BERKIN MAKING AMERICA CMP EXAM 5E

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Cover......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Maps......Page 21
Features......Page 23
Preface......Page 25
A Note for the Students: Your Guide to Making America......Page 30
About the Authors......Page 36
A Note from the Author......Page 39
Individual Choices: Hienwatha......Page 40
Introduction......Page 41
American Origins......Page 42
Change and Restlessness in the Atlantic World......Page 46
The Complex World of Indian America......Page 48
A World of Change in Africa......Page 52
Exploiting Atlantic Opportunities......Page 54
The Portuguese, Africa, and Plantation Slavery......Page 55
The Continued Quest for Asian Trade......Page 56
The Challenges of Mutual Discovery......Page 57
A Meeting of Minds in America......Page 58
The Columbian Exchange......Page 59
New Worlds in Africa and America......Page 61
A New World in Europe......Page 62
Individual Voices: The Five Nations Adopt the Great Law......Page 64
Summary......Page 65
In the United States......Page 66
A Note from the Author......Page 67
Individual Choices: Bartolomé de Las Casas......Page 68
Spanish Expansion in America......Page 70
Dreams of an English Eden......Page 71
The Decline of Spanish Power......Page 73
The Troubled Spanish Colonial Empire......Page 74
The Dutch Enterprise......Page 76
The French Presence in America......Page 78
The Indian Frontier in New Spain......Page 80
The Indian World in the Northeast......Page 83
The New Indian World of the Plains......Page 85
Conquest and Accommodation in a Shared New World......Page 86
New Spain’s Northern Frontiers......Page 87
Life in French Louisiana......Page 88
Individual Voices: Bartolomé de Las Casas Argues for the American Indians......Page 90
Summary......Page 91
In the United States......Page 92
A Note from the Author......Page 93
Individual Choices: Nathaniel Bacon......Page 94
It Matters Today: Grassroots Movements, Then and Now......Page 95
England’s First Attempts at Colonization......Page 96
Turmoil and Tensions in England......Page 97
The Jamestown Colony......Page 98
Maryland: A Catholic Refuge......Page 101
Colonial Chesapeake Life......Page 102
New England: Colonies of Dissenters......Page 103
The Plymouth Colony......Page 104
Massachusetts Bay and Its Settlers......Page 105
Government in Puritan Massachusetts......Page 107
Indian Suppression......Page 109
Change and Reaction in England and New England......Page 110
The Pluralism of the Middle Colonies......Page 111
From New Netherland to New York......Page 112
William Penn’s Holy Experiment......Page 113
The Colonies of the Lower South......Page 115
The Carolina Colony......Page 116
Georgia, the Last Colony......Page 117
Individual Voices: Nathaniel Bacon: Manifesto Concerning the Troubles in Virginia, 1676......Page 119
Summary......Page 121
In the United States......Page 122
A Note from the Author......Page 123
Individual Choices: Eliza Lucas Pinckney......Page 124
Regions of Commerce......Page 125
The Cords of Commercial Empire......Page 127
Planter Society and Slavery......Page 128
Slave Experience and Slave Culture......Page 130
The Urban Culture of the Middle Colonies......Page 131
Life in the Backcountry......Page 133
Slave Revolts, North and South......Page 134
Clashes Between the Rich and the Poor......Page 135
The Impact of the Enlightenment......Page 137
Religion and Religious Institutions......Page 138
Government and Politics in the Mainland Colonies......Page 139
Local Colonial Government......Page 140
North America and the Struggles for Empire......Page 142
An Age of Imperial Warfare......Page 144
The Great War for Empire......Page 145
The Outcomes of the Great War for Empire......Page 148
Individual Voices: Eliza Lucas Challenges Traditional Plantation Life......Page 149
Summary......Page 151
In the United States......Page 152
A Note from the Author......Page 153
Individual Choices: Charles Inglis......Page 154
Victory’s New Problems......Page 155
Dealing with Indian and French Canadian Resistance......Page 156
Demanding More from the Colonists......Page 158
The Colonial Response......Page 159
The Stamp Act......Page 160
The Popular Response......Page 161
Political Debate......Page 162
Repeal of the Stamp Act......Page 163
Asserting American Rights......Page 164
The Townshend Acts and Colonial Protest......Page 165
The British Humiliated......Page 167
Distributing the Peace of the Early 1770s......Page 168
The Tea Act and the Tea Party......Page 169
The Intolerable Acts......Page 170
Creating a National Forum: The First Continental Congress......Page 171
The Shot Heard ‘Round the World......Page 173
The Second Continental Congress......Page 175
The Impact of Common Sense......Page 176
Declaring Independence......Page 177
Declaring Loyalties......Page 178
Individual Voices: Charles Inglis Calls for Reconciliation......Page 181
Summary......Page 183
In the United States......Page 184
A Note from the Author......Page 185
Individual Choices: Deborah Sampson......Page 186
Introduction......Page 187
The Battle for Boston......Page 188
The British Strategy in 1776......Page 189
Escape from New York......Page 190
Winter Quarters and Winter Victories......Page 191
Burgoyne’s New York Campaign......Page 192
Winter Quarters in 1777......Page 194
The Long Road to Formal Recognition......Page 195
War and the American Public......Page 196
The War Stalls in the North......Page 197
The Second Carolinas Campaign......Page 199
Treason and Triumph......Page 201
Winning Diplomatic Independence......Page 202
The Protection of Fundamental Rights......Page 203
Legal Reforms......Page 204
Women in the New Republic......Page 205
The War’s Impact on Slaves and Slavery......Page 207
The Fate of the Loyalists......Page 209
Individual Voices: Esther Deberdt Reed Glories in the Usefulness of Women......Page 210
Summary......Page 211
In the United States......Page 212
A Note from the Author......Page 213
Individual Choices: Mercy Otis Warren......Page 214
America’s First Constitutions......Page 215
The Articles of Confederation......Page 217
Depression and Financial Crisis......Page 219
The Northwest Ordinances......Page 220
Diplomatic Problems......Page 221
A Farmers’ Revolt......Page 222
The Revolt of the “Better Sort”......Page 223
Creating a New Constitution......Page 224
Revise or Replace......Page 225
Drafting an Acceptable Document......Page 227
The Ratification Controversy......Page 228
The Federalist Victory......Page 230
President George Washington......Page 231
Unity’s Achievements......Page 233
Hamilton and Jefferson’s Differences......Page 234
Hamilton’s Economic Plan......Page 235
Foreign Affairs and Deepening Divisions......Page 237
More Domestic Disturbances......Page 238
Jay’s Treaty......Page 239
Individual Voices: Mercy Otis Warren Criticizes Boston Citizens......Page 242
Summary......Page 243
In the United States......Page 244
A Note from the Author......Page 245
Individual Choices: George Logan......Page 246
Conflict in the Adams Administration......Page 247
The Split Election of 1796......Page 248
XYZ: The Power of Patriotism......Page 249
The Home Front in the Quasi-War......Page 250
Settlement with France......Page 251
The Lesser of Republican Evils......Page 252
Federalist Defenses and a Loyal Opposition......Page 253
It Matters Today: Classical versus Liberal Republicanism......Page 255
Republicanism in Action......Page 256
Assault on Federalist Defenses......Page 257
Threats to Jefferson’s Vision......Page 258
Pushing Westward......Page 260
The Heritage of Partisan Politics......Page 262
Westward Expansion and Social Stress......Page 263
The Religious Response to Social Change......Page 265
The Problem of Race in Jefferson’s Republic......Page 267
Individual Voices: Congress Debates George Logan’s Mission to France......Page 270
Summary......Page 271
In the United States......Page 272
A Note from the Author......Page 273
Individual Choices: Tecumseh......Page 274
Troubling Currents in Jefferson’s America......Page 275
Emerging Factions in American Politics......Page 276
The Problem of American Neutrality......Page 277
Economic Warfare......Page 278
Crises in the Nation......Page 279
Economic Depression......Page 280
Political Upheaval......Page 281
Prophecy and Politics in the West......Page 282
Choosing War......Page 283
It Matters Today: The Battle of Tippecanoe......Page 284
The Fight Begins......Page 285
The War Continues......Page 287
New British Offensives......Page 289
The War’s Strange Conclusion......Page 291
Peace and the Rise of New Expectations......Page 292
New Opportunities in the West......Page 293
A Revolution in the Southern Economy......Page 295
Reviving and Reinventing Slavery......Page 296
Individual Voices: Tecumseh Describes American Indian Policy Under William Henry Harrison......Page 299
In the Wider World......Page 301
In the United States......Page 302
A Note from the Author......Page 303
Individual Choices: John C. Calhoun......Page 304
An “Era of Good Feelings”......Page 305
The “American System” and New Economic Direction......Page 306
The Transportation Problem......Page 307
Legal Anchors for New Business Enterprise......Page 309
James Monroe and the Nationalist Agenda......Page 310
Dynamic Growth and Political Consequences......Page 312
The Panic of 1819......Page 313
Economic Woes and Political Sectionalism......Page 314
The Missouri Compromise......Page 315
New Politics and the End of Good Feelings......Page 316
The “New Man” in Politics......Page 317
Democratic Styles and Political Structure......Page 318
The Rise of “King Andrew”......Page 320
Launching Jacksonian Politics......Page 322
Jackson and the Bank......Page 323
Jackson and the West......Page 325
Jackson and the Indians......Page 326
The Nullification Crisis......Page 329
Individual Voices: John C. Calhoun Justifies the Principle and Practice of Nullification......Page 331
In the Wider World......Page 333
In the United States......Page 334
A Note from the Author......Page 335
Individual Choices: Helen Jewett......Page 336
A New Birth for the Plantation System......Page 337
Life Among Common Southern Whites......Page 339
Free Blacks in the South......Page 340
Living Conditions for Southerners’ Slaves......Page 341
The Manufacturing Empire in the Northeast......Page 343
The “American System of Manufacturing”......Page 344
New Workplaces and New Workers......Page 345
It Matters Today: Manufacturing and the Revolution in Time......Page 346
Life and Culture Among a New Middle Class......Page 349
Social Life for a Genteel Class......Page 351
Moving Westward......Page 353
Pioneer Life in the New Cotton Country......Page 356
Life Among Westering Yankees......Page 357
The Hispanic Southwest......Page 358
The Mormon Community......Page 359
Tying the West to the Nation......Page 360
Individual Voices: The Press “Remembers” Helen Jewett......Page 364
Summary......Page 365
In the United States......Page 366
A Note from the Author......Page 367
Individual Choices: Lydia Sigourney......Page 368
Romanticism and Genteel Culture......Page 369
Culture Among Workers and Slaves......Page 372
Radical Attempts to Regain Community......Page 375
A Second Great Awakening......Page 377
The Middle Class and Moral Reform......Page 379
Free and Slave Labor Protests......Page 383
The Whig Alternative to Jacksonian Democracy......Page 385
The New Political Coalition......Page 386
Van Buren in the White House......Page 387
The Log-Cabin and Hard-Cider Campaign of 1840......Page 388
Expansion to the North and West......Page 390
Revolution in Texas......Page 391
The Politics of Manifest Destiny......Page 393
Expansion and the Election of 1844......Page 394
The War with Mexico and Sectional Crisis......Page 395
Individual Voices: The American Tract Society: Moral Threat from Reading Fiction......Page 400
In the Wider World......Page 401
In the United States......Page 402
A Note from the Author......Page 403
Individual Choices: Frederick Douglass......Page 404
Politicizing Slavery: The Election of 1848......Page 405
Disaffected Voices and Political Dissent......Page 407
The Politics of Compromise......Page 408
A Changing Political Economy......Page 411
Political Instability and the Election of 1852......Page 413
Increasing Tension Under Pierce......Page 414
A Shattered Compromise......Page 416
Bleeding Kansas......Page 417
Bringing Slavery Home to the North......Page 418
Radical Responses to Abolitionism and Slavery......Page 420
The Dominance of Regionalism......Page 422
The Election of 1860......Page 423
The First Wave of Secession......Page 424
Responses to Disunion......Page 425
Lincoln, Sumter, and War......Page 428
Choosing Sides in Virginia......Page 429
Trouble in the Border States......Page 430
Individual Voices: Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?......Page 432
Summary......Page 433
In the United States......Page 434
A Note from the Author......Page 435
Individual Choices: Susie King Taylor......Page 436
Union Policies and Objectives......Page 437
Confederate Policies and Objectives......Page 440
The Diplomatic Front......Page 441
The Union’s First Attack......Page 442
The War in the West......Page 443
Struggle for the Mississippi......Page 444
Lee’s Aggressive Defense of Virginia......Page 446
Lee’s Invasion of Maryland......Page 447
Diplomacy and the Politics of Emancipation......Page 448
Instituting the Draft......Page 449
Wartime Economy in the North and South......Page 451
Women in the Two Nations at War......Page 452
Free Blacks, Slaves, and War......Page 453
Life and Death at the Front......Page 454
Lincoln’s Generals and Southern Successes......Page 456
Grant, Sherman, and the Invention of Total War......Page 459
The Election of 1864 and Sherman’s March to the Sea......Page 461
It Matters Today: The Gettysburg Address......Page 462
The End of Lee and Lincoln......Page 464
Individual Voice: Susie King Taylor......Page 467
Summary......Page 468
In the United States......Page 469
A Note from the Author......Page 471
Individual Choices: Andy Anderson......Page 472
Introduction......Page 473
Republican War Aims......Page 474
Lincoln’s Approach to Reconstruction: “With Malice Toward None”......Page 475
Abolishing Slavery Forever: The Thirteenth Amendment......Page 476
Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction......Page 477
Freedom and the Legacy of Slavery......Page 478
Defining the Meaning of Freedom......Page 479
Creating Communities......Page 480
Land and Labor......Page 481
White Southerners: Confronting Change......Page 483
Challenging Presidential Reconstruction......Page 485
Defining Citizenship: The Fourteenth Amendment......Page 486
Radicals in Control......Page 487
Political Terrorism and the Election of 1868......Page 488
Voting Rights and Civil Rights......Page 489
Black Reconstruction......Page 490
The Republican Party in the South......Page 491
Creating an Educational System and Fighting Discrimination......Page 493
Railroad Development and Corruption......Page 494
The 1872 Presidential Election......Page 495
The Politics of Terror: The “Mississippi Plan”......Page 496
The Compromise of 1877......Page 497
After Reconstruction......Page 499
Individual Voices: A Freedman Offers His Former Master a Proposition......Page 500
Summary......Page 501
In the United States......Page 502
A Note from the Author......Page 503
Individual Choices: Frank Roney......Page 504
Foundation for Industrialization......Page 505
Resources, Skills, and Capital......Page 506
The Transformation of Agriculture......Page 507
Overview: The Economy from the Civil War to World War I......Page 509
Railroads and Industry......Page 511
Railroads: Model for Big Business......Page 513
Chicago: Railroad Metropolis......Page 515
Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel......Page 517
Survival of the Fittest or Robber Barons?......Page 518
Workers in Industrial America......Page 520
Workers for Industry......Page 521
Craft Unionism—and Its Limits......Page 523
Politics: Parties, Spoils, Scandals, and Stalemate......Page 524
Parties, Conventions, and Patronage......Page 525
Republicans and Democrats......Page 526
Grant’s Troubled Presidency: Spoils and Scandals......Page 528
President Rutherford B. Hayes and the Politics of Stalemate......Page 529
Challenges to Politics as Usual: Grangers, Greenbackers, and Silverites......Page 530
The Great Railway Strike of 1877 and the Federal Response......Page 532
Alaska, Canada, and the Alabama Claims......Page 533
The United States and Latin America......Page 534
Eastern Asia and the Pacific......Page 535
Individual Voices: Andrew Carnegie Explains the Gospel of Wealth......Page 537
Summary......Page 538
In the Wider World......Page 539
In the United States......Page 540
A Note from the Author......Page 541
Individual Choices: Nikola Tesla......Page 542
Standard Oil: Model for Monopoly......Page 543
Thomas Edison and the Power of Innovation......Page 545
Selling to the Nation......Page 546
Railroads, Investment Bankers, and “Morganization”......Page 548
Laying an Economic Base for a New South......Page 549
The Knights of Labor......Page 551
1886: Turning Point for Labor......Page 552
New Americans from Europe......Page 553
A Flood of Immigrants......Page 554
Hyphenated America......Page 555
Nativism......Page 557
Surging Urban Growth......Page 558
New Cities of Skyscrapers and Streetcars......Page 559
The New Urban Geography......Page 561
“How the Other Half Lives”......Page 562
The New Middle Class......Page 563
Ferment in Education......Page 564
Redefining Gender Roles......Page 566
Emergence of a Gay and Lesbian Subculture......Page 568
The Presidencies of Garfield and Arthur......Page 569
Cleveland and the Democrats......Page 570
The Mixed Blessings of Urban Machine Politics......Page 573
Challenging the Male Bastion: Woman Suffrage......Page 574
Structural Change and Policy Change......Page 576
The United States and the World, 1880–1889......Page 577
Individual Voices: Nikola Tesla Explores the Problems of Energy Resources and World Peace......Page 578
In the Wider World......Page 579
In the United States......Page 580
A Note from the Author......Page 581
Individual Choices: María Amparo Ruiz de Burton......Page 582
The Plains Indians......Page 583
The Plains Wars......Page 586
The Last Indian Wars......Page 588
Zion in the Great Basin......Page 590
Cattle Kingdom on the Plains......Page 591
Plowing the Plains......Page 592
Transforming the West: Railroads, Mining, Agribusiness, Logging, and Finance......Page 594
Western Railroads......Page 595
Western Mining......Page 596
Logging in the Pacific Northwest......Page 597
Western Metropolis: San Francisco......Page 598
It Matters Today: Western Water and Global Warming......Page 599
Immigrants to the Golden Mountain......Page 600
Forced Assimilation......Page 602
Mexican Americans in the Southwest......Page 604
The West as Utopia and Myth......Page 606
The Frontier and the West......Page 607
Individual Voices: Helen Hunt Jackson Appeals for Justice for the Mission Indians of Southern California (1883)......Page 609
In the Wider World......Page 611
In the United States......Page 612
A Note from the Author......Page 613
Individual Choices: Mary Elizabeth Lease......Page 614
The Origins of the People’s Party......Page 615
The People’s Party......Page 616
Political Upheaval, part two: The Politics of Race and Nativism......Page 617
The Second Mississippi Plan and the Atlanta Compromise......Page 618
The Politics of Nativism......Page 620
Harrison and the Fifty-first Congress......Page 621
The Elections of 1890 and 1892......Page 622
Economic Collapse and Depression......Page 624
Labor on the Defensive: Homestead and Pullman......Page 626
The Failure of the Divided Democrats......Page 628
The 1896 Election: Bryan Versus McKinley, Silver Versus Protection......Page 630
After 1896: The New Republican Majority......Page 631
Stepping into World Affairs: Harrison and Cleveland......Page 632
A New American Mission?......Page 633
Revolution in Hawai’i......Page 634
Crises in Latin America......Page 635
Striding Boldly in World Affairs: McKinley, War, and Imperialism......Page 636
The “Splendid Little War”......Page 637
The Treaty of Paris......Page 639
Organizing an Insular Empire......Page 641
The Open Door and the Boxer Rebellion in China......Page 642
Individual Voices: William Allen White Asks, “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”......Page 644
In the Wider World......Page 645
In the United States......Page 646
A Note from the Author......Page 647
Individual Choices: Theodore Roosevelt......Page 648
The Changing Face of Politics......Page 649
“Spearheads for Reform”: The Settlement Houses......Page 650
Women and Reform......Page 651
Moral Reform......Page 654
Racial Issues......Page 655
Challenging Capitalism: Socialists and Wobblies......Page 656
Exposing Corruption: The Muckrakers......Page 657
Reforming City Government......Page 659
Saving the Future......Page 660
Reforming State Government......Page 661
The Decline of Parties and the Rise of Interest Groups......Page 662
Roosevelt, Taft, and Republican Pogressivism......Page 663
The Square Deal in Action: Creating Federal Economic Regulation......Page 664
Regulating Natural Resources......Page 665
Taft’s Troubles......Page 666
Taking Panama......Page 667
Making the Caribbean an American Lake......Page 669
Roosevelt and Eastern Asia......Page 670
The United States and the World, 1901–1913......Page 672
Wilson and Democratic Progressivism......Page 673
Debating the Future: The Election of 1912......Page 674
Wilson and Reform, 1913–1914......Page 675
It Matters Today: The Federal Reserve Act......Page 676
New Patterns in Cultural Expression......Page 677
Realism, Impressionism, and Ragtime......Page 678
Mass Entertainment in the Early Twentieth Century......Page 679
Progressivism in Perspective......Page 680
Individual Voices: Theodore Roosevelt Asserts Presidential Powers......Page 682
In the Wider World......Page 683
In the United States......Page 684
A Note from the Author......Page 685
Individual Choices: Charles Young......Page 686
Inherited Commitments and New Directions......Page 687
Wilson and the Mexican Revolution......Page 688
The Great War in Europe......Page 690
American Neutrality......Page 692
Neutral Rights and German U-boats......Page 693
The Election of 1916......Page 694
The Decision for War......Page 695
Mobilizing the Economy......Page 696
Mobilizing Public Opinion......Page 697
Changes in the Workplace......Page 698
The Great Migration and White Reactions......Page 699
Mobilizing for Battle......Page 700
“Over There”......Page 701
Bolshevism, the Secret Treaties, and the Fourteen Points......Page 704
Wilson at Versailles......Page 705
It Matters Today: Redrawing the Middle East......Page 706
Legacies of the Great War......Page 708
“HCL” and Strikes......Page 709
Red Scare......Page 710
Race Riots and Lynchings......Page 711
The Election of 1920......Page 712
Individual Voices: Woodrow Wilson Proposes his Fourteen Points......Page 713
In the Wider World......Page 715
In the United States......Page 716
A Note from the Author......Page 717
Individual Choices: Clara Bow......Page 718
Prosperity Decade......Page 719
Targeting Consumers......Page 720
The Automobile: Driving the Economy......Page 721
Changes in Banking and Business......Page 722
“Get Rich Quick”—Speculative Mania......Page 723
Putting a People on Wheels: The Automobile and American Life......Page 725
Los Angeles: Automobile Metropolis......Page 726
A Homogenized Culture Searches for Heroes......Page 727
Alienated Intellectuals......Page 728
Renaissance Among African Americans......Page 729
“Flaming Youth”......Page 732
Fundamentalism and the Crusade Against Evolution......Page 733
It Matters Today: Teaching Evolution in Public Schools......Page 734
The Ku Klux Klan......Page 735
Ethnicity and Race: North, South, and West......Page 736
Beginnings of Change in Federal Indian Policy......Page 737
Labor on the Defensive......Page 738
Changes in Women’s Lives......Page 740
Development of Gay and Lesbian Subcultures......Page 741
Harding’s Failed Presidency......Page 742
The Politics of Business......Page 743
The 1928 Campaign and the Election of Hoover......Page 744
The United States and Latin America......Page 746
America and the European Economy......Page 748
Encouraging International Cooperation......Page 749
Individual Voices: Middletown Parents Bemoan the Movies......Page 752
In the Wider World......Page 753
In the United States......Page 754
A Note from the Author......Page 755
Individual Choices: Frances Perkins......Page 756
The Great Crash and the Depression......Page 757
Hoover and the Depression......Page 760
The New Deal......Page 762
Roosevelt Confronts the Depression......Page 764
Seeking Recovery......Page 765
Remembering the “Forgotten Man”......Page 767
Changing Focus......Page 769
It Matters Today: Social Security......Page 771
Waning of the New Deal......Page 773
Coping with the Depression......Page 775
“Making Do”—Families and the Depression......Page 776
Women and Minorities in the Depression......Page 777
A New Deal for Women and Minorities......Page 779
Individual Voices: Frances Perkins Explains the Social Security Act......Page 782
In the Wider World......Page 783
In the United States......Page 784
A Note from the Author......Page 785
Individual Choices: Minoru Kiyota......Page 786
The Road to War......Page 787
Diplomacy in a Dangerous World......Page 788
Roosevelt and Isolationism......Page 789
War and American Neutrality......Page 792
The Battle for the Atlantic......Page 794
Pearl Harbor......Page 795
America Responds to War......Page 797
Japanese American Internment......Page 798
It Matters Today: Internment......Page 799
Mobilizing the Nation for War......Page 800
A People at Work and War......Page 803
New Opportunities and Old Constraints......Page 804
Waging World War......Page 808
Halting the Japanese Advance......Page 809
The Tide Turns in Europe......Page 810
Stressed in the Grand Alliance......Page 813
Defeating Hitler......Page 814
Closing the Circle on Japan......Page 816
Entering the Nuclear Age......Page 817
Individual Voices: Justice Hugo Black Explains the Majority View in Korematsu United States......Page 820
In the Wider World......Page 821
In the United States......Page 822
A Note from the Author......Page 823
Individual Choices: George Frost Kennan......Page 824
The Cold War Begins......Page 825
Truman and the Soviets......Page 826
It Matters Today: Appeasement......Page 829
A Global Presence......Page 831
The Korean War......Page 834
Seeking to Liberate North Korea......Page 835
Truman and Liberalism......Page 836
The 1948 Election......Page 838
The Red Scare......Page 840
Homecoming and Social Adjustments......Page 843
Rising Expectations......Page 844
From Industrial Worker to Homemaker......Page 846
Restrained Expectations......Page 848
Individual Voices: George F. Kennan Analyzes the Soviets’Worldview......Page 849
In the Wider World......Page 851
In the United States......Page 852
A Note from the Author......Page 853
Individual Choices: Ray Kroc......Page 854
Eisenhower Takes Command......Page 855
Dynamic Conservatism......Page 856
The Problem with McCarthy......Page 858
The New Look......Page 859
Turmoil in the Middle East......Page 862
The New Look in Asia......Page 864
The Soviets and Cold War Politics......Page 865
The Web of Prosperity......Page 867
Suburban and Family Culture......Page 868
Another View of Suburbia......Page 870
Rejecting Consensus......Page 871
The Trouble with Kids......Page 872
Outside Suburbia......Page 873
Integrating Schools......Page 875
It Matters Today: The Brown Decision......Page 876
The Montgomery Bus Boycott......Page 877
Ike and Civil Rights......Page 878
Individual Voices: Ray Kroc Explains the McDonald’s Approach to Business......Page 880
In the Wider World......Page 881
In the United States......Page 882
A Note from the Author......Page 883
Individual Choices: Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)......Page 884
The 1960 Campaign......Page 885
The New Frontier......Page 887
Kennedy and Civil Rights......Page 888
It Matters Today: Letter from a Birmingham Jail......Page 892
Confronting Castro and the Soviets......Page 893
Death in Dallas......Page 895
Old and New Agendas......Page 896
Implementing the Great Society......Page 898
Urban Riots and Black Power......Page 902
Rejecting the Feminine Mystique......Page 904
The Youth Movement......Page 906
The Counterculture......Page 907
Individual Voices: Stokely Carmichael Justifies Black Power......Page 909
In the Wider World......Page 911
In the United States......Page 912
A Note from the Author......Page 913
Individual Choices: Dolores Huerta......Page 914
Johnson and the War......Page 915
Americanization of the Vietnam War......Page 916
The Antiwar Movement......Page 918
Tet and the 1968 Presidential Campaign......Page 919
Changing of the Guard......Page 920
The Election of 1968......Page 921
The Emergence of La Causa......Page 922
American Indian Activism......Page 925
Vietnamization......Page 927
Modifying the Cold War......Page 931
Nixon as Pragmatist......Page 932
Building the Silent Majority......Page 934
An Embattled President......Page 935
An Interim President......Page 937
Individual Voices: Striking Grape Workers Proclaim Their Goals......Page 938
In the Wider World......Page 939
In the United States......Page 940
A Note from the Author......Page 941
Individual Choices: Franklin Chang-Dìaz......Page 942
The Carter Presidency......Page 943
New Directions in Foreign Policy......Page 944
Middle Eastern Crises......Page 946
Domestic Priorities......Page 947
A Society in Transition......Page 948
Economic Slowdown......Page 949
Social Divisions......Page 950
New Immigrants......Page 952
The New Right......Page 953
Reaganism......Page 955
Asserting World Power......Page 957
Cold War Renewed......Page 958
Reagan and Gorbachev......Page 960
In Reagan’s Shadow......Page 961
Bush and a New International Order......Page 962
Protecting American Interests Abroad......Page 964
A Kinder, Gentler Nation......Page 965
Individual Voices: Diameng Pa Tells His Story......Page 967
In the Wider World......Page 969
In the United States......Page 970
A Note from the Author......Page 971
Individual Choices: Colin Powell......Page 972
The Shifting Economy......Page 973
Rich and Poor......Page 976
Women and Family Values......Page 977
The Clinton Years......Page 979
Clinton and Congress......Page 980
Judicial Restraint and the Rehnquist Court......Page 982
Clinton’s Comeback......Page 983
A Revitalized Economy......Page 984
Clinton’s Second Term......Page 985
Clinton’s Foreign Policy......Page 987
The 2000 Election......Page 989
Establishing the Bush Agenda......Page 990
Charting New Foreign Policies......Page 991
An Assault Against a Nation......Page 992
A Series of Political Races......Page 997
Individual Voices: Colin Powell Makes a Case for War......Page 1002
Summary......Page 1003
In the Wider World......Page 1004
In the United States......Page 1005
Appendix Suggested Readings......Page 1006
Declaration of Independence......Page 1015
Constitution of the United States of America and Amendments......Page 1017
Presidential Elections......Page 1026
Index......Page 1031