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Maps | |
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History through film | |
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To the Student: Why Study History? | |
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Preface | |
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Reconstruction, 1863-1877 | |
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Wartime Reconstruction | |
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Chronology | |
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Radical Republicans and Reconstruction | |
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Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction | |
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Johnson's Policy | |
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Southern Defiance | |
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The Black Codes | |
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Land and Labor in the Postwar South | |
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The Freedmen's Bureau | |
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Land for the Landless | |
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Education | |
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The Advent of Congressional Reconstruction | |
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Schism between President and Congress | |
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The 14th Amendment | |
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The 1866 Elections | |
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The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 | |
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The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson | |
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The Completion of Formal Reconstruction | |
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The 15th Amendment | |
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The Election of 1868 | |
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The Grant Administration | |
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Civil Service Reform | |
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Foreign Policy Issues | |
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Reconstruction in the South | |
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Blacks in Office | |
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"Carpetbaggers" | |
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"Scalawags" | |
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The Ku Klux Klan | |
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History Through Film The Birth of a Nation | |
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The Election of 1872 | |
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The Panic of 1873 | |
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The Retreat from Reconstruction | |
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The Mississippi Election of 1875 | |
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The Supreme Court and Reconstruction | |
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The Election of 1876 | |
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Disputed Results | |
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The Compromise of 1877 | |
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The End of Reconstruction | |
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Conclusion | |
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A Transformed Nation: The West and the New South, 1865-1900 | |
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The Homestead Act | |
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Chronology | |
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An Industrializing West | |
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Railroads | |
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Chinese Laborers and the Railroads | |
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The Golden Spike | |
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Railroads and Borderlands Communities | |
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Mining | |
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Ranching | |
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History Through Film Oklahoma! | |
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Cattle Drives and the Open Range | |
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The industrialization of Ranching | |
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Industrial Cowboys | |
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Mexican Americans | |
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Itinerant Laborers | |
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Homesteading and Farming | |
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The Experience of Homesteading | |
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Gender and Western Settlement | |
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Conquest and Resistance: American Indians in the Trans-Mississippi West | |
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Conflict with the Sioux | |
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Suppression of Other Plains Indians | |
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The "Peace Policy" | |
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The Dawes Severalty Act and Indian Boarding Schools | |
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The Ghost Dance | |
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Sitting Bull and Buffalo Bill: Popular Myths of the West | |
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Industrialization and the New South | |
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Race and Industrialization | |
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Southern Agriculture | |
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Exodusters and Emigrationists | |
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Race Relations in the New South | |
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The Emergence of an African American Middle Class | |
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The Rise of Jim Crow | |
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The Politics of Stalemate | |
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Knife-Edge Electoral Balance | |
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Civil Service Reform | |
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The Tariff Issue | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Emergence of Corporate America, 1865-1900 | |
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Chronology | |
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An Expansive and Volatile Economy | |
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Engines of Economic Growth | |
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Technological Innovation and Celebrations of the Machine | |
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Changes in Business Organization and Practice | |
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Wealth and Society | |
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Class Distinction and Cultural Hierarchy | |
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The Consolidation of Middle-class Culture | |
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White-Collar Workers | |
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The Middle-class Home | |
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Department Stores as Middle-class Communities of Taste | |
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Domesticity vs. Work | |
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The Women's Club Movement and Public Lives | |
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The New Woman | |
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Higher Education and Professional Organizations | |
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Middle-class Cultural Institutions | |
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Racial Hierarchy and the City: The 1893 Columbian Exhibition | |
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The City and Working-class Culture | |
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Working-class Women and Men | |
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Commercial Amusements | |
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Popular Literature | |
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Emergence of a National Culture | |
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Advertising | |
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A Shared Visual Culture | |
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Mail-order Catalogues | |
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Workers' Resistance to the New Corporate Order | |
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The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 | |
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The Knights of Labor | |
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Haymarket | |
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The Homestead Strike | |
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The Depression of 1893-1897 | |
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The Pullman Strike | |
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Farmers' Movements | |
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Resistance to Railroads | |
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Credit and Money | |
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The Greenback and Silver Movements | |
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Grangers and the Farmers' Alliance | |
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The Rise and Fall of the People's Party | |
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The Silver Issue | |
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The Election of 1896 | |
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Conclusion | |
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An Industrial Society, 1900-1920 | |
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Chronology | |
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Sources of Economic Growth | |
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Technology | |
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Corporate Growth | |
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Mass Production and Distribution | |
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Corporate Consolidation | |
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Revolution in Management | |
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Scientific Management on the Factory Floor | |
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"Robber Barons" No More | |
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Obsession with Physical and Racial Fitness | |
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Immigration | |
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European Immigration | |
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Chinese and Japanese Immigration | |
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Immigrant Labor | |
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Living Conditions | |
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Building Ethnic Communities | |
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A Network of Institutions | |
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The Emergence of an Ethnic Middle Class | |
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Political Machines and Organized Crime | |
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African American Labor and Community | |
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History Through Film The Jazz Singer | |
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Workers and Unions | |
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Samuel F. Gompers and the AFL | |
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"Big Bill" Haywood and the IWW | |
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The Joys of the City | |
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The New Sexuality and the Rise of Feminism | |
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Feminism | |
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Conclusion | |
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Progressivism | |
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Progressivism and the Protestant Spirit | |
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Chronology | |
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Muckrakers, Magazines, and the Turn toward "Realism" | |
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Settlement Houses and Women's Activism | |
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Hull House | |
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The Cultural Conservatism of Progressive Reformers | |
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A Nation of Clubwomen | |
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Socialism and Progressivism | |
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The Many Faces of Socialism | |
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Socialists and Progressives | |
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Municipal Reform | |
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The City Commission Plan | |
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The City Manager Plan | |
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The Costs of Reform | |
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Political Reform in the States | |
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Restoring Sovereignty to "the People" | |
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Creating a Virtuous Electorate | |
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The Australian Ballot | |
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Personal Registration Laws | |
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Disenfranchisement | |
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Disillusionment with the Electorate | |
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Woman Suffrage | |
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Economic and Social Reform in the States | |
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Robert La Follette and Wisconsin Progressivism | |
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Progressive Reform in New York | |
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A Renewed Campaign for Civil Rights | |
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The Failure of Accommodationism | |
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From the Niagara Movement to the NAACP | |
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National Reform | |
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The Roosevelt Presidency | |
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Regulating the Trusts | |
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Toward a "Square Deal" | |
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Expanding Government Power: The Economy | |
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Expanding Government Power: The Environment | |
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Progressivism: A Movement for the People? | |
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The Republicans: A Divided Party | |
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The Taft Presidency | |
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Battling Congress | |
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The Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy | |
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Roosevelt's Return | |
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The Bull Moose Campaign | |
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The Rise of Woodrow Wilson | |
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The Election of 1912 | |
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The Wilson Presidency | |
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Tariff Reform and a Progressive Income Tax | |
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The Federal Reserve Act | |
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From the New Freedom to the New Nationalism | |
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Conclusion | |
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Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917 | |
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Chronology | |
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The United States Looks Abroad | |
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Protestant Missionaries | |
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Businessmen | |
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Imperialists | |
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The Spanish-American War | |
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"A Splendid Little War" | |
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The United States Becomes a World Power | |
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The Debate over the Treaty of Paris | |
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The American-Filipino War | |
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Controlling Cuba and Puerto Rico | |
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China and the "Open Door" | |
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Theodore Roosevelt, Geopolitician | |
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The Roosevelt Corollary | |
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The Panama Canal | |
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Keeping the Peace in East Asia | |
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William Howard Taft, Dollar Diplomat | |
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Woodrow Wilson, Struggling Idealist | |
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Conclusion | |
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War and Society, 1914-1920 | |
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Europe's Descent into War | |
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Chronology | |
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American Neutrality | |
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Submarine Warfare | |
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The Peace Movement | |
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Wilson's Vision: "Peace without Victory" | |
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German Escalation | |
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American Intervention | |
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Mobilizing for "Total" War | |
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Organizing Industry | |
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Securing Workers, Keeping Labor Peace | |
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Raising an Army | |
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Paying the Bills | |
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Arousing Patriotic Ardor | |
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Wartime Repression | |
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The Failure of the International Peace | |
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The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles | |
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The League of Nations | |
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Wilson versus Lodge: The Fight over Ratification | |
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The Treaty's Final Defeat | |
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The Postwar Period: A Society in Convulsion | |
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Labor-Capital Conflict | |
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Radicals and the Red Scare | |
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History Through Film Reds | |
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Racial Conflict and the Rise of Black Nationalism | |
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Conclusion | |
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The 1920s | |
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Prosperity | |
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Chronology | |
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A Consumer Society | |
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A People's Capitalism | |
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The Rise of Advertising and Mass Marketing | |
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Changing Attitudes toward Marriage and Sexuality | |
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An Age of Celebrity | |
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Celebrating Business Civilisation | |
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Industrial Workers | |
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Women and Work | |
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The Women's Movement Adrift | |
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The Politics of Business | |
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Harding and the Politics of Personal Gain | |
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Coolidge and Laissez-Faire Politics | |
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Hoover and the Politics of Associationalism | |
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The Politics of Business Abroad | |
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Farmers, Small-Town Protestants, and Moral Traditionalists | |
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Agricultural Depression | |
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Cultural Dislocation | |
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Prohibition | |
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The Ku Klux Klan | |
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Immigration Restriction | |
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Fundamentalism versus Liberal Protestantism | |
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The Scopes Trial | |
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History Through Film Inherit the Wind | |
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Ethnic and Racial Communities | |
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European American Ethnics | |
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African Americans | |
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The Harlem Renaissance | |
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Mexican Americans | |
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The "Lost Generation" and Disillusioned Intellectuals | |
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Democracy on the Defensive | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939 | |
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Chronology | |
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Causes of the Great Depression | |
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Stock Market Speculation | |
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Mistakes by the Federal Reserve Board | |
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An Ill-Advised Tariff | |
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A Maldistribution of Wealth | |
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Hoover: The Fall of a Self-Made Man | |
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Hoover's Program | |
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The Bonus Army | |
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A Culture in Crisis | |
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The Democratic Roosevelt | |
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An Early Life of Privilege | |
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Roosevelt Liberalism | |
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The First New Deal, 1933-1935 | |
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Saving the Banks | |
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Economic Relief | |
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Agricultural Reform | |
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Industrial Reform | |
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Rebuilding the Nation's Infrastructure | |
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The TVA Alternative | |
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The New Deal and Western Development | |
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Political Mobilization, Political Unrest, 1934-1935 | |
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Populist Critics of the New Deal | |
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Labor Protests | |
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Anger at the Polls | |
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Radical Third Parties | |
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The Second New Deal, 1935-1937 | |
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Philosophical Underpinnings | |
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Legislation | |
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Victory in 1936: The New Democratic Coalition | |
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Rhetoric Versus Reality | |
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Men, Women, and Reform | |
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Labor in Politics and Culture | |
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America's Minorities and the New Deal | |
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Eastern and Southern European Ethnics | |
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African Americans | |
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Mexican Americans | |
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American Indians | |
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The New Deal Abroad | |
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Stalemate, 1937-1940 | |
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The Court-Packing Fiasco | |
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The Recession of 1937-1938 | |
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Conclusion | |
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America during the Second World War | |
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The Road to War: Aggression and Response | |
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Chronology | |
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The Rise of Aggressor States | |
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U.S. Neutrality | |
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The Mounting Crisis | |
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The Outbreak of War in Europe | |
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The U.S. Response to War in Europe | |
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An "Arsenal of Democracy" | |
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Pearl Harbor | |
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Fighting the War in Europe | |
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Campaigns in North Africa and Italy | |
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Operation Overlord | |
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The Pacific Theater | |
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Seizing the Offensive in the Pacific | |
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China Policy | |
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U.S. Strategy in the Pacific | |
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A New President, the Atomic Bomb, and Japan's Surrender | |
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The War at Home: The Economy | |
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Government's Role in the Economy | |
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Business and Finance | |
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The Workforce | |
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The Labor Front | |
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Assessing Economic Change | |
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A New Role for Government? | |
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The War at Home: Social Issues and Social Movements | |
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Selling the War | |
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History Through Film Casablanca | |
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Gender Issues | |
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Racial Issues | |
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Social Movements | |
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Shaping the Peace | |
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International Organizations | |
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Spheres of Interest and Postwar Settlements | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Age of Containment, 1946-1953 | |
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Creating a National Security State, 1945-1949 | |
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Chronology | |
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Onset of the Cold War | |
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Containment Abroad: The Truman Doctrine | |
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Truman's Loyalty Program | |
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The National Security Act, the Marshall Plan, and the Berlin Crisis | |
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The Election of 1948 | |
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The Era of the Korean War, 1949-1952 | |
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NATO, China, and the Bomb | |
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NSC-68 | |
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The Korean War | |
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Korea and Containment | |
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Pursuing National Security at Home | |
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Anticommunism and the U.S. Labor Movement | |
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HUAC and the Search for Subversives | |
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Targeting Difference | |
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The "Great Fear" | |
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McCarthyism | |
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The National Security Constitution | |
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Truman's Fair Deal | |
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The Employment Act of 1946 and the Promise of Economic Growth | |
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Shaping the Fair Deal | |
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Civil Rights | |
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Signs of a Changing Culture | |
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The Baseball "Color Line" | |
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New Suburban Developments | |
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Postwar Hollywood | |
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From Truman to Eisenhower | |
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The Election of 1952 | |
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A Soldier-Politician | |
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Conclusion | |
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Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963 | |
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Foreign Policy, 1953-1960 | |
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Eisenhower Takes Command | |
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Chronology | |
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The New Look, Global Alliances, and Summitry | |
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Covert Action and Economic Leverage | |
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The United States and Third World Politics, 1953-1960 | |
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Latin America | |
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The Middle East, Asia, and Africa | |
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Vietnam | |
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Affluence: A "People of Plenty" | |
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Economic Growth | |
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Highways and Waterways | |
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Labor-Management Accord | |
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Political Pluralism | |
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A Religious People | |
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Discontents of Affluence | |
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Conformity in an Affluent Society | |
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Restive Youth | |
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The Mass Culture Debate | |
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Changing Gender Politics | |
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The New Suburbs and Gender Ideals | |
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Signs of Women's Changing Roles | |
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The Fight against Discrimination, 1953-1960 | |
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The Brown Cases, 1954-1955 | |
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott and Martin Luther King, Jr. | |
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The Politics of Civil Rights: From the Local to the Global | |
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American Indian Policy | |
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The Growth of Spanish-Speaking Populations | |
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Urban-Suburban Issues | |
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Debating the Role of Government, 1955-1960 | |
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The New Conservatives | |
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Advocates of a More Active Government | |
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The Kennedy Years: Foreign Policy | |
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The Election of 1960 | |
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Kennedy's Foreign Policy Goals | |
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Cuba and Berlin | |
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Southeast Asia and "Flexible Response" | |
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The Kennedy Years: Domestic Policy | |
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Policy Making During the Early 1960s | |
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The Civil-Rights Movement, 1960-1963 | |
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Women's Issues | |
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The Assassination of John F. Kennedy | |
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Conclusion | |
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America during Its Longest War, 1963-1974 | |
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The Great Society | |
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Chronology | |
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Closing the New Frontier | |
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The Election of 1964 | |
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Lyndon Johnson's Great Society | |
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Evaluating the Great Society | |
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Escalation in Vietnam | |
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | |
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The War Continues to Widen | |
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The Media and the War | |
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The War at Home | |
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The Movement of Movements | |
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Movements on College Campuses: A New Left | |
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The Counterculture | |
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African American Social Movements | |
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History Through Film Malcolm X | |
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The Antiwar Movement | |
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1968 | |
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Turmoil in Vietnam | |
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Turmoil at Home | |
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The Election of 1968 | |
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The Nixon Years, 1969-1974 | |
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Lawbreaking and Violence | |
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A New President | |
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The Economy | |
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Social Policy | |
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Environmentalism | |
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Controversies over Rights | |
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Foreign Policy under Nixon and Kissinger | |
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Detente and Normalization | |
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Vietnamization | |
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The Aftermath of War | |
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Expanding the Nixon Doctrine | |
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The Wars of Watergate | |
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The Election of 1972 | |
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Nixon Pursued | |
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Nixon's Final Days | |
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Conclusion | |
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Power and Politics, 1974-1992 | |
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The Caretaker Presidency of Gerald Ford (1974-1977) | |
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Chronology | |
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Trying to Whip Inflation | |
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Foreign Policy | |
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The Election of 1976 | |
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Jimmy Carter's One-Term Presidency (1977-1981) | |
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Welfare and Energy Initiatives | |
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A Faltering Economy | |
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Negotiating Disputes Overseas | |
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Campaigning for Human Rights Abroad | |
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Confronting Problems in Iran and Afghanistan | |
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A New Right | |
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Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) | |
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The Election of 1980 | |
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A "New Morning in America" | |
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Taxes, Supply-Side Economics, and the "Reagan Revolution" | |
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Cutting Regulations and Welfare Measures | |
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Routing the Democrats, 1984 | |
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Reagan's Second Term | |
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History Through Film the First Moviestar President | |
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Renewing the Cold War | |
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The Defense Buildup | |
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Deploying Military Power | |
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The Iran-Contra Controversy | |
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The Beginning of the End of the Cold War | |
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The First Bush Presidency (1989-1993) | |
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The Election of 1988 | |
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The End of the Cold War | |
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The Persian Gulf War | |
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The Election of 1992 | |
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Movement Activism | |
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Women's Issues | |
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Sexual Politics | |
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Race, Ethnicity, and Social Activism | |
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Activism Among African Americans | |
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Activism Among American Indians | |
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Activism in Spanish-Speaking Communities | |
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Activism Among Asian Americans | |
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The Dilemmas of Antidiscrimination Efforts | |
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Conclusion | |
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Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century | |
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A Changing People | |
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An Aging, Shifting Population | |
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Chronology | |
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New Immigration | |
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The Metropolitan Nation | |
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Economic Change | |
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New Technologies | |
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Big Business | |
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Postindustrial Restructuring | |
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The Sports-Entertainment Complex | |
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Media and Popular Culture | |
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The Video Revolution | |
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The "New Hollywood" | |
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The Changing Media Environment | |
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The New Mass Culture Debate | |
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Another "Great Awakening" | |
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Conclusion | |
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Politics of Hope and Fear, 1993-2007 | |
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The Presidency of Bill Clinton (1993-2001) | |
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Clinton's First Two Years | |
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Chronology | |
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A Republican Congress, a Democratic White House | |
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Victory and Impeachment | |
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Environmental Policy | |
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Post-Cold War Foreign Policy | |
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Globalization | |
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The Presidency of George W. Bush (2001-2007) | |
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The Long Election | |
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A Conservative Domestic Agenda | |
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Foreign Policy Changes Course | |
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Activism at Home during the Second Term | |
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The Politics of National Security during the Second Term | |
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Conclusion | |
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Appendix | |
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Glossary | |
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Credits | |
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Index | |