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Illustrations and Maps | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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The M.E. Sharpe Student Learning Center | |
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Introduction: The Genesis of America | |
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The History of History | |
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American History as a Flowing Current | |
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Conceived in Liberty: The Story Behind the Story | |
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The Peopling of America | |
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Becoming American | |
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Prelude to Rebellion | |
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Defining the American Dream, July 2, 1776: The Declaration of Independence and the Forging of a New Nation | |
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Implementing the American Dream | |
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The Critical Period: The Economy of Impotence | |
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America Reinvents Itself | |
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The Evolution of the Two-Party System: Balancing Freedom and Power | |
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Foreign Affairs of the Federalist Era | |
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By-Products of Jay's Treaty | |
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Undeclaring War, February 18, 1799: Navigating Neutrality and the Ramifications of the Pursuit of Peace | |
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Inherited Problems: Friction with France | |
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From Hawk to Dove: The Shifting Priorities of President Adams | |
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Decision Day and Its Aftermath | |
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Long-Term Ramifications: The Ascendancy of Republicanism | |
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Other By-Products of Peace: The Louisiana Purchase | |
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America in Search of Respect: The Limits of Neutrality | |
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Struggling for Survival, September 13, 1814: The Battle of Baltimore and the Emergence of American Nationalism | |
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Mr. Madison's War | |
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The Treaty of Ghent: America's Christmas Gift of 1814 | |
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The Battle of New Orleans | |
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The Legacy of the War of 1812 | |
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Politics of the Era of Good Feelings | |
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From Good Feelings to Bad: The Revival of Political Strife | |
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The Inauguration of Andrew Jackson, March 4, 1829: America Enters the Age of the Common Man | |
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Day of Destiny: Partying with Andrew Jackson | |
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Jackson's Ascendancy and the Emergence of Modern America | |
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Democracy in the Age of Jackson | |
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Jackson: Symbol of the Common Man | |
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Dispositions of a Commoner: The Peggy Eaton Affair | |
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Nullifying the Nullifiers | |
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Executive Leadership and the Expansion of Presidential Powers | |
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Jacksonian Democracy without Jackson | |
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In the Name of Manifest Destiny, May 9, 1846: The War with Mexico and the Acquisition of the American West | |
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The Causes of the Mexican War: The Story of Texas | |
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Debating Annexation: U.S. Relations with the Republic of Texas | |
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Problems with Britain: The Oregon Question | |
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Brinkmanship with Mexico: The Slidell Mission | |
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Decision Day: May 9, 1846 | |
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Immediate Consequences: Congress Declares War | |
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The Mexican War: Military and Diplomatic Affairs | |
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War and Peace: The Trist Mission and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | |
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Long-Term Consequences: TheBenefits and Costs of the War with Mexico | |
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A Nation Divides, April 12, 1861: Fort Sumter and the Era of the American Civil War | |
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The Road to Disunion | |
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The Immediate Aftermath: The American Civil War | |
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From Saving the Union to Abolishing Slavery | |
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Long-Term Consequences: Reconstructing the Nation | |
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Bumps on the Road to Reunion | |
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Presidential Bargaining, February 26, 1877: The Compromise of 1877 and the Price of National Unity | |
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Prelude to Compromise: The Politics of Reconstruction | |
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The Wormley House Agreement: February 26, 1877 | |
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Immediate Consequences: The Inauguration and Administration of Hayes | |
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Long-Term Consequences: Reunion and the Rise of the New South | |
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Jim Crow and the Limits of Southern Progress | |
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The Emerging Industrial North: Immigration and Urbanization | |
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Party Politics: Choosing Between Tweedledee and Tweedledum | |
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Whether Golden or Gilded, America Comes of Age | |
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The Sinking of the Maine, February 15, 1898: The Spanish- American War and the Emergence of America as a World Power | |
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Brewing Troubles in China | |
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Consequences of the Spanish-American War | |
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Roosevelt, Progressivism, and Progressive Foreign Diplomacy | |
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From Progressivism to World War | |
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Waging War and Peace: Ending the War to End All Wars | |
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The Silencing of Woodrow Wilson, September 25, 1919: Peace, Normalcy and the Rise of American Isolationism | |
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Negotiating the Treaty of Versailles | |
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Wilson's Last Speech: September 25, 1919 | |
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The Convalescence of of President Wilson | |
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Returning to Normalcy: The Election of 1920 | |
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The Leave-Me-Alone Decade: America in the Twenties | |
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The Politics of Prosperity | |
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Hoover, the Great Depression, and the Coming of the New Deal | |
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The Day of Infamy, December 7, 1941: Pearl Harbor and the Transformation of the Modern World | |
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The End of Isolationism | |
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Dr. New Deal Gives Way to Dr. Win the War | |
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The Buck Stops Here: The Presidency of Harry S. Truman | |
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Cold War Politics | |
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Liking Ike in the Happy Days of Death Valley | |
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From Sputnik to Camelot | |
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A Nation Mourns, November 22, 1963: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy and the End of American Innocence | |
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The Legend of Camelot | |
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Foreign Concerns: Cuba and Vietnam | |
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Dallas, Texas: November 22, 1963 | |
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The Political Consequences of Kennedy's Death | |
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The Whiplash of Backlash: America in Troubled Times | |
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The Election of 1968 and the Return of Richard Nixon | |
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Watergate and the Fall of a President | |
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America Taken Hostage, November 4, 1979: The Iranian Hostage Crisis and the Restructuring of the World Order | |
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Energy and the Stagflated Economy | |
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Jimmy Carter: Humble, Humanitarian, and Hard to Know | |
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The Crisis of Confidence of 1979 | |
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A Nation Held Hostage: The Aftermath of the Student Takeover | |
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Standing Tall: Ronald Reagan and the Rise of the New Right | |
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Second-Term Troubles and Successes | |
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George Bush and the Ebb Tide of Republican Ascendancy | |
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Bill Clinton and the Politics of the Nasty Nineties | |
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The Twin Legacies of President Clinton | |
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Terrorists Stun America, September 11, 2001: Negotiating Security and Liberty in the Twenty-first Century | |
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Tracing the Sources of Hate | |
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Politics in the New Millennium | |
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From Disunity to Unity and Back Again: The Attack and Its Aftermath | |
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Singing the Second-Term Blues | |
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Looking through the Past into the Future | |
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Map of the United States | |
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The Declaration of Independence | |
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The Constitution of the United States | |
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Admission of States | |
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Area and Population of the United States: 1790-2006 | |
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Presidential Elections | |
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Party Affiliations in Congress, 1789-Present | |
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Statistics of Major U.S. Wars | |
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Bibliography | |
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Index | |
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About the Authors | |