|
|
| Chapter 12
 Catalog
|
| Reconstruction:
The Turning Point That Never Turned |
409 |
|
Wartime Reconstruction
|
411 |
| Presidential Reconstruction |
413 |
|
Southern Defiance and the Black Codes
|
414 |
|
The Split Between President and Congress
|
415 |
|
The Fourteenth Amendment
|
416 |
|
Reconstruction Acts
|
418 |
|
Presidential Impeachment
|
420 |
|
The Election of 1868
|
420 |
|
The Fifteenth Amendment
|
422 |
| Radical Reconstruction:
Myth and Reality |
422 |
|
Blacks and Reconstruction
|
423 |
|
Republican Rule in the South
|
427 |
| The Grant Administration
and Northern Politics |
428 |
|
Government Corruption
|
428 |
|
Foreign Policy in the Grant Years
|
429 |
|
Women and Reconstruction
|
429 |
|
The Election of 1872
|
430 |
| Retreat from Reconstruction |
430 |
|
Increase in Terrorism
|
431 |
|
The Civil Rights Act of 1875
|
432 |
|
The "Redeemers" Regain Power
|
432 |
|
The Disputed Centennial Election
|
432 |
| The New South |
434 |
|
Agriculture in the New South
|
435 |
|
Industry in the New South
|
436 |
|
The Rise of Jim Crow
|
436 |
| Conclusion |
437 |
| Chronology |
438 |
| Suggested Readings |
439 |
|
| Chapter 13
Catalog
|
| The Rise of
Industrial America & the Politics of the New Order |
441 |
|
Old Industries Transformed, New Industries Born
|
445 |
|
The Railroads: The United States' First Big Business
|
445 |
|
The Panic of 1873
|
447 |
| Andrew Carnegie and the
Rise of the Steel Industry |
448 |
| John D. Rockefeller, Standard
Oil and the Trust |
449 |
|
The Emergence of Mass Marketing
|
454 |
| From Competition to Consolidation:
The Rise of the Corporation |
456 |
| J.P. Morgan and Finance
Capitalism |
457 |
| Social Darwinism and the
Gospel of Wealth |
459 |
| Internal Migration and
European Immigration |
460 |
|
Why They Came
|
462 |
|
Immigrant Labor
|
464 |
|
From the Farm to the City
|
466 |
| Laissez Faire in Theory
and Practice |
466 |
|
Labor Strife
|
467 |
|
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877
|
468 |
|
Haymarket Square
|
470 |
|
Henry George
|
471 |
|
Edward Bellamy
|
471 |
|
The Homestead Steel Strike
|
472 |
|
The Pullman Strike
|
472 |
| Gilded Age Politics |
473 |
|
The Political Culture of the Gilded
Age
|
474 |
|
Patronage Politics in the States
|
475 |
|
The Shadow Presidents
|
477 |
| 1884: The Democrats Finally
Win the Big One |
480 |
|
Grover Cleveland in the White House
|
480 |
|
Tariffs and Pensions
|
481 |
| The 1888 Election |
482 |
|
The Plutocrats and the GAR Strike
Back
|
482 |
| The Railroads, the Trusts,
and the Federal Government |
482 |
|
The Fight for Free Silver
|
484 |
|
The Depression of 1893-1897
|
485 |
| Conclusion |
486 |
| Chronology |
488 |
| Suggested Readings |
489 |
|
| Chapter 14
Catalog
|
| The Trans-Missouri
West: The Last Frontier |
491 |
|
The Struggle of Native Americans
|
492 |
|
Native Societies
|
492 |
|
Destruction of the Buffalo
|
495 |
|
Indian Wars
|
495 |
|
Wounded Knee: The Final "Battle"
|
498 |
|
The Reformers and Their Vision
|
500 |
| Migration to the West |
503 |
|
Chinese Immigrants
|
503 |
|
Hispanics in the West
|
505 |
|
Other Minorities in the West
|
506 |
| The Mining Frontier |
507 |
| The Cattle Kingdom |
509 |
|
Boom Towns, Cities and Lawlessness
|
511 |
| The Western Farmer |
513 |
|
Farmers Settle the Plains
|
513 |
|
Farming on the Plains: Overcoming Problems
|
514 |
|
The Role of Women
|
515 |
|
Farmers' Grievance and Politics
|
516 |
|
The Populist Movement
|
517 |
|
The Election of 1896
|
519 |
| The West in Culture, Myth
and Imagination |
520 |
| Conclusion |
522 |
| Chronology |
523 |
| Suggested Readings |
523 |
|
| Chapter
15
Catalog
|
| The Imperial
Republic |
525 |
|
America's Quest for Empire: 1880-1900
|
526 |
|
Voices for Expansion
|
527 |
|
The Imperialists
|
528 |
| Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan
and the Rise of American Militarism |
530 |
| The Spanish-American War |
532 |
|
"A Splendid Little War"
|
535 |
| The United States Becomes
a World Power |
538 |
|
Critics of Empire: The Anti-Imperialists
|
539 |
| Guerilla War in the Philippines,
1898-1902 |
540 |
|
A Prelude to Vietnam
|
540 |
|
Controlling Cuban and Puerto Rico
|
541 |
| Conclusion |
542 |
| Chronology |
544 |
| Suggested Readings |
545 |
|
| Chapter 16
Catalog
|
| Progressive
Era |
547 |
|
Progressive Ideology and Goals
|
548 |
| Trusts and Financial Capitalism |
548 |
| Muckrakers |
550 |
| Progressivism on the Local
and State Levels |
552 |
|
Social Evils
|
553 |
| Hull House |
553 |
| Woman Suffrage |
555 |
| Economic and Social Problems |
557 |
|
Social Legislation
|
557 |
|
Progressives in Political Life
|
558 |
| Presidential Progressivism |
559 |
|
Conservation
|
560 |
|
Trust Buster
|
560 |
| William Howard Taft |
562 |
|
Election of 1912
|
563 |
| Wilson's Administration |
544 |
|
Corporate. Labor, and Farm Legislation
|
565 |
| Progressive Foreign Policy |
566 |
|
Panama Canal
|
566 |
|
The Roosevelt Corollary
|
568 |
|
The Far East
|
568 |
|
Taft and Dollar Diplomacy
|
569 |
| Minority Rights in the
Progressive Era |
569 |
| Conclusion |
570 |
| Chronology |
570 |
| Suggested Readings |
571 |
|
| Chapter 17
Catalog
|
| The "Great"
War: World War I |
573 |
|
Wilsonian "Missionary Diplomacy"
|
574 |
| The Outbreak of the Great
War |
575 |
|
American Neutrality
|
576 |
|
Naval and Submarine Warfare
|
577 |
|
The 1916 Presidential Election
|
579 |
|
The End of Neutrality
|
580 |
| America at War |
582 |
|
The American Army
|
582 |
|
The American "Doughboys"
|
583 |
|
Women and African Americans in the
Military
|
584 |
|
Social Experimentation in the Army
|
585 |
| The War Front |
586 |
|
War in the Air
|
586 |
|
The AEF in France
|
586 |
| The Home Front |
589 |
|
Organizing the Economy
|
589 |
|
Propaganda and Hysteria
|
590 |
|
Dissenters and the Suppression of Civil
Liberties
|
591 |
|
Social Reform and Social Change During
the War
|
592 |
| The End of the War and
the Search for Peace |
594 |
|
The Fourteen Points
|
595 |
|
The Peace Conference and the Treaty
of Versailles
|
596 |
|
The Fight for the League
|
599 |
|
Postwar Racism and the Red Scare
|
600 |
|
The Election of 1920
|
602 |
| Conclusion |
602 |
| Chronology |
603 |
| Suggested Readings |
603 |
|
| Chapter 18
Catalog
|
| The Roaring
Twenties |
605 |
|
Divisions in American Life
|
606 |
|
The Scopes Trial
|
606 |
|
Prohibition
|
608 |
|
The Ku Klux Klan
|
609 |
|
Nativism and Immigration Restriction
|
611 |
|
The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti
|
611 |
| Politics and Government
in the Twenties |
612 |
|
President Harding and His Scandals
|
612 |
|
Silent Cal
|
614 |
|
The Election of 1924
|
615 |
|
Foreign Policy
|
615 |
|
Business Influence and the Decline
of Progressivism
|
616 |
| Prosperity and the Consumer
Society |
616 |
|
Technology and the Consumer
|
617 |
|
The Automobile Age
|
617 |
|
The Age of Advertising
|
618 |
|
Farmers and Workers: The Limits of
Prosperity
|
619 |
| Life in the Twenties |
620 |
|
Cities and Suburbs
|
620 |
|
African-American Life in the Twenties
|
621 |
|
The Jewish Experience
|
623 |
|
The New Woman - Sexuality and Consumerism
|
624 |
| Leisure Time and American
Culture |
628 |
|
The Movies
|
628 |
|
Radio
|
629 |
|
Mass Sports
|
630 |
|
Currents of Culture
|
631 |
|
Heroes and Other Celebrities
|
631 |
| The End of an Era |
634 |
|
The Election of 1928
|
634 |
|
The Crash of an Era
|
636 |
| Conclusion |
638 |
| Chronology |
638 |
| Suggested Readings |
639 |
|
| Chapter 19
Catalog
|
| The Depression
and the New Deal |
641 |
| The Depression |
642 |
| Herbert Hoover |
643 |
|
The Technocrat as President
|
643 |
|
The Deepening Depression
|
644 |
|
The Death Knell of Herbert Hoover:
The Bonus Army March
|
645 |
| The Lord of the Manor: FDR |
647 |
|
Roosevelt Liberalism
|
649 |
|
"President Roosevelt"
|
650 |
|
The "Hundred Days"
|
653 |
| Saving the People |
654 |
|
The NRA and AAA
|
655 |
| Rebuilding the Nation |
659 |
|
The Tennessee Valley Authority
|
660 |
| Populist Opposition to the
New Deal |
662 |
|
The Rise of the Demagogues: Huey Long
and Father Charles Coughlin
|
663 |
| The "Second Deal" |
666 |
|
Labor Resurgent
|
669 |
| The Depression, the New
Deal, and a Change in Values |
671 |
|
The Rise of the Radical Third Parties
|
672 |
| The 1936 Election, FDR Reelected
and Democratic Party Ascendancy |
674 |
|
Forgotten Americans
|
675 |
|
The New Dealers
|
679 |
|
Stalemate, 1937-1940
|
681 |
|
"The Arrogance of Power":
The Court Packing Debacle
|
682 |
| The Recession of 1937-1938 |
684 |
| Conclusion |
685 |
| Chronology |
686 |
| Suggested Readings |
686 |
|
| Chapter 20
Catalog
|
| The "Good"
War: World War II |
689 |
| The World Drifts to War |
689 |
| Neutral in Word and Deed |
692 |
| From Neutrality to War |
694 |
| Toward Pearl Harbor |
696 |
| The Citizen-Soldier |
699 |
|
Prisoners of War
|
700 |
|
African-American G.I.s
|
701 |
|
Women in the Military
|
702 |
|
Gays in the Military
|
702 |
| The War Fronts |
703 |
| The Home Front |
708 |
|
Science and the Atomic Bomb
|
709 |
|
Consumers, Advertisers, and Entertainment
|
709 |
|
Women on the Home Front
|
712 |
|
African-Americans at Home
|
713 |
|
Other Minorities
|
715 |
|
Japanese-Americans During the War
|
716 |
| Politics and Diplomacy |
718 |
| The Final Days of Triumph
and Tragedy |
720 |
|
The Holocaust
|
720 |
|
The Dropping of the Bomb and the End
of the Conflict
|
721 |
| Conclusion |
724 |
| Chronology |
726 |
| Suggested Readings |
727 |
|
| Chapter 21
Catalog
|
| The Cold War:
The Truman-Eisenhower Years |
729 |
|
Truman Presidency
|
729 |
| United Nations |
730 |
| Postwar Problems: Europe
and the Middle East |
731 |
|
Berlin Airlift
|
733 |
| The Cold War: Japan, China
and Vietnam |
734 |
|
Japan
|
734 |
|
China
|
734 |
|
Vietnam
|
735 |
| Domestic Policy |
735 |
|
Civil Rights
|
736 |
| Election of 1948 |
737 |
| Second Term |
738 |
| Korean War |
740 |
| Election of 1952 |
743 |
| Evaluation of Truman |
744 |
| Eisenhower Years |
744 |
| Women's Roles |
745 |
| Suburban Life and the Automobile |
747 |
| Eisenhower Administrations |
748 |
|
The End of the Korean War
|
750 |
|
CIA and Foreign Policy
|
750 |
| Foreign Policy Crises |
751 |
|
U-2 Spy Plane
|
752 |
|
Cuba
|
752 |
|
Nuclear War Threats
|
755 |
|
Vietnam
|
756 |
| Domestic Policy |
756 |
|
Economic Policy
|
757 |
|
Health Issues
|
758 |
|
Television
|
758 |
| Civil Rights |
758 |
|
Brown Decision
|
759 |
|
Emmett Till Case
|
759 |
|
Montgomery Bus Boycott
|
759 |
|
Little Rock
|
760 |
|
Sit-Ins
|
761 |
| Assessing the Cold War
and Eisenhower |
762 |
| Election of 1960 |
763 |
| Conclusion |
764 |
| Chronology |
764 |
| Suggested Readings |
765 |
|
| Chapter 22
Catalog
|
| Hope to Despair:
Kennedy-Johnson Years |
767 |
| The Kennedy Administration |
768 |
|
Domestic Affairs
|
768 |
|
Space Program
|
769 |
| The Great Society |
769 |
| Civil Rights |
770 |
|
Black Power
|
773 |
| Women and the Civil Rights
Movement |
775 |
|
"Jane Crow"
|
775 |
|
New Feminists
|
777 |
|
Women's Rights in the Johnson Years
|
778 |
| Mexican Americans |
778 |
| Native Americans |
780 |
| Foreign Policy |
780 |
|
Europe
|
782 |
|
Peace Corps
|
783 |
|
Vietnam
|
783 |
|
Gulf of Tonkin
|
786 |
|
Draft Resistance
|
787 |
|
Tet Offensive
|
788 |
| Popular Culture |
790 |
| A Decade of Assassinations |
791 |
|
The Conspiracy Case
|
793 |
|
Election of 1964
|
794 |
|
Evaluation of JFK
|
795 |
|
Evaluation of Johnson's Presidency
|
796 |
|
Assassinations of Martin Luther King,
Jr. and Robert Kennedy
|
796 |
| Election of 1968 |
797 |
| Conclusion |
798 |
| Chronology |
799 |
| Suggested Readings |
799 |
|
| Chapter 23
Catalog
|
| The Seventies:
The Crisis of Confidence |
801 |
|
Nixon the Man
|
802 |
| America's Longest War |
803 |
|
Vietnamization and the Nixon Doctrine
|
804 |
|
Escalation
|
804 |
|
The End at Last
|
806 |
|
A New Direction in World Affairs
|
807 |
|
Other Foreign Initiatives
|
808 |
| Domestic Policy |
810 |
|
The New Federalism
|
810 |
|
The Environment
|
811 |
|
Civil Rights, the Supreme Court, and
Other Americans
|
812 |
|
The Economic Crisis
|
813 |
| The Final Crisis |
814 |
|
The Election of 1972
|
815 |
|
Watergate and the Undoing of the Nixon
Presidency
|
816 |
| The Interregnum Years:
1974-1976 Gerald Ford |
817 |
|
Domestic Policy
|
819 |
|
Foreign Policy Under Ford
|
821 |
|
Election 1976 |
821 |
| The "Outsider" as President |
823 |
|
Domestic Programs - Energy
|
823 |
|
Domestic Programs - The Economy
|
824 |
|
Foreign Policy
|
825 |
| The Changing Face of America
in the 70s |
828 |
|
Life Styles of the 1970s
|
829 |
|
Women
|
830 |
|
African Americans
|
834 |
|
Native Americans
|
835 |
|
Hispanics
|
836 |
|
Other Americans
|
837 |
| Turn to the Right |
838 |
|
The Election of 1980
|
839 |
| Conclusion |
839 |
| Chronology |
840 |
| Suggested Readings |
841 |
|
| Chapter 24
Catalog
|
| In Our Times:
Reagan to Bush |
843 |
|
The Reagan Revolution
|
844 |
|
Ronald Reagan and the "Moral Majority"
|
844 |
|
Reaganomics
|
845 |
|
Deregulation
|
846 |
|
Military Buildup and the Strategic
Defense Initiative
|
847 |
|
Economic and Social Consequences
|
847 |
|
Women in High Places
|
848 |
| Ronald Reagan Confronts
the World |
849 |
|
The Middle East
|
849 |
|
Central America
|
850 |
|
The Iran-Contra Scandal
|
851 |
| The Election of 1984 |
852 |
| Foreign Policy in the Second
Term |
853 |
| Unsolved Problems |
854 |
|
The Culture of Wealth
|
854 |
|
AIDS
|
854 |
|
Drugs and Crime
|
856 |
|
Homeless Americans
|
857 |
|
The Immigrant Flood
|
857 |
| The Election of 1988 |
858 |
| George Bush as President:
Domestic Policy |
859 |
|
Savings and Loan Crisis
|
859 |
|
The Economic Crisis
|
860 |
|
The Environment
|
860 |
|
The Supreme Court
|
861 |
|
Explosion in Los Angeles
|
862 |
|
Urban Problems
|
863 |
|
Suburban Cities and Shopping Malls
|
863 |
|
Rising Health-Care Costs
|
864 |
|
Americans with Disabilities Act
|
864 |
|
Racial Intolerance
|
864 |
| The Bush Foreign Policy |
865 |
|
The Collapse of Communism
|
865 |
|
War in the Persian Gulf
|
866 |
| Election of 1992 |
867 |
| The Baby Boomers in Power |
868 |
|
The Democrats in Control
|
869 |
|
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
|
869 |
|
Confronting the Economy
|
870 |
|
NAFTA and GATT
|
870 |
|
Crime and Gun Control
|
871 |
|
Health-Care Reform
|
872 |
|
Welfare Reform
|
872 |
| Clinton Foreign Policy:
A New Pragmatism |
873 |
|
Russia
|
873 |
|
The Balkans
|
873 |
|
Africa
|
874 |
|
The Middle East
|
875 |
|
Ireland
|
875 |
| Congressional Elections
of 1994 |
875 |
| Clinton's Re-election:
1996 |
876 |
| The Second Term |
877 |
|
Madeleine Albright and NATO
|
878 |
|
Extremists and Violence
|
878 |
| The Clinton Legacy |
879 |
| The Election of 2000 |
880 |
| The Bush Presidency
|
882 |
|
The Impact of 9/11
|
882 |
|
Enron and the Economy
|
884 |
|
Domestic Policies
|
885 |
|
"The Axis of Evil"
|
886 |
|
The Election of 2002
|
887 |
| The New Millennium |
887 |
|
The American Economy and Social Classes
|
887 |
|
Demographics and Social Issues: The
Next Half-Century
|
888 |
|
The "New World Order"
|
889 |
| Conclusion |
891 |
| Chronology |
892 |
| Suggested Readings |
893 |
|
