The American pageant: a history of the American people. Vol. 2, Since 1865

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Maps......Page 15
Figures......Page 17
Tables......Page 18
Preface......Page 19
22. The Ordeal of Reconstruction......Page 26
VARYING VIEWPOINTS: How Radical Was Reconstruction?......Page 47
TO LEARN MORE......Page 48
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE: Letter from a Freedman to His Old Master, 1865......Page 30
PART FOUR: Forging an Industrial Society 1869–1909......Page 49
23. Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age 1869–1896......Page 51
CHRONOLOGY......Page 75
VARYING VIEWPOINTS: The Populists: Radicals or Reactionaries?......Page 76
TO LEARN MORE......Page 77
MAKERS OF AMERICA: The Chinese......Page 63
24. Industry Comes of Age 1865–1900......Page 78
VARYING VIEWPOINTS: Industrialization: Boon or Blight?......Page 106
TO LEARN MORE......Page 107
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE: The Photography of Lewis W. Hine......Page 98
MAKERS OF AMERICA: The Knights of Labor......Page 103
25. America Moves to the City 1865–1900......Page 108
CHRONOLOGY......Page 144
TO LEARN MORE......Page 145
MAKERS OF AMERICA: The Italians......Page 115
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE: Manuscript Census Data, 1900......Page 118
MAKERS OF AMERICA: Pioneering Pragmatists......Page 131
26. The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution 1865–1896......Page 146
PEOPLE TO KNOW......Page 179
TO LEARN MORE......Page 181
MAKERS OF AMERICA: The Plains Indians......Page 153
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE: Robert Louis Stevenson's Transcontinental Journey, 1879......Page 162
THINKING GLOBALLY: The Great Frontier......Page 165
VARYING VIEWPOINTS: Was the West Really "Won"?......Page 180
27. Empire and Expansion 1890–1909......Page 182
CHRONOLOGY......Page 210
VARYING VIEWPOINTS: Why Did America Become a World Power?......Page 211
TO LEARN MORE......Page 212
MAKERS OF AMERICA: The Puerto Ricans......Page 193
MAKERS OF AMERICA: The Filipinos......Page 199
THINKING GLOBALLY: The Age of Empire......Page 207
PART FIVE: Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad 1900-1945......Page 213
28. Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt 1901–1912......Page 215
PEOPLE TO KNOW......Page 239
TO LEARN MORE......Page 240
THINKING GLOBALLY: "Why Is There No Socialism in the United States?"......Page 219
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE: Muller V. Oregon, 1908......Page 226
MAKERS OF AMERICA: The Environmentalists......Page 231
29. Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad 1912–1916......Page 241
VARYING VIEWPOINTS Who Were the Progressives? 744......Page 257
TO LEARN MORE......Page 258
30. The War to End War 1917–1918......Page 259
VARYING VIEWPOINTS: Woodrow Wilson: Realist or Idealist?......Page 281
TO LEARN MORE......Page 282
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE: "Mademoiselle from Armentières"......Page 272
31. American Life in the "Roaring Twenties: 1919–1929......Page 283
PEOPLE TO KNOW......Page 309
TO LEARN MORE......Page 310
MAKERS OF AMERICA: The Poles......Page 289
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE: The Jazz Singer......Page 302
32. The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920–1932......Page 311
CHRONOLOGY......Page 334
TO LEARN MORE......Page 335
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE: Lampooning Hoover, 1932......Page 330
33. The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933–1939......Page 336
PEOPLE TO KNOW......Page 363
TO LEARN MORE......Page 365
VARYING VIEWPOINTS: How Radical Was the New Deal?......Page 364
34. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933–1941......Page 366
PEOPLE TO KNOW......Page 386
TO LEARN MORE......Page 387
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE: Public-Opinion Polling in the 1930s......Page 376
35. America in World War II 1941–1945......Page 388
CHRONOLOGY......Page 417
VARYING VIEWPOINTS: The Atomic Bombs: Were They Justified?......Page 418
TO LEARN MORE......Page 420
MAKERS OF AMERICA: The Japanese......Page 391
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE: Franklin Roosevelt at Teheran, 1943......Page 408
THINKING GLOBALLY: America and the World in Depression and War: A Study in Contrasts......Page 415
PART SIX: Making Modern America 1945 to the Present......Page 421
36. The Cold War Begins 1945–1952......Page 423
PEOPLE TO KNOW......Page 453
TO LEARN MORE......Page 455
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE: Advertising Prosperity, 1956......Page 426
MAKERS OF AMERICA: The Suburbanites......Page 431
THINKING GLOBALLY: The Era of Globalization......Page 437
VARYING VIEWPOINTS: Who Was to Blame for the Cold War?......Page 454
37. The Eisenhower Era 1952–1960......Page 456
PEOPLE TO KNOW......Page 483
TO LEARN MORE......Page 484
MAKERS OF AMERICA: The Great African American Migration......Page 467
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE: The Shopping Mall as New Town Square, 1960......Page 480
38. The Stormy Sixties 1960–1968......Page 485
CHRONOLOGY......Page 512
VARYING VIEWPOINTS: The Sixties: Constructive or Destructive?......Page 513
TO LEARN MORE......Page 514
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE: Conflicting Press Accounts of the March on Washington, 1963......Page 496
39. The Stalemated Seventies......Page 515
PEOPLE TO KNOW......Page 542
TO LEARN MORE......Page 543
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE: The "Smoking Gun" Tape, June 23, 1972, 10:04–11:39 A.M.......Page 528
MAKERS OF AMERICA: The Vietnamese......Page 531
MAKERS OF AMERICA: The Feminists......Page 535
40. The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980–1992......Page 544
CHRONOLOGY......Page 566
VARYING VIEWPOINTS: Where Did Modern Conservatism Come From?......Page 567
TO LEARN MORE......Page 568
41. America Confronts the Post–Cold War Era 1992–2004......Page 569
CHRONOLOGY......Page 594
TO LEARN MORE......Page 595
THINKING GLOBALLY: America Through Foreign Eyes: Hyperpower or Hapless Power?......Page 587
42. The American People Face a New Century......Page 596
TO LEARN MORE......Page 620
MAKERS OF AMERICA: Scientists and Engineers......Page 601
MAKERS OF AMERICA: The Latinos......Page 611
Declaration of Independence......Page 622
Constitution of the United States of America......Page 625
Presidential Elections......Page 642
Presidents and Vice Presidents......Page 645
Estimates of Total Costs and Number of Battle Deaths of Major U.S. Wars......Page 647
Glossary of Key Terms......Page 648
Photograph Credits......Page 665
Index......Page 670