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A History of the United States (1870-Present)

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Contents· 85 sections

01: Western Expansion the New South and Industrial America 18701890
1.01: Native Americans and the Trans-Mississippi West
1.02: Winning and Losing the West
1.03: Growth of Industrial America and the New South
1.04: Challenging the Gilded Age
1.05: Further Reading
02: Populism and Imperialism 18901900
2.01: Urban American and Popular Culture
2.02: National Politics and the Populist Party
2.03: Immigration Ethnicity and the Nadir of Race Relations
2.04: Imperialism at Home and Abroad
2.05: Further Reading
03: From Populism to the Progressive Era 19001912
3.01: National Politics during the Progressive Era
3.02: The Progressives
3.03: Radicalism and the Limits of Egalitarian Reform
3.04: Life in Modern America
3.05: Conclusion
3.06: Further Reading
04: The Late Progressive Era and World War 19121920
4.01: The Wilson Administration and the Coming War
4.02: The Great War and America
4.03: Armistice and Aftermath
4.04: Conclusion
4.05: Further Reading
05: Roaring Twenties to the Great Depression 19201932
5.01: Prosperity and Its Limits
5.02: Immigration and Closing the Golden Door
5.03: Popular Culture and a Renaissance in Harlem
5.04: The Crash- From Decadence to Depression
5.05: Conclusion
5.06: Further Reading
06: The New Deal and Origins of World War II 19321939
6.01: The First New Deal 19331935
6.02: Last Hired First Fired- Women and Minorities in the Great Depression
6.03: Second New Deal and Its Opponents 19351939
6.04: Americas Entry into World War II
6.05: Conclusion
6.06: Further Reading
07: America and World War II 19411945
7.01: Pearl Harbor and the Arsenal of Democracy
7.02: Double V- Freedom Abroad Freedom at Home
7.03: D-Day to Victory
7.04: Conclusion
7.05: Further Reading
08: The Cold War at Home and Abroad 19451953
8.01: Postwar Europe Asia and the Middle East
8.02: Postwar America
8.03: Red Scares Lavender Scares and the Quest for Equality during the Early Cold War
8.04: Containment and the Korean Conflict
8.05: Further Reading
09: The Cold War and the Affluent Society 19541963
9.01: The Global Cold War during the Eisenhower Administration
9.02: America during the Eisenhower Years
9.03: America and the World during the Kennedy Years
9.04: Conclusion
9.05: Further Reading
10: Vietnam and Civil Disobedience 19631969
10.01: From New Frontier to Great Society
10.02: The Great Society and the Vietnam War
10.03: More than a Hamburger- Civil Rights and Social Justice
10.04: 19681969- Unrest and Upheaval
10.05: Further Reading
11: The 1970s
11.01: Vietnam Detente and Watergate
11.02: Detente Decline and Domestic Politics
11.03: Equality and Liberation in the New America
11.04: The Middle East and Malaise- America in the Late 1970s
11.05: Conclusion
11.06: Further Reading
12: The Reagan and Bush Years 19801992
12.01: Conservatism and the Reagan Revolution
12.02: The End of the Cold War
12.03: American Life in the 1980s
12.04: Technology and Globalization
12.05: The Presidency of George Bush (Sr.)
12.06: Conclusion
12.07: Further Reading
13: America in Our Time 1992Present
13.01: America during the Clinton Administration
13.02: From the Center to the Edge- America during the George W. Bush Administration
13.03: Diversity in the New America
13.04: Continuity and Change- The United States and the Transition from Bush to Obama
13.05: Conclusion
13.06: Further Reading