American Roots

Written for intermediate-level students, American Rootsincludes articles written in a variety of styles. These readings describe major events, people, and trends within nine broad historical periods, and are designed to increase reading confidence while building knowledge of U.S. history and culture.

Acknowledgments

vii

Overview

ix

To the Teacher

ix

To the Student

xi

Getting to Know Each Other

xiv

Birth of a Nation: 1600-1800

2

(22)

Colonial America

5

(7)

John Peter Zenger: Pioneer of the Free Press

12

(2)

Documents That Shaped the United States

14

(5)

Benjamin Franklin

19

(3)

Thanksgiving

22

(2)

A Growing Nation: The Early 1800s

24

(26)

The Adventures of Lewis and Clark

27

(5)

How Factories Changed the United States

32

(7)

The Trail of Tears

39

(1)

Cotton Is King

40

(3)

Transcendentalism: A New View

43

(5)

The Erie Canal

48

(2)

A Divided Nation: The Mid- 1800s

50

(22)

Levi's Gold

53

(5)

Urbanization: The Growth of Cities

58

(2)

The Underground Railroad

60

(5)

Clara Barton: ``The Angel of the Battlefield''

65

(5)

Frederick Douglass

70

(2)

Industrialization and the Final Frontier: The Late 1800s

72

(26)

The Transcontinental Railroad: Linking East to West

75

(3)

Women on the Lone Prairie

78

(8)

Walking the White Road

86

(3)

Identity Crisis

89

(7)

Mary Cassatt

96

(2)

A New Century: The First Two Decades

98

(24)

The Crusade for Social Reform

100

(3)

The Wright Brothers: First Flight

103

(5)

The Jazz Sensation

108

(4)

The Gilded Age

112

(8)

Baseball

120

(2)

Prosperity and Depression: The 1920s and 1930s

122

(26)

America on Wheels

124

(8)

The Harlem Renaissance

132

(3)

Dream Deferred

135

(1)

Rock Bottom

136

(6)

The Martians Are Coming

142

(4)

The Dust Bowl

146

(2)

War and Recovery: The 1940s and 1950s

148

(20)

Raising the Baby Boomers

150

(3)

TV Takes Off

153

(6)

Rock and Roll and the Power of Youth

159

(3)

Highlights of the Civil Rights Movement

162

(4)

Alaska

166

(2)

Turbulent Times: The 1960s and 1970s

168

(26)

Space: The Next Frontier

170

(6)

The Counter Culture

176

(4)

The Health Craze

180

(4)

Computers

184

(1)

The Long Battle for Women's Equality

185

(8)

Credit Cards

193

(1)

The End of a Century: 1980-2000

194

(18)

Getting Wired

197

(6)

From Soda Bottles to Sweaters

203

(4)

The Changing Face of America

207

(3)

Man vs. Machine

210

(2)

Epilogue Predictions from 1900

212

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