This reader for the U.S. history survey course contains both primary and secondary sources concerned with motivation, causation, and the role of ideas and economic interests in history. The text's historiographical approach gives students the opportunity to strengthen their critical-thinking skills through the comparison of historical sources. Each chapter includes an introduction to the historical problem, information on the setting and the investigation, questions to consider, sources, and a conclusion. New! Volume I includes two new chapters: "Evaluating One Historian's Argument: The 'Other Side' of the American Revolution" and "Ideology and Society: The Bounds of Womanhood in the North and South." New! The new chapters in Volume II include "Evaluating a Historical Argument: American Manhood and Philippine Annexation," which replaces "The Populist Appeal," and "Why Historical Interpretation Matters: The Battle Over Multicultural Education."