The American Promise Value Edition, Volume II: From 1865 A History of the United States

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PrefaceVersions and SupplementsMaps and Figures Chapter 16 Reconstruction, 1863-1877 Opening Vignette: James T. Rapier emerges in the early 1870s as Alabama’s most prominent black leader Wartime Reconstruction Presidential Reconstruction Congressional Reconstruction The Struggle in the South Reconstruction Collapses Conclusion: "A Revolution But Half Accomplished"  Reviewing the Chapter  Chapter 17 The Contested West, 1865-1900 Opening Vignette: Frederick Jackson Turner delivers his "frontier thesis"Conquest and Empire in the West Forced Assimilation and Resistance Strategies Gold Fever and the Mining West Land Fever Conclusion: The West in the Gilded Age Reviewing the Chapter  Chapter 18 Business and Politics in the Gilded Age, 1865-1900 Opening Vignette: Mark Twain and the Gilded Age Old Industries Transformed, New Industries Born From Competition to Consolidation Politics and Culture Presidential Politics Economic Issues and Party Realignment Conclusion: Business Dominates an Era Reviewing the Chapter  Chapter 19 The City and Its Workers, 1870-1900 Opening Vignette: Workers build the Brooklyn Bridge The Rise of the City At Work in Industrial America Workers Organize At Home and at Play City Growth and City Government Conclusion: Who Built the Cities? Reviewing the Chapter  Chapter 20 Dissent, Depression, and War, 1890-1900 Opening Vignette: Frances Willard participates in the creation of the Populist Party in 1892 The Farmers’ Revolt The Labor Wars Women’s Activism Depression Politics The United States and the World War and Empire Conclusion: Rallying around the Flag Reviewing the Chapter  Chapter 21 Progressivism from the Grass Roots to the White House, 1890-1916 Opening Vignette: Jane Addams founds Hull House Grassroots Progressivism Progressivism: Theory and Practice Progressivism Finds a President: Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson and Progressivism at High Tide The Limits of Progressive Reform Conclusion: The Transformation of the Liberal State Reviewing the Chapter  Chapter 22 World War I: The Progressive Crusade at Home and Abroad, 1914-1920 Opening Vignette: Doughboy George "Brownie" Browne sees combat on the frontlines in France Woodrow Wilson and the World "Over There"The Crusade for Democracy at Home A Compromised Peace Democracy at Risk Conclusion: Troubled Crusade Reviewing the Chapter  Chapter 23 From New Era to Great Depression, 1920-1932 Opening Vignette: Henry Ford puts America on wheels The New Era The Roaring Twenties Resistance to Change The Great Crash Life in the Depression Conclusion: Dazzle and Despair Reviewing the Chapter  Chapter 24 The New Deal Experiment, 1932-1939 Opening Vignette: ÒMigrant MotherÓ Florence Owens struggles to survive in the Great Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Patrician in Government Launching the New Deal Challenges to the New Deal Toward a Welfare State The New Deal from Victory to Deadlock Conclusion: Achievements and Limitations of the New Deal Reviewing the Chapter  Chapter 25 The United States and the Second World War, 1939-1945 Opening Vignette: Colonel Paul Tibbets drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan Peacetime Dilemmas The Onset of War Mobilizing for War Fighting Back The Wartime Home Front Toward Unconditional Surrender Conclusion: Allied Victory and America’s Emergence as a Superpower Reviewing the Chapter  Chapter 26 Cold War Politics in the Truman Years, 1945-1953 Opening Vignette: Helen Gahagan Douglas, congresswoman and loyal Truman ally, supports the Marshall Plan, the creation of NATO, and the war in Korea From the Grand Alliance to Containment Truman and the Fair Deal at Home The Cold War Becomes Hot: Korea Conclusion: The Cold War’s Costs and ConsequencesReviewing the Chapter  Chapter 27 The Politics and Culture of Abundance, 1952-1960 Opening Vignette: Vice President Richard Nixon debates Russian premier Nikita Khrushchev Eisenhower and the Politics of the "Middle Way"Liberation Rhetoric and the Practice of Containment New Work and Living Patterns in an Economy of Abundance The Culture of Abundance The Emergence of a Civil Rights Movement Conclusion: Peace and Prosperity Mask Unmet Challenges Reviewing the Chapter  Chapter 28Reform, Rebellion, and Reaction, 1960-1974 Opening Vignette: Fannie Lou Hamer leads grassroots struggles of African Americans for voting rights and political empowerment Liberalism at High Tide The Second Reconstruction A Multitude of Movements The New Wave of Feminism Liberal Reform in the Nixon Administration Conclusion: Achievements and Limitations of Liberalism Reviewing the Chapter  Chapter 29 Vietnam and the End of the Cold War Consensus, 1961-1975 Opening Vignette: Lieutenant Frederick Downs, Jr., is wounded in Vietnam and returns home to a country divided over the war New Frontiers in Foreign Policy Lyndon Johnson’s War against Communism A Nation Polarized Nixon, Detente, and the Search for Peace in Vietnam Conclusion: An Unwinnable War Reviewing the Chapter Chapter 30America Moves to the Right, 1969-1989 Opening Vignette: Phyllis Schlafly promotes conservatism Nixon, Conservatism, and Constitutional Crisis The "Outsider" Presidency of Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan and the Conservative Ascendancy Continuing Struggles over Rights Ronald Reagan Confronts an "Evil Empire"Conclusion: Reversing the Course of Government Reviewing the Chapter  Chapter 31 The Promises and Challenges of Globalization, Since 1989 Opening Vignette: Colin Powell adjusts to a post-Cold War world Domestic Stalemate and Global Upheaval: The Presidency of George H.W. Bush The Clinton Administration’s Search for the Middle Ground The United States in a Globalizing World President George W. Bush: Conservatism at Home and Radical Initiatives Abroad The Obama Presidency: Reform and Backlash Conclusion: Defining the Government’s Role at Home and Abroad Reviewing the Chapter AppendixThe Declaration of IndependenceThe Articles of Confederation and Perpetual UnionThe Constitution of the United StatesAmendments to the Constitution with Annotations (including six unratified amendments)Glossary of Historical VocabularyIndexAbout the AuthorsAbout the Cover Art