OUTLINE OF
U.S.
History
Early Settlement
Colonial Period
Road to Independence
Forming a Government
Westward Expansion
Sectional Conflict
Civil War
Economic Growth
Discontent and Reform
War, Prosperity, and Depression
The New Deal and World War II
Postwar Prosperity
Civil Rights and Social Change
A New World Order
Bridge to the 21st Century
2008 Presidential Election
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C O N T E N T S
CHAPTER 1 Early America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
CHAPTER 2 The Colonial Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
CHAPTER 3 The Road to Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
CHAPTER 4 The Formation of a National Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
CHAPTER 5 Westward Expansion and Regional Differences . . . . . . . 110
CHAPTER 6 Sectional Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
CHAPTER 7 The Civil War and Reconstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
CHAPTER 8 Growth and Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
CHAPTER 9 Discontent and Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
CHAPTER 10 War, Prosperity, and Depression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
CHAPTER 11 The New Deal and World War II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
CHAPTER 12 Postwar America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
CHAPTER 13 Decades of Change: 1960-1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
CHAPTER 14 The New Conservatism and a New World Order . . . . . . . 304
CHAPTER 15 Bridge to the 21st Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
CHAPTER 16 Politics of Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
PICTURE PROFILES
Becoming a Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Transforming a Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Monuments and Memorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Turmoil and Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
21st Century Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
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C H A P T E R
1EARLY
AMERICA
Mesa Verde settlement in
Colorado, 13th century.