Table of Contents
Where to get more [free] content xii
Introduction xiii
Chapter 1 1491-1607 Early Contact With the New World 1
1 Native Peoples of North America
2 Early Interactions Between Europeans and Native Americans
i First Contact with the Natives
ii The European Nations Race to Colonize
3 The Spanish Empire
i Encomienda
ii The Caste System
Chapter 2 1607-1754 Colonization of North America 9
1 French, Dutch, and English Colonization
i The French and the Dutch
ii The English
2 Early English Colonies
i The Chesapeake Colonies
ii New England
iii The Middle Colonies
iv The Southern Colonies
v Salutary Neglect
3 Early Conflicts
i Interactions Between Europeans and Native Americans
ii European Alliances with Native Americans
iii British Colonial Unrest
iv The Salem Witch Trials
v King Philip's War
vi The Pueblo Revolt
4 Later Evolution of British Colonies
i European Enlightenment
ii The First Great Awakening
iii Colonial Legislatures and Courts
iv Mercantilism
i Transition from Indentured Servitude
ii Triangular Trade and the Middle Passage
iii Racial Segregation and the Law
iv The Development of Early African American Cultures
Chapter 3 1754-1800 Conflict and American Independence 41
1 Seven Years' War [1754-1763]
i Albany Plan of Union (1754)
ii Outcome of the Seven Years' War
iii Crown and Indian Resistance to Westward Expansion
iv Fallout of the Seven Years' War
2 The Revolutionary War
i Declaratory Act
ii The Priority of Self-Rule
iii Hobbes and Locke
iv Founding Fathers
v Quartering of Soldiers
vi I'm the Tax Man
vii Sons of Liberty
viii Boycotts
ix Committees of Correspondence
x The First Continental Congress
xi Loyalists vs. Patriots
xii Timeline of the Revolutionary War
3 Revolutionary Politics
i Natural Rights
ii Push for Representative Democracy
iii Republican Motherhood
iv Broad Impact of the American Revolution
4 Creation of the Constitution
i Articles of Confederation
ii Constitutional Convention
iii A Tale of Two Rebellions
5 The Early Republic
i George Washington
ii John Adams
iii Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans
iv Regional Disagreements over Slavery
v Rise of American Art, Literature, and Architecture
6 Expanded Migration and Interaction With the Indians
i Increased Alliances Between the British and Indians
ii The Iroquois
iii Early Westward Expansion and Territorial Disputes
iv Northwest Ordinance (1787)
v Treaty with the Indians
vi Spanish Mission Settlements Relations With Europe
i Attempts at Diplomacy
ii Parties Further Divide over Foreign Policy
Chapter 4 1800-1848 Beginnings of Modern American Democracy 89
1 The Defining Issues of the Era
i Jefferson, Hamilton, and Party Politics in the Early Republic
ii The Marshall Court
iii The War of 1812
iv Monroe and the "Era of Good Feelings"
v Jacksonian Democracy
2 Social And Cultural Movements of the Period
i The Second Great Awakening and the Quest for Utopia
ii A Very Romantic Era
iii The Nation Remains Divided
3 Major Political Organizations
i The Temperance Societies
ii Abolitionism
iii Women's Suffrage
iv Other Reform Movements
4 The Market Revolution
5 Shifts in the Labor Market and Class Structure
6 Regionalism
7 Territorialism
i A Trail of Tears
8 Conflict Over Slavery Increases
Chapter 5 1844-1877 Toward The Civil War and Reconstruction
1 Westward Expansion
i The Gold Rush
ii Silver and Copper Mining
iii Ranching
iv The Homestead Act
v Manifest Destiny
vi Texas
vii The Mexican-American War
viii The Transcontinental Railroad
ix American Connections with Asia
x Missionaries
xi The Mormons
2 Immigration
i Irish. German, and Scandinavian Immigration
ii Nativism and Anti-Catholic Sentiment
iii Mexican-Americans in the Southwest
3 Conflict Over Slavery
i Geographic Variations in Labor
ii The Free-Soil Movement
iii The Underground Railroad
iv John Brown
v Arguments for and Against Slavery
vi The American Colonization Society
4 Pre-Civil War Tensions
i Mexican Cession
ii The Compromise of 1850
iii The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
iv Dred Scott v. Sandford
v The Emergence of the Republican Party
vi The Election of 1860
vii Southern Secession
5 The Civil War
i Union vs. Confederacy
ii The Emancipation Proclamation
iii Black 5oldiers in the Civil War
iv The Gettysburg Address
v The End of the Civil War
6 Reconstruction
i Radical Republicans vs. Moderate Republicans
ii The Reconstruction Amendments
iii The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
iv Successes and Failures of Reconstruction
v Sharecropping
vi Discrimination and Segregation During Reconstruction
vii The Ku Klux Klan and Lynching
viii The End of Reconstruction
Chapter 6 1865-1898 The Industrial Revolution 163
1 The Industrial Revolution
i Government-Subsidized Technology
ii Factories and the Assembly Line Increase Productivity
iii Electricity
iv Monopolies and Trusts
v Increasing the Gap Between Rich and Poor
vi International Trade
2 Business and Economic Interests
i Panics
ii Unions
3 Agricultural Interests
i "New South"
ii Mechanization
iii Railroads: Benefits and Liabilities
iv The Grange
v Populist Party
4 Immigration and Urban Development
i Asian, Italian, and Eastern European Immigration
ii Exodusters
iii The Rise of Urbanism
iv Cultural Assimilation
Chapter 6 1865-1898 The Industrial Revolution
1 The Industrial Revolution
v Political Machines
vi Growth of the Middle Class and Consumerism WESTWARD MIGRATION
i The Transcontinental Railroad
ii Pioneer Homesteading
iii Near-Extinction of the Bison
iv Conflict Between White Settlers, Indians, and Mexican Americans
v Indian Reservations
vi Assimilation vs. Cultural Preservation The Golded Age
i Corruption and the Captains of Industry
ii Andrew Carnegie's Inconsistent Philosophy
iii Rise of Socialism
7 Social Change
i Government Corruption
ii Tariffs
iii Women in the Gilded Age
iv Plessy v. Ferguson
Chapter 7 1890-1945 The Early 20th Century
1 The Industrial Economy
2 The Progressive Era [1890-1920]
i Corruption in Politics and Business
ii Labor Reform
iii Women's Suffrage
iv Prohibition
v Environmentalism
vi The End of the Progressive Era
3 The Great Depression
i The Stock Market Crash
ii The Presidential Response
4 Popular Culture
i The Scopes Monkey Trial
ii The Reproductive Rights Movement
iii The Harlem Renaissance
iv Cultural Changes and African Americans
5 Migration and Immigration
i The Immigration Acts of the 1920s
ii The First Red Scare
iii Migration
6 Foreign Diplomacy
i Imperialism vs. Isolationism
ii The Spanish-American War
7 World War I
i From Neutrality to War
ii The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
iii Post-WWI Isolationism
8 World War II
i Democracy vs. Totalitarianism
ii Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
iii Japanese Atrocities
iv U.S. Internment of Japanese Americans
v The End of the War
Chapter 8 1945-1980 The Postwar Period and the Cold War 231
1 The Colo War
i Containment
ii The Korean War
iii The Vietnam War
iv Cold War Politics in the Third World
v The Space Race
vi Nixon and Detente
2 Federal Power VS. Individual Civil Liberties
3 The Civil Rights Movement
i Resistance to Desegregation
4 Other Social Movements
5 Liberalism in the Postwar Era
i The Liberal Sixties
ii The Liberal Seventies
iii The Rise of Conservatism
6 Other Cultural Changes of the Postwar Years
7 Cultural Conflict
i The Culture Clash and the Era of Assassination
Chapter 9 1980-Present Entering the 21st Century 265
1 Conservatism and the "New Right"
i Ronald Reagan
ii Contract with America
iii Welfare Reform Act
iv Block Grants
v Growth of the National Debt
vi Debate over Social Security Reform
vii Liberal Backlash
viii Citizens United v. FEC ix. Rise of the Tea Party
2 Science, Technology, Business, Banking
i Globalism
ii Digital Revolution
iii Manufacturing Jobs Go Away
iv Decline of Unions
v Repeal of Glass-Steagall Ci. Migration to South and Southwest
ii Increased Immigration
iii Anti-Immigration Sentiment
iv Diversity: Asset or Liability?
v Gender Roles
vi Rise of Nontraditional Families
vii LGBT Rights
4 1980s And 1990s Foreign Policy
i Fall of the Soviet Bloc
ii Diplomacy between the United States and U.S.S.R.
iii Increased Military Spending
iv End of the Cold War
5 Post 9/11 Foreign Policy
i 9/11
ii Iraq War
iii Climate Change
