The American Nation,9780130588494

The American Nation

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ISBN13: 9780130588494
ISBN10: 0130588490
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-05-01
Publisher(s): PRENTICE HALL SCHOOL GROUP
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Table of Contents

Student Success Handbook xxiv
Review The Emerging Nation 1(11)
The American Flag 12(444)
UNIT 5 Division and Reunion 456(84)
Slavery Divides the Nation (1820--1861)
458(26)
Slavery in the Territories
460(3)
The Compromise of 1850
463(5)
Connecting With...Culture Uncle Tom's Cabin
467(1)
The Crisis Deepens
468(5)
The Republican Party Emerges
473(5)
Skills for Life Identifying Bias
477(1)
A Nation Divides
478(6)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Fort Sumter
480(4)
The Civil War (1861--1865)
484(30)
The Conflict Takes Shape
486(4)
No Easy Victory
490(6)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Antietam National Battlefield
493(2)
Connecting With...Geography The Battle of Fredericksburg
495(1)
A Promise of Freedom
496(4)
Hardships of War
500(5)
The War Ends
505(9)
Skills for Life Analyzing Photographs
511(3)
Reconstruction and the Changing South (1863--1896)
514(26)
Early Steps to Reunion
516(5)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Ford's Theatre
518(2)
Skills for Life Solving Problems
520(1)
Radical Reconstruction
521(5)
Connecting With...Government and Citizenship The Power of the Fourteenth Amendment
525(1)
The South Under Reconstruction
526(4)
The End of Reconstruction
530(10)
Test Preparation
538(2)
UNIT 6 Transforming the Nation 540(86)
The New West (1865--1914)
542(30)
Indian Peoples of the Great Plains
544(3)
Mining and Railroading
547(5)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Garnet, Montana
550(2)
The Cattle Kingdom
552(5)
Skills for Life Evaluating Written Sources
556(1)
Indian Peoples in Retreat
557(5)
Farming
562(10)
Connecting With...Geography Sodbusting on the Plains
567(5)
Industrial Growth (1865--1914)
572(26)
Railroads Spur Industry
574(4)
The Rise of Big Business
578(6)
Connecting With...Economics Advertising in the Industrial Age
583(1)
Inventions Change the Nation
584(6)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Henry Ford Museum
588(2)
The Rise of Organized Labor
590(8)
Skills for Life Formulating Questions
595(3)
A New Urban Culture (1865--1914)
598(28)
New Immigrants in a Promised Land
600(6)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Ellis Island
602(4)
An Age of Cities
606(6)
Skills for Life Comparing Maps Over Time
611(1)
Life in the Changing Cities
612(5)
Connecting With...Culture The Early Days of Baseball
616(1)
Public Education and American Culture
617(9)
Test Preparation
624(2)
UNIT 7 A New Role for the Nation 626(88)
The Progressive Era (1876--1920)
628(30)
Reform in the Gilded Age
630(3)
The Progressives
633(5)
Connecting With...Government and Citizenship The Muckrakers
637(1)
Progressives in the White House
638(7)
Skills for Life Analyzing Political Cartoons
644(1)
Women Win Reforms
645(4)
Other Americans Seek Justice
649(9)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Tuskegee Institute
650(8)
Becoming a World Power (1865--1916)
658(26)
A Pacific Empire
660(8)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here White Pass and Yukon Railroad
662(5)
Skills for Life Identifying Historical Trends
667(1)
War With Spain
668(7)
The United States in Latin America
675(9)
Connecting With...Science and Technology Fighting the Deadly Mosquito
681(3)
World War I (1914--1919)
684(30)
War in Europe
686(5)
From Neutrality to War
691(7)
Skills for Life Recognizing Propaganda
697(1)
Americans in Battle
698(6)
Connecting With...Government and Citizenship Honoring Our Veterans
703(1)
The Failed Peace
704(10)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here The Hall of Mirrors
705(7)
Test Preparation
712(2)
UNIT 8 Prosperity, Depression, and War 714(92)
The Roaring Twenties (1919--1929)
716(28)
Politics and Prosperity
718(6)
Skills for Life Determining Relevance
723(1)
New Ways of Life
724(6)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Hollywood Boulevard
728(2)
The Roaring Twenties
730(6)
Connecting With...Culture The Harlem Renaissance
735(1)
A Nation Divided
736(8)
The Great Depression (1929--1941)
744(28)
The Great Crash
746(6)
FDR and the New Deal
752(7)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here San Antonio River Walk
755(3)
Connecting With...Geography The TVA Today
758(1)
Response to the New Deal
759(6)
Skills for Life Evaluating Long-Term Effects
764(1)
The Nation in Hard Times
765(7)
The World War II Era (1935--1945)
772(34)
The Gathering Storm
774(4)
World War II Begins
778(6)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here USS Arizona Memorial
782(2)
Americans in Wartime
784(6)
Connecting With...Economics A Wartime Economy
789(1)
The Allies Turn the Tide
790(6)
Skills for Life Evaluating the Validity of Internet Sources
795(1)
The End of the War
796(10)
Test Preparation
804(2)
UNIT 9 The Bold Experiment Continues 806(100)
The Cold War Era (1945--1991)
808(32)
The Cold War Begins
810(6)
Skills for Life Predicting Consequences
815(1)
The Korean War Period
816(5)
Regional Conflicts
821(6)
Connecting With...Science and Technology NASA and the Space Age
826(1)
The War in Vietnam
827(5)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Vietnam Veterans Memorial
830(2)
The Cold War Ends
832(8)
Prosperity, Rebellion, and Reform (1945--1980)
840(30)
Postwar Policies and Prosperity
842(7)
Connecting With...Culture The Early Days of Television
848(1)
The Civil Rights Movement
849(7)
Skills for Life Interpreting Oral History
855(1)
Protest, Reform, and Doubt
856(6)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Kennedy Space Center
857(5)
The Crusade for Equal Rights
862(8)
The Nation in a New World (1970-Present)
870(36)
The Conservative Revolt
872(6)
American Leadership in a New World
878(5)
The Spread of Regional Conflict
883(5)
A Global Economy
888(6)
AmericanHeritage® History Happened Here Everglades National Park
891(2)
Connecting With...Economics Oil: A Valuable Resource
893(1)
New Challenges for the Nation
894(12)
Skills for Life Transferring Information
899(5)
Test Preparation
904(2)
Reference Section 906(41)
The Declaration of Independence
907(4)
The Constitution of the United States
911(23)
Presidents of the United States
934(4)
The Fifty States
938(2)
Geographic Atlas
940(4)
Gazetteer
944(3)
Glossary 947(12)
Spanish Glossary 959(13)
Index 972(10)
Credits 982

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