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Note continued: Rosa Parks Boards a Bus -- A Preacher from Atlanta -- Or Does It Explode? -- Sputnik and the New Frontier -- The Torch Has Been Passed ... -- From the Bay of Pigs to the Edge of Armageddon -- Motorcade in Dallas -- Lyndon Baines Johnson -- The Great Society -- An Act of Civil Rights -- 31. Nam (1946-1975) -- A Long Story -- The March to Dien Bien Phu -- Domino Theory -- American Advice -- A Monk on Fire and the Fall of a Friend -- American Thunder Rolls -- Escalation and Vietnamization -- Hearts and Minds -- The Endless Tunnel -- Tet -- A President Opts Out -- Nixons War -- Paris, Cambodia, and Laos -- Death for Easter -- Bombs for Christmas -- Hard Lessons -- 32. Of Love, the Moon, and Dirty Tricks (1968-1974) -- Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out -- Peace and Love -- The Eagle Has Landed -- Pentagon Secrets -- Thawing the Cold War -- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks -- Ping Pong Peace -- Committee to Re-Elect the President -- Plumbers at Work;Note continued: 36. Democracy at the Turn of the Millennium (1991-2004) -- High Crimes and Misdemeanors? -- Paper Money -- Dot.Com and Dot. Bomb -- Pillars of the Community -- Cooked Books -- The New Ethics? -- Too Close to Call -- 37. Asymmetric Threats (2001-2008) -- 9/11 -- Stunned -- More Attacks -- The Terrorists -- First War of the Twenty-First Century -- The Toll of Terror -- PATRIOT Act -- Operation Iraqi Freedom -- Mission Accomplished -- A Hundred Years War? -- No Shelter from the Storm -- 38. Elections Have Consequences (2008-2018) -- Beyond Red State, Blue State -- Bush in the Balance -- Revaluing Values -- Mortgaging the Future -- Debt and Debacle -- Meltdown -- What Is the Government? Who Is the Government? -- Campaigns for Change -- First Tuesday -- Tribal Politics -- President Trump.;Note continued: Indian Diplomacy -- New Traditions of Liberty and Worship -- Rhode Island: Haven for the Heterodox -- Maryland: Catholics Welcome -- Pennsylvania: Quaker Colony -- Dreams and Shackles -- Slave Country -- 6. Colonial Contenders (1608-1680s) -- Champlain Sails In -- The Sun King Beams -- A Small Investment -- Kieft the Killer -- Stuyvesant Takes Charge -- New Netherland Becomes New York -- 7.A Wilderness Burning (1636-1748) -- New England Bleeds -- The Pequot War -- King Philips War -- The French and Indian Wars -- King Williams War -- Queen Annes War -- Tuscarora and Yemasee Wars -- King Georges War -- 8.A Woodland World War (1749-1763) -- Taking Sides -- The Volley Fired by a Young Virginian ... -- Panic, Retreat, and Retrenchment -- Seven Years Bad Luck -- Epilogue in Blood -- 9. Invitation to a Tea Party (1763-1775) -- The King Draws a Line -- Taxation Without Representation -- Stamps of Tyranny -- Act II -- Boston Rising;Note continued: All the Presidents Men -- 33. Women Rise, the Nation Drifts, and Reagan Rallies (1963-1980) -- A Womans Place -- From Rosie the Riveter to The Feminine Mystique -- Pill Power -- NOW and Ms -- ERA Collapse -- Oil Almighty -- Stagflation -- Scary Cities, Crumbling Bridges -- The Verge of Meltdown -- The Fanatics -- The Great Communicator -- 34.A New Economy, a Fallen Wall, and a Desert in Flames (1980-1991) -- The Trickle-Down Solution -- Greed Is Good -- Black Monday -- A Suicide Bombing and a Feel-Good War -- A War Without Bullets -- Ollie, Iran, and the Contras -- Weighing the Reagan Years -- Desert Shield and Desert Storm -- A Line in the Sand -- Victory Constrained -- 35.E Pluribus Unum (1991-1999) -- The Economy, Stupid -- The New Right -- Right to Life -- Christian Right -- The Age of Rage -- Waco and Oklahoma City -- And It Was Still the Economy -- To Fight for Peace -- Nightmare in the Balkans -- Kosovo Crisis;Note continued: Capturing Sound and Light -- Bridge and Skyscraper, Kitty Hawk and Detroit -- 24. Octopus and Jungle (1877-1906) -- The Golden Door -- How the Other Half Lived -- Rush to New Land -- The Knights of Labor -- Strike! -- The American Federation of Labor -- Wobblies -- Day of the Bosses -- Chicago Meat -- Muckrakers and Progressivism -- The Government Takes a Hand -- 25. Over There (1898-1918) -- Selling the News -- Remember the Maine! -- He Kept Us Out of War -- Lusitania Lost -- Telegram from Zimmermann -- Crusade for Democracy -- Over the Top -- Blooded at the Marne -- The Boys of St. Mihiel -- At the Eleventh Hour -- 26. Booze, Boom, Bust (1918-1929) -- Wilsons Dream -- Reds! -- Retreat into Normalcy -- A Generation Lost and Found -- Stein, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Co. -- Women Get the Vote -- Harlem Lights and Harlem Nights -- America Goes Dry -- Countdown to Black Tuesday -- High Rollers -- Ante Up -- 27.A New Deal and a New War (1930-1941);Note continued: 16.A Nation in Chains (1724-1857) -- Against the American Grain -- Eli Whitneys Slave Machine -- Underground Railroad -- The Liberator and the Narrative -- The Tortured Course of Compromise -- 1850: A Compromise New and Doomed -- Kansas-Nebraska Act -- The Dred Scott Disgrace -- 17. Westward the Course (1834-1846) -- The Plow and the Reaper -- Cyrus McCormick -- John Deere -- Martyrdom in Texas -- Westering -- Overland Trail -- Oregon Fever -- What Hath God Wrought? -- 18. Destiny Manifested (1846-1860) -- Halls of Montezuma -- Of God and Gold -- The Mormons Trek -- Chasing the Glitter -- 19.A Strange Flag over Sumter (1859-1862) -- John Browns Body -- Bleak Transition -- April 12, 1861, 4:30 A.M. -- From Bull Run to Antietam -- Seven Days -- Back to Bull Run -- Perryville and Antietam -- Emancipation Proclaimed-More or Less -- The Presidents Dilemma -- The Presidents Solution;Note continued: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? -- The Age of Great Dictators -- The Epoch of Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Street Wars -- Bloodlust -- Lightning War -- Infamy at Pearl Harbor -- 28. Saving the World (1941-1945) -- I Shall Return -- Internment -- Trial, Error, and Triumph in North Africa -- Pacific Turning -- Island Hopping -- On Mediterranean Shores -- The Longest Day -- Blood for Liberty -- Fat Man and Little Boy -- 29. War Served Cold-and Hot (1944-1954) -- A Fight for Peace -- The Nations Unite -- The Germans Are Divided -- Marshall Presents a Plan -- Curtain of Iron -- Containing Communism -- A Second Battle of Berlin -- Witch Hunts -- Police Action in Korea -- Invasion, Counterstrike, Invasion -- Meatgrinder -- Old Soldiers -- Thrust, Counterthrust, and Stalemate -- Talking Peace and Talking Some More -- The Unhappiest Ally -- 30. From the Back of the Bus to the Great Society (1947-1968) -- Executive Order 9981 -- The Dream Deferred;Note continued: 20. The Bloody Road to Appomattox and Beyond (1863-1876) -- Four Score and Seven -- Vicksburg and Chattanooga -- To Richmond -- Retreat in Reverse -- The March to the Sea -- Mr. McLeans House -- With Malice Toward Some -- The President Attends a Comedy -- Reconstruction Deconstructed -- Articles of Impeachment -- Hail to His Fraudulency -- 21. Sea to Shining Sea (1862-1878) -- Home Sweet Homestead -- By Rut and by Rail -- The Great Iron Road -- A Golden Spike at Promontory -- 22. Warpath (1862-1891) -- Blue, Gray, and Red -- Massacre in Minnesota -- War for the Bozeman Trail -- A Plague of Pursuers -- Struggle for the Black Hills -- I Will Fight No More Forever -- After Geronimo -- A Place Called Wounded Knee -- 23. Exploitation and Enterprise (1869-1908) -- An Empire of Cows -- Law and Disorder -- Markets and Monopolies -- Rockefellers Oil -- The Gospel of Wealth -- An Age of Invention -- Mr. Watson, Come Here! -- One Percent Inspiration;Machine generated contents note: 1. The First People (40000-19000 B.C.E. to 1500s C.E.) -- Neolithic Journey -- Whered Everybody Come From? -- What Happened to Everybody? -- Western Civilizations -- The Anasazi -- The Mound Builders -- The Cahokia Tragedy -- Long Before Columbus -- 2. West to East (1451-1507) -- The Weavers Son -- Trouble on the Horizon -- Columbus Day, 1492 -- Paradise Killed -- Three More Voyages -- Why Were Not Called Columbia -- 3. New Blood for Old Spain (1400-1600s) -- The Conquistadors Sword -- Borderlands -- Onate the Terrible -- The Black Legend -- Native American Revolutions -- The Black Robes -- 4. Errand into the Wilderness (1497-1608) -- England Joins the Age of Discovery -- Passage to India? No Way -- A Colony Vanishes, Another Appears -- The Continent Swallows a Colony -- Starving in Jamestown -- John Smith and Pocahontas -- Tobacco Empire -- 5.A Rock and a Hard Place (1608-1733) -- Promised Land -- A Civil Body Politick.;Note continued: John Adams on Power -- The Age of Jefferson -- Supreme Court Reigns Supreme -- A Purchase and a Grand Adventure -- Struggle for Sovereignty -- Tecumseh Raises the Hatchet -- 13.1812: The Decision for War (1812-1814) -- The War Hawks Roost -- Three-Pronged Flop -- The West at Risk -- Stranglehold -- Triumph of an Inland Navy -- O, Say Can You See -- Deliverance on Lake Champlain -- An American Hero Is Born -- 14. Fanfare for the Common Man (1814-1836) -- Good Feelings -- A Monumental Ditch -- A Place in the Family of Nations -- Monroe Doctrine -- Bad Feelings -- A Panic -- A Desperate Compromise -- The Age of Jackson -- The Rise of Old Hickory -- Common Man or King Andrew? -- 15. Trails of Tears (1817-1842) -- Liberty and Union, Now and Forever -- The Seminoles Say No -- The Defiance of Black Hawk -- Indian Removal -- Hollow Victory -- A Man Called Osceola -- The Cruelest Work I Ever Knew -- Welcome to Indian Territory;Note continued: Tearing Down, Building Up -- Some Intolerable Acts -- Continental Congress -- The Shot Heard Round the World -- Washington Signs On -- A Misnamed Battle Near Bunker Hill -- The Olive Branch Spurned, a Declaration Written -- 10. Kindling the Flames of Liberty (1776-1783) -- Boston Besieged -- Southern Exposure -- A Pale Flush of Victory -- The British Lion Roars -- Recrossing the Delaware -- Saratoga Sunrise -- Trouble in the City of Brotherly Love -- Vive la France -- A Hard Forge -- White War, Red Blood -- More Action in the South -- The Victory at Yorktown -- 11. From Many, One (1787-1797) -- Bound by a Rope of Sand -- Northwest Ordinance -- We the People -- A Fresh Start and New Compromise -- Connecticut Compromise -- Three-Fifths of a Person -- Federalist Hard Sell -- Father of His Country -- Glorious Afterthought: The Bill of Rights -- Hamilton Gets the Credit -- 12. Growing Pains (1798-1812) -- Foreign Affairs -- As Easy as XYZ;Discover the stories that shaped our nation. Sure, you know that Americas colonists won our independence from Great Britain, that George Washington became our first president, and that Lincoln freed the slaves. But these key events merely scratch the surface of our nations history and the moments that helped shape the United States into the rich, diverse, and complex country it is today. America: History Examined explores the defining moments, decisions and people who have written our countrys story up to now, including: - The first people of America, with new archaeological and ethnographical findings - An examination of the origins and course of the American Revolution - The signing of the Declaration of Independence and creation of our Constitution - The rise of Andrew Jackson and parallels with current American Populism - A revealing look at the different causes that led to the American Civil War - The World Wars and how they led to Americas emergence as a superpower - A critical examination of the Vietnam War and how it tested American pride - Growing partisan gridlock, globalism vs. nationalism, and the dichotomy between the Obama and Trump presidencies.

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Copyright 2018 by Alan Axelrod, PhD

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Reprinted from The Complete Idiots Guide to American History, Fifth Edition

As ever, for Anita.

Introduction

Most of the worlds nations are places places with a past, certainly, and with traditions and a heritage, but places nevertheless. The United States is different. Its a place, but its also an idea . Sure, democracy was not exactly a new idea in 1776the word democracy, meaning government by the people, was coined in ancient Greecebut no one had really tried it before. Few people thought it would work.

The story of gambling on an untried notion is bound to be fascinating. When you have a stake in that gamble, the story can be downright riveting. My purpose is to give you a rapid but comprehensive overview of American history. Obviously, a book of this length is also grossly incomplete. Search online for books on American history, and you will be swept away in a tsunami of titles. The great thing is that so many of them are worth reading. Like a roadmap, this book doesnt show you everything and everyone. But its a great way to start your journey through the American story.

, takes us back maybe forty some thousand years (nobody is sure how far back to go) to the epoch of the first immigrants, the people who crossed the long-vanished Bering land bridge from Asia to North America. The discussion then shifts to the collision of Old World and New as Europe invaded the Native American realm beginning in the fifteenth century, transforming the continent into a battlefield on which a nation was forged.

, covers the American Revolution, from origins to outcome, including issues of economic, political, and spiritual independence.

, discusses the creation of the Constitution, the War of 1812, the rise of Andrew Jackson, and the era of the common man, as well as the forced removal of the Indians from the East to the West.

, analyzes the causes of the Civil War, the early steps toward western expansionincluding the U.S.-Mexican War, by which much of the present U.S. Southwest was acquiredthe Civil War itself, and the Reconstruction era following it.

, covers the major period of western expansion, including the homestead movement, the building of the transcontinental railroad, the Indian Wars, the growth of the western cattle empire, and the economic and technological boom of the later nineteenth century. This part also discusses the immigrant experience, the labor movement, and the rise of urban political machines.

, charts the nations evolution as a world power (beginning with the Spanish-American War and World War I), the isolationist reaction against that evolution, the culture of the Roaring Twenties (including the heyday of Prohibition Era gangsters), the stock market crash, and the Great Depression. This part also outlines the origins of World War II and the nations fight to victory in that war, from which it emerged as a nuclear superpower.

, covers the Cold War years, the Korean War, the Civil Rights movement, and the social revolution wrought during the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. This part concludes with the Vietnam War.

, surveys the turbulent home front during the Vietnam era, including such highs as the Apollo 11 moon landing and such lows as the Watergate scandal. The womens liberation movement is also discussed, as are the energy crisis and the economic crises of American cities and industry, which created fertile ground for the growth of Reaganomics.

, begins with the Reagan years and covers the end of the Cold War, including the experience of the first Gulf War. The final three chapters in this part look at recent events, including: the terrorist attacks on the United States; the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; the financial and ethical collapse of some major corporations; challenges to the economy and the environment; the division of the nation into red states and blue states; the troubled presidency of George W. Bush; the election of 2008, which brought the United States its first African-American president; and the open question that is the election and presidency of Donald J. Trump.

Extras

In addition to the main narrative of America: History Examined, youll find other types of useful information, including capsule histories of major events, brief biographies of key people in American history, digests of important statistics, and quick definitions of historical buzzwords. Look for these features:

AMERICAN ECHO

These are memorable statements from historically significant figures and documents.

AMERICAN LIFE

This feature provides biographical sketches of an eras most significant and representative figures.

WHATS THE WORD?

This feature defines the buzzwords that defined a time and place.

VITAL STATISTICS

Here youll find key numbers relating to an era or event, including such items as population statistics, war casualties, costs, and so on.

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