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America in the Twentieth Century

by: Moss, George Donelson

America in the Twentieth Century

by: Moss, George Donelson

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9780130833709
ISBN 10:
0130833703
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2000
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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For freshman/sophomore-level survey courses in 20th Century U.S. History. Written in a lively, narrative style, this comprehensive survey of 20th century U.S. historyfrom the late 19th century through the late 20th centuryfocuses on the public life of American people, on American political history, and the history of American public policy. It intertwines political, demographic, economic, social, and cultural history throughout.

Preface

xiii

1 PROLOGUE: A SOCIETY IN TRANSITION

(42)

A Demographic Portrait

(1)

Economic Growth

(5)

Labor

(2)

Immigrants

(2)

Cities

(1)

Women, Children, and Work

(1)

Native Americans

(2)

Hispanic Americans

(2)

African Americans

(2)

Asian Americans

(1)

Farmers

(2)

Politics

(1)

The People's Party

(2)

Imperialism

(10)

Social Darwinism

(1)

Religion

(1)

Schools and Colleges

(1)

Mass Media

(1)

Architecture, Literature, and Philosophy

(2)

Civilization and Its Discontents

(1)

Bibliography

(2)

2 THE PROGRESSIVE ERA

(38)

Modern Society

(3)

Popular Culture

(2)

Literature and Art

(1)

The Roots of Reform

(1)

Social Justice

(3)

Muckrakers

(1)

Women Reformers

(2)

African Americans

(1)

Asian Americans

(1)

Native Americans

(1)

Moral Reform

(2)

Educational Reform

(1)

Political Reform

(2)

The Advent of Theodore Roosevelt

(3)

Taft versus Progressivism

(2)

The Election of 1912

(4)

Wilsonian Progressivism

(5)

Progressivism in Perspective

(2)

Bibliography

(2)

3 THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD

(36)

Managing the American Empire

(6)

Europe Goes to War

(1)

Unneutral Neutrality

(4)

America Goes to War

(6)

Over There

(5)

The Home Front

103

(2)

Propaganda and Civil Liberties

105

(2)

Red Scare

107

(3)

The Peace Conference

110

(2)

Fight for Ratification

112

(2)

The War Experience

114

(2)

Bibliography

116

(1)

4 THE TWENTIES

117

(37)

A Mobile People

118

(1)

The Consumer Economy

118

(7)

The New Urban Nation

125

(2)

Women and Family Life

127

(2)

Popular Culture

129

(1)

The Movies

130

(1)

Spectator Sports

131

(1)

An American Hero

132

(1)

The Ethic of Play

133

(1)

Popular Writers

134

(1)

Literature

135

(2)

The Harlem Renaissance

137

(2)

The Jazz Age

139

(1)

Art and Music

140

(1)

The Rise of Radio

140

(1)

Religious Fundamentalism

141

(2)

The Revival of the Klan

143

(1)

Closing the Door

144

(2)

The Business of Government

146

(6)

Bibliography

152

(2)

5 THE GREAT DEPRESSION

154

(32)

The Hoover Era

154

(1)

The Great Crash

155

(1)

Causes of the Great Depression

158

(7)

The Deepening Depression

162

(5)

African Americans

167

(1)

Women and Family Life

167

(1)

Popular Culture

168

(2)

Hoover Battles the Depression

170

(1)

The Collapse of European Economies

171

(1)

The Depression Deepens

172

(4)

The Election of 1932

176

(5)

Interregnum

181

(2)

Nadir

183

(2)

Bibliography

185

(1)

6 THE NEW DEAL

186

(38)

FDR

186

(2)

The New Deal Begins

188

(2)

The Hundred Days

190

Critics--Left, Right, and Populist

185

The Second New Deal

198

(4)

A New Deal for the Environment

202

(1)

The Election of 1936

203

(2)

The New Deal Coalition

205

(1)

Roosevelt Attacks the Supreme Court

205

(3)

The Roosevelt Recession

208

(1)

The End of the New Deal

209

(1)

The Rise of Organized Labor

209

(3)

A New Deal for Women

212

(1)

The Emergence of Ethnic Americans

213

(1)

African Americans and the New Deal

214

(1)

Hispanic Americans during the New Deal

215

(2)

A New Deal for Native Americans

217

(1)

FDR and the New Deal in Perspective

218

(4)

Bibliography

222

(2)

7 DIPLOMACY BETWEEN WARS

224

(35)

The Search for Peace

224

(3)

Foreign Economic Policy

227

(4)

Latin America

231

(2)

The Triumph of Isolationism

233

(2)

Europe Disintegrates

235

(5)

The Rising Sun

240

(2)

War in Europe

242

(2)

The Election of 1940

244

(1)

Lend-Lease

245

(2)

Undeclared Naval War

247

(3)

Impasse over China

250

(2)

The Strategy of Stall

252

(2)

Pearl Harbor Attacked!

254

(4)

Bibliography

258

(1)

8 WORLD WAR II

259

(44)

War in Europe

259

(4)

War in the Pacific

263

(4)

Wartime Diplomacy

267

(4)

Victory in Europe

271

(3)

Victory in the Pacific

274

(4)

Home Front USA

278

(1)

Demographic Changes

279

(3)

Economic Transformations

282

(2)

Women in Wartime

284

(3)

African Americans at War

287

(2)

Hispanic Americans in Wartime

289

(1)

Native Americans in Wartime

290

(1)

Asian Americans in Wartime

291

(3)

The Politics of War

294

(3)

Culture and War

297

(2)

World War and Its Consequences

299

(2)

Bibliography

301

(2)

9 THE RISE OF THE COLD WAR

303

(40)

The United Nations

304

(1)

Origins of Cold War

305

(6)

The Truman Doctrine

311

(2)

The Marshall Plan

313

(1)

NATO

314

(3)

The Chinese Revolution

317

(1)

Vietnam: The Beginnings

318

(1)

NSC-68

319

(1)

War in Korea

320

(6)

The Cold War Consensus

326

(1)

The Cold War at Home

327

(5)

Postwar Politics

332

(2)

The 80th Congress

334

(2)

The Election of 1948

336

(3)

The Fair Deal

339

(1)

Civil Rights

339

(2)

Bibliography

341

(2)

10 THE AGE OF CONSENSUS

343

(39)

Demographic Patterns

344

(1)

An Economy of Abundance

344

(1)

The Car Culture

345

(1)

Growth Industries and Others

346

(1)

The Mixed Economy

347

(1)

Labor at Mid-Century

348

(1)

Poverty amidst Plenty

349

(1)

The Rise of Suburbia

350

(2)

The Culture of Affluence

352

(2)

Women: Family Life and Work

354

(1)

The Advent of Television

355

(1)

Religion Revived

356

(1)

Social Critics

357

(1)

Rebels

357

(1)

The Election of 1952

358

(2)

Dynamic Conservatism

360

(2)

McCarthy: Zenith and Ruin

362

(1)

The Politics of Consensus

363

(1)

Civil Rights

364

(3)

The New Look

367

(1)

Vietnam: Getting in Deeper

367

(2)

The China Crisis

369

(2)

At the Summit

371

(1)

The CIA at Work

372

(1)

Trouble in Suez

373

(2)

Sputnik

375

(1)

Cuba and Castro

376

(1)

Controversy in Europe

377

(2)

End of an Era

379

(2)

Bibliography

381

(1)

11 NEW FRONTIERS

382

(35)

A Path to the Presidency

382

(1)

The Election of 1960

383

(5)

The Kennedy Style

388

(1)

The Cold Warrior

389

(2)

The Bay of Pigs

391

(1)

The Third World

392

(1)

Berlin

393

(3)

The Missile Crisis

396

(4)

Vietnam: Raising the Stakes

400

(3)

The Space Race

403

(1)

Social Reform

404

(1)

The Economy

405

(2)

Let Freedom Ring

407

(3)

Tragedy in Dallas

410

(3)

The Legacy of Camelot

413

(2)

Bibliography

415

(2)

12 REFORM, REBELLION, AND WAR

417

(39)

The Tall Texan

417

(1)

Johnson Takes Command

418

(2)

The Election of 1964

420

(1)

Great Society

421

(5)

The Warren Court

426

(2)

Lyndon Johnson and the World

428

(2)

Vietnam: Going to War

430

(2)

The American Way of War

432

(3)

War at Home

435

(1)

Tet-68 and Its Consequences

436

(4)

Young Radicals

440

(2)

The Greening of America

442

(4)

The Fire This Time

446

(1)

Black Power

447

(1)

Red and Brown Power

448

(1)

Gay-Lesbian Liberation

449

(1)

The Rebirth of Feminism

450

(2)

Women's Liberation

452

(1)

Backlash

453

(2)

Bibliography

455

(1)

13 THE NIXON ERA

456

(38)

The Election of 1968

456

(5)

The Politician

461

(1)

Pragmatic Centrism

461

(1)

Nixonomics

462

(1)

The Southern Strategy

463

(2)

Detente

465

(3)

The China Opening

468

(2)

Vietnam: A War to End A War

470

(5)

The End of the Tunnel

475

(2)

Activists and Reformers

477

(1)

Ecology and Consumerism

478

(1)

The Election of 1972

479

(4)

Watergate

483

(2)

The Decline and Fall of Richard Nixon

485

(6)

Postmortem

491

(2)

Bibliography

493

(1)

14 AN ERA OF LIMITS

494

(40)

A Ford Not a Lincoln

495

(2)

Economic and Energy Woes

497

(2)

Ford, Kissinger, and the World

499

(2)

The Election of 1976

501

(2)

President "Jimmy"

503

(1)

Mr. Carter Goes to Washington

503

(3)

Carter and the World

506

(2)

The Decline of Detente

508

(1)

Debacle in Iran

509

(2)

The Election of 1980

511

(3)

A Demographic Profile

514

(1)

Economic Stasis

515

(2)

Cars and Computers

517

(1)

New Immigrants

518

(3)

African Americans: A Dual Society

521

(1)

Women: Changing Attitudes and Roles

522

(1)

Education

523

(2)

Religion in America

525

(1)

The Rise of the Religious Right

525

(1)

The "Me" Decade

526

(1)

Popular Culture

527

(4)

A Dismal Decade

531

(1)

Bibliography

532

(2)

15 AMERICA IN THE EIGHTIES

534

(39)

The Media Man

535

(1)

The Advent of Reaganomics

536

(3)

Recession and Recovery

539

(2)

The Cold War Revived

541

(3)

The Pacific Rim

544

(2)

Disaster in Lebanon

546

(1)

Policing the Western Hemisphere

547

(3)

Reagan: The First Term

550

(1)

The Election of 1984

551

(2)

The Second Term

553

(2)

The "Go-Go" Economy

555

(4)

The Reagan Court

559

(1)

Foreign Policy

560

(1)

The Iraqi-Iranian War

561

(2)

Central America

563

(1)

The Iran-Contra Scandal

563

(5)

The Sleaze Factor

568

(1)

Thawing the Cold War

569

(3)

Bibliography

572

(1)

16 THE 1990s

573

(50)

A Demographic Profile for the 1990s

574

(1)

The Decline of the Middle Classes

575

(2)

A Nation of Immigrants

577

(1)

Black and White, but Not Together

577

(2)

A Fragmented Society

579

(2)

Culture Wars

581

(1)

Women and Work

582

(1)

The Election of 1988

583

(2)

Economic and Social Policy

585

(2)

The Supreme Court in the 1990s

587

(2)

The End of the Cold War

589

(1)

The Reappearance of Russia

590

(1)

Bush and the Post-Cold War World

591

(2)

War in the Persian Gulf

593

(4)

The Election of 1992

597

(3)

The Democrats Return

600

(3)

The Republican Earthquake

603

(2)

The Election of 1996

605

(1)

The Impeachment of President Clinton

606

(8)

Clinton and the Post-Cold War World

614

(6)

Toward the Twenty-First Century

620

(2)

Bibliography

622

(1)

APPENDICES

623

(18)

A: Amendments to the Constitution Added during the Twentieth Century

623

(7)

B: Presidential Elections Since 1896

630

(2)

C: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Cabinet Officers Since 1897

632

(3)

D: Justices of the Supreme Court

635

(1)

E: U.S. Territorial Expansion Since 1898

636

(1)

F: Population of the United States, 1890-Present

636

(1)

G: Median Life Expectancy

637

(1)

H: Recent Trends in Immigration

637

(2)

I. American Workers and Farmers

639

(1)

J: The Economy and Federal Spending

640

(1)

INDEX

641

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