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THE AMERICAN NATION A History of the United States CONCISE FOURTH EDITION Mark C. Carnes Ann Whitney Olin Professor of History Barnard College, Columbia University
John A. Garraty Gouverneur Morris Professor of History, Emeritus Columbia University
CONTENTS CHAPTER 1
Alien Encounters: Europe in the Americas
1
CHAPTER 2
American Society in the Making
17
CHAPTER 3
America in the British Empire
33
CHAPTER 4
The American Revolution
49
CHAPTER 5
The Federalist Era: Nationalism Triumphant
65
CHAPTER 6
Jeffersonian Democracy
82
CHAPTER 7
National Growing Pains
98
CHAPTER 8
Toward a National Economy
113
CHAPTER 9
Jacksonian Democracy
128
CHAPTER 10
The Making of Middle-Class America
143
CHAPTER 11
Westward Expansion
159
CHAPTER 12
The Sections Go Their Own Ways
174
CHAPTER 13
The Coming of the Civil War
188
CHAPTER 14
The War to Save the Union
204
CHAPTER 15
Reconstruction and the South
219
CHAPTER 16
The Conquest of the West
235
CHAPTER 17
An Industrial Giant Emerges
250
CHAPTER 18
American Society in the Industrial Age
266
CHAPTER 19
Intellectual and Cultural Trends in the Late Nineteenth Century
279
CHAPTER 20
From Smoke-Filled Rooms to Prairie Wildfire: 1877–1896
293
CHAPTER 21
The Age of Reform
308
CHAPTER 22
From Isolation to Empire
325
CHAPTER 23
Woodrow Wilson and the Great War
341
CHAPTER 24
Postwar Society and Culture: Change and Adjustment
356
CHAPTER 25
From “Normalcy” to Economic Collapse: 1921–1933
370
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CHAPTER 26
The New Deal: 1933–1941
385
CHAPTER 27
War and Peace: 1941–1945
401
CHAPTER 28
Collision Courses, Abroad and at Home: 1946–1960
416
CHAPTER 29
From Camelot to Watergate: 1961–1975
432
CHAPTER 30
Running on Empty: 1975–1991
449
CHAPTER 31
From Boomers to Millennials
465
CHAPTER 32
Shocks and Responses: 1992–Present
479
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American Destiny, 4e (Carnes) Chapter 1 Alien Encounters: Europe in the Americas 1.1 Multiple Choice Questions 1) Columbus and other early explorers searched for a direct all-water route to Asia because they A) hoped to gain easier access to highly valued Asian goods. B) could help western Europe win the Crusades against the Muslims. C) could prove that the earth was round rather than flat. D) thought Japan and China were rich and not the poor countries Marco Polo described. Answer: A (p. 14) Topic: Columbus’s Great Triumph—and Error Skill: Conceptual 2) The map “European Voyages of Discovery,” depicts the 1497–1499 journey around Africa by which of the following? A) da Gama B) Cabot C) Cartier D) Magellan Answer: A (p. 15) Topic: Columbus’s Great Triumph—and Error Skill: Factual 3) Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal was noted for A) voyaging to the area of Brazil long before Columbus. B) sponsoring the slave trade which brought so much profit to his nation. C) discovering the southern tip of Africa. D) improving and codifying navigational knowledge in order to find a route to Asia. Answer: D (pp. 15–16) Topic: Columbus’s Great Triumph—and Error Skill: Conceptual 4) When Columbus landed in America, the chief reason that he thought he had landed in “the Indies” was A) the ease with which the natives understood his language. B) his discovery of the place of the Grand Khan. C) his firm belief that he had sailed far enough westward to reach them. D) the plants there were similar to those in Asia. Answer: C (p. 16) Topic: Columbus’s Great Triumph—and Error Skill: Conceptual
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5) By the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), Spain had authority to exploit all of A) North and South America except Brazil. B) Africa and the Middle East except Egypt. C) South America except Colombia. D) North America and Central America, but not South America. Answer: A (p. 17) Topic: Spain’s American Empire Skill: Factual 6) Your textbook describes Spain’s American empire as A) treating the Indians as equals by establishing joint ventures with them. B) seeing the Americas as lands of opportunity and freedom, yet fearing other countries might introduce slavery. C) failing totally to transplant Spanish culture in the Americas. D) trying to implant Spanish civilization and introduce Christianity, but also committing unprovoked aggression. Answer: D (p. 18) Topic: Spain’s American Empire Skill: Conceptual 7) In the 1670s thousands of Pueblo rebelled to drive the A) Spanish from New Mexico. B) Portuguese out of Brazil. C) Spanish from Florida. D) French out of Texas. Answer: A (p. 20) Topic: Extending Spain’s Empire to the North Skill: Factual 8) When discussing the question of the terrible decimation of the Native American peoples after 1500, your text concludes that most deaths resulted from A) European diseases. B) intertribal warfare. C) modern weaponry. D) extermination of traditional game. Answer: A (p. 20) Topic: Disease and Population Losses Skill: Conceptual
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