The American Past

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Now in its Sixth Edition, this text continues to offer a colorful and engaging look at the individuals, events, and ideas that make up our nation's past. Accessible and lively, Conlin includes a comprehensive treatment of political, economic, social, intellectual, constitutional, diplomatic, and military history. Consistent scholarship and a unique organization make this book comprehensive and manageable, while new chronologies offer students quick reference and easy review of the major events and movements covered in each chapter.

When Worlds Collide

America and Europe Before 10,000 B.C.-A.D. 1550

(20)

Discovery

(1)

Meso-American Civilization

(3)

Europe: Driven, Dynamic, Expansive

(2)

Portugal and Spain: The Vanguard of Exploration

(3)

The Spanish Empire

(1)

Locked in a Circle of Time

(5)

The Columbian Exchange

(2)

Chronology

(1)

For Further Reading

(2)

England in America

The Struggle to Plant a Colony 1550-1624

(20)

England's Problems

(2)

The Elizabethan Age

(3)

Beginnings of Empire

(1)

Common Seamen

(5)

Jamestown, Virginia

(3)

Other Beginnings

(2)

Chronology

(1)

For Further Reading

(2)

Puritans and Proprietors

Colonial America 1620-1732

(20)

New England Colonies

(6)

How the Puritans Worshiped

(2)

The Expansion of New England

(2)

Royal and Proprietary Colonies

(6)

Chronology

(1)

For Further Reading

(2)

Colonial Society

English Legacies, American Facts of Life

(18)

Trade Laws

(2)

The Southern Colonies

(4)

How They Crossed the Ocean

(3)

The New England Colonies

(5)

The Middle Colonies

(1)

Chronology

(1)

For Further Reading

(2)

Other Americans

The Indians, French, and Africans of Colonial North America

(22)

The Indians of North America

(2)

The Indians of the Eastern Woodlands

(2)

Confrontation

(4)

The French in North America

(3)

Americans from Africa

(1)

Enslavement

(4)

The Slave Trade

(3)

Chronology

101

(1)

For Further Reading

101

(2)

British America

The Colonies at the Equinox

103

(20)

Society and Economy

105

(4)

World Wars, Colonial Wars

109

(1)

William Byrd (1674-1744)

110

(2)

The Long Peace, 1713-1739

112

(5)

The Wars Resume

117

(3)

Chronology

120

(1)

For Further Reading

121

(2)

Years of Tumult

The Quarrel with Great Britain 1763-1770

123

(18)

The Problems of Empire

124

(4)

At Home among the Iroquois

128

(3)

The Stamp Act Crisis

131

(3)

The British Constitution

134

(1)

British Policies and Policymakers

135

(3)

Chronology

138

(1)

For Further Reading

139

(2)

Riot to Rebellion

The Road to Independence 1770-1776

141

(20)

Storms within the Lull

142

(3)

The March toward War

145

(4)

The Revolution Begins

149

(3)

Two Blacks of the Revolutionary Era

152

(3)

Letting Go

155

(3)

Chronology

158

(1)

For Further Reading

159

(2)

War For Independence

Winning the Revolution 1776-1781

161

(18)

The Imbalance of Power

162

(2)

``The Times That Try Men's Souls''

164

(2)

Daniel Boone (1734-1820)

166

(5)

The Tide Turns

171

(6)

Chronology

177

(1)

For Further Reading

177

(2)

Inventing a Country

American Constitutions 1781-1789

179

(22)

The Revolution on Paper

180

(3)

America under the Articles of Confederation

183

(5)

Difficulties and Failings

188

(2)

The American Constitution

190

(2)

James Madison (1751-1836)

192

(5)

Ratifying the Constitution

197

(2)

Chronology

199

(1)

For Further Reading

199

(2)

We the People

Putting the Constitution to Work 1789-1800

201

(22)

The First Presidency

202

(5)

Troubles Abroad

207

(4)

Western Problems

211

(1)

How They Tamed the Forest

212

(2)

Federalists versus Republicans

214

(6)

Chronology

220

(1)

For Further Reading

221

(2)

The Age of Jefferson

Expansion and Frustration 1800-1815

223

(22)

The Sage of Monticello

224

(1)

Jefferson as President

225

(3)

Giving Birth

228

(1)

The Louisiana Purchase

228

(6)

Foreign Woes

234

(4)

The War of 1812

238

(4)

Chronology

242

(1)

For Further Reading

243

(2)

Beyond the Appalachian Ridge

The West in the Early Nineteenth Century

245

(22)

The First American West

246

(3)

Patterns of Settlement

249

(3)

Problems and Programs

252

(4)

How They Socialized

256

(4)

The Transportation Revolution

260

(5)

Chronology

265

(1)

For Further Reading

265

(2)

Nation Awakening

Political, Diplomatic, and Economic Developments 1815-1824

267

(22)

The Era of Good Feelings

268

(2)

How They Navigated the Erie Canal

270

(4)

America's Industrial Revolution

274

(4)

A Country Made for Industry

278

(3)

The South at the Crossroads

281

(5)

Chronology

286

(1)

For Further Reading

287

(2)

Hero of the People

The Age of Andrew Jackson 1824-1830

289

(20)

The Skewed Election of 1824

290

(3)

The Age of the Common Man

293

(3)

The Revolution of 1828

296

(4)

How They Dueled...and Brawled

300

(2)

Issues of Jackson's First Term

302

(4)

Chronology

306

(1)

For Further Reading

307

(2)

In the Shadow of Old Hickory

Personalities and Politics 1830-1842

309

(18)

Van Buren versus Calhoun

310

(2)

The War with the Bank

312

(3)

The Second American Party System

315

(5)

How They Went to College

320

(3)

Chronology

323

(2)

For Further Reading

325

(2)

Sects, Utopias, Visionaries, Reformers

Popular Culture in Antebellum America

327

(22)

As Others Saw Us

328

(2)

Religion in the Early Nineteenth Century

330

(3)

Utopian Communities

333

(2)

Transcendentalism

335

(2)

Evangelical Reformers

337

(2)

Moral Uplift

339

(1)

Notable Feminists

340

(5)

The Women's Movement

345

(1)

Chronology

346

(1)

For Further Reading

347

(2)

A Different Country

The South

349

(14)

Southern Antislavery

350

(2)

The Republic of Porkdom

352

(2)

Threats to the Southern Order

354

(3)

Southerners Close Ranks

357

(4)

Chronology

361

(1)

For Further Reading

361

(2)

The Peculiar Institution

Slavery as It Was Perceived and as It Was

363

(18)

Images of Slavery

364

(4)

Frederick Douglass

368

(1)

What Slavery Was Like

369

(3)

Life in the Quarters

372

(2)

Modes of Protest

374

(4)

Chronology

378

(1)

For Further Reading

379

(2)

From Sea to Shining Sea

American Expansion 1820-1848

381

(18)

Mexico: So Close to the United States

382

(2)

Zorro and the Californios

384

(4)

The Oregon Country

388

(9)

Chronology

397

(1)

For Further Reading

397

(2)

Apples of Discord

The Poisoned Fruits of Expansion 1844-1854

399

(18)

The Sectional Split Takes Shape

400

(3)

California, Here I Come

403

(3)

The Compromise of 1850

406

(2)

How They Mined the Gold

408

(2)

The Territories and Slavery

410

(5)

Chronology

415

(1)

For Further Reading

415

(2)

The Collapse of the Old Union

The Road to Secession 1854-1861

417

(20)

Bleeding Kansas

418

(2)

Rapping from the Great Beyond

420

(2)

A Hardening of Lines

422

(4)

The Election of 1860

426

(4)

How the Union Broke

430

(5)

Chronology

435

(1)

For Further Reading

435

(2)

Tidy Plans, Ugly Realities

The Civil War: 1861-1862

437

(20)

The Art and Science of War

438

(3)

The Sobering Campaign of 1861

441

(5)

1862 and Stalemate

446

(4)

How They Fought

450

(5)

Chronology

455

(1)

For Further Reading

455

(2)

Driving Old Dixie Down

General Grant's War of Attrition 1863-1865

457

(20)

The Campaigns of 1863

458

(6)

Marching Through Georgia

464

(1)

Total War

464

(5)

The American Tragedy

469

(3)

Consequences of the Civil War

472

(3)

Chronology

475

(1)

For Further Reading

475

(2)

Reconstruction

Rebuilding the Shattered Union: 1863-1877

477

(20)

The Reconstruction Debate

478

(4)

The Critical Year

482

(2)

Reconstruction Realities and Myths

484

(4)

Blacks in Congress

488

(2)

The Grant Administration

490

(3)

The Twilight of Reconstruction

493

(1)

Chronology

494

(1)

For Further Reading

495

(2)

Parties, Patronage, and Pork

Politics in the Late Nineteenth Century

497

(22)

How the System Worked

498

(6)

Presidents and Personalities

504

(2)

James Abram Garfield (1831-1881)

506

(3)

Issues

509

(3)

Politics in the City

512

(4)

Chronology

516

(1)

For Further Reading

517

(2)

Big Industry, Big Business

Economic Development in the Late Nineteenth Century

519

(22)

A Land Made for Industry

520

(4)

The Field Brothers

524

(1)

The Railroad Revolution

525

(3)

The Transcontinental Lines

528

(5)

The Organizers

533

(5)

Chronology

538

(1)

For Further Reading

539

(2)

Living With Leviathan

Americans React to Big Business and Great Wealth

541

(20)

Regulating the Railroads and Trusts

542

(2)

The Last Dance of the Idle Rich: The Bradley Martin Ball of 1897

544

(5)

Critics of the New Order

549

(2)

Defenders of the Faith

551

(4)

How the Very Rich Lived

555

(3)

Chronology

558

(1)

For Further Reading

559

(2)

We Who Made America

Factories and Immigrant Ships

561

(22)

A New Way of Life

562

(2)

Who Were the Workers?

564

(3)

Organize!

567

(3)

The Immigration Experience

570

(3)

The Nation of Immigrants

573

(4)

Ethnic America

577

(4)

Chronology

581

(1)

For Further Reading

581

(2)

Bright Lights and Squalid Slums

The Growth of Big Cities

583

(18)

Cities as Alien Enclaves

584

(3)

Of the Growth of Great Cities

587

(1)

Big City Sweatshops

588

(7)

The Evils of City Life

595

(3)

Chronology

598

(1)

For Further Reading

599

(2)

The Last Frontier

Winning the Rest of the West 1865-1900

601

(20)

The Last Frontier

602

(4)

Punching Cows

606

(5)

The Cattle Kingdom

611

(4)

The Wild West in American Culture

615

(2)

The Mining Frontier

617

(1)

Chronology

618

(1)

For Further Reading

619

(2)

Stressful Times Down Home

The Crisis of American Agriculture 1865-1896

621

(20)

Best of Times, Worst of Times

622

(6)

The New South: The Prophet and the Builder

628

(2)

Protest and Organization

630

(1)

The Money Question

631

(3)

The Populists

634

(4)

Chronology

638

(1)

For Further Reading

639

(2)

In the Days of McKinley

The United States Becomes a World Power 1896-1903

641

(22)

Watershed

642

(4)

American Imperialism

646

(3)

The Spanish-American War

649

(1)

Remembering the Maine: Soldiers in the Spanish-American War

650

(4)

Empire Confirmed

654

(7)

Chronology

661

(1)

For Further Reading

661

(2)

Theodore Roosevelt and the Good Old Days

American Society in Transition 1890-1917

663

(20)

Middle America

664

(4)

Nellie Bly

668

(4)

A Lively Culture

672

(4)

Americans at Play

676

(3)

Sports

679

(2)

Chronology

681

(1)

For Further Reading

681

(2)

Age of Reform

The Progressives after 1900

683

(20)

The Progressives

684

(3)

Progressivism down Home

687

(5)

Victor L. Berger (1860-1929)

692

(2)

The Fringe

694

(5)

Chronology

699

(2)

For Further Reading

701

(2)

Victors at Armageddon

The Progressives in Power 1901-1916

703

(18)

T. R. Takes Over

704

(2)

The President as Reformer

706

(4)

A Conservative President in a Progressive Era

710

(4)

Democratic Party Progressivism

714

(2)

Coney Island: Amusement Democratized

716

(3)

Chronology

719

(1)

For Further Reading

719

(2)

Over There

The United States and the First World War 1914-1918

721

(22)

Wilson, the World, and Mexico

722

(2)

The Great War

724

(4)

William D. Haywood (1869-1927)

728

(5)

America Goes to War

733

(7)

Chronology

740

(1)

For Further Reading

741

(2)

Over Here

World War I at Home 1917-1920

743

(20)

The Progressive War

744

(2)

Social Changes

746

(3)

Conformity and Repression

749

(4)

Wilson and the League of Nations

753

(1)

``They Dropped Like Flies'': The Great Flu Epidemic of 1918

754

(7)

Chronology

761

(1)

For Further Reading

761

(2)

In The Days of Harding

Time of Uncertainty 1919-1923

763

(20)

The Worst President

764

(1)

A Decent Man

765

(1)

How They Played the Game

766

(3)

Social Tensions: Labor, Radicals, Immigrants

769

(5)

Social Tensions: Race, Moral Codes, Religion

774

(6)

Chronology

780

(1)

For Further Reading

781

(2)

Calvin Coolidge and the New Era

When America Was a Business 1923-1929

783

(18)

The Coolidge Years

784

(4)

The Lone Eagle: Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974)

788

(3)

Prosperity and Business Culture

791

(5)

Get Rich Quick

796

(3)

Chronology

799

(1)

For Further Reading

799

(2)

National Trauma

The Great Depression 1930-1933

801

(16)

The Face of Catastrophe

802

(2)

The Failure of the Old Order

804

(3)

Americans React to the Crisis

807

(3)

The Election of 1932

810

(2)

Weeknights at Eight

812

(2)

Chronology

814

(1)

For Further Reading

815

(2)

Rearranging America

Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal 1933-1938

817

(20)

The Pleasant Man Who Changed America

818

(2)

The Hundred Days

820

(3)

The New Deal Threatened; The New Deal Sustained

823

(4)

The Spellbinders

827

(1)

How the Wealthy Coped

828

(3)

The Legacy of the New Deal

831

(4)

Chronology

835

(1)

For Further Reading

835

(2)

Headed For War Again

Foreign Relations 1933-1942

837

(22)

New Deal Foreign Policy

838

(3)

The World Goes to War

841

(4)

The United States and the War in Europe

845

(4)

America Goes to War

849

(1)

Rationing and Scrap Drives

850

(6)

Chronology

856

(1)

For Further Reading

857

(2)

America's Great War

The United States at the Pinnacle of Power 1942-1945

859

(22)

Stopping Japan

860

(2)

Studying a New Kind of War

862

(4)

Defeating Germany First

866

(5)

The Twilight of Japan, the Nuclear Dawn

871

(6)

Chronology

877

(2)

For Further Reading

879

(2)

Anxiety Time

The United States in the Early Nuclear Age 1946-1952

881

(22)

The Shadow of Cold War

882

(4)

Jehovah's Witnesses

886

(2)

Domestic Politics under Truman

888

(4)

Containment in China

892

(4)

Years of Tension

896

(4)

Chronology

900

(1)

For Further Reading

901

(2)

Eisenhower Country

American Life in the 1950s

903

(20)

Leadership

904

(2)

Fashion and the Fifties

906

(5)

Suburbia and Its Values

911

(5)

Against the Grain

916

(4)

Chronology

920

(1)

For Further Reading

921

(2)

Consensus and Camelot

The Eisenhower and Kennedy Administrations 1953-1963

923

(22)

Ike's Domestic Compromise

924

(1)

The Cold War Continues

925

(3)

Suburban Landscape

928

(4)

1960: A Changing of the Guard

932

(3)

Camelot

935

(2)

Kennedy's Foreign Policy

937

(5)

Chronology

942

(1)

For Further Reading

943

(2)

Years of Turbulence

Conflict at Home and Abroad 1961-1968

945

(24)

Lyndon Baines Johnson

946

(2)

The Great Society

948

(2)

Earl Warren (1891-1974)

950

(3)

Vietnam! Vietnam!

953

(2)

Mr. Johnson's War

955

(2)

Troubled Years

957

(5)

The Election of 1968

962

(3)

Chronology

965

(2)

For Further Reading

967

(2)

Presidency in Crisis

Policies of the Nixon, Ford, and Carter Administrations 1968-1980

969

(24)

The Nixon Presidency

970

(3)

Nixon's Vietnam

973

(3)

Nixon-Kissinger Foreign Policy

976

(3)

Watergate and Gerald Ford

979

(6)

Quiet Crisis

985

(3)

The Typical American of the 1980s: A Statistical Portrait

988

(1)

Chronology

989

(2)

For Further Reading

991

(2)

Morning In America

The Reagan Era 1980-1993

993

(20)

The Ayatollah and the Actor

995

(1)

The Reagan Revolution

996

(5)

Foreign Policy in the Eighties

1001

(3)

The Bush Presidency

1004

(5)

Chronology

1009

(2)

For Further Reading

1011

(2)

Millennium

Frustration, Anger, Division, Values

1013

(2)

Foreign Policy under Clinton

1015

(3)

Politics Not as Usual

1018

(6)

Scandal + Prosperity = Postitive Ratings

1024

(6)

Millennial Society

1030

Appendixes

A-1

Photo Credits

C-1

Index

I-1

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The American Past

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