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Book SynopsisShaped with a political chronology, this book reflects the variety of individual experiences and cultures that comprise American society.
Table of Contents1. Making a ���New��� World, to 1588. 2. A Continent on the Move, 1400���1725. 3. Founding the English Mainland Colonies, 1585���1732. 4. The English Colonies in the Eighteenth Century, 1689���1763. 5. Deciding Where Loyalties Lie, 1763���1776. 6. Recreating America: Independence and a New Nation, 1775���1783. 7. Competing Visions of the Virtuous Republic, 1770���1796. 8. The Early Republic, 1796���1804. 9. Increasing Conflict and War, 1805���1815. 10. The Rise of a New Nation, 1815���1836. 11. Modernization and Expansion, 1828���1848. 12. Responses to Expansion and Change, 1828���1848. 13. Sectional Conflict and Shattered Union, 1848���1860. 14. A Violent Choice: Civil War, 1861���1865. 15. Reconstruction: High Hopes and Shattered Dreams, 1865���1877. 16. The Nation Industrializes, 1865���1900. 17. Life in the Gilded Age, 1865���1900. 18. Politics and Foreign Relations in a Rapidly Changing Nation, 1865���1902. 19. The Progressive Era, 1900���1917. 20. The United States in a World at War, 1913���1920. 21. Prosperity Decade, 1920���1928. 22. The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929���1939. 23. America's Rise to World Leadership, 1929���1945. 24. Truman and Cold War America, 1945���1952. 25. Quest for Consensus, 1952���1960. 26. Great Promises, Bitter Disappointments, 1960���1968. 27. America Under Stress, 1967���1976. 28. New Economic and Political Alignments, 1976���1992. 29. Entering a New Century, 1992���2013. Documents. Declaration of Independence. Articles of Confederation. Constitution of the United States of America and Amendments. Presidential Elections. Index.
