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Chapter 1: The Meeting of Cultures ~ America Before Columbus ~ EuropeLooks Westward ~ The Arrival of the English Conclusion For Further ReferenceDebating the Past: The American Population Before Columbus America in theWorld: The Atlantic Context of Early American History Chapter 2:Transplantations and Borderlands ~ The Early Chesapeake ~ CaribbeanColonization ~ The Growth of New England ~ The Restoration Colonies ~ TheDevelopment of Empire Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 3: Societyand Culture in Provincial America ~ The Colonial Population ~ The ColonialEconomies ~ Patterns of Society ~ Awakenings and Enlightenments ConclusionFor Further Reference Debating the Past: The Origins of Slavery Chapter 4:The Empire in Transition ~ Loosening Ties ~ The Struggle for the Continent ~The New Imperialism ~ Stirrings of Revolt ~ Cooperation and War ConclusionFor Further Reference Chapter 5: The American Revolution ~ The States United~ The War for Independence ~ War and Society ~ The Search for a NationalGovernment Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The AmericanRevolution America in the World: The Age of Revolutions Chapter 6: TheConstitution and the New Republic ~ Farming a New Government ~ Adoption andAdaptation ~ Federalists and Republicans ~ Establishing National Sovereignty~ The Downfall of the Federalists Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter7: The Jeffersonian Era ~ The Rise of Cultural Nationalism ~ Stirrings ofIndustrialism ~ Jefferson the President ~ Doubling the National Domain ~Expansion and War ~ The War of 1812 Conclusion For Further Reference Americain the World: The Global Industrial Revolution Chapter 8: Varieties ofAmerican Nationalism ~ Stabilizing Economic Growth ~ Expanding Westward ~ The"Era of Good Feelings" ~ Sectionalism and Nationalism ~ The Revival ofOpposition Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 9: Jacksonian America ~The Rise of Mass Politics ~ "Our Federal Union" ~ The Removal of the Indians~ Jackson and the Bank War ~ The Emergence of the Second Party System ~Politics After Jackson Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past:Jacksonian Democracy Chapter 10: America's Economic Revolution ~ The ChangingAmerican Population ~ Transportation and Communications Revolutions ~Commerce and Industry ~ Men and Women at Work ~ Patterns of Society ~ TheAgricultural North Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 11: Cotton,Slavery, and the Old South ~ The Cotton Economy ~ Southern White Society ~The "Peculiar Institution" ~ The Culture of Slavery Conclusion For FurtherReference Debating the Past: The Character of Slavery Chapter 12: AntebellumCulture and Reform ~ The Romantic Impulse ~ Remaking Society ~ The CrusadeAgainst Slavery Conclusion For Further Reference America in the World: TheAbolition of Slavery Chapter 13: The Impending Crisis ~ Looking Westward ~Expansion and War ~ The Sectional Debate ~ The Crisis of the 1850sConclusion For Further Reference Chapter 14: The Civil War ~ The SecessionCrisis ~ The Mobilization of the North ~ The Mobilization of the South ~Strategy and Diplomacy ~ Campaigns and Battles Conclusion For FurtherReference Debating the Past: The Causes of the Civil War America in theWorld: The Consolidation of Nations Chapter 15: Reconstruction and the NewSouth ~ The Problems of Peacemaking ~ Radical Reconstruction ~ The South inReconstruction ~ The Grant Administration ~ The Abandonment of Reconstruction~ The New South Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past:Reconstruction Chapter 16: The Conquest of the Far West ~ The Societies ofthe Far West ~ The Changing Western Economy ~ The Romance of the West ~ TheDispersal of the Tribes ~ The Rise and Decline of the Western FarmerConclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The Frontier and the WestChapter 17: Industrial Supremacy ~ Sources of Industrial Growth ~ Capitalismand Its Critics ~ The Ordeal of the Worker Conclusion For Further ReferenceChapter 18: The Age of the City ~ The New Urban Growth ~ The Urban Landscape~ Strains of Urban Life ~ The Rise of Mass Consumption ~ Leisure in theConsumer Society ~ High Culture in the Urban Age Conclusion For FurtherReference America in the World: Global Migrations Chapter 19: From Stalemateto Crisis ~ The Politics of Equilibrium ~ The Agrarian Revolt ~ The Crisis ofthe 1890s Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: PopulismChapter 20: The Imperial Republic ~ Stirrings of Imperialism ~ War with Spain~ The Republic as Empire Conclusion For Further Reference America in theWorld: Imperialism Chapter 21: The Rise of Progressivism ~ The ProgressiveImpulse ~ Women and Reform ~ The Assault on the Parties ~ Sources ofProgressive Reform ~ Crusades for Order and Reform Conclusion For FurtherReference Debating the Past: Progressivism Chapter 22: The Battle forNational Reform ~ Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party ~ The TroubledSuccession ~ Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom ~ The "Big Stick": Americaand the World, 1901-1917 Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 23:America and the Great War ~ The Road to War ~ "War Without Stint" ~ TheSearch for a New World Order ~ A Society in Turmoil Conclusion For FurtherReference Chapter 24: The New Era ~ The New Economy ~ The New Culture ~ AConflict of Cultures ~ Republican Government Conclusion For Further ReferenceChapter 25: The Great Depression ~ The Coming of the Depression ~ TheAmerican People in Hard Times ~ The Depression and American Culture ~ TheOrdeal of Herbert Hoover Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past:Causes of the Great Depression America in the World: The Global DepressionChapter 26: The New Deal ~ Launching the New Deal ~ The New Deal inTransition ~ The New Deal in Disarray ~ Limits and Legacies of the New DealConclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past: The New Deal Chapter 27:The Global Crisis, 1921-1941 ~ The Diplomacy of the New Era ~ Isolationismand Internationalism ~ From Neutrality to Intervention Conclusion ForFurther Reference America in the World: The Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1941Chapter 28: America in a World at War ~ War on Two Fronts ~ The AmericanEconomy in Wartime ~ Race and Gender in Wartime America ~ Anxiety andAffluence in Wartime Culture ~ The Defeat of the Axis Conclusion For FurtherReference Debating the Past: The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb Chapter 29:The Cold War ~ Origins of the Cold War ~ The Collapse of the Peace ~ AmericaAfter the War ~ The Korean War ~ The Crusade Against Subversion ConclusionFor Further Reference Debating the Past: The Cold War Chapter 30: TheAffluent Society ~ The Economic "Miracle" ~ The Explosion of Science andTechnology ~ People of Plenty ~ The Other America ~ The Rise of the CivilRights Movement ~ Eisenhower Republicanism ~ Eisenhower, Dulles, and the ColdWar Conclusion For Further Reference Chapter 31: The Ordeal of Liberalism ~Expanding the Liberal State ~ The Battle for Racial Equality ~ "FlexibleResponse" and the Cold War ~ Vietnam ~ The Traumas of 1968 Conclusion ForFurther Reference Debating the Past: The Vietnam Commitment America in theWorld: 1968 Chapter 32: The Crisis of Aut hority ~ Youth Culture ~ TheMobilization of Minorities ~ The New Feminism ~ Nixon, Kissinger, and the War~ Nixon, Kissinger, and the World ~ Politics and Economics in the Nixon Years~ The Watergate Crisis Conclusion For Further Reference Debating the Past:Watergate Chapter 33: From the "Age of Limits" to the Age of Reagan ~Politics and Diplomacy After Watergate ~ The Rise of the New American Right ~The "Reagan Revolution" ~ America and the Waning of the Cold War ConclusionFor Further Reference Chapter 34: The Age of Globalization ~ The Resurgenceof Partisanship ~ The Economic Boom ~ Science and Technology in the NewEconomy ~ A Changing Society ~ A Contested Culture ~ The Perils ofGlobalization Conclusion For Further Reference