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These United States: The Questions of Our Past/ to 1877

ISBN: 9780131714632 | 0131714635
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 2/1/1995

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SummaryTable of Contents
These United States discusses political, diplomatic, and military events, it also covers - and extensively - social, cultural, and economic events and currents. It deals not only with events, moreover, but also with people. Each chapter has a 'Historical Portrait' and a 'Historical Document' in the words of some representative figure of the period discussed in the chapter.
Maps
xi
Prefacexiii
Acknowledgmentsxiii
The New World Encounters The Old
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Why 1492?
1(14)
The First Americans
4(4)
The First European ``Discovery''
8(1)
The Rise of Modern Europe
9(1)
European Revival
10(3)
European Expansion
13(2)
A Historical Document: The ``Indies'' Described
15(3)
A Historical Portrait: Isabella of Castile
18(8)
The ``Columbian Exchange''
22(2)
Conclusions
24(1)
For Further Reading
25(1)
The Old World Comes To America
What Brought Europeans and Africans to the New World?
26(12)
The Aristocratic Impulse
29(1)
The Profit Motive
30(3)
``The Best Poor Man's Country''
33(3)
Involuntary Immigrants
36(2)
A Historical Document: How Africans Came to America
38(1)
America as a Religious Haven
39(5)
A Historical Portrait
44(8)
John Winthrop
Conclusions
50(1)
For Further Reading
50(2)
Colonial Society
How Did Old World Culture Change in the Wilderness?
52(21)
A New Mixture in a New Land
54(6)
Regions
60(2)
Families
62(3)
Everyday Life
65(2)
Government
67(4)
Religion
71(2)
A Historical Document: Sinners and an Angry God
73(5)
Intellectual America
75(3)
A Historical Portrait
78(6)
Benjamin Franklin
The Arts
79(3)
Conclusions
82(1)
For Further Reading
82(2)
Moving Toward Independence
Why Did the Colonists Revolt?
84(24)
The Colonial Economy
86(7)
Costs and Benefits of Empire Before 1763
93(3)
The Crisis of Empire
96(12)
A Historical Document: The Sons of Liberty
108(1)
A Historical Portrait
109(7)
Sam Adams
Conclusions
113(1)
For Further Reading
114(2)
The Revolution
How Did It Change America?
116(16)
American Prospects
118(3)
The Road to Independence
121(2)
The Fight for Independence
123(5)
The Articles of Confederation
128(2)
Social Change
130(2)
A Historical Portrait
132(3)
Benedict Arnold
A Historical Document
135(7)
Slavery Struck Down
Making the Peace
137(2)
Conclusions
139(1)
For Further Reading
140(2)
The Origins Of The Constitution
By Popular Demand?
142(13)
America in the 1780s
144(5)
Foreign Affairs
149(1)
The Public Domain
150(4)
The Constitutional Convention
154(1)
A Historical Document: Annapolis Convention
155(3)
A Historical Portrait
158(10)
Daniel Shays
Ratification
161(5)
Conclusions
166(1)
For Further Reading
166(2)
The First Party System
What Issues Divided the New Nation?
168(6)
The New Government Launched
170(4)
A Historical Document: Report on Manufactures
174(13)
The Beginnings of Parties
175(3)
Relations with Europe
178(8)
Republican Triumph
186(1)
A Historical Portrait
187(5)
Timothy Pickering
Conclusions
190(1)
For Further Reading
191(1)
The Jeffersonians In Office
How Did Power Affect Republican Ideology?
192(4)
President Jefferson
194(2)
A Historical Document: Jefferson in Office
196(7)
International Politics and Republican Policy
198(5)
A Historical Portrait
203(15)
Albert Gallatin
The War of 1812
211(5)
Conclusions
216(1)
For Further Reading
216(2)
The American Economic Miracle
What Made It Possible?
218(10)
Factors of Production
220(8)
A Historical Portrait
228(14)
Samuel F. B. Morse
The Course of American Economic Growth
232(10)
A Historical Document: The Lowell Girls
242(6)
Industrial Workers
242(4)
Conclusions
246(1)
For Further Reading
247(1)
Jacksonian Democracy
What Was It and How Did It Change Political Life?
248(12)
The Era of Good Feelings
250(4)
Jackson Rises to Power
254(5)
King Andrew
259(1)
A Historical Document: Jacksonian Democracy
260(7)
A Historical Portrait
267(9)
Peggy Eaton
Politics after Jackson
271(3)
Conclusions
274(1)
For Further Reading
274(2)
The Mexican War And Expansionism
Greed, Manifest Destiny, or Inevitability?
276(15)
The Oregon Country
278(4)
The Mexican Borderland
282(4)
The Annexation of Texas
286(2)
Expansionism: Advocates and Opponents
288(2)
Moving toward War
290(1)
A Historical Document: Manifest Destiny
291(5)
War with Mexico
294(2)
A Historical Portrait
296(8)
John Charles Fremont
Conclusions
302(1)
For Further Reading
302(2)
American Before The Civil War
What Were They Really Like?
304(25)
The Moving Frontier
306(4)
New Pressures in the Northeast
310(6)
Everyday Live in Antebellum America
316(1)
The Arts in Antebellum America
317(7)
The Perfect Society
324(5)
A Historical Document: Women's Rights
329(4)
A Historical Portrait
333(5)
Frederick Douglass
Conclusions
335(1)
For Further Reading
336(2)
The Old South
What Is Myth and What Was Real?
338(10)
An Unexpected Diversity
340(5)
Life Under Slavery
345(3)
A Historical Document: The Slaves Speak Out
348(6)
The Southern Mind
351(3)
A Historical Portrait
354(7)
William Gilmore Simms
Conclusions
359(1)
For Further Reading
360(1)
The Coming Of The Civil War
What Caused the Division?
361(13)
A House Dividing
364(2)
The Dilemma of Territorial Growth
366(8)
A Historical Portrait
374(38)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Worsening Tensions
376(7)
Republicans and the Worsening Crisis
383(9)
Conclusions
392(1)
For Further Reading
393(1)
The Civil War
How Did the War Change the Nation?
394(2)
North and South
396(2)
The War Begins
398(4)
War and Society
402(10)
A Historical Document: Lincoln on Slavery
412(4)
The Last Years of Battle
414(2)
A Historical Portrait
416(8)
Mary Boykin Chesnut
Conclusions
422(1)
For Further Reading
422(2)
Reconstruction
What Went Wrong?
424(9)
The Legacy of War
426(1)
Issues and Attitudes
427(2)
Presidential Reconstruction
429(4)
A Historical Document: Black Reconstruction
433(8)
Congress Takes Over
435(3)
The First Reconstruction Act
438(2)
Reconstruction in the South
440(1)
A Historical Portrait
441(16)
Thaddeus Stevens
Conclusions
453(2)
For Further Reading
455(2)
APPENDIX
The Declaration of Independence
457(4)
The Constitution of the United States of America
461(8)
Presidential Elections
469(4)
Chief Justices of the Supreme Court
473(2)
Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Cabinet Members
475(6)
Writing About History
481(6)
Photo Credits487(2)
Index489

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