Type:
Solution Manual
Resource:
American Journey, The Volume 1
Edition:
6th Edition
Author(s):
David Goldfield Carl Abbott Virginia Dejohn Anderson Jo Ann E. Argersinger Peter H. Argersinger
INSTRUCTOR’S MANUAL Vincent P. Mikkelsen Florida State University
THE AMERICAN JOURNEY A History of the United States SIXTH EDITION AND TLC EDITION David Goldfield University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Carl Abbott Portland State University
Virginia DeJohn Anderson University of Colorado, Boulder
Jo Ann E. Argersinger Southern Illinois University
Peter H. Argersinger Southern Illinois University
William L. Barney University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Robert M. Weir University of South Carolina
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Worlds Apart ................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2 Transplantation 1600–1685............................................................................................. 5 Chapter 3 A Meeting of Cultures..................................................................................................... 9 Chapter 4 English Colonies in an Age of Empire 1660s–1763 ..................................................... 12 Chapter 5 Imperial Breakdown 1763–1774 ................................................................................... 15 Chapter 6 The War for Independence 1774–1783 ......................................................................... 18 Chapter 7 The First Republic 1776–1789 ...................................................................................... 22 Chapter 8 A New Republic and the Rise of Parties 1789–1800 .................................................... 26 Chapter 9 The Triumph and Collapse of Jeffersonian Republicanism 1800–1824 ....................... 30 Chapter 10 The Jacksonian Era 1824–1845................................................................................... 34 Chapter 11 Slavery and the Old South 1800–1860........................................................................ 38 Chapter 12 The Market Revolution and Social Reform 1815–1850.............................................. 42 Chapter 13 The Way West ............................................................................................................. 46 Chapter 14 The Politics of Sectionalism 1846–1861..................................................................... 50 Chapter 15 Battle Cries and Freedom Songs: The Civil War 1861–1865 ..................................... 54 Chapter 16 Reconstruction 1865–1877.......................................................................................... 59 Chapter 17 A New South: Economic Progress and Social Tradition 1877–1900.......................... 63 Chapter 18 Industry, Immigrants, and Cities 1870–1900 .............................................................. 67 Chapter 19 Transforming the West 1865–1890 ............................................................................. 71 Chapter 20 Politics and Government 1877–1900 .......................................................................... 75
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Chapter 21 The Progressive Era 1900–1917.................................................................................. 79 Chapter 22 Creating an Empire 1865–1917................................................................................... 83 Chapter 23 America and the Great War 1914–1920...................................................................... 86 Chapter 24 Toward a Modern America: The 1920s....................................................................... 90 Chapter 25 The Great Depression and the New Deal 1929–1939 ................................................. 94 Chapter 26 World War II 1939–1945 ............................................................................................ 98 Chapter 27 The Cold War at Home and Abroad 1946–1952....................................................... 102 Chapter 28 The Confident Years 1953–1964 .............................................................................. 106 Chapter 29 Shaken to the Roots 1965–1980................................................................................ 111 Chapter 30 The Reagan Revolution and a Changing World 1981–1992..................................... 115 Chapter 31 Complacency, Crisis, and Global Reengagement 1993–2010 .................................. 119
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Chapter 1 WORLDS APART Chapter Summary Chapter 1 provides an introduction to United States history by exploring the backgrounds of the three major cultures that came together to create the New World. Topics discussed include descriptions of Native American, West African, and European societies on the eve of contact; the motivations for European exploration and settlement in the New World; early Spanish, French, and British settlements; and the impact of contact with Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans during the sixteenth century. I.
Native American Societies before 1492 A. Hunters, Harvesters, and Gatherers B. The Development of Agriculture C. Nonfarming Societies D. Mesoamerican Civilizations 1. The Mayans 2. The Aztecs E. North America’s Diverse Cultures 1. Ancestral Puebloans 2. Plains Indians 3. Mound-building cultures F. The Caribbean Islanders
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West African Societies A. Geographical and Political Differences 1. Artisans and merchants 2. Farming and gender roles B. Family Structure and Religion C. European Merchants in West Africa and the Slave Trade
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Western Europe on the Eve of Exploration A. The Consolidation of Political and Military Authority B. Religious Conflict and the Protestant Reformation
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Contact A. The Lure of Discovery 1. Advances in navigation and shipbuilding 2. The Atlantic islands and the slave trade B. Christopher Columbus and the Westward Route to Asia C. The Spanish Conquest and Colonization 1. The end of the Aztec Empire 2. The fall of the Inca Empire 3. Spanish incursions to the north 4. The seeds of economic decline D. The Columbian Exchange E. Cultural Perceptions and Misperceptions
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