The American Promise, Volume 2 A History of the United States
, by Roark, James L.; Johnson, Michael P.; Cohen, Patricia Cline; Stage, Sarah; Hartmann, Susan M.- ISBN: 9781319062095 | 1319062091
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 12/9/2016
Susan M. Hartmann (Ph.D., University of Missouri) is Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of History at Ohio State University. In 1995 she won the university's Exemplary Faculty Award in the College of Humanities. Her publications include Truman and the 80th Congress; The Home Front and Beyond: American Women in the 1940s; From Margin to Mainstream: American Women and Politics since 1960; and The Other Feminists: Activists in the Liberal Establishment.
Please Note: The Combined Volume includes all chapters. Volume 1 includes Chapters 1-16 and Volume 2 includes Chapters 16-31.
NOTE: LaunchPad material that does not appear in the print book – including guided reading exercises, source feature quizzes, LearningCurve adaptive quizzes, summative quizzes, and all of the documents from the companion reader Reading the American Past – has been labeled on this table of contents as shown. Each chapter in LaunchPad also comes with a wealth of additional documents, videos, key terms flashcards, map quizzes, timeline activities, and much more, all of which can be easily integrated and assigned.PrefaceVersions and SupplementsMaps, Figures, and TablesSpecial FeaturesChapter 16 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 16Document 16-1: Carl Schurz Reports on the Condition of the Defeated South: Report on the Condition of the South, 1865Quiz for Document 16-1: Carl Schurz Reports on the Condition of the Defeated South: Report on the Condition of the South, 1865 LaunchPadDocument 16-2: Black Codes Enacted in the South: Mississippi Black Code, November 1865Quiz for Document 16-2: Black Codes Enacted in the South: Mississippi Black Code, November 1865 LaunchPadDocument 16-3: Former Slaves Seek to Reunite Their Families: Advertisements from the Christian Recorder, 1865-1870Quiz for Document 16-3: Former Slaves Seek to Reunite Their Families: Advertisements from the Christian Recorder, 1865-1870 LaunchPadDocument 16-4: Planter Louis Manigault Visits His Plantations and Former Slaves, 1867: Louis Manigault, "A Narrative of a Post-Civil War Visit to Gowrie and East Hermitage Plantations," March 22, 1867Quiz for Document 16-4: Planter Louis Manigault Visits His Plantations and Former Slaves, 1867: Louis Manigault, "A Narrative of a Post-Civil War Visit to Gowrie and East Hermitage Plantations," March 22, 1867 LaunchPadDocument 16-5: Klan Violence against Blacks: Elias Hill, Testimony before Congressional Committee Investigating the Ku Klux Klan, 1871Quiz for Document 16-5: Klan Violence against Blacks: Elias Hill, Testimony before Congressional Committee Investigating the Ku Klux Klan, 1871 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS17. The Contested West, 1865–1900Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Frederick Jackson Turner delivers his "frontier thesis"Conquest and Empire in the WestBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Imperialism, Colonialism, and the Treatment of the Sioux and the Zulu"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadIndian Removal and the Reservation SystemThe Decimation of the Great Bison HerdsIndian Wars and the Collapse of ComancheríaThe Fight for the Black HillsForced Assimilation and Indian ResistanceIndian Schools and the War on Indian CultureANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Custer’s Last Stand"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Dawes Act and Indian Land AllotmentIndian Resistance and SurvivalMining the WestLife on the Comstock LodeThe Diverse Peoples of the WestLand FeverMoving West: Homesteaders and SpeculatorsMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Did Westerners Really Build It All by Themselves?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadTenants, Sharecroppers, and MigrantsCommercial Farming and Industrial CowboyTerritorial GovernmentConclusion: The West in the Gilded AgeLearningCurve LaunchPadChapter ReviewChapter 17 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 17Document 17-1: Pun Chi Appeals to Congress in Behalf of Chinese Immigrants in California: A Remonstrance from the Chinese in California, ca. 1870Quiz for Document 17-1: Pun Chi Appeals to Congress in Behalf of Chinese Immigrants in California: A Remonstrance from the Chinese in California, ca. 1870 LaunchPadDocument 17-2: Mattie Oblinger Describes Life on a Nebraska Homestead: Mattie V. Oblinger to George W. Thomas, Grizzie B. Thomas, and Wheeler Thomas Family, June 16, 1873Quiz for Document 17-2: Mattie Oblinger Describes Life on a Nebraska Homestead: Mattie V. Oblinger to George W. Thomas, Grizzie B. Thomas, and Wheeler Thomas Family, June 16, 1873 LaunchPadDocument 17-3: Texas Rangers on the Mexican Border: N. A. Jennings, A Texas Ranger, 1875Quiz for Document 17-3: Texas Rangers on the Mexican Border: N. A. Jennings, A Texas Ranger, 1875 LaunchPadDocument 17-4: In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat Describes White Encroachment: Chief Joseph, Speech to a White Audience, 1879Quiz for Document 17-4: In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat Describes White Encroachment: Chief Joseph, Speech to a White Audience, 1879 LaunchPadDocument 17-5: A Plea to "Citizenize" Indians: Richard Pratt, "Kill the Indian ... and save the man," 1892Quiz for Document 17-5: A Plea to "Citizenize" Indians: Richard Pratt, "Kill the Indian ... and save the man," 1892 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS18. Railroads, Business, and Politics in the Gilded Age, 1865–1900Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Mark Twain and the Gilded AgeRailroads and the Rise of New Industries Railroads: America’s First Big BusinessEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Charles Crocker, the Big Four, and the Race for Riches"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadAndrew Carnegie, Steel, and Vertical IntegrationJohn D. Rockefeller, Standard Oil, and the TrustNew Inventions: The Telephone and the TelegraphFrom Competition to ConsolidationJ. P. Morgan and Finance CapitalismMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Social Darwinism: Did Wealthy Industrialists Practice What They Preached?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadSocial Darwinism, Laissez-Faire, and the Supreme CourtPolitics and CulturePolitical Participation and Party LoyaltySectionalism and the New SouthGender, Race, and PoliticsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Ida B. Wells and Her Campaign to Stop Lynching"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadWomen’s ActivismPresidential PoliticsCorruption and Party StrifeGarfield’s Assassination and Civil Service ReformReform and Scandal: The Campaign of 1884Economic Issues and Party RealignmentThe Tariff and the Politics of ProtectionRailroads, Trusts, and the Federal GovernmentThe Fight for Free SilverPanic and DepressionConclusion: Business Dominates an EraLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 18 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 18 Document 18-1: Marshall Kirkman Likens Railroad Corporations to Armies: Marshall M. Kirkman, "The Railway Army," 1894Quiz for Document 18-1: Marshall Kirkman Likens Railroad Corporations to Armies: Marshall M. Kirkman, "The Railway Army," 1894 LaunchPadDocument 18-2: William Graham Sumner on Social Obligations: What Social Classes Owe to Each Other, 1883Quiz for Document 18-2: William Graham Sumner on Social Obligations: What Social Classes Owe to Each Other, 1883 LaunchPadDocument 18-3: Henry Demarest Lloyd Attacks Monopolies: Wealth against Commonwealth, 1894Quiz for Document 18-3: Henry Demarest Lloyd Attacks Monopolies: Wealth against Commonwealth, 1894 LaunchPadDocument 18-4: Andrew Carnegie Explains the Gospel of Wealth: Wealth, 1889 Quiz for Document 18-4: Andrew Carnegie Explains the Gospel of Wealth: Wealth, 1889 LaunchPadDocument 18-5: Henry George Explains Why Poverty Is a Crime: An Analysis of the Crime of Poverty, 1885Quiz for Document 18-5: Henry George Explains Why Poverty Is a Crime: An Analysis of the Crime of Poverty, 1885 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS19. The City and Its Workers, 1870–1900Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Workers build the Brooklyn BridgeThe Rise of the CityThe Urban Explosion: A Global MigrationMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS : "What Happened to Urban Workers’ Standard of Living during the Gilded Age?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadRacism and the Cry for Immigration RestrictionThe Social Geography of the CityAt Work in Industrial AmericaAmerica’s Diverse WorkersThe Family Economy: Women and ChildrenWhite-Collar Workers: Managers, "Typewriters," and SalesclerksWorkers OrganizeThe Great Railroad Strike of 1877The Knights of Labor and the American Federation of LaborANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Songs of the Knights of LaborHaymarket and the Specter of Labor Radicalism"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadAt Home and at PlayDomesticity and "Domestics"Cheap AmusementsCity Growth and City GovernmentBuilding Cities of Stone and SteelCity Government and the "Bosses"White City or City of Sin?BEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "The World’s Columbian Exposition and Nineteenth-Century World’s Fairs"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadConclusion: Who Built the Cities?LearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 19 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 19 Document 19-1: A Textile Worker Explains the Labor Market: Thomas O'Donnell, Testimony before a U.S. Senate Committee, 1885Quiz for Document 19-1: A Textile Worker Explains the Labor Market: Thomas O'Donnell, Testimony before a U.S. Senate Committee, 1885 LaunchPadDocument 19-2: Domestic Servants on Household Work: Interviews with Journalist Helen Campbell, 1880sQuiz for Document 19-2: Domestic Servants on Household Work: Interviews with Journalist Helen Campbell, 1880s LaunchPadDocument 19-3: Jacob Riis Describes Abandoned Babies in New York City's Slums: Waifs of New York City's Slums, 1890Quiz for Document 19-3: Jacob Riis Describes Abandoned Babies in New York City's Slums: Waifs of New York City's Slums, 1890 LaunchPad Document 19-4: Walter Wyckoff Listens to Revolutionary Workers in Chicago: Walter A. Wyckoff, "Among the Revolutionaries," 1898Quiz for Document 19-4: Walter Wyckoff Listens to Revolutionary Workers in Chicago: Walter A. Wyckoff, "Among the Revolutionaries," 1898 LaunchPad Document 19-5: George Washington Plunkitt Explains Politics: William L. Riordon, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, 1905Quiz for Document 19-5: George Washington Plunkitt Explains Politics: William L. Riordon, Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, 1905 LaunchPad COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS20. Dissent, Depression, and War, 1890–1900Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Frances Willard participates in the creation of the Populist Party in 1892The Farmers Unite The Farmers’ AllianceThe Populist Movement The Labor WarsThe Homestead LockoutThe Cripple Creek Miners’ Strike of 1894Eugene V. Debs and the Pullman StrikeANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Press and the Pullman Strike: Framing Class Conflict"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadWomen’s ActivismFrances Willard and the Woman’s Christian Temperance UnionElizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and the Movement for Woman SuffrageDepression PoliticsCoxey’s ArmyThe People’s Party and the Election of 1896The United States and the WorldMarkets and MissionariesThe Monroe Doctrine and the Open Door PolicyBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Regime Change in Hawai’I"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPad"A Splendid Little War"MAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Did Terrorists Sink the Maine?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Debate over American ImperialismConclusion: Rallying around the FlagLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 20 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 20Document 20-1: Mary Elizabeth Lease Reports on Women in the Farmers' Alliance: Mary Elizabeth Lease, "Women in the Farmers' Alliance," 1891Quiz for Document 20-1: Mary Elizabeth Lease Reports on Women in the Farmers' Alliance: Mary Elizabeth Lease, "Women in the Farmers' Alliance," 1891 LaunchPadDocument 20-2: White Supremacy in Wilmington, North Carolina: Gunner Jesse Blake, Narrative of the Wilmington "Rebellion" of 1898Quiz for Document 20-2: White Supremacy in Wilmington, North Carolina: Gunner Jesse Blake, Narrative of the Wilmington "Rebellion" of 1898 LaunchPadDocument 20-3: Pinkertons Defeated at Homestead: Pinkerton Guard Testimony, 1893Quiz for Document 20-3: Pinkertons Defeated at Homestead: Pinkerton Guard Testimony, 1893 LaunchPadDocument 20-4: Conflicting Views about Labor Unions: N. F. Thompson, Testimony before the Industrial Commission on the Relations and Conditions of Capital and Labor, 1900 and Samuel Gompers, Letter to the American Federationist, 1894Quiz for Document 20-4: Conflicting Views about Labor Unions: N. F. Thompson, Testimony before the Industrial Commission on the Relations and Conditions of Capital and Labor, 1900 and Samuel Gompers, Letter to the American Federationist, 1894 LaunchPadDocument 20-5: Emilio Aguinaldo Criticizes American Imperialism in the Philippines: Case against the United States, 1899Quiz for Document 20-5: Emilio Aguinaldo Criticizes American Imperialism in the Philippines: Case against the United States, 1899 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS21. Progressivism from the Grass Roots to the White House, 1890–1916Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Jane Addams founds Hull HouseGrassroots ProgressivismCivilizing the CityEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Making the Workplace Safer: Alice Hamilton Explores the Dangerous Trades"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadProgressives and the Working ClassProgressivism: Theory and PracticeReform Darwinism and Social EngineeringProgressive Government: City and StateProgressivism Finds a President: Theodore RooseveltThe Square DealRoosevelt the ReformerANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Flash and the Birth of Photojournalism"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPad Roosevelt and ConservationMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Progressives and Conservation: Should Hetch Hetchy Be Dammed or Saved?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Big StickThe Troubled Presidency of William Howard TaftWoodrow Wilson and Progressivism at High TideProgressive Insurgency and the Election of 1912Wilson’s Reforms: Tariff, Banking, and the TrustsWilson, Reluctant ProgressiveThe Limits of Progressive ReformRadical AlternativesProgressivism for White Men OnlyConclusion: The Transformation of the Liberal StateLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 21 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 21Document 21-1: Jane Addams on Settlement Houses: The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements, 1892Quiz for Document 21-1: Jane Addams on Settlement Houses: The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements, 1892 LaunchPadDocument 21-2: A Sociologist Studies Working-Class Saloons in Chicago: Royal Melendy, Ethical Substitutes for the Saloon, 1900Quiz for Document 21-2: A Sociologist Studies Working-Class Saloons in Chicago: Royal Melendy, Ethical Substitutes for the Saloon, 1900 LaunchPadDocument 21-3: Mother Jones on the Futility of Class Harmony: Letter to Mrs. Potter Palmer, January 12, 1907Quiz for Document 21-3: Mother Jones on the Futility of Class Harmony: Letter to Mrs. Potter Palmer, January 12, 1907 LaunchPadDocument 21-4: Marie Jenney Howe Parodies the Opposition to Women's Suffrage: Marie Jenney Howe, An Anti-Suffrage Monologue, 1913Quiz for Document 21-4: Marie Jenney Howe Parodies the Opposition to Women's Suffrage: Marie Jenney Howe, An Anti-Suffrage Monologue, 1913 LaunchPadDocument 21-5: Booker T. Washington on Racial Accommodation: The Atlanta Exposition Address, 1895 Quiz for Document 21-5: Booker T. Washington on Racial Accommodation: The Atlanta Exposition Address, 1895 LaunchPadDocument 21-6: W. E. B. Du Bois on Racial Equality: Booker T. Washington and Others, 1903Quiz for Document 21-6: W. E. B. Du Bois on Racial Equality: Booker T. Washington and Others, 1903 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS22. World War I: The Progressive Crusade at Home and Abroad, 1914–1920Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Doughboy George "Brownie" Browne sees combat on the front lines in France Woodrow Wilson and the WorldTaming the AmericasThe European CrisisThe Ordeal of American NeutralityThe United States Enters the War"Over There"The Call to ArmsMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "What Did African Americans Want from WWI and What Did They Get?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe War in FranceThe Crusade for Democracy at HomeThe Progressive Stake in the WarWomen, War, and the Battle for SuffrageANALIZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Final Push for Woman Suffrage"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadRally around the Flag — or ElseA Compromised PeaceWilson’s Fourteen PointsThe Paris Peace ConferenceThe Fight for the TreatyDemocracy at RiskEconomic Hardship and Labor UpheavalThe Red ScareBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Bolshevism"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadThe Great Migrations of African Americans and MexicansPostwar Politics and the Election of 1920Conclusion: Troubled CrusadeLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 22 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 22Document 22-1: The North American Review Considers War a Blessing, Not a Curse: "For Freedom and Democracy," The North American Review, April 1917Quiz for Document 22-1: The North American Review Considers War a Blessing, Not a Curse: "For Freedom and Democracy," The North American Review, April 1917 LaunchPadDocument 22-2: Eugene V. Debs Attacks Capitalist Warmongers: Speech Delivered in Canton, Ohio, June 16, 191Quiz for Document 22-2: Eugene V. Debs Attacks Capitalist Warmongers: Speech Delivered in Canton, Ohio, June 16, 1918 LaunchPadDocument 22-3: A Doughboy's Letter from the Front: Anonymous Soldier, Letter to Elmer J. Sutters, 1918Quiz for Document 22-3: A Doughboy's Letter from the Front: Anonymous Soldier, Letter to Elmer J. Sutters, 1918 LaunchPadDocument 22-4: Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer Defends America from Communists: The Case against the "Reds," 1920Quiz for Document 22-4: Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer Defends America from Communists: The Case against the "Reds," 1920 LaunchPadDocument 22-5: An African American Responds to the Chicago Race Riot: Stanley B. Norvell, Letter to Victor F. Lawson, 1919Quiz for Document 22-5: An African American Responds to the Chicago Race Riot: Stanley B. Norvell, Letter to Victor F. Lawson, 1919 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS23. From New Era to Great Depression, 1920–1932Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Henry Ford puts America on wheelsThe New EraA Business GovernmentPromoting Prosperity and Peace AbroadAutomobiles, Mass Production, and Assembly-Line ProgressConsumer CultureANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Advertising in a Consumer Age The Roaring Twenties"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadProhibitionThe New WomanMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Was There a Sexual Revolution in the 1920s?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe New NegroEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "The Quest for Home Ownership in Segregated Detroit"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadEntertainment for the MassesThe Lost GenerationResistance to ChangeRejecting the UndesirablesThe Rebirth of the Ku Klux KlanThe Scopes TrialAl Smith and the Election of 1928The Great CrashHerbert Hoover: The Great EngineerThe Distorted EconomyThe Crash of 1929Hoover and the Limits of IndividualismLife in the DepressionThe Human TollDenial and EscapeWorking-Class MilitancyConclusion: Dazzle and DespairLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 23 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 23Document 23-1: Edward Earle Purinton Celebrates American Business as the Salvation of the World: Edward Earle Purinton, "Big Ideas From Big Business: Try Them Out for Yourself," The Independent, April 16, 1921Quiz for Document 23-1: Edward Earle Purinton Celebrates American Business as the Salvation of the World: Edward Earle Purinton, "Big Ideas From Big Business: Try Them Out for Yourself," The Independent, April 16, 1921 LaunchPadDocument 23-2: Reinhold Niebuhr on Christianity in Detroit: Diary Entries, 1925-1928Quiz for Document 23-2: Reinhold Niebuhr on Christianity in Detroit: Diary Entries, 1925-1928 LaunchPadDocument 23-3: The Ku Klux Klan Defends Americanism: Hiram W. Evans, The Klan's Fight for Americanism, 1926Quiz for Document 23-3: The Ku Klux Klan Defends Americanism: Hiram W. Evans, The Klan's Fight for Americanism, 1926 LaunchPadDocument 23-4: Mothers Seek Freedom from Unwanted Pregnancies: Margaret Sanger, Motherhood in Bondage, 1928Quiz for Document 23-4: Mothers Seek Freedom from Unwanted Pregnancies: Margaret Sanger, Motherhood in Bondage, 1928 LaunchPadDocument 23-5: Marcus Garvey Explains the Goals of the Universal Negro Improvement Association: The Negro's Greatest Enemy, 1923 Quiz for Document 23-5: Marcus Garvey Explains the Goals of the Universal Negro Improvement Association: The Negro's Greatest Enemy, 1923 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS24. The New Deal Experiment, 1932–1939Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: "Migrant Mother" Florence Owens struggles to survive in the Great DepressionFranklin D. Roosevelt: A Patrician in GovernmentThe Making of a PoliticianThe Election of 1932Launching the New DealMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "How Did the New Deal Contribute to National Defense?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe New DealersBanking and Finance ReformRelief and Conservation ProgramsAgricultural InitiativesIndustrial RecoveryEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Textile Workers Strike for Better Wages and Working Conditions"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadChallenges to the New DealResistance to Business ReformCasualties in the CountrysidePolitics on the FringesToward a Welfare StateRelief for the UnemployedANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Americans Encounter the New Deal"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadEmpowering LaborSocial Security and Tax ReformNeglected Americans and the New DealThe New Deal from Victory to DeadlockThe Election of 1936Court PackingReaction and RecessionThe Last of the New Deal ReformsConclusion: Achievements and Limitations of the New DealLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 24 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 24Document 24-1: Martha Gellhorn Reports on Conditions in North Carolina in 1934: Martha Gellhorn to Harry Hopkins, November 11, 1934Quiz for Document 24-1: Martha Gellhorn Reports on Conditions in North Carolina in 1934: Martha Gellhorn to Harry Hopkins, November 11, 1934 LaunchPadDocument 24-2: Working People's Letters to New Dealers: Letter to Frances Perkins, January 27, 1935; Letter to Frances Perkins, March 29, 1935; Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, November 23, 1936; Letter to Frances Perkins, July 27, 1937; and Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, November 27, 1939Quiz for Document 24-2: Working People's Letters to New Dealers: Letter to Frances Perkins, January 27, 1935; Letter to Frances Perkins, March 29, 1935; Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, November 23, 1936; Letter to Frances Perkins, July 27, 1937; and Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, November 27, 1939 LaunchPadDocument 24-3: Huey Long Proposes Redistribution of Wealth: Speech to Members of the Share Our Wealth Society, 1935Quiz for Document 24-3: Huey Long Proposes Redistribution of Wealth: Speech to Members of the Share Our Wealth Society, 1935 LaunchPadDocument 24-4: A Mexican American Farmworker Describes the Importance of Sticking Together: Jose Flores, Interview, Farm Security Administration Migrant Labor Camp, El Rio, California, 1941Quiz for Document 24-4: A Mexican American Farmworker Describes the Importance of Sticking Together: Jose Flores, Interview, Farm Security Administration Migrant Labor Camp, El Rio, California, 1941 LaunchPadDocument 24-5: Conservatives Criticize the New Deal: Herbert Hoover, Anti-New Deal Campaign Speech, 1936 and Minnie Hardin, Letter to Eleanor Roosevelt, December 14, 1937Quiz for Document 24-5: Conservatives Criticize the New Deal: Herbert Hoover, Anti-New Deal Campaign Speech, 1936 and Minnie Hardin, Letter to Eleanor Roosevelt, December 14, 1937 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS 25. The United States and the Second World War, 1939–1945Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Colonel Paul Tibbets drops the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, JapanPeacetime DilemmasRoosevelt and Reluctant IsolationThe Good Neighbor PolicyThe Price of NoninvolvementThe Onset of WarNazi Aggression and War in EuropeFrom Neutrality to the Arsenal of DemocracyJapan Attacks AmericaMobilizing for WarHome-Front SecurityANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Japanese Internment"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPad Building a Citizen ArmyConversion to a War EconomyFighting BackTurning the Tide in the PacificThe Campaign in EuropeThe Wartime Home FrontWomen and Families, Guns and ButterThe Double V CampaignWartime Politics and the 1944 ElectionReaction to the HolocaustBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Nazi Anti-Semitism and the Atomic Bomb"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadToward Unconditional SurrenderFrom Bombing Raids to BerlinMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Did the Allies Win World War II?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Defeat of JapanAtomic WarfareConclusion: Allied Victory and America’s Emergence as a SuperpowerLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 25 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 25Document 25-1: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Requests Declaration of War on Japan: Speech to Congress, December 8, 1941
Quiz for Document 25-1: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Requests Declaration of War on Japan: Speech to Congress, December 8, 1941 LaunchPadDocument 25-2: A Japanese American War Hero Recalls Pearl Harbor: Grant Hirabayashi, Oral History, 1999
Quiz for Document 25-2: A Japanese American War Hero Recalls Pearl Harbor: Grant Hirabayashi, Oral History, 1999 LaunchPadDocument 25-3: The Holocaust: A Journalist Reports on Nazi Massacres of Jews: Varian Fry, The Massacre of the Jews, December 21, 1942
Quiz for Document 25-3: The Holocaust: A Journalist Reports on Nazi Massacres of Jews: Varian Fry, The Massacre of the Jews, December 21, 1942 LaunchPadDocument 25-4: Soldiers Send Messages Home: Sergeant Irving Strobing, Radio Address from Corregidor, Philippines, May 5 or 6, 1942; John Conroy, Letter, December 24, 1942; Allen Spach, Letter, February 1943; James McMahon, Letter, March 10, 1944; and David Mark Olds, Letter, July 12, 1945Quiz for Document 25-4: Soldiers Send Messages Home: Sergeant Irving Strobing, Radio Address from Corregidor, Philippines, May 5 or 6, 1942; John Conroy, Letter, December 24, 1942; Allen Spach, Letter, February 1943; James McMahon, Letter, March 10, 1944; and David Mark Olds, Letter, July 12, 1945 LaunchPadDocument 25-5: Rosies the Riveters Recall Working in War Industries: Rosie the Riveter Memoirs
Quiz for Document 25-5: Rosies the Riveters Recall Working in War Industries: Rosie the Riveter Memoirs LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS 26. Cold War Politics in the Truman Years, 1945–1953Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Helen Gahagan Douglas, congresswoman and loyal Truman ally, supports the Marshall Plan, the creation of NATO, and the war in KoreaFrom the Grand Alliance to ContainmentThe Cold War BeginsANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Emerging Cold War"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPad The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall PlanMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why did the United States Launch the European Recovery Program?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadBuilding a National Security StateSuperpower Rivalry around the GlobeTruman and the Fair Deal at HomeReconverting to a Peacetime EconomyBlacks and Mexican Americans Push for Their Civil RightsThe Fair Deal FloundersThe Domestic Chill: McCarthyismEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "An Immigrant Scientist Encounters the Anti-Communist Crusade"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Cold War Becomes Hot: KoreaKorea and the Military Implementation of ContainmentFrom Containment to Rollback to ContainmentKorea, Communism, and the 1952 ElectionAn Armistice and the War’s CostsConclusion: The Cold War’s Costs and ConsequencesLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 26 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 26Document 26-1: General Marshall Summarizes the Lessons of World War II: For the Common Defense, 1945
Quiz for Document 26-1: General Marshall Summarizes the Lessons of World War II: For the Common Defense, 1945 LaunchPadDocument 26-2: George F. Kennan Outlines Containment: The Long Telegram, February 22, 1946
Quiz for Document 26-2: George F. Kennan Outlines Containment: The Long Telegram, February 22, 1946 LaunchPadDocument 26-3: Cold War Blueprint: NSC-68: U.S. Objectives and Programs for National Security, 1950
Quiz for Document 26-3: Cold War Blueprint: NSC-68: U.S. Objectives and Programs for National Security, 1950 LaunchPad
Document 26-4: Senator Joseph McCarthy Hunts Communists: Speech Delivered in Wheeling, West Virginia, February 9, 1950
Quiz for Document 26-4: Senator Joseph McCarthy Hunts Communists: Speech Delivered in Wheeling, West Virginia, February 9, 1950 LaunchPadDocument 26-5: Donald M. Griffith Recalls Combat in the Korean War: Donald M. Griffith Interview, 2003
Quiz for Document 26-5: Donald M. Griffith Recalls Combat in the Korean War: Donald M. Griffith Interview, 2003 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS27. The Politics and Culture of Abundance, 1952–1960Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Vice President Richard Nixon debates Russian premier Nikita KhrushchevEisenhower and the Politics of the "Middle Way"Modern RepublicanismTermination and Relocation of Native AmericansThe 1956 Election and the Second TermLiberation Rhetoric and the Practice of ContainmentThe "New Look" in Foreign PolicyApplying Containment to VietnamInterventions in Latin America and the Middle EastEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Operation Pedro: Young Political refugees Take Flight"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadThe Nuclear Arms RaceNew Work and Living Patterns in an Economy of AbundanceTechnology Transforms Agriculture and IndustryBurgeoning Suburbs and Declining CitiesThe Rise of the Sun BeltThe Democratization of Higher EducationMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "What Role Did the Government Play in the Prosperity of the Post-World War II years?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Culture of AbundanceConsumption Rules the DayThe Revival of Domesticity and ReligionTelevision Transforms Culture and PoliticsCountercurrentsThe Emergence of a Civil Rights MovementANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "The Brown Decision"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadAfrican Americans Challenge the Supreme Court and the PresidentMontgomery and Mass ProtestConclusion: Peace and Prosperity Mask Unmet ChallengesLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 27 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 27Document 27-1: Edith M. Stern Attacks the Domestic Bondage of Women: Women Are Household Slaves, 1949
Quiz for Document 27-1: Edith M. Stern Attacks the Domestic Bondage of Women: Women Are Household Slaves, 1949 LaunchPadDocument 27-2: Vance Packard Analyzes the Age of Affluence: The Status Seekers, 1959
Quiz for Document 27-2: Vance Packard Analyzes the Age of Affluence: The Status Seekers, 1959 LaunchPadDocument 27-3: George E. McMillan Reports on Racial Conditions in the South in 1960: George E. McMillan, "Sit-Downs: The South's New Time Bomb," 1960
Quiz for Document 27-3: George E. McMillan Reports on Racial Conditions in the South in 1960: George E. McMillan, "Sit-Downs: The South's New Time Bomb," 1960 LaunchPadDocument 27-4: Civil Defense in the Nuclear Shadow: North Dakota Civil Defense Agency, How You Will Survive, 1960
Quiz for Document 27-4: Civil Defense in the Nuclear Shadow: North Dakota Civil Defense Agency, How You Will Survive, 1960 LaunchPadDocument 27-5: President Dwight D. Eisenhower Warns about the Military-Industrial Complex: Farewell Address, January 1961
Quiz for Document 27-5: President Dwight D. Eisenhower Warns about the Military-Industrial Complex: Farewell Address, January 1961 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS28. Reform, Rebellion, and Reaction, 1960–1974Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Fannie Lou Hamer leads grassroots struggles of African Americans for voting rights and political empowermentLiberalism at High TideThe Unrealized Promise of Kennedy’s New FrontierJohnson Fulfills the Kennedy PromisePolicymaking for a Great SocietyAssessing the Great SocietyThe Judicial RevolutionThe Second ReconstructionThe Flowering of the Black Freedom StruggleThe Response in WashingtonMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "What Difference Did the Voting Rights Act Make?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadBlack Power and Urban RebellionsA Multitude of MovementsNative American ProtestLatino Struggles for JusticeStudent Rebellion, the New Left, and the CountercultureANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Student Protest"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadGay Men and Lesbians OrganizeThe New Wave of FeminismA Multifaceted Movement EmergesBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "Transnational Feminisms"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadFeminist Gains Spark a CountermovementLiberal Reform in the Nixon AdministrationExtending the Welfare State and Regulating the EconomyResponding to Environmental ConcernsExpanding Social JusticeConclusion: Achievements and Limitations of LiberalismLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 28 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 28Document 28-1: New Left Students Seek Democratic Social Change: Students for a Democratic Society, The Port Huron Statement, 1962Quiz for Document 28-1: New Left Students Seek Democratic Social Change: Students for a Democratic Society, The Port Huron Statement, 1962 LaunchPadDocument 28-2: Martin Luther King Jr. Explains Nonviolent Resistance: Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 1963Quiz for Document 28-2: Martin Luther King Jr. Explains Nonviolent Resistance: Letter from Birmingham City Jail, 1963 LaunchPadDocument 28-3: George C. Wallace Denounces the Civil Rights Movement: George C. Wallace, "The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax," July 4, 1964Quiz for Document 28-3: George C. Wallace Denounces the Civil Rights Movement: George C. Wallace, "The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax," July 4, 1964 LaunchPadDocument 28-4: Black Power: Chicago Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee Leaflet, 1967Quiz for Document 28-4: Black Power: Chicago Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee Leaflet, 1967 LaunchPadDocument 28-5: Equal Rights for Women: National Organization for Women, Statement of Purpose, October 29, 1966Quiz for Document 28-5: Equal Rights for Women: National Organization for Women, Statement of Purpose, October 29, 1966 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS29. Vietnam and the End of the Cold War Consensus, 1961–1975Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Lieutenant Frederick Downs, Jr., is wounded in Vietnam and returns home to a country divided over the warNew Frontiers in Foreign PolicyMeeting the "Hour of Maximum Danger"New Approaches to the Third WorldThe Arms Race and the Nuclear BrinkA Growing War in VietnamLyndon Johnson’s War against CommunismAn All-Out Commitment in VietnamPreventing Another Castro in Latin AmericaThe Americanized WarMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Couldn’t American Bombing Achieve Victory in Vietnam?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThose Who ServedA Nation PolarizedThe Widening War at HomeThe Tet Offensive and Johnson’s Move toward PeaceBEYOND AMERICA’S BORDERS: "1968: A Year of Protest"Quiz for Beyond America’s Borders LaunchPadThe Tumultuous Election of 1968Nixon, Détente, and the Search for Peace in VietnamMoving toward Détente with the Soviet Union and ChinaShoring Up U.S. Interests around the WorldVietnam Becomes Nixon’s WarANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Ending the War in Vietnam"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadThe Peace AccordsThe Legacy of DefeatConclusion: An Unwinnable WarLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 29 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 29Document 29-1: President Kennedy Explains Why We Are in Vietnam: Bobbie Lou Pendergrass, Letter to President John F. Kennedy, February 18, 1963 and President John F. Kennedy, Letter to Bobbie Lou Pendergrass, March 6, 1963Quiz for Document 29-1: President Kennedy Explains Why We Are in Vietnam: Bobbie Lou Pendergrass, Letter to President John F. Kennedy, February 18, 1963 and President John F. Kennedy, Letter to Bobbie Lou Pendergrass, March 6, 1963 LaunchPadDocument 29-2: A Secret Government Assessment of the Vietnam War: Robert S. McNamara, Actions Recommended for Vietnam, October 14, 1966Quiz for Document 29-2: A Secret Government Assessment of the Vietnam War: Robert S. McNamara, Actions Recommended for Vietnam, October 14, 1966 LaunchPadDocument 29-3: Military Discipline in an Unpopular War: Robert D. Heinl Jr., The Collapse of the Armed Forces, June 7, 1971Quiz for Document 29-3: Military Discipline in an Unpopular War: Robert D. Heinl Jr., The Collapse of the Armed Forces, June 7, 1971 LaunchPadDocument 29-4: An American Soldier in Vietnam: Arthur E. Woodley Jr., Oral History of a Special Forces RangerQuiz for Document 29-4: An American Soldier in Vietnam: Arthur E. Woodley Jr., Oral History of a Special Forces Ranger LaunchPadDocument 29-5: John Kerry Denounces the Vietnam War: John Kerry Testimony before the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations, 1971Quiz for Document 29-5: John Kerry Denounces the Vietnam War: John Kerry Testimony before the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations, 1971 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS30. America Moves to the Right, 1969–1989Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Phyllis Schlafly promotes conservatismNixon, Conservatism, and Constitutional CrisisEmergence of a Grassroots MovementEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "A Mother Campaigns for a Say in Her Children’s Education"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadNixon Courts the RightThe Election of 1972WatergateThe Ford Presidency and the 1976 ElectionThe "Outsider" Presidency of Jimmy CarterRetreat from LiberalismEnergy and Environmental ReformPromoting Human Rights AbroadThe Cold War IntensifiesRonald Reagan and the Conservative AscendancyAppealing to the New Right and BeyondUnleashing Free EnterpriseWinners and Losers in a Flourishing EconomyContinuing Struggles over RightsBattles in the Courts and CongressFeminism on the DefensiveMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "Why Did the ERA Fail?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadThe Gay and Lesbian Rights MovementANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Protecting Gay and Lesbian Rights"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPadRonald Reagan Confronts an "Evil Empire"Militarization and Interventions AbroadThe Iran-Contra ScandalA Thaw in Soviet-American RelationsConclusion: Reversing the Course of GovernmentLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 30 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 30 Document 30-1: The Watergate Tapes: Nixon, Dean, and Haldeman Discuss the Cancer within the Presidency: Transcript from Tape-Recorded Meeting, March 21, 1973Quiz for Document 30-1: The Watergate Tapes: Nixon, Dean, and Haldeman Discuss the Cancer within the Presidency: Transcript from Tape-Recorded Meeting, March 21, 1973 LaunchPadDocument 30-2: Roe v. Wade and Abortion Rights: Supreme Court Decision, 1973Quiz for Document 30-2: Roe v. Wade and Abortion Rights: Supreme Court Decision, 1973 LaunchPadDocument 30-3: Norma McCorvey Explains How She Became "Roe" of Roe v. Wade: Norma McCorvey Affidavit, United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 2000Quiz for Document 30-3: Norma McCorvey Explains How She Became "Roe" of Roe v. Wade: Norma McCorvey Affidavit, United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 2000 LaunchPadDocument 30-4: President Ronald Reagan Defends American Morality: Address to the National Association of American Evangelicals, 1983Quiz for Document 30-4: President Ronald Reagan Defends American Morality: Address to the National Association of American Evangelicals, 1983 LaunchPadDocument 30-5: A Vietnamese Immigrant on the West Coast: Anonymous Man, Oral History, 1983Quiz for Document 30-5: A Vietnamese Immigrant on the West Coast: Anonymous Man, Oral History, 1983 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONS31. The Promises and Challenges of Globalization, Since 1989Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPadOpening Vignette: Colin Powell adjusts to a post–Cold War worldDomestic Stalemate and Global Upheaval: The Presidency of George H. W. BushGridlock in GovernmentEXPERIENCING THE AMERICAN PROMISE: "Suing for Access: Disability and the Courts"Quiz for Experiencing the American Promise LaunchPadGoing to War in Central America and the Persian GulfThe 1992 ElectionThe Clinton Administration’s Search for the Middle GroundClinton’s ReformsAccommodating the RightImpeaching the PresidentThe Booming Economy of the 1990sThe United States in a Globalizing WorldDefining America’s Place in a New World OrderDebates over GlobalizationThe Internationalization of the United StatesMAKING HISTORICAL ARGUMENTS: "What Happened to American Manufacturing Jobs and Why Did it Matter?"Quiz for Making Historical Arguments LaunchPadPresident George W. Bush: Conservatism at Home and Radical Initiatives AbroadThe Disputed Election of 2000The Domestic Policies of a "Compassionate Conservative"The Globalization of TerrorismUnilateralism, Preemption, and the Iraq WarAfghanistanIraqThe Obama Presidency: Reform and BacklashGoverning during Economic Crisis and Political PolarizationANALYZING HISTORICAL EVIDENCE: "Caricaturing the Candidates: Clinton and Obama in 2008"Quiz for Analyzing Historical Evidence LaunchPad Redefining the War on TerrorConclusion: Defining the Government’s Role at Home and AbroadLearningCurve LaunchPad
Chapter ReviewChapter 31 Summative Quiz LaunchPad Documents from Reading the American Past, Chapter 31Document 31-1: National Security of the United States Requires Preemptive War: The National Security Strategy of the United States, September 2002Quiz for Document 31-1: National Security of the United States Requires Preemptive War: The National Security Strategy of the United States, September 2002 LaunchPadDocument 31-2: A Captured 9/11 Terrorist Confesses: Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Confession, 2007Quiz for Document 31-2: A Captured 9/11 Terrorist Confesses: Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Confession, 2007 LaunchPadDocument 31-3: A Christian Leader Argues That Evangelical Christianity Has Been Hijacked: Tony Campolo, Interview, 2004Quiz for Document 31-3: A Christian Leader Argues That Evangelical Christianity Has Been Hijacked: Tony Campolo, Interview, 2004 LaunchPadDocument 31-4: Joseph Stiglitz Describes Capitalist Fools' Responsibility for the Economic Crisis: Joseph E. Stiglitz, "Capitalist Fools," Global Research, December 11, 2008Quiz for Document 31-4: Joseph Stiglitz Describes Capitalist Fools' Responsibility for the Economic Crisis: Joseph E. Stiglitz, "Capitalist Fools," Global Research, December 11, 2008 LaunchPadDocument 31-5: President Barack Obama Declares a New Beginning in U. S. Relations with the Muslim World: President Barack Obama, "On a New Beginning," Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2010Quiz for Document 31-5: President Barack Obama Declares a New Beginning in U. S. Relations with the Muslim World: President Barack Obama, "On a New Beginning," Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2010 LaunchPadCOMPARATIVE QUESTIONSAPPENDICESI. DocumentsThe Declaration of IndependenceThe Constitution of the United StatesAmendments to the Constitution with Annotations (including the six unratified amendments)II. Government and DemographicsPresidential ElectionsSupreme Court JusticesAdmission of States to the UnionPopulation Growth, 1630–2010Major Trends in Immigration, 1820-2010Selected BibliographyGlossaryAcknowledgementsIndexAtlas of the Territorial Growth of the United StatesAbout the Authors
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