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Start Here o You Are Part Of History
o Warning
o Who is Jesús O'Sullivan
For Teachers
o Credits
o Search
o Features of the Book
15,000 BCE to 3,000 BCE: Asian Migration
o Asian Migration
o Audio Introduction
o It Begins
An Immigrant People
Then Everything Changed
The Anzick Boy
o Moving South
Hunter-Gatherers
Then Everything Changed, Again
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: It Begins
Assessment 2: Moving South
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
3,000 BCE to 1492 CE: 25 Million Americans
o 25 Million Americans
o Audio Introduction
o Cities to Empires
Big Corn = Big Cities
Then Came the Empires
Teotihuacan
Meanwhile in South America…
You Will Be Assimilated
o In the North, Societies Were Different
In the North, Societies Were Different
Nomads of the Far North
Northwest Coastal Peoples
The Southwest Peoples
Buffalo Eaters of the Plains
California Peoples
The Great Basin and Plateau
The Mysterious Mound Builders of the East
Woodland Indians After the Mound Builders
o The American Way
The American Way
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: Cities to Empires
Assessment 2: In the North, Societies Were Different, and The
American Way
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1492 to 1600: Conquerors, Explorers, or Opportunists?
o Conquerors, Explorers, or Opportunists?
o Audio Introduction
o The Silk Road
Spice... Big Deal?
Big Bucks on the Silk Road
o Cartographers & Navigators
The Nerds of Renaissance Europe
The Rush Was On
o Explorers
How a Tiny Nose Ring Changed Everything
The First Whistleblower in the Americas
“Let’s Divvy Up the World in Two Parts”
If You Can’t Make It in Business or as a Pig Farmer, Try Exploration
and Conquest
o Conquerors
Invisible Ally Helps Cortes Conquer Mexico
The Columbian Exchange
o Pirates
Did Pirates Help Finance America?
Some Examples of Ubiquitous Piracy in the 1500s
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: The Silk Road and Cartographers & Navigators
Assessment 2: Explorers, Conquerors, and Pirates
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1600 to 1700: The Great European Migration
o The Great European Migration
o Audio Introduction
o Why Did They Leave Europe?
Overpopulation
No Room for New Business in Europe
o The European Players in the New World
The European Players in the New World
Jamestown
o 250 Years of Racial War Begins
A Wild Beginning
John Smith
o The Pattern of Conflict in Anglo-America
The Pattern of Conflict in Anglo-America
The Pilgrims... No Leaping on Sundays!
o The Colonies Survived and Got Wealthy
The First Thanksgiving
There Was a Problem With the Deal… Hard Times
Two English Theories of Generating Wealth
o The Press of People
The Press of People
The Pequot War
King Philip’s War and the End of Five Tribes
o The Colonies Took Shape
England: The Navigation Acts
The French Get Their Share
The Dutch in North America
Spanish Invasion From the South
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: Why Did They Leave Europe, The European Players in
the New World, and 250 Years of Racial War Begins
Assessment 2: The Pattern of Conflict in Anglo-America and The
Colonies Survived and Got Wealthy
Assessment 3: The Press of People & The Colonies Took Shape
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1700 to 1750: The Colonies Take Off!
o The Colonies Take Off!
o Audio Introduction
o The British Southern Colonies
The Great Land Grab
Southern Society
Slavery in the Colonial South
Critical Thinking Questions
o The New England & Middle Colonies
Commerce & Witch Trials
African Americans in the North
The Enlightenment & Colonial Economy
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: The Great Land Grab and Southern Society
Assessment 2: Slavery in the Colonial South
Assessment 3: Commerce & Witch Trials
Assessment 4: African Americans in the North and the Enlightenment
& Colonial Economy
o Chapter Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1750 to 1775: Prelude to Revolution
o Prelude to Revolution
o Audio Introduction
o European Aspirations in North America
Longtime Rivals for North America
The French and Indian War
Victory Brought More Problems for the British
Critical Thinking Questions
o Colonial Conflict
Tensions Between the Colonies and Britain Grew
George Grenville's Attempts to Stop Smuggling
Settlers Moved West
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: European Aspirations in North America
Assessment 2: Colonial Conflict
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1770 to 1783: The American Revolution
o The American Revolution
o Audio Introduction
o The Road to Rebellion
The Boston Tea Party
Boston Patriots Led the Rebellion
The First Continental Congress
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Road to Independence
Independence Declared
The Battles at Lexington and Concord
The Second Continental Congress
Declaration Adopted
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Struggle for Independence Continued
The Early Battles
The Continental Army
Colonial Life During The Revolution
Critical Thinking Questions
o American Freedom
Colonial Expectations and French Support
Devastation in the South
British Surrender
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: The Road to Rebellion
Assessment 2: The Road to Independence
Assessment 3: The Struggle for Independence Continued
Assessment 4: American Freedom
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1777 to 1787: Republic or Democracy?
o Republic or Democracy?
o Audio Introduction
o The Articles of Confederation
The First Attempt to Govern
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Challenges of a New Nation
Flaws in the Articles of Confederation
Growth and Rebellion
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: Republic or Democracy?
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1785 to 1788: The Constitution
o The Constitution
o Audio Introduction
o Creation and Ratification
The Grand Convention
Plans and Compromise
Ratification and the Federalist Papers
“We the People of the United States”
The Constitution of the United States
Critical Thinking Questions
o A User's Guide
A User's Guide
The Preamble
The Seven Original Articles
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
The Bill of Rights
Amendments 11-27
Critical Thinking Questions
o Videos
1st Amendment
2nd and 3rd Amendments
4th and 5th Amendments
6th to 10th Amendments
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: The Constitution
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1788 to 1800: His Majesty George Washington?
o His Majesty George Washington?
o Audio Introduction
o Establishing a Federal Government
President George Washington
The Jefferson and Hamilton Argument
The First Political Parties in America
Critical Thinking Questions
o Challenges for a New Nation
Challenges Home and Abroad
Challenges for America in Europe
Washington’s Farewell Address
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Age of Adams
The Election of 1796
Troubles with France
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: Establishing a Government
Assessment 2: Challenges for a New Nation & The Age of Adams
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1800s: Jefferson Buys 530 Million Acres
o Jefferson Buys 530 Million Acres
o Audio Introduction
o The Age of Jefferson
The Presidential Election of 1800
President Thomas Jefferson
The End of the Federalist Party
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Louisiana Purchase
The US Doubles in Size
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: Jefferson Buys 530 Million Acres
Assessment 2: The Age of Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1810s: Growing Pains
o Growing Pains
o Audio Introduction
o America on the World Stage
Foreign Affairs
The War of 1812
Critical Thinking Questions
o Nationalism to Sectionalism
Nationalism
Sectionalism and Transportation
The Missouri Compromise
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: America on the World Stage
Assessment 2: Nationalism to Sectionalism
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1820s: When Smoke Stacks Were Beautiful
o When Smoke Stacks Were Beautiful
o Audio Introduction
o The Western Hemisphere and American Expansion
The Monroe Doctrine
Westward Expansion
Critical Thinking Questions
o The System of Slavery
Slavery in America
A Peculiar Institution
Critical Thinking Questions
o The South and Cotton
The Society Built on Cotton
Land of Cotton
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Next American Revolutions
The Early Industrial Revolution
The Transportation Revolution
Critical Thinking Questions
o Social Changes in America
Can I Get an AMEN?
The Second Great Awakening
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: The Western Hemisphere and American Expansion &
The System of Slavery
Assessment 2: The South and Cotton & The Next Revolutions & Social
Changes in America
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1830s: The Race Wars Continue
o The Race Wars Continue
o Audio Introduction
o The Age of Jacksonian Democracy
President Andrew Jackson
Problems with the National Bank and Native Relocation
Critical Thinking Questions
o Nationalism and Westward Expansion
Manifest Destiny
Remember the Alamo
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: The Race Wars Continue
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1840s: America at a Crossroads
o America at a Crossroads
o Audio Introduction
o Wagon Trains, War, and Leadership
Congressional Leadership During Troubled Times
The Mexican-American War & Fifty-Four Forty or Fight
Critical Thinking Questions
o Westward Ho
The Wagon Trains
The Dangerous Journey
The Trails & the Gold Rush
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Road to Freedom
The Abolitionist Movement
The Underground Railroad
Critical Thinking Questions
o Women Begin the Fight for Their Rights
The Suffrage Movement
The Seneca Falls Convention
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: Wagon Trains, War, and Leadership
Assessment 2: Westward Ho
Assessment 3: The Road to Freedom & Women Begin the Fight for
Their Rights
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1850s: The Tragic Prelude to War
o The Tragic Prelude
o Audio Introduction
o The Tragic Prelude to War
California and the Compromise of 1850
Popular Sovereignty and Bleeding Kansas
Critical Thinking Questions
o Changes in Daily Life and the Workplace
Inventions and Innovations Before 1860
Factories and Urbanization before 1860
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Culture of the South Before 1860
Plantation Life Before 1860
The Other South Before 1860
Critical Thinking Questions
o Rebellions and Violence Before 1860
Nat Turner and Dred Scott
Anthony Burns and John Brown
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: The Tragic Prelude & Changes in Daily Life and the
Workplace
Assessment 2: The Culture of the South Before 1860
Assessment 3: Rebellions and Violence Before 1860
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1860s: Brother Against Brother
o Brother Against Brother
o Audio Introduction
o The Nation Divides
“A House Divided”
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
The American Civil War & Ft. Sumter
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Bloodshed Begins, 1861
Differences Between North and South
Weapons and Tactics
The First Battle of Bull Run
Critical Thinking Questions
o Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory, 1862
Juggling Generals and Tin Cans
Shiloh, Antietam, and Fredericksburg
The Emancipation Proclamation
Critical Thinking Questions
o The High Tide & Turning Point, 1863-1864
Gettysburg and Chancellorsville
Ulysses S. Grant – Wilderness, Overland, Spotsylvania… and
Andersonville
Critical Thinking Questions
o Total Warfare & the End, 1864-1865
General Sherman’s March
The Fall of Richmond and Surrender
The Death of Abraham Lincoln
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Path to Reconstruction
The Arduous Task and Radical Republicans
Johnson, Impeachment, and a New President
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Victories and Failures of Reconstruction
The Freedman’s Bureau of Other High Hopes
The Economic and Political Realities of Reconstruction
Critical Thinking Questions
o More Than Just the Civil War
Western Settlement During the 1860s
Expansion Politics, Immigration, and Railroads
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: The Nation Divides
Assessment 2: The Bloodshed Begins, 1861
Assessment 3: Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory, 1862
Assessment 4: The High Tide & Turning Point, 1863-1864
Assessment 5: Total Warfare & the End, 1864-1865
Assessment 6: The Path to Reconstruction
Assessment 7: The Victories and Failures of Reconstruction & More
Than Just the Civil War
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1870s: Recovery and Expansion
o Recovery and Expansion
o Audio Introduction
o Recovery and Expansion
The Elections of 1872 and 1876
The Political Machine
Corruption and Civil Service
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Second Industrial Revolution
America’s Two Industrial Ages
Oil, Steel, and Electricity
Industry In The South
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Next Wave of Immigration
The Golden Age of Immigration
Voyaging and Landings
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Growth of Cities
The Growth of Cities in the Late 1800s
A Home in the City
City Life Was Not ALL Bad
Critical Thinking Questions
o More Clashes on the Prairie
The Vanishing Way of Life
The Plains Ran Red
Ranchers and Cowboys
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: Recovery & Expansion
Assessment 2: The Second Industrial Revolution
Assessment 3: The Next Wave of Immigration
Assessment 4: The Growth of Cities
Assessment 5: More Clashes on the Prairie
o Summaries
Work Summary
1880s: The Double-Edged Sword of Capitalism
o The Double-Edged Sword of Capitalism
o Audio Introduction
o The Double-Edged Sword of Capitalism
The Few Control More
Railroads
Labor
Politics
Critical Thinking Questions
o Technology and Urban Life
Technology Transformed Cities
Mass Transit
Other Inventions
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Importance of Education
Public Education
African American Education
Critical Thinking Questions
o Segregation and Discrimination
South
North
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Growth of Mass Culture
Americans Learned to Have Fun
Spectator Events
Culture for the Masses
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: The Double-Edged Sword of Capitalism
Assessment 2: Technology and Urban Life & The Importance of
Education
Assessment 3: Segregation and Discrimination
Assessment 4: The Growth of Mass Culture
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1890s: Progressive Spirit & Reform
o Progressive Spirit & Reform
o Audio Introduction
o Politics in the Gilded Age & the Progressive Movement
Big Business and the Gilded Age
The Rich & the Poor
The Progressive Movement
Critical Thinking Questions
o Populism Became Progressive
The Election of 1892
Railroads, the Grange, and the Populist Party
First Depression, Silver & Gold
Plessy v. Ferguson
Critical Thinking Questions
o Workplace Reforms
Workers in the Gilded Age
The Homestead Strike and the Pinkertons
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: Politics in the Gilded Age & the Progressive Movement
Assessment 2: Populism Became Progressive
Assessment 3: Workplace Reforms
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1900s: Imperial America
o Imperial America
o Audio Introduction
o Imperial America
The Spanish-American War
“Remember the Maine” and a “Splendid Little War”
Critical Thinking Questions
o Imperialism and America’s Rise to Power
American Imperialism Around 1900
Overseas Territories and America’s Rise as a World Power
Critical Thinking Questions
o Progressive Presidents Led to an Imperial Nation
Teddy Roosevelt Became the Progressive President
Progressives Change America
The Election of 1908 and Taft
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: The Spanish-American War
Assessment 2: Imperialism and America’s Rise to Power
Assessment 3: Progressive Presidents Led to an Imperial Nation
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1910s: The End of Innocence
o The End of Innocence
o Audio Introduction
o America in the Decade
The Progressive Movement, Continued
Vaudeville & Women's Changing Fashions
Progressive Protectors & the Right to Vote
American Industry in the 1910s
The Shadow of TR
America as an Empire, Continued
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Path to War
Imperialism, Nationalism, and Militarism
A System of Alliances
Neutrality?
Critical Thinking Questions
o World War I Begins
The Battles Begin
Trench Warfare
Weapons of War and Technology
The Cost of Years of War
Critical Thinking Questions
o America Enters & Tips the War
The Difficulties in Staying Neutral
America Declares War on Germany
The Yanks Turn the Tide of War
Critical Thinking Questions
o World War I Ends
Wilson's Plan for Peace
The Armistice and Treaty of Versailles
The League of Nations Debate and the Legacy of WWI
Critical Thinking Questions
o The War at Home
Growth of Government and Propaganda
Attacks on Civil Liberties
Societal Changes, Suffrage, and Spanish Influenza
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: The Progressive Movement and Entertainment
Assessment 2: The Shadow of TR and America as an Empire,
Continued
Assessment 3: The Path to War
Assessment 4: World War I Begins
Assessment 5: America Enters & Tips the War
Assessment 6: World War I Ends
Assessment 7: The War at Home
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1920s: The Roaring Twenties
o The Roaring Twenties
o Audio Introduction
o Post-World War I Issues and Struggles
Before the Roar
The Return to Isolation
Military Build-Up and Prohibition
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Roar Restored
The Harding Presidency
Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Roar and the Crash
“The Chief Business of the American People is Business”
Credit, Cars, Jazz, and Life in Rural America
The Crash and the Slide
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: Before the Roar
Assessment 2: The Roar Restored
Assessment 3: The Roar and the Crash
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1930s: The Great Depression & a New Deal
o The Great Depression & a New Deal
o Audio Introduction
o The Great Depression
Attempts to Thwart the Great Depression
The Bonus Army
Other Causes of the Great Depression
Hardship & Suffering
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Darkness & the Light
The Workers in the Depression
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
The Dust Bowl
Critical Thinking Questions
o FDR & the First & Second New Deals
President Roosevelt & His First New Deal
President Roosevelt’s Second New Deal
Critical Thinking Questions
o The New Deal Impacted Every American
Most Americans Loved the New Deal
Art for the Masses
Benefits of the New Deal
Critical Thinking Questions
o American Culture in the 1930s
The American Family
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: Attempts to Thwart the Great Depression and The
Bonus Army
Assessment 2: Other Causes of the Great Depression and Hardship &
Suffering
Assessment 3: The Darkness & the Light
Assessment 4: FDR & the First & Second New Deals
Assessment 5: The New Deal Impacted Every American
Assessment 6: American Culture in the 1930s
o Summaries
1940s: The Last Great War?
o The Last Great War?
o Audio Introduction
o The Rumblings of War
European Economic Instability
Dictators Threaten Peace
Preludes to War
Critical Thinking Questions
o World War II Begins
European Aggression & American Isolation
The War in Europe
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Holocaust and How It Happened
It Began as a Whispered Mystery
Kristallnacht & Death Camps
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Allies United
America on the Brink of War
American Politics
“A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”
Critical Thinking Questions
o How the U.S. Mobilized for War
The Aftershock of Pearl Harbor
American Industry During WWII
Military Buildup During WWII
Critical Thinking Questions
o The U.S. at War in Europe and Northern Africa
The North Atlantic, Italy, and Stalingrad
The Beginning of the End
Roosevelt, Hitler, and V-E Day
Critical Thinking Questions
o The U.S. at War in the Pacific
Japan’s Grab for Power
President Truman’s Decision Ended WWII
Critical Thinking Questions
o WWII on the Home Front
The War at Home
Arts & Entertainment
Critical Thinking Questions
o Victory and Consequence
The End of WWII
The World was Changed Forever
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Cold War Begins
The Two Superpowers
The Cold War Heats Up
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: The Rumblings of War
Assessment 2: World War II Begins
Assessment 3: The Holocaust and How It Happened
Assessment 4: The Allies United
Assessment 5: How the US Mobilized for War
Assessment 6: The US at War in Europe and Northern Africa
Assessment 7: The US at War in the Pacific
Assessment 8: WWII on the Home Front
Assessment 9: Victory and Consequence
Assessment 10: The Cold War Begins
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1950s: Peace & the Cold War
o Peace & the Cold War
o Audio Introduction
o The Cold War Gets Hot — The Korean War
The Cold War in Korea
America Enters the Police Action
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Cold War at Home
Post-WWII Challenges
The Second Red Scare
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Feel-Good ‘50s
Post-War Boom
The American Dream & Pop Culture
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Other America
The Hidden Poor
Americans of Color in the 1950s
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Civil Rights Movement
Jim Crow to Brown v. Board of Education
The Activists
Violence and Peaceful Protest
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: The Cold War Gets Hot — The Korean War
Assessment 2: Red Scares: The Cold War at Home
Assessment 3: The Second Red Scare
Assessment 4: Post-War Boom
Assessment 5: The American Dream & Pop Culture and The Other
America
Assessment 6: The Civil Rights Movement
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1960s: The Flower Children March
o The Flower Children March
o Audio Introduction
o JFK & the Cold War
Election of 1960, Bay of Pigs, Berlin Crisis
90 Miles from Destruction & the Cold War in Vietnam
Critical Thinking Questions
o The New Frontier
Unsolved Problems and Unanswered Questions
An Explosive Time – Civil Rights and NASA
o A Grassy Knoll Changed the Nation
JFK Assassinated
LBJ Became President as the Nation Mourned
o The Great Society & Vietnam
A Colorful President Changes Society
Dangers of the Vietnam War
Critical Thinking Questions
o Civil Rights: Victory, Chaos, & Change
Sit-Ins, Freedom Riders, and a Birmingham Jail
The March on Washington and Freedom Summer
Bloodshed and the Deaths of Dr. King and Bobby
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Women’s Movement
A Long Way from Rosie the Riveter to NOW
The ERA and Roe v. Wade
Critical Thinking Questions
o Other Groups Seek Equality
Hispanic Americans in the 1960s
Gay Rights & the American Indian Movement in the 1960s
Critical Thinking Questions
o Social Change, the Two Extremes
The Far Out Left, SDS, Woodstock, and the Manson Family
The Far Right of Goldwater and Buckley
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: JFK & the Cold War and the New Frontier
Assessment 2: A Grassy Knoll
Assessment 3: Civil Rights: Victory, Chaos, & Change
Assessment 4: The Women's Movement
Assessment 5: Other Groups Seek Equality
Assessment 6: Social Change, the Two Extremes
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1970s: Chaos, Order, & Social Change
o Chaos, Order, & Social Change
o Audio Introduction
o Chaos, Order, & Social Change
The Nixon Presidency
Nam in the Living Room
The Anti-War Movement
The Aftermath of Vietnam
Critical Thinking Questions
o Nixon, Vietnam, & the Watergate Scandal
Nixon & the Watergate Scandal
All the President’s Men
Saturday Night Massacre
Nixon's Resignation
Critical Thinking Questions
o Misery & Malaise
President Gerald Ford & the Evacuation of Vietnam
President Jimmy Carter & The Iranian Hostage Crisis
The Election of 1980
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: The Nixon Presidency and Nam in the Living Room
Assessment 2: The Anti-War Movement and the Aftermath of Vietnam
Assessment 3: Nixon, Vietnam, & the Watergate Scandal
Assessment 4: Misery & Malaise
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
1980s: The Reagan Revolution
o The Reagan Revolution
o Audio Introduction
o The Reagan Revolution
Inauguration Day
Reagan’s Background & an Assassination Attempt
The Reagan Economic Agenda
Major Issues During the Reagan Administration
Reagan’s Second Term
Critical Thinking Questions
o The 1980s & George H.W. Bush
The Election of 1988 & Points of Light
Bush on the World Stage
Critical Thinking Questions
o The Feel-Good Culture of the 1980s
The Conservative Agenda’s Influence
The Environment, Technology, & Women's & Civil Rights
AIDS & American Entertainment Culture
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: The Reagan Revolution
Assessment 2: Major Issues in the 1980s and Reagan’s Second Term
Assessment 3: George H.W. Bush and the Feel-Good 80s
o Summaries
1990s: The Modern President
o The Modern President
o Audio Introduction
o The Modern Presidency
The End of the Cold War
The Persian Gulf War & President Bush's Reforms
Critical Thinking Questions
o Bill Clinton & the 1990s
The Election of 1992
Civil War in Somalia and Bosnia
Terrorism & President Clinton's First Term
Critical Thinking Questions
o Bill Clinton’s Final Four Years
President Clinton's Second Term
The Impeachment of President Clinton
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: The Modern Presidency
Assessment 2: Bill Clinton’s First Four Years
Assessment 3: Bill Clinton’s Final Four Years
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
2000 to 2014: In Your Lifetime
o In Your Lifetime
o Audio Introduction
o Bush & the Changing Face of War
The Presidential Election of 2000
9/11
War in Afghanistan & Iraq
George Walker Bush Presidential Legacy
Critical Thinking Questions
o Obama & America’s Future
The 2008 Presidential Election
President Obama's Bills & Reforms
The Ongoing War on Terrorism
2012 and Beyond
Critical Thinking Questions
o Chapter Review
o Assessments
Assessment 1: Bush & the Changing Face of War
Assessment 2: Obama & America’s Future
o Summaries
Work Summary
Notes Summary
Issues in Today's News
o This Week's Issue
o Archive
Archive: Cuban Dissent
Archive: South Carolina
Archive: North Korea
Archive: Zika
Archive: Iowa Surge
Archive: Big Data
Archive: Detroit Schools
Archive: Y'all Qaeda
Archive: Liar Liar
Archive: Evolving but Beatable
Archive: Black Friday
Archive: Nineteen Cops
Archive: No Entry
Archive: Training Site
Archive: External Influence
Archive: Crash Court
Archive: Toddler Shot, Dad Arrested
Archive: Turkey Unrest
Archive: Facebook Satellites
Archive: Icy-Hot
Archive: Clock Arrest
Archive: James Blake
Archive: Family Reunion
Archive: Commerce Blossoms
Archive: Birthright
Archive: Kerry in Cuba
Archive: Migrant Boat
Archive: Lion Killer
Archive: Water we to do?
Archive: Illegal Mechanics
Archive: Fake Bomb Proposal
Archive: Curfew Lifted
Archive: Police Indifference
Archive: Letter Jacket
Archive: Free Speech Dispute
Archive: Jersey Suspension
Archive: Egypt Condemns
Archive: Million Dollar Freedom
Archive: Let Me Sleep
Archive: Retrace Selma
Archive: Student Freedom
Archive: Shoveling Snow
Archive: Tech Wrecking Sleep
Appendix
o Immigrant Timeline
o Traditional Eras in U.S. History
o Important Documents
(1620) The Mayflower Compact
(1776) Declaration of Independence
(1776) Lee Resolution
(1777) Articles of Confederation
(1778) Treaty of Alliance with France
(1783) Treaty of Paris
(1787) Constitution of the United States
(1787) Federalist Papers 10 and 51
(1787) Northwest Ordinance
(1787) Virginia Plan
(1789) Federal Judiciary Act
(1789) President George Washingtons First Inaugural Address
(1791) Bill of Rights
(1796) President George Washingtons Farewell Address
(1798) Alien Enemy Act
(1798) Sedition Act
(1803) Jefferson's Secret Message to Congress Regarding the Lewis &
Clark Expedition
(1803) Louisiana Purchase Treaty
(1803) Marlbury v. Madison
(1814) Treaty of Ghent
(1819) McCullough v. Maryland
(1820) Missouri Compromise
(1823) Monroe Doctrine
(1824) Gibbons v. Ogden
(1830) President Andrew Jacksons Message to Congress On Indian
Removal
(1848) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
(1850) Compromise of 1850
(1854) Kansas Nebrask Act
(1857) Dredd Scott v. Sanford
(1861) Ft. Sumter Telegram
(1862) Homestead Act
(1862) Morrill Act
(1862) Pacific Railway Act
(1863) Emancipation Proclamation
(1863) Gettysburg Address
(1863) War Department General Order #143 Creation of the US
Colored Troops
(1864) Wade Davis Bill
(1865) 13th Amendment to the US Constitution Abolution of Slavery
(1865) Articles of Agreement Relating to the Surrender of the Army of
Northern Virginia
(1865) President Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
(1868) Alaska Purchase
(1868) Treaty of Ft. Laramie
(1872) Act Establishing Yellowstone National Park
(1882) Chinese Exclusion Act
(1883) Pendleton Act
(1887) Dawes Act
(1887) Interstate Commerce Act
(1890) Sherman Anti-Trust Act
(1896) Plessy v. Ferguson
(1898) De Lôme Letter
(1898) Joint Resolution to Provide for Annexing the Hawaiian Islands
to the United States
(1903) Platt Amendment
(1904) Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
(1916) Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916
(1917) Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War
Against Germany
(1917) Zimmermann Telegram
(1918) President Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points
(1928) Boulder Canyon Project Act
(1933) National Industrial Recovery Act
(1933) Tennessee Valley Authority Act
(1935) National Labor Relations Act
(1935) Social Security Act
(1936) President Franklin Roosevelt Radio Address 2nd Half New Deal
(1941) Executive Order 8802 Prohibition of Discrimination in the
Defense Industry
(1941) Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War
Against Japan
(1941) Lend-Lease Act
(1941) President Franklin Roosevelt's Annual Message (Four
Freedoms) to Congress
(1942) Executive Order 9066 Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese
(1944) General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Order of the Day
(1944) Servicemen's Readjustment Act
(1945) Surrender of Germany
(1945) Surrender of Japan
(1945) United Nations Charter
(1947) Truman Doctrine
(1948) Executive Order 9981 Desegration of the Armed Forces
(1948) Marshall Plan
(1948) Press Release Announcing US Recognition of Israel
(1953) Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean
State
(1954) Brown v. Board of Education
(1956) National Interstate and Defense Highways Act
(1957) Executive Order 10730 Desegregation of Central High School
(1961) Executive Order 10924 Establishment of the Peace Corps
(1961) President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address
(1961) President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address
(1963) Official Program for the March on Washington
(1963) Test Ban Treaty
(1964) Civil Rights Act
(1964) Tonkin Gulf Resolution
(1965) Social Security Act Amendments
(1965) Voting Rights Act