The American Promise, Value Edition, Volume 1 A History of the United States

The American Promise, Value Edition, Volume 1 A History of the United States
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1319061990
- Edition: 7th
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- Copyright: 12/09/2016
- Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
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Summary
Author Biography
Read moreSusan M. Hartmann (Ph.D., University of Missouri) is Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of History at Ohio State University. In 1995 she won the university's Exemplary Faculty Award in the College of Humanities. Her publications include Truman and the 80th Congress; The Home Front and Beyond: American Women in the 1940s; From Margin to Mainstream: American Women and Politics since 1960; and The Other Feminists: Activists in the Liberal Establishment.
Table of Contents
Read morePlease Note: The Combined Volume includes all chapters. Volume 1 includes Chapters 1-16 and Volume 2 includes Chapters 16-31.
NOTE: LaunchPad material that does not appear in the print book – including guided reading exercises, source feature quizzes, LearningCurve adaptive quizzes, summative quizzes, and all of the documents from the companion reader Reading the American Past – has been labeled on this table of contents as shown. Each chapter in LaunchPad also comes with a wealth of additional documents, videos, key terms flashcards, map quizzes, timeline activities, and much more, all of which can be easily integrated and assigned.PrefaceVersions and SupplementsMaps, Figures, and TablesSpecial Features1. Ancient America, Before 1492Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: An archaeological dig helps uncover ancient North American traditionsArchaeology and HistoryThe First AmericansAfrican and Asian OriginsMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Who Were the First Americans?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadPaleo-Indian HuntersArchaic Hunters and Gatherers Great Plains Bison Hunters Great Basin CulturesPacific Coast CulturesEastern Woodland CulturesAgricultural Settlements and ChiefdomsSouthwestern CulturesBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Corn: An Ancient American Legacy"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPad ANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Artifacts of Daily Life in Chaco Canyon"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadWoodland Burial Mounds and ChiefdomsNative Americans in the 1490sEastern and Great Plains PeoplesSouthwestern and Western PeoplesCultural SimilaritiesThe Mexica: A Mesoamerican CultureConclusion: The World of Ancient AmericansLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 1 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 1Document 1-1: A Taino Origin Story: Ramón Pané, On Taino Religious PracticesQuiz for Document 1-1: A Taino Origin Story: Ramón Pané, On Taino Religious Practices LaunchPadDocument 1-2: A Penobscot Origin Narrative: Joseph Nicolar, The Life and Traditions of the Red Men, 1893Quiz for Document 1-2: A Penobscot Origin Narrative: Joseph Nicolar, The Life and Traditions of the Red Men, 1893 LaunchPadDocument 1-3: Genesis: The Christian Origin Narrative: "In the Beginning"Quiz for Document 1-3: Genesis: The Christian Origin Narrative: "In the Beginning" LaunchPadDocument 1-4: Aristotle on Masters and Slaves: The Politics, ca. 300 B.C.Quiz for Document 1-4: Aristotle on Masters and Slaves: The Politics, ca. 300 B.C. LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS2. Europeans Encounter the New World, 1492–1600 Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Queen Isabella of Spain supports Christopher Columbus’s risky plan to sail west across the AtlanticEurope in the Age of ExplorationMediterranean Trade and European ExpansionA Century of Portuguese ExplorationA Surprising New World in the Western AtlanticThe Explorations of ColumbusThe Geographic Revolution and the Columbian ExchangeSpanish Exploration and ConquestThe Conquest of MexicoMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Did Cortés Win?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Search for Other MexicosSpanish Outposts in Florida and New MexicoNew Spain in the Sixteenth CenturyANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Justifying Conquest"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Spreading Christianity in New Spain"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Toll of Spanish Conquest and ColonizationThe New World and Sixteenth-Century EuropeThe Protestant Reformation and the Spanish ResponseEurope and The Spanish ExampleConclusion: The promise of the new world for EuropeansLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 2 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 2Document 2-1: The King of the Congo Writes to the King of Portugal: King Afonso and King João III, Correspondence, 1526Quiz for Document 2-1: The King of the Congo Writes to the King of Portugal: King Afonso and King João III, Correspondence, 1526 LaunchPadDocument 2-2: Columbus Describes His First Encounter with "Indians": The Diario of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493Quiz for Document 2-2: Columbus Describes His First Encounter with "Indians": The Diario of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493 LaunchPadDocument 2-3: A Conquistador Arrives in Mexico, 1519-1520: Bernal Díaz del Castillo, The Conquest of New Spain, 1632Quiz for Document 2-3: A Conquistador Arrives in Mexico, 1519-1520: Bernal Díaz del Castillo, The Conquest of New Spain, 1632 LaunchPadDocument 2-4: A Mexican Description of the Conquest of Mexico: Mexican Accounts of Conquest from the Florentine CodexQuiz for Document 2-4: A Mexican Description of the Conquest of Mexico: Mexican Accounts of Conquest from the Florentine Codex LaunchPadDocument 2-5: Cabeza de Vaca Describes His Captivity Among Native Americans in Texas and the Southwest, 1528-1536: Narrative, 1542Quiz for Document 2-5: Cabeza de Vaca Describes His Captivity Among Native Americans in Texas and the Southwest, 1528-1536: Narrative, 1542 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS3. THE SOUTHERN COLONIES IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 1601–1700Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Pocahontas "rescues" John SmithAn English Colony on Chesapeake BayThe Fragile Jamestown SettlementCooperation and Conflict between Natives and NewcomersFrom Private Company to Royal GovernmentA Tobacco SocietyBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "American Tobacco and European Consumers"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPad Tobacco AgricultureA Servant Labor SystemThe Rigors of ServitudeANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Enslavement by Marriage"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadCultivating Land and FaithHierarchy and Inequality in the ChesapeakeSocial and Economic PolarizationGovernment Policies and Political ConflictBacon’s RebellionMAKING AN HISTORICAL ARGUMENT: "Why Did English Colonists Consider Themselves Superior to Indians and Africans?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadToward a Slave Labor SystemReligion and Revolt in the Spanish BorderlandThe West Indies: Sugar and SlaveryCarolina: A West Indian FrontierSlave Labor Emerges in the ChesapeakeConclusion: The Growth of English Colonies Based on Export Crops and Slave LaborLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 3 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 3Document 3-1: Richard Frethorne Describes Indentured Servitude in Virginia: Letter to Father and Mother, March 20, April 2, 3, 1623Quiz for Document 3-1: Richard Frethorne Describes Indentured Servitude in Virginia: Letter to Father and Mother, March 20, April 2, 3, 1623 LaunchPadDocument 3-2: Opechancanough's 1622 Uprising in Virginia: Edward Waterhouse, Declaration, 1622Quiz for Document 3-2: Opechancanough's 1622 Uprising in Virginia: Edward Waterhouse, Declaration, 1622 LaunchPadDocument 3-3: Sex and Race Relations: Testimony from Virginia Court Records, 1681Quiz for Document 3-3: Sex and Race Relations: Testimony from Virginia Court Records, 1681 LaunchPadDocument 3-4: Bacon's Rebellion: Nathaniel Bacon, Declaration, 1676Quiz for Document 3-4: Bacon's Rebellion: Nathaniel Bacon, Declaration, 1676 LaunchPadDocument 3-5: Pedro Naranjo Describes Pueblo Revolt: Declaration of Pedro Naranjo of the Queres Nation, December 19, 1681Quiz for Document 3-5: Pedro Naranjo Describes Pueblo Revolt: Declaration of Pedro Naranjo of the Queres Nation, December 19, 1681 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS4. THE NORTHERN COLONIES IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 1601–1700Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Roger Williams is banished from Puritan MassachusettsPuritans and the Settlement of New EnglandPuritan Origins: The English ReformationThe Pilgrims and Plymouth ColonyThe Founding of Massachusetts Bay ColonyMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How did Seventeenth-Century Colonists View Nature" LaunchPadThe Evolution of New England SocietyChurch, Covenant, and ConformityGovernment by Puritans for PuritanismThe Splintering of PuritanismReligious Controversies and Economic ChangesANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Hunting Witches in Salem, Massachusetts"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Founding of the Middle ColoniesFrom New Netherland to New YorkNew Jersey and PennsylvaniaToleration and Diversity in PennsylvaniaThe Colonies and the English EmpireRoyal Regulation of Colonial TradeKing Philip’s War and the Consolidation of Royal AuthorityBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "New France and the Indians: The English Colonies’ Northern Borderlands" Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadConclusion: An English Model of Colonization in North AmericaLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 4 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 4Document 4-1: The Arbella Sermon: John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity, 1630Quiz for Document 4-1: The Arbella Sermon: John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity, 1630 LaunchPadDocument 4-2: Observations of New England Indians: Roger Williams, A Key into the Language of America, 1643Quiz for Document 4-2: Observations of New England Indians: Roger Williams, A Key into the Language of America, 1643Document 4-3: Wampanoag Grievances at the Outset of King Philip's War: John Easton, A Relation of the Indian War, 1675Quiz for Document 4-3: Wampanoag Grievances at the Outset of King Philip's War: John Easton, A Relation of the Indian War, 1675 LaunchPadDocument 4-4: A Provincial Government Enacts Legislation: The Laws of Pennsylvania, 1682Quiz for Document 4-4: A Provincial Government Enacts Legislation: The Laws of Pennsylvania, 1682 LaunchPadDocument 4-5: Words of the Bewitched: Testimony against Accused Witch Bridget Bishop, 1692Quiz for Document 4-5: Words of the Bewitched: Testimony against Accused Witch Bridget Bishop, 1692 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS5. COLONIAL AMERICA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, 1701–1770 Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: The Robin Johns experience horrific turns of fortune in the Atlantic slave tradeA Growing Population and Expanding Economy in British North AmericaNew England: From Puritan Settlers to Yankee TradersNatural Increase and Land DistributionFarms, Fish, and Atlantic TradeEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "A Sailor’s Life in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Middle Colonies: Immigrants, Wheat, and WorkGerman and Scots-Irish Immigrants"God Gives All Things to Industry": Urban and Rural LaborMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Did Few Colonists Oppose the African Slave Trade?" LaunchPadQuiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Southern Colonies: Land of SlaveryThe Atlantic Slave Trade and the Growth of SlaverySlave Labor and African American CultureTobacco, Rice, and ProsperityUnifying ExperiencesCommerce and ConsumptionReligion, Enlightenment, and RevivalTrade and Conflict in the North American BorderlandsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Spanish Priests Report on California Missions"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadColonial Politics in the British EmpireConclusion: The Dual Identity of British North American ColonistsLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 5 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 5Document 5-1: Elizabeth Ashbridge Becomes an Indentured Servant in New York: Elizabeth Ashbridge, Some Account of the Early Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge, Who Died in…1755 (1807)
Quiz for Document 5-1: Elizabeth Ashbridge Becomes an Indentured Servant in New York: Elizabeth Ashbridge, Some Account of the Early Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge, Who Died in…1755 (1807) LaunchPadDocument 5-2: Poor Richard's Advice: Benjamin Franklin, Father Abraham's Speech from Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757
Quiz for Document 5-2: Poor Richard's Advice: Benjamin Franklin, Father Abraham's Speech from Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757 LaunchPadDocument 5-3: An Anglican Criticizes New Light Baptists and Presbyterians in the South Carolina Backcountry: Charles Woodmason, Sermon on the Baptists and the Presbyterians, ca. 1768
Quiz for Document 5-3: An Anglican Criticizes New Light Baptists and Presbyterians in the South Carolina Backcountry: Charles Woodmason, Sermon on the Baptists and the Presbyterians, ca. 1768 LaunchPad
Document 5-4: Advertisements for Runaway Slaves: South Carolina Gazette and Virginia Gazette, 1737-1745
Quiz for Document 5-4: Advertisements for Runaway Slaves: South Carolina Gazette and Virginia Gazette, 1737-1745 LaunchPadDocument 5-5: A Moravian Missionary Interviews Slaves in the West Indies, 1767-1768: Christian George Andreas Oldendorp, History of the Evangelical Brethren's Mission on the Caribbean Islands, 1777
Quiz for Document 5-5: A Moravian Missionary Interviews Slaves in the West Indies, 1767-1768: Christian George Andreas Oldendorp, History of the Evangelical Brethren's Mission on the Caribbean Islands, 1777 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS6. The British Empire and the Colonial Crisis, 1754–1775Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Loyalist governor Thomas Hutchinson stands his ground in radical MassachusettsThe Seven Years’ War, 1754–1763French-British Rivalry in the Ohio CountryThe Albany CongressMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why did the Mohawk Chief Hendrick fight with the British against the French in 1755?" Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPad The War and Its ConsequencesPontiac’s Rebellion and the Proclamation of 1763The Sugar and Stamp Acts, 1763–1765Grenville’s Sugar ActThe Stamp ActResistance Strategies and Crowd PoliticsEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Pursuing Liberty, Protesting Tyranny"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadLiberty and PropertyThe Townshend Acts and Economic Retaliation, 1767–1770The Townshend DutiesNonconsumption and the Daughters of LibertyMilitary Occupation and "Massacre" in BostonThe Destruction of the Tea and the Coercive Acts, 1770–1774The Calm before the StormTea in Boston HarborThe Coercive ActsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Reactions to the Boston Port Act outside of Massachusetts"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadBeyond Boston: Rural New EnglandThe First Continental CongressDomestic Insurrections, 1774–1775Lexington and ConcordRebelling against SlaveryConclusion: The Long Road to RevolutionLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 6 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 6Document 6-1: Mary Jemison Is Captured by Seneca Indians during the Seven Years' War: James E. Seaver, A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, 1824Quiz for Document 6-1: Mary Jemison Is Captured by Seneca Indians during the Seven Years' War: James E. Seaver, A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, 1824 LaunchPadDocument 6-2: An Oration on the Second Anniversary of the Boston Massacre: Joseph Warren, Boston Massacre Oration, March 5, 1772Quiz for Document 6-2: An Oration on the Second Anniversary of the Boston Massacre: Joseph Warren, Boston Massacre Oration, March 5, 1772 LaunchPadDocument 6-3: A Boston Shoemaker Recalls British Arrogance and the Boston Tea Party: George R. T. Hewes, Memoir, 1834Quiz for Document 6-3: A Boston Shoemaker Recalls British Arrogance and the Boston Tea Party: George R. T. Hewes, Memoir, 1834 LaunchPadDocument 6-4: Daniel Leonard Argues for Loyalty to the British Empire: To the Inhabitants of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, 1774-1775Quiz for Document 6-4: Daniel Leonard Argues for Loyalty to the British Empire: To the Inhabitants of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, 1774-1775 LaunchPadDocument 6-5: Edmund Burke Urges Reconciliation with the Colonies: Speech to Parliament, March 22, 1775Quiz for Document 6-5: Edmund Burke Urges Reconciliation with the Colonies: Speech to Parliament, March 22, 1775 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS7. THE WAR FOR AMERICA, 1775–1783Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Deborah Sampson masquerades as a man to join the Continental armyThe Second Continental CongressAssuming Political and Military AuthorityPursuing Both War and PeaceThomas Paine, Abigail Adams, and the Case for IndependenceThe Declaration of IndependenceMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How Did ‘New Media’ Push Forward the Declaration of Independence?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe First Year of War, 1775–1776The American Military ForcesThe British StrategyQuebec, New York, and New JerseyThe Home FrontPatriotism at the Local LevelThe LoyalistsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Families Divide over the Revolution"Who Is a Traitor?Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadPrisoners of WarFinancial Instability and CorruptionThe Campaigns of 1777–1779: The North and WestBurgoyne’s Army and the Battle of SaratogaThe War in the West: Indian CountryThe French AllianceThe Southern Strategy and the End of the WarGeorgia and South CarolinaTreason and Guerrilla WarfareA Shaming Ritual Targeting the Great TraitorSurrender at YorktownThe Losers and the WinnersBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "European Nations and the Peace of Paris, 1783"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadConclusion: Why the British LostLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 7 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 7Document 7-1: Thomas Paine Makes the Case for Independence: Common Sense, January 1776Quiz for Document 7-1: Thomas Paine Makes the Case for Independence: Common Sense, January 1776 LaunchPadDocument 7-2: Letters of John and Abigail Adams: Correspondence, 1776Quiz for Document 7-2: Letters of John and Abigail Adams: Correspondence, 1776 LaunchPadDocument 7-3: J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Describes the Distresses of a Frontier Farmer during the Revolution: J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, "Distresses of a Frontier Man," 1782Quiz for Document 7-3: J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Describes the Distresses of a Frontier Farmer during the Revolution: J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, "Distresses of a Frontier Man," 1782 LaunchPadDocument 7-4: Boston King Seeks Freedom by Running Away to the British Army: Memoir, 1798Quiz for Document 7-4: Boston King Seeks Freedom by Running Away to the British Army: Memoir, 1798 LaunchPadDocument 7-5: Joseph Brant Appeals to British Allies to Keep Promises: Address to British Secretary of State Lord Germain, 1776 and Message to Governor of Quebec, Frederick Haldimand, 1783Quiz for Document 7-5: Joseph Brant Appeals to British Allies to Keep Promises: Address to British Secretary of State Lord Germain, 1776 and Message to Governor of Quebec, Frederick Haldimand, 1783 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS8. BUILDING A REPUBLIC, 1775–1789Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: James Madison comes of age in the midst of revolutionThe Articles of ConfederationConfederation and TaxationThe Problem of Western LandsRunning the New GovernmentThe Sovereign StatesThe State ConstitutionsWho Are "the People"?Equality and SlaveryEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "A Slave Sues for Her Freedom" Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Confederation’s ProblemsThe War Debt and the Newburgh ConspiracyThe Treaty of Fort StanwixLand Ordinances and the Northwest TerritoryANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Northwest Ordinance and Slavery"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Requisition of 1785 and Shays’s Rebellion, 1786–1787The United States ConstitutionFrom Annapolis to PhiladelphiaThe Virginia and New Jersey PlansDemocracy versus RepublicanismRatification of the ConstitutionThe FederalistsThe AntifederalistsMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Was the New United States a Christian Country?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Big Holdouts: Virginia and New YorkConclusion: The "Republican Remedy’LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 8 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 8Document 8-1: Richard Allen Founds the First African Methodist Church: Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours, 1833Quiz for Document 8-1: Richard Allen Founds the First African Methodist Church: Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours, 1833 LaunchPad Document 8-2: Thomas Jefferson on Slavery and Race: Notes on the State of Virginia, 1782Quiz for Document 8-2: Thomas Jefferson on Slavery and Race: Notes on the State of Virginia, 1782 LaunchPadDocument 8-3: Benjamin Rush Proposes a Proper Education for a Republic: Benjamin Rush, "Of the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic," 1786Quiz for Document 8-3: Benjamin Rush Proposes a Proper Education for a Republic: Benjamin Rush, "Of the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic," 1786 LaunchPadDocument 8-4: Making the Case for the Constitution: James Madison, Federalist Number 10, 1787Quiz for Document 8-4: Making the Case for the Constitution: James Madison, Federalist Number 10, 1787 LaunchPadDocument 8-5: Mercy Otis Warren Opposes the Constitution: Observations on the New Constitution, 1788Quiz for Document 8-5: Mercy Otis Warren Opposes the Constitution: Observations on the New Constitution, 1788 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS9. THE NEW NATION TAKES FORM, 1789–1800Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Brilliant and brash, Alexander Hamilton becomes a polarizing figure in the 1790sThe Search for StabilityWashington Inaugurates the GovernmentThe Bill of RightsMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How Did America’s First Congress Address the Question of Slavery?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Republican Wife and MotherHamilton’s Economic PoliciesAgriculture, Transportation, and BankingThe Public Debt and TaxesThe First Bank of the United States and the Report on ManufacturesThe Whiskey RebellionConflicts on America’s Borders and BeyondCreeks in the SouthwestOhio Indians in the NorthwestFrance and BritainBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "France, Britain, and Woman’s Rights in the 1790s"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadThe Haitian RevolutionFederalists and RepublicansThe Election of 1796The XYZ AffairThe Alien and Sedition ActsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Crisis of 1798: Sedition"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadConclusion: Parties NonethelessLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 9 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 9Document 9-1: Alexander Hamilton on the Economy: Report on the Subject of Manufactures, 1791Quiz for Document 9-1: Alexander Hamilton on the Economy: Report on the Subject of Manufactures, 1791 LaunchPadDocument 9-2: Mary Dewees Moves West to Kentucky: Journal, 1788-1789 Quiz for Document 9-2: Mary Dewees Moves West to Kentucky: Journal, 1788-1789 LaunchPadDocument 9-3: Judith Sargent Murray Insists on the Equality of the Sexes: Judith Sargent Murray, "On the Equality of the Sexes," 1790Quiz for Document 9-3: Judith Sargent Murray Insists on the Equality of the Sexes: Judith Sargent Murray, "On the Equality of the Sexes," 1790 LaunchPadDocument 9-4: A French Sugar Planter Describes the French and Saint Domingue Revolutions: A Sugar Planter of Saint Domingue Experiences Revolution in France and Saint Domingue, 1791 Quiz for Document 9-4: A French Sugar Planter Describes the French and Saint Domingue Revolutions: A Sugar Planter of Saint Domingue Experiences Revolution in France and Saint Domingue, 1791 LaunchPadDocument 9-5: President George Washington's Parting Advice to the Nation: Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 1796Quiz for Document 9-5: President George Washington's Parting Advice to the Nation: Farewell Address to the People of the United States, 1796 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS10. Republicans in Power, 1800–1824Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: The Shawnee chief Tecumseh attempts to forge a pan-Indian confederacyJefferson’s PresidencyTurbulent Times: Election and RebellionMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How Could a Vice President Get Away with Murder?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Jeffersonian Vision of Republican SimplicityDangers Overseas: The Barbary WarsOpportunities and Challenges in the WestThe Louisiana PurchaseThe Lewis and Clark ExpeditionOsage and Comanche IndiansJefferson, the Madisons, and the War of 1812Impressment and EmbargoDolley Madison and Social PoliticsTecumseh and TippecanoeANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Nation’s First Formal Declaration of War"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadWashington City Burns: The British OffensiveWomen’s Status in the Early RepublicWomen and the LawWomen and Church GovernanceFemale EducationEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "One Woman’s Quest to Provide Higher Education for Women"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadMonroe and AdamsFrom Property to DemocracyThe Missouri CompromiseThe Monroe DoctrineThe Election of 1824The Adams AdministrationConclusion: Republican Simplicity Becomes ComplexLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 10 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 10Document 10-1: President Thomas Jefferson's Private and Public Indian Policy: Letter to Governor William H. Harrison, February 27, 1803 and Address to the Wolf and People of the Mandan Nation, December 30, 1806
Quiz for Document 10-1: President Thomas Jefferson's Private and Public Indian Policy: Letter to Governor William H. Harrison, February 27, 1803 and Address to the Wolf and People of the Mandan Nation, December 30, 1806 LaunchPadDocument 10-2: Meriwether Lewis Describes the Shoshone: The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1805
Quiz for Document 10-2: Meriwether Lewis Describes the Shoshone: The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1805 LaunchPadDocument 10-3: A Slave Demands That Thomas Jefferson Abolish Slavery: A Slave to Thomas Jefferson, November 30, 1808
Quiz for Document 10-3: A Slave Demands That Thomas Jefferson Abolish Slavery: A Slave to Thomas Jefferson, November 30, 1808 LaunchPad
Document 10-4: James Forten Protests Pennsylvania Law Threatening Enslavement of Free African Americans: Letters from a Man of Colour, on a Late Bill before the Senate of Pennsylvania, 1813
Quiz for Document 10-4: James Forten Protests Pennsylvania Law Threatening Enslavement of Free African Americans: Letters from a Man of Colour, on a Late Bill before the Senate of Pennsylvania, 1813 LaunchPadDocument 10-5: James Hamilton's Path to Enlistment during the War of 1812: Confession, 1818
Quiz for Document 10-5: James Hamilton's Path to Enlistment during the War of 1812: Confession, 1818 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS11. The Expanding Republic, 1815–1840Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: The Grimké sisters speak out against slaveryThe Market RevolutionImprovements in TransportationFactories, Workingwomen, and Wage LaborANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Mill Girls Stand Up to Factory Owners, 1834"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadBankers and LawyersBooms and BustsThe Spread of DemocracyPopular Politics and Partisan IdentityThe Election of 1828 and the Character IssueJackson’s Democratic AgendaJackson Defines the Democratic PartyIndian Policy and the Trail of TearsThe Tariff of Abominations and NullificationThe Bank War and Economic BoomCultural Shifts, Religion, and ReformThe Family and Separate SpheresThe Education and Training of YouthsThe Second Great AwakeningThe Temperance Movement and the Campaign for Moral ReformMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Who Scorned Temperance and Moral Reform?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadOrganizing against SlaveryVan Buren’s One-Term PresidencyThe Politics of SlaveryElections and PanicsEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Going Ahead or Gone to Smash: An Entrepreneur Struggles in the 1830s"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadConclusion: The Age of Jackson or the Era of Reform?LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 11 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 11Document 11-1: President Andrew Jackson's Parting Words to the Nation: Farewell Address, March 4, 1837Quiz for Document 11-1: President Andrew Jackson's Parting Words to the Nation: Farewell Address, March 4, 1837 LaunchPadDocument 11-2: Cherokees Debate Removal: John Ross, Answer to Inquiries from a Friend, 1836 and Elias Boudinot, A Reply to John Ross, 1837Quiz for Document 11-2: Cherokees Debate Removal: John Ross, Answer to Inquiries from a Friend, 1836 and Elias Boudinot, A Reply to John Ross, 1837 LaunchPadDocument 11-3: Alexis de Toqueville Describes the Three Races in the United States: Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835Quiz for Document 11-3: Alexis de Toqueville Describes the Three Races in the United States: Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835 LaunchPadDocument 11-4: David Walker Demands Emancipation: Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, 1829Quiz for Document 11-4: David Walker Demands Emancipation: Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, 1829 LaunchPadDocument 11-5: Sarah Grimké on the Status of Women: Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, 1838Quiz for Document 11-5: Sarah Grimké on the Status of Women: Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, 1838 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS12. The New West and the Free North, 1840–1860Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: With the support of his wife, Abraham Lincoln struggles to survive in antebellum AmericaEconomic and Industrial EvolutionAgriculture and Land PolicyManufacturing and MechanizationRailroads: Breaking the Bonds of NatureFree Labor: Promise and RealityThe Free-Labor IdealEconomic InequalityBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Global Prosperity in the 1850s"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadImmigrants and the Free-Labor LadderThe Westward MovementManifest DestinyOregon and the Overland TrailThe Mormon ExodusThe Mexican BorderlandsExpansion and the Mexican-American WarThe Politics of ExpansionThe Mexican-American War, 1846–1848Victory in MexicoGolden CaliforniaANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Gold Rush"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why was the Gold Rush So Deadly for California’s Indians?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadReforming Self and SocietyThe Pursuit of Perfection: Transcendentalists and UtopiansWoman’s Rights ActivistsAbolitionists and the American IdealConclusion: Free Labor, Free MenLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 12 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 12Document 12-1: Abraham Lincoln Explains the Free Labor System: Abraham Lincoln, "Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society," Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859Quiz for Document 12-1: Abraham Lincoln Explains the Free Labor System: Abraham Lincoln, "Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society," Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859 LaunchPadDocument 12-2: The Anxiety of Gain: Henry W. Bellows on Commerce and Morality: The Influence of the Trading Spirit upon the Social and Moral Life of America, 1845Quiz for Document 12-2: The Anxiety of Gain: Henry W. Bellows on Commerce and Morality: The Influence of the Trading Spirit upon the Social and Moral Life of America, 1845 LaunchPadDocument 12-3: Gold Fever: Walter Colton, California Gold Rush Diary, 1849-1850Quiz for Document 12-3: Gold Fever: Walter Colton, California Gold Rush Diary, 1849-1850 LaunchPadDocument 12-4: That Woman Is Man's Equal: The Seneca Falls Declaration: Declaration of Sentiments, 1848Quiz for Document 12-4: That Woman Is Man's Equal: The Seneca Falls Declaration: Declaration of Sentiments, 1848 LaunchPadDocument 12-5: A Farmer's View of His Wife: Eliza Farnham, Conversation with a Newly Wed Westerner, 1846Quiz for Document 12-5: A Farmer's View of His Wife: Eliza Farnham, Conversation with a Newly Wed Westerner, 1846 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS13. The Slave South, 1820–1860 Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Slave Nat Turner leads a revolt to end slaveryThe Growing Distinctiveness of the SouthCotton Kingdom, Slave EmpireThe South in Black and WhiteANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Defending Slavery"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Plantation EconomyBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Cotton’s Global Empire"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadMasters and Mistresses in the Big HousePaternalism and Male HonorMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How Often Were Slaves Whipped?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Southern Lady and Feminine VirtuesSlaves in the QuarterWorkFamily and ReligionResistance and RebellionThe Plain FolkPlantation-Belt YeomenUpcountry YeomenPoor WhitesThe Culture of the Plain FolkBlack and Free: On the Middle GroundPrecarious FreedomAchievement Despite Restrictions The Politics of SlaveryThe Democratization of the Political ArenaPlanter PowerConclusion: A Slave SocietyLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 13 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 13Document 13-1: Madison Hemings Recalls Life as Thomas Jefferson's Enslaved Son: Interview, 1873Quiz for Document 13-1: Madison Hemings Recalls Life as Thomas Jefferson's Enslaved Son: Interview, 1873 LaunchPadDocument 13-2: Plantation Rules: Bennet Barrow, Highland Plantation Journal, May 1, 1838Quiz for Document 13-2: Plantation Rules: Bennet Barrow, Highland Plantation Journal, May 1, 1838 LaunchPadDocument 13-3: Fanny Kemble Learns about Abuses of Slave Women: Frances Anne Kemble, Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839Quiz for Document 13-3: Fanny Kemble Learns about Abuses of Slave Women: Frances Anne Kemble, Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 LaunchPadDocument 13-4: Nat Turner Explains Why He Became an Insurrectionist: The Confessions of Nat Turner, 1831Quiz for Document 13-4: Nat Turner Explains Why He Became an Insurrectionist: The Confessions of Nat Turner, 1831 LaunchPadDocument 13-5: The Proslavery Argument: James Henry Hammond, Letter to an English Abolitionist, 1845Quiz for Document 13-5: The Proslavery Argument: James Henry Hammond, Letter to an English Abolitionist, 1845 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS14. THE HOUSE DIVIDED, 1846–1861Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Abolitionist John Brown takes his war against slavery to Harpers Ferry, VirginiaThe Bitter Fruits of WarThe Wilmot Proviso and the Expansion of SlaveryThe Election of 1848Debate and CompromiseThe Sectional Balance UndoneThe Fugitive Slave ActUncle Tom’s CabinThe Kansas-Nebraska ActMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Filibusters: Were They the Underside of Manifest Destiny?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadRealignment of the Party SystemThe Old Parties: Whigs and DemocratsThe New Parties: Know-Nothings and RepublicansEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "’A Purse of Her Own’: Petitioning for the Right to Own Property"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Election of 1856ANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Women’s Politics"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadFreedom under Siege"Bleeding Kansas"The Dred Scott DecisionPrairie Republican: Abraham LincolnThe Lincoln-Douglas DebatesThe Union CollapsesThe Aftermath of John Brown’s RaidRepublican Victory in 1860Secession WinterConclusion: Slavery, Free Labor, and the Failure of Political CompromiseLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 14 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 14Document 14-1: The Kansas-Nebraska Act: Abraham Lincoln, Speech in Peoria, Illinois, October 16, 1854Quiz for Document 14-1: The Kansas-Nebraska Act: Abraham Lincoln, Speech in Peoria, Illinois, October 16, 1854 LaunchPadDocument 14-2: The Antislavery Constitution: Frederick Douglass, The Constitution of the United States: Is It Proslavery or Antislavery? 1860Quiz for Document 14-2: The Antislavery Constitution: Frederick Douglass, The Constitution of the United States: Is It Proslavery or Antislavery? 1860 LaunchPadDocument 14-3: The Proslavery Constitution: Jefferson Davis, Speech before the U.S. Senate, May 1860Quiz for Document 14-3: The Proslavery Constitution: Jefferson Davis, Speech before the U.S. Senate, May 1860 LaunchPadDocument 14-4: Levi Coffin Describes Margaret Garner's Attempt to Escape Slavery: Levi Coffin, Reminiscences, 1880Quiz for Document 14-4: Levi Coffin Describes Margaret Garner's Attempt to Escape Slavery: Levi Coffin, Reminiscences, 1880 LaunchPadDocument 14-5: Abolitionist Lydia Maria Child Defends John Brown and Attacks the Slave Power: Correspondence between Lydia Maria Child and Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise, 1859Quiz for Document 14-5: Abolitionist Lydia Maria Child Defends John Brown and Attacks the Slave Power: Correspondence between Lydia Maria Child and Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise, 1859 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS15. THE CRUCIBLE OF WAR, 1861–1865Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Runaway slave William Gould enlists in the U.S. Navy"And the War Came"Attack on Fort SumterThe Upper South Chooses SidesThe CombatantsHow They Expected to WinLincoln and Davis MobilizeBattling It Out, 1861–1862Stalemate in the Eastern TheaterUnion Victories in the Western TheaterThe Atlantic TheaterInternational DiplomacyUnion and FreedomFrom Slaves to ContrabandFrom Contraband to Free PeopleThe War of Black LiberationEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "The Right to Fight: Black Soldiers in the Civil War"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe South at WarRevolution from AboveHardship BelowANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Home and Country"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Disintegration of SlaveryThe North at WarThe Government and the EconomyWomen and Work at Home and at WarPolitics and DissentGrinding Out Victory, 1863–1865Vicksburg and GettysburgGrant Takes CommandMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Did So Many Soldiers Die?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Election of 1864The Confederacy CollapsesConclusion: The Second American RevolutionLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 15 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 15Document 15-1: President Lincoln's War Aims: Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862; The Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863; and The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863Quiz for Document 15-1: President Lincoln's War Aims: Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862; The Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863; and The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863 LaunchPadDocument 15-2: A Former Slave's War Aims: Statement from an Anonymous Former Slave, New Orleans, 1863 Quiz for Document 15-2: A Former Slave's War Aims: Statement from an Anonymous Former Slave, New Orleans, 1863 LaunchPadDocument 15-3: The New York Draft Riots: Report of the Committee of Merchants for the Relief of Colored People Suffering from the Late Riots in the City of New York, 1863Quiz for Document 15-3: The New York Draft Riots: Report of the Committee of Merchants for the Relief of Colored People Suffering from the Late Riots in the City of New York, 1863 LaunchPadDocument 15-4: Susie King Taylor Describes Her Wartime Experiences: Susie King Taylor, Reminiscences of My Life in Camp, 1902 Quiz for Document 15-4: Susie King Taylor Describes Her Wartime Experiences: Susie King Taylor, Reminiscences of My Life in Camp, 1902 LaunchPad Document 15-5: General William T. Sherman Explains the Hard Hand of War: Correspondence, 1864 Quiz for 15-5: General William T. Sherman Explains the Hard Hand of War: Correspondence, 1864 LaunchPad COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS16. Reconstruction, 1863–1877Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: James T. Rapier emerges in the early 1870s as Alabama’s most prominent black leaderWartime Reconstruction"To Bind Up the Nation’s Wounds"Land and LaborThe African American Quest for AutonomyANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Meaning of Freedom"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadPresidential ReconstructionJohnson’s Program of ReconciliationWhite Southern Resistance and Black CodesExpansion of Federal Authority and Black RightsCongressional ReconstructionThe Fourteenth Amendment and Escalating ViolenceRadical Reconstruction and Military RuleImpeaching a PresidentThe Fifteenth Amendment and Women’s DemandsThe Struggle in the SouthFreedmen, Yankees, and YeomenMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "What Did the Ku Klux Klan Really Want?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadRepublican RuleWhite Landlords, Black SharecroppersBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "The Slaveholder Exodus"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadReconstruction CollapsesGrant’s Troubled PresidencyNorthern Resolve WithersWhite Supremacy TriumphsAn Election and a CompromiseConclusion: "A Revolution But Half Accomplished"LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 16 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 16Document 16-1: Carl Schurz Reports on the Condition of the Defeated South: Report on the Condition of the South, 1865Quiz for Document 16-1: Carl Schurz Reports on the Condition of the Defeated South: Report on the Condition of the South, 1865 LaunchPadDocument 16-2: Black Codes Enacted in the South: Mississippi Black Code, November 1865Quiz for Document 16-2: Black Codes Enacted in the South: Mississippi Black Code, November 1865 LaunchPadDocument 16-3: Former Slaves Seek to Reunite Their Families: Advertisements from the Christian Recorder, 1865-1870Quiz for Document 16-3: Former Slaves Seek to Reunite Their Families: Advertisements from the Christian Recorder, 1865-1870 LaunchPadDocument 16-4: Planter Louis Manigault Visits His Plantations and Former Slaves, 1867: Louis Manigault, "A Narrative of a Post-Civil War Visit to Gowrie and East Hermitage Plantations," March 22, 1867Quiz for Document 16-4: Planter Louis Manigault Visits His Plantations and Former Slaves, 1867: Louis Manigault, "A Narrative of a Post-Civil War Visit to Gowrie and East Hermitage Plantations," March 22, 1867 LaunchPadDocument 16-5: Klan Violence against Blacks: Elias Hill, Testimony before Congressional Committee Investigating the Ku Klux Klan, 1871Quiz for Document 16-5: Klan Violence against Blacks: Elias Hill, Testimony before Congressional Committee Investigating the Ku Klux Klan, 1871 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONSAPPENDICESI. DocumentsThe Declaration of IndependenceThe Constitution of the United StatesAmendments to the Constitution with Annotations (including the six unratified amendments)II. Government and DemographicsPresidential ElectionsSupreme Court JusticesAdmission of States to the UnionPopulation Growth, 1630–2010Major Trends in Immigration, 1820-2010Selected BibliographyGlossaryAcknowledgementsIndexAtlas of the Territorial Growth of the United StatesAbout the Authors
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