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Muntone, Stephanie. U.S. History DeMYSTiFieD. US: McGraw-Hill, 2011.

U.S. History DeMYSTiFieD

Authors: Stephanie Muntone

Published:  September 2011

eISBN: 9780071754644 0071754644 | ISBN: 9780071754637
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  • Contents
  • How to Use This Book
  • Introduction: Understanding the Themes of U.S. History
  • Geography
  • Imperialism
  • Religion
  • Racism
  • Immigration
  • Federalism
  • Part I: Settlement and Colonization: Ratification of the U.S. Constitution
  • Chapter 1 Settlement and Colonization of North America
  • The First Peoples
  • The European Voyagers
  • Clashes between the Native Americans and the Europeans
  • Chapter 2 The British Colonies
  • Economic Opportunity
  • Religious Self-Determination: The New England Theocracy
  • Religious Self-Determination: The Dissenters
  • Chapter 3 Colonial Life
  • Family and Community Life
  • The Growth of Slavery
  • Education and the Enlightenment
  • Politics and the Economy
  • Chapter 4 The French and Indian War, 1747–1763
  • Europeans and Indians: Conflict and Alliance
  • The Albany Plan of Union
  • The French and Indian War
  • Effects of the French and Indian War
  • Chapter 5 The Road to Revolution, 1763–1774
  • Effects of the French and Indian War
  • The Parliamentary Acts
  • Protest in Boston
  • The Coercive/Intolerable Acts
  • The First Continental Congress
  • Chapter 6 The American Revolution, 1775–1783
  • The Shot Heard Round the World
  • The Battle of Bunker Hill
  • The Colonies Declare Independence
  • Battles of the Revolutionary War
  • The 1783 Treaty of Paris
  • Chapter 7 The Articles of Confederation, 1777–1781
  • The State Governments
  • The National Government
  • Effects of the Articles of Confederation
  • Chapter 8 The Constitution and the Bill of Rights
  • The Constitutional Convention
  • The Great Compromise
  • An Overview of the Constitution
  • Checks and Balances
  • The Struggle for Ratification
  • Ratification and Its Aftermath
  • The Bill of Rights
  • Chapter 9 Establishing a New Nation, 1788–1815
  • The Washington Administration
  • Political Parties
  • The Adams Administration
  • The Election of 1800
  • The Jefferson Administration
  • The Madison Administration
  • Part I: Exam
  • Part II: Nineteenth-Century U.S. History
  • Chapter 10 The Early Nineteenth Century, 1793–1838
  • The Monroe Administration
  • The Great Migration
  • The Industrial Revolution
  • The Spread of Slavery and the Missouri Compromise
  • John Quincy Adams
  • The Jackson Administration
  • Chapter 11 Religion and Reform, 1790–1848
  • Political Developments
  • The Second Great Awakening
  • Women’s Rights
  • Literature
  • Chapter 12 American Economic Development, 1812–1845
  • The American System
  • The Northern Economy: Social Classes
  • The Northern Economy: Immigration
  • The Southern Economy
  • Chapter 13 Westward Expansion and Sectional Division, 1830–1850
  • Westward Migration
  • The Republic of Texas
  • The Mexican War
  • The Election of 1848
  • California Gold
  • The Compromise of 1850
  • The Indian Frontier
  • Chapter 14 A House Divided, 1820–1860
  • Sectional Division
  • Abolitionist Literature
  • New Political Parties
  • Kansas-Nebraska Act
  • John Brown and “Bleeding Kansas”
  • Dred Scott Decision
  • The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
  • Harpers Ferry
  • The Election of 1860
  • Chapter 15 The Civil War, 1861–1865
  • President Abraham Lincoln
  • Strengths and Weaknesses of North and South
  • The Start of the War
  • The Union Takes the Mississippi River
  • The Army of the Potomac
  • The Emancipation Proclamation
  • Gettysburg: The Turning Point
  • The War of Attrition
  • The Assassination of Lincoln
  • Chapter 16 Reconstruction, 1865–1877
  • Reconstruction Plans under Lincoln
  • Reconstruction under Andrew Johnson
  • Congress Takes Action
  • Radical Reconstruction
  • The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
  • The Election of 1868
  • 1876: Election and Compromise
  • The Rise of Jim Crow Laws
  • Chapter 17 Westward Movement, 1860–1898
  • Conflicts with Indians in the Great Plains
  • Settling the Plains and the West
  • Farming
  • Ranching
  • Mining
  • Chapter 18 The Rise of Big Business and the Gilded Age, 1870–1896
  • Technological Revolutions
  • The Growth of Big Business
  • Industrialization and Workers
  • The Great Strikes
  • Social Classes
  • Chapter 19 Politics and the Call for Reform, 1865–1900
  • The Rise of the Big Cities
  • Big-City Politics
  • Politics in Washington
  • Populism
  • Part II: Exam
  • Part III: Twentieth-Century U.S. History
  • Chapter 20 The Progressive Era, 1900–1920
  • The Progressive Era
  • The Muckrakers
  • Reform under Roosevelt
  • Reform under Taft
  • Reform under Wilson
  • The Nineteenth Amendment
  • Chapter 21 The United States Becomes a World Power
  • Pressure to Expand
  • Trade with China and Japan
  • The United States Annexes Hawaii
  • The Spanish-American War
  • After the War
  • The Panama Canal
  • Promoting Economic Growth
  • Chapter 22 World War I and Its Aftermath, 1914–1920
  • War Breaks Out
  • Trench Warfare on the Western Front
  • The United States Enters the War
  • The American Army
  • The Home Front
  • Victory and Armistice
  • Determining the Peace
  • The Costs of the War
  • Chapter 23 The Jazz Age, 1919–1929
  • The Arts
  • Politics in the 1920s
  • The Rise of the Flapper
  • The Rise of the Automobile
  • Organized Crime: The “Black Sox” Scandal and Prohibition
  • The Scopes Trial
  • Chapter 24 The Great Depression, 1929–1939
  • The Stock Market Crash
  • Hoover’s Response to the Depression
  • Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
  • The Early Phases of the New Deal
  • The Second New Deal
  • The Dust Bowl
  • Escape
  • Chapter 25 World War II, 1936–1945
  • American Neutrality
  • German Expansionism and the Outbreak of World War II
  • FDR Reelected
  • Pearl Harbor: The United States Enters the War
  • Mobilization in the United States
  • Military Campaigns in Europe
  • The War in Europe, 1943-1944
  • The Invasion of Normandy
  • Surrender in Europe: V-E Day
  • War in the Pacific
  • Nuclear War against Japan
  • Results of the War
  • The United Nations
  • Chapter 26 The United States in the Postwar Era, 1945–1960
  • The Beginnings of the Cold War
  • International Organizations
  • Rebuilding Europe
  • Anti-Communist Hysteria and McCarthyism
  • The Truman Administration
  • The Eisenhower Administration
  • Social Changes, 1945–1960
  • Civil Rights
  • Chapter 27 The New Frontier and the Civil Rights Movement, 1960–1964
  • The Election of 1960
  • Foreign Policy
  • The Civil Rights Movement
  • The Space Race
  • Kennedy’s Assassination
  • Chapter 28 The Great Society, 1964–1968
  • Lyndon Baines Johnson
  • The Great Society
  • Civil Rights in the Late 1960s
  • The Women’s Movement
  • Chapter 29 The Vietnam War, 1961–1975
  • Background: Vietnam
  • The United States Sends Troops
  • The Vietnam War Expands
  • Combat in Vietnam, 1965–1968
  • Protest and Dissent at Home
  • The Tet Offensive
  • The War under the Nixon Administration
  • The End of the War
  • Chapter 30 The Nixon Era and Watergate, 1968–1974
  • Richard Nixon
  • The 1968 Election
  • Domestic Policy under Nixon
  • Foreign Policy
  • Watergate and the Washington Post
  • The 1972 Election
  • The Oval Office Tapes
  • The Pardon
  • The Legacy of Watergate
  • Chapter 31 The Cold War Ends, 1976–1991
  • The Presidency of Jimmy Carter
  • The Election of 1980
  • Reaganomics
  • Iran Contra
  • The End of the Cold War
  • The Breakup of the Soviet Union
  • Part III: Exam
  • Final Exam
  • Afterword: The United States since the Fall of Communism
  • Federalism
  • Immigration
  • Foreign Relations
  • Religious Divisions
  • Racism
  • Answer Key
  • Bibliography and Sources for Further Reading
  • Index