Fair Deal. Searching for the Enemy Within. The Rise and Fall of Joseph McCarthy. The Paranoid Style. HUAC Goes to Hollywood. 'Whats Wrong with Our Kids Today?'. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: The Kefauver Crime Committee. The People Speak: NSC-68. 27. Ikes America. 'What else could we do?' Quiet Changes. 'I Like Ike'. 'Dynamic Conservatism'. A Country on Wheels. Ike, Dulles, and the World. A New Face in Moscow. 1956: The Dangerous Year. The Troubled Second Term. Sputnik and Sputtering Rockets. Third-World Challenges. Not with a Bang, But a Whimper. We Shall Overcome. Taking Jim Crow to Court. A Failure of Leadership. The Word from Montgomery. The Sounds of Change. Father Knows Best. The Other Side of the Coin. The Meaning of Elvis. A Different Beat. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: Integration in Sports. The People Speak: Images and Illusions. 28. Power Shifts: The Emergence of the South and West. The Duke. The Emergence of the Southern Rim. From the Long Hot Summer to the Sunbelt. A Shift in Race Relations. The Business of the South Is Business. The Myth and Reality of the West. Packaging the West. Washington and the West. From Extraction to Diversification. The Problems and Benefits of Growth. Politics Western Style. An Aberration or an Omen? Shifting Party Loyalties. The Politics of Liberation. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: AIDS: A Modern Plague. The People Speak: The Conscience of a Conservative. 29. Vietnam and the Crisis of Authority. Uncle Ho. The Illusion of Greatness. Televisions President. The 'Macho' Presidency. Something Short of Camelot. Cuba Libre Revisited. Vietnam: Americas Longest War. A Small Corner of a Bigger Picture. Kennedys Testing Ground. Texas Tough in the Gulf of Tonkin. Lyndons War. To Tet and Beyond. The Politics of a Divided Nation. The Tortuous Path Toward Peace. Outsiders on the Inside. Vietnamization: The Idea and the Process. A 'Decent Interval'. The Legacy of the War. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: My Lai and the Question of War Ethics. The People Speak: Bloods. Map Essay: Logistics in a Guerrilla War: The Longest War. 30. The Struggle For A Just Society. A Crusader for the Nations Consumers. The Struggle for Racial Justice. Freedom Now. To the Heart of Dixie. 'Bombingham'. Kennedy Finally Acts. The March on Washington. The Civil Rights Act of 1964. Voting Rights. Black Nationalism and Black Power. The Civil Rights Movement Moves North. The Great Society and the Drive for Equality. White Backlash. The Struggle Continues. The Youth Revolt. The New Left. The Making and Unmaking of a Counterculture. Liberation Movements. Womens Liberation. Sources of Discontent. Feminism Reborn. Radical Feminism. The Growth of Feminist Ideology. The Supreme Court and Sex Discrimination. The Equal Rights Amendment. Impact of the Womens Liberation Movement. !Viva La Rasa! The Native American Power Movement. Gay and Lesbian Liberation. The Earth First. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: C~esar Chavez and La Causa. The People Speak: Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham City Jail. 31. America in Our Time. 'Dirty Tricks'. Crisis of Political Leadership. Restraining the Imperial Presidency. New-Style Presidents. Wrenching Economic Transformations. The Age of Inflation. Oil Embargo. Foreign Competition and Deindustrialization. Whipping Stagflation. A New American Role in the World. D~etente. Foreign Policy Triumphs. No Island of Stability. The Reagan Revolution. Reaganomics. The Reagan Doctrine. A Remarkable Ideological Turnaround. The Reagan Revolution in Perspective. The Bush Presidency. A Kinder, Gentler Nation` Economic and Foreign Policy. Collapse of Communism. The Persian Gulf War. Enter Bill Clinton. The Clinton Presidency. 'Its the Economy, Stupid'. Foreign Policy. Conclusion. Chronology of Key Events. Review Questions. Key Terms. Suggestions for Further Reading. Internet Resources. The American Mosaic: The End of Two Eras. The People Speak: The Starr Report and the White House Rebuttal. Map Essay: The First Crisis of the Post-Cold War Era: The Persian Gulf War. Appendix. The Declaration of Independence. The Constitution of the United States of America. Amendments to the Constitution. Presidential Elections. Vice Presidents and Cabinet Members by Administration. Supreme Court Justices. Admission of States to the Union. U.S. Population, 1790-1990` Regional Origins of Immigration. Glossary. Credits. Index.
