American History Iby Matthew Caggia

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Unit 1A: Colonization & the 13 Colonies
Unit 1B: Coming of the Revolution
Unit 2A: Confederation & Compromise
Unit 2B: The New Nation
Unit 3: Sectionalism & Nationalism
Unit 4: Reshaping the Nation
Unit 5: Coming of the Civil War
Unit 6: The Civil War
Unit 7: Reconstruction
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American History Textbook

The Americans

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Themes in History
Stratgies for Taking Standardized Tests

Chapter 1: Three Worlds Meet (1200bc-ad1500)

Section 1.1: Peopling the Americas (pp 4-7)
Section 1.2: North American Societies Around 1492 (pp 8-13)
Section 1.3: West African Societies Around 1492 (pp 14-19)
Section 1.4: European Societies Around 1492 (pp 20-25)
Section 1.5: Transatlantic Encounters (pp 26-31)
Chapter 1 Assessment (pp 32-33)

Chapter 2: The American Colonies Emerge (1492-1681)

Section 2.1: Spain's Empire in the Americas (pp 36-41)
Section 2.2: An English Settlement at Jamestown (pp 42-48)
Section 2.3: Puritan New England (pp 49-54)
Section 2.4: Settlement of the Middle Colonies (pp 55-61)
Chapter 2 Assessment (pp 62-63)

Chapter 3: The Colonies Come of Age (1650-1765)

Section 3.1: England and Its Colonies (pp 66-71)
Section 3.2: The Agricultural South (pp 72-78)
Section 3.3: The Commercial North (pp 79-84)
Section 3.4: The French and Indian War (pp 85-89)
Daily Life: Colonial Courtship (pp 90-91)
Chapter 3 Assessment (pp 92-93)

Chapter 4: The War for Independence (1765-1783)

Section 4.1: The Stirrings of Rebellion (pp 96-102)
Section 4.2: Ideas Help Start a Revolution (pp 103-108)
The Declaration of Independence (pp 109-112)
Section 4.3: Struggling Toward Saratoga (pp 113-117)
Section 4.4: Winning the War (pp 118-123)
Tracing Themes: Women and Political Power (pp 124-125)
Chapter 4 Assessment (pp 126-127)

Chapter 5: Shaping a New Nation (1781-1788)

Section 5.1: Experimenting with Confederation (pp 132-137)
Geography Spotlight: The Land Ordinance of 1785 (pp 138-139)
Section 5.2: Drafting the Constitution (pp 140-143)
Section 5.3: Ratifying the Constitution (pp 144-149)
Chapter 5 Assessment (pp 150-151)

The Living Constitution

The Living Constitution (pp 152-173)
Tracing Themes: Voting Rights (pp 174-175)
The Living Constitution Assessment (pp 176-177)
Projects for Citizenship: Applying the Constitution (pp 178-179)

Chapter 6: Launching the New Nation (1789-1816)

Section 6.1: Washington Heads the New Government (pp 182-187)
Daily Life 1789-1816: Young People in the Early Republic (pp 188-189)
Section 6.2: Foreign Affairs Trouble the Nation (pp 190-196)
Section 6.3: Jefferson Alters the Nation's Course (pp 197-201)
Section 6.4: The War of 1812 (pp 202-205)
The Supreme Court: Marbury v. Madison (1803) (pp 206-207)
Chapter 6 Assessment (pp 208-209)

Chapter 7: Balancing Nationalism and Sectionalism (1815-1840)

Section 7.1: Regional Economies Create Differences (pp 212-218)
Section 7.2: Nationalism at Center Stage (pp 219-223)
Section 7.3: The Age of Jackson (pp 224-227)
Section 7.4: States' Rights and the National Bank (pp 230-235)
Chapter 7 Assessment (pp 236-237)

Chapter 8: Reforming American Society (1820-1850)

Section 8.1: Religion Sparks Reform (pp 240-245)
American Literature: The Literature of the Transcendentalists (pp 246-247)
Section 8.2: Slavery and Abolition (pp 248-253)
Section 8.3: Women and Reform (pp 254-258)
Section 8.4: The Changing Workplace (pp 259-265)
Daily Life 1820-1850: Working at Mid-Century (pp 266-267)
Chapter 8 Assessment (pp 268-269)

Chapter 9: Expanding Markets and Moving West (1825-1847)

Section 9.1: The Market Revolution (pp 274-279)
Section 9.2: Manifest Destiny (pp 280-285)
Geography Spotlight: Mapping the Oregon Trail (pp 286-287)
Section 9.3: Expansion in Texas (pp 288-292)
Section 9.4: The War with Mexico (pp 293-299)
Chapter 9 Assessment (pp 300-301)

Chapter 10: The Union in Peril (1850-1861)

Section 10.1: The Divisive Poitics of Slavery (pp 304-309)
Section 10.2: Protest, Resistance, and Violence (pp 310-317)
Section 10.3: The Birth of the Republican Party (pp 318-321)
Tracing Themes: States' Rights (pp 322-323)
Section 10.4: Slavery and Secession (pp 324-331)
The Supreme Court: Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) (pp 332-333)
Chapter 10 Assessment (pp 334-335)

Chapter 11: The Civil War (1861-1865)

Section 11.1: The Civil War Begins (pp 338-345)
Section 11.2: The Politics of War (pp 346-350)
Section 11.3: Life During Wartime (pp 351-356)
Section 11.4: The North Takes Charge (pp 357-365)
Section 11.5: The Legacy of the War (pp 366-371)
Chapter 11 Assessment (pp 372-373)

Chapter 12: Reconstruction and Its Effects (1865-1877)

Section 12.1: The Politics of Reconstruction (pp 376-382)
Section 12.2: Reconstructing Society (pp 383-392)
Section 12.3: The Collapse of Reconstruction (pp 393-401)
Chapter 12 Assessment (pp 402-403)

Chapter 13: Changes on the Western Frontier (1877-1900)

Section 13.1: Cultures Clash on the Prairie (pp 408-417)
Daily Life 1849-1900: Gold Mining (pp 418-419)
Section 13.2: Settling on the Great Plains (pp 420-424)
Section 13.3: Farmers and the Populist Movement (pp 425-429)
American Literature: Literature of the West (pp 430-431)
Chapter 13 Assessment (pp 432-433)

Chapter 14: A New Industrial Age (1877-1900)

Section 14.1: The Expansion of Industry (pp 436-439)
Geography Spotlight: Industry Changes the Environment (pp 440-441)
Section 14.2: The Age of Railroads (pp 442-446)
Section 14.3: Big Business and Labor (pp 447-455)
Chapter 14 Assessment (pp 456-457)

Chapter 15: Immigrants and Urbanization (1977-1914)

Section 15.1: The New Immigrants (pp 460-465)
Tracing Themes: Diveristy and the National Identity (pp 466-467)
Section 15.2: The Challenges of Urbanization (pp 468-472)
Section 15.3: Politics in the Guilded Age (pp 473-477)
Chapter 15 Assessment (pp 478-479)

Chapter 16: Life at the Turn of the 20th Century (1877-1917)

Section 16.1: Science and Urban Life (pp 482-487)
Section 16.2: Expanding Public Education (pp 488-491)
Section 16.3: Segregation and Discrimination (pp 492-495)
Historic Decisions of the Supreme Court: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) (pp 496-497)
Section 16.4: The Dawn of Mass Culture (pp 498-503)
Daily Life: Going to the Show (504-505)
Chapter 16 Assessment (pp 506-507)

Chapter 17: The Progressive Era (1890-1920)

Section 17.1: The Origins of Progressivism (pp 512-518)
Section 17.2: Women in Public Life (pp 519-522)
Section 17.3: Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal (pp 523-531)
American Literature: The Muckrakers (pp 532-533)
Section 17.4: Progressivism Under Taft (pp 534-537)
Section 17.5: Wilson's New Freedom (pp 538-543)
Chapter 17 Assessment (pp 544-545)

Chapter 18: America Claims an Empire (1890-1920)

Section 18.1: Imperialism and America (pp 548-551)
Section 18.2: The Spanish-American War (pp 552-557)
Section 18.3: Acquiring New Lands (pp 558-564)
Section 18.4: America as a World Power (pp 565-571)
Geography Spotlight: The Panama Canal - A Funnel for Trade (pp 572-573)
Chapter 18 Assessment (pp 574-575)

Chapter 19: The First World War (1914-1920)

Section 19.1: World War I Begins (pp 578-586)
Section 19.2: American Power Tips the Balance (pp 587-593)
Section 19.3: The War at Home (pp 594-601)
Historic Decisions of the Supreme Court: Schenck v. The United States (1919) (602-603)
Section 19.4: Wilson Fights for Peace (pp 604-609)
Tracing Themes: America in World Affairs (pp 610-611)
Chapter 19 Assessment (pp 612-613)

Chapter 20: Politics of the 1920s (1919-1929)

Section 20.1: Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues (618-624)
Section 20.2: The Harding Presidency (625-627)
Section 20.3: The Business of America (628-633)
Tracing Themes: Economic Opportunities (634-635)
Chapter 20 Assessment (pp 636-637)

Chapter 21: The Roaring Life of the 1920s (1920-1929)

Section 21.1: Changing Ways of Life (640-645)
Section 21.2: The Twenties Woman (646-649)
Daily Life: Youth in the Roaring Twenties (650-651)
Section 21.3: Education and Popular Culture (652-657)
Section 21.4: The Harlem Renaissance (658-663)
American Literature: Literature in the Jazz Age (664-665)
Chapter 21 Assessment (pp 666-667)

Chapter 22: The Great Depression Begins (1929-1933)

Section 22.1: The Nation's Sick Economy (670-677)
Section 22.2: Hardship and Suffering During the Depression (678-683)
Section 22.3: Hoover Struggles with the Depression (684-689)
Chapter 22 Assessment (pp )

Chapter 23: The New Deal (1933-1940)

Section 23.1: A New Deal Fights the Depression (694-700)
Section 23.2: The Second New Deal Takes Hold (701-707)
Historic Decisions of the Supreme Court: NLRB v. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp (1937) (708-709)
Section 23.3: The New Deal Affects Many Groups (710-715)
Section 23.4: Culture in the 1930s (716-720)
Section 23.5: The Impact of the New Deal (721-725)
Geography Spotlight: The Tennessee Valley Authority (726-727)
Chapter 23 Assessment (pp 728-729)

Chapter 24: World War Looms (1931-1941)

Section 24.1: Dictators Threaten World Peace (734-741)
Section 24.2: War in Europe (742-747)
Section 24.3: The Holocaust (748-755)
Section 24.4: America Moves Towards War (756-763)
Chapter 24 Assessment (pp 764-765)

Chapter 25: The United States in World War II (1941-1945)

Section 25.1: Mobilizing for Defense (768-774)
Section 25.2: The War for Europe and North Africa (775-783)
Section 25.3: The War in the Pacific (784-793)
Tracing Themes: Science and Technology (794-795)
Section 25.4: The Home Front (796-801)
Historic Decisions of the Supreme Court: Korematsue v. United States (1944) (802-803)
Chapter 25 Assessment (pp 804-805)

Chapter 26: Cold War Conflicts (1945-1960)

Section 26.1: Origins of the Cold War (808-814)
Section 26.2: The Cold War Heats Up (815-821)
Section 26.3: The Cold War at Home (822-827)
Section 26.4: Two Nations Live on the Edge (828-833)
American Literature: Science Fiction Reflects Cold War Fears (834-835)
Chapter 26 Assessment (pp 836-837)

Chapter 27: The Postwar Boom (1946-1960)

Section 27.1: Postwar America (840-846)
Section 27.2: The American Dream in the Fifties (847-855)
Geography Spotlight: The Road to Suburbia (856-857)
Section 27.3: Popular Culture (858-863)
Daily Life 1950-1960: The Emergence of the Teenager (864-865)
Section 27.4: The Other America (866-869)
Chapter 27 Assessment (pp 870-871)

Chapter 28: The New Frontier and the Great Society (1960-1968)

Section 28.1: Kennedy and the Cold War (876-884)
Section 28.2: The New Frontier (885-889)
Geography Spotlight: The Movement of Migrant Workers (890-891)
Section 28.3: The Great Society (892-899)
Historic Decisions of the Supreme Court: Miranda v. Arizona (1966) (900-901)
Chapter 28 Assessment (pp 902-903)

Chapter 29: Civil Rights (1954-1968)

Section 29.1: Taking on Civil Rights (906-913)
Historic Decisions of the Supreme Court: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) (914-915)
Section 29.2: The Triumphs of a Crusade (916-922)
Section 29.3: Challenges and Changes in the Movement (923-929)
Tracing Themes: Civil Rights (930-931)
Chapter 29 Assessment (pp 932-933)

Chapter 30: The Vietnam Years (1954-1975)

Section 30.1: Moving Toward Conflict (936-941)
Section 30.2: U.S. Involvement and Escalation (942-947)
Section 30.3: A Nation Divided (948-953)
Section 30.4: 1968: A Tumultuous Year (954-959)
Section 30.5: The End of the War and Its Legacy (960-967)
American Literature: Literature of the Vietnam War (968-969)
Chapter 30 Assessment (pp 970-971)

Chapter 31: An Era of Social Change (1960-1975)

Section 31.1: Latinos and Native Americans Seek Equity (974-979)
Historic Decisions of the Supreme Court: Reynolds v. Sims (1964) (980-981)
Section 31.2: Women Fight for Equality (982-986)
Section 31.3: Culture and Counterculture (987-991)
Daily Life 1960-1970: Signs of the Sixties (992-993)
Chapter 31 Assessment (pp 994-995)

Chapter 32: An Age of Limits (1968-1980)

Section 32.1: The Nixon Administration (1000-1007)
Section 32.2: Watergate: Nixon's Downfall (1008-1013)
Daily Life 1968-1980: Television Reflects American Life (1014-1015)
Section 32.3: The Ford and Carter Years (1016-1023)
Historic Decisions of The Supreme Court: Regents of the University of California (1024-1025)
Section 32.4: Environmental Activism (1026-1031)
Chapter 32 Assessment (pp 1032-1033)

Chapter 33: The Conservative Tide (1980-1992)

Section 33.1: A Conservative Movement Emerges (1036-1039)
Section 33.2: Conservative Policies Under Reagan and Bush (1040-1044)
Section 33.3: Social Concerns in the 1980s (1045-1051)
Geography Spotlight: Sunbelt, Rustbelt, Ecotopia (1052-1053)
Section 33.4: Foreign Policy After the Cold War (1054-1061)
Chapter 33 Assessment (pp 1062-1063)

Chapter 34: The United States in the World Today (1992-2001)

Section 34.1: The 1990s and the New Millennium (1066-1074)
Section 34.2: The New Global Economy (1075-1079)
American Literature: Women Writers Reflect American Diversity (1080-1081)
Section 34.3: Technology and Modern Life (1082-1087)
Section 34.4: The Changing Face of America (1088-1093)
Tracing Themes: Immigration and Migration (1094-1095)
Chapter 34 Assessment (pp 1096-1097)

Appendix

Atlas (pp A1-A21)
Skillbuilder Handbook (pp R1-R37)
Economics Handbook (pp R38-R47)
State Facts (pp R48-R49)
The Presidents (pp R50-R52)
Glossary (pp R53-R69)
Spanish Glossary (pp R70-R87)
Index (pp R88-R119)

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