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U.S. History (Expanded), Vol. 1

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U.S. History (Expanded), Vol. 1

This textbook is used for a survey course on United States history through 1877. It begins with Europe, Africa, and the Americas before the Columbian Exchange, the transition from colonies to the United States of America, and ends with the Civil War and Reconstruction. Included are students enrolled in Gregory Beyrer's history classes at Cosumnes River College and the Northern California Study Abroad Consortium in London in fall 2024.

Humanities
Author
Gregory Beyrer
Publisher
Cosumnes River College
Source
LibreTexts
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CC BY
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Contents· 180 sections
  1. 01: The Americas Europe and Africa Before 1492
  2. 1.01: Introduction
  3. 1.02: The Americas
  4. 1.03: Europe on the Brink of Change
  5. 1.04: West Africa and the Role of Slavery
  6. 1.05: Chapter One Resources
  7. 1.5.01: Key Terms
  8. 1.5.02: Chapter Section Summaries
  9. 1.5.03: Review Questions
  10. 1.5.04: Critical Thinking Questions
  11. 02: Early Globalization- The Atlantic World 14921650
  12. 2.01: Introduction
  13. 2.02: Portuguese Exploration and Spanish Conquest
  14. 2.03: Religious Upheavals in the Developing Atlantic World
  15. 2.04: Challenges to Spains Supremacy
  16. 2.05: New Worlds in the Americas- Labor Commerce and the Columbian Exchange
  17. 2.06: Chapter Two Resources
  18. 2.6.01: Key Terms
  19. 2.6.02: Chapter Section Summaries
  20. 2.6.03: Review Questions
  21. 2.6.04: Critical Thinking Questions
  22. 03: Creating New Social Orders- Colonial Societies 15001700
  23. 3.01: Introduction
  24. 3.02: Spanish Exploration and Colonial Society
  25. 3.03: Colonial Rivalries (Dutch and French)
  26. 3.04: English Settlements in America
  27. 3.05: The Impact of Colonization
  28. 3.06: Chapter Three Resources
  29. 3.6.01: Key Terms
  30. 3.6.02: Chapter Section Summaries
  31. 3.6.03: Review Questions
  32. 3.6.04: Critical Thinking Questions
  33. 04: Rule Britannia The English Empire 16601763
  34. 4.01: Introduction
  35. 4.02: Charles II and the Restoration Colonies
  36. 4.03: The Glorious Revolution and the English Empire
  37. 4.04: An Empire of Slavery and the Consumer Revolution
  38. 4.05: Great Awakening and Enlightenment
  39. 4.06: Wars for Empire
  40. 4.07: Chapter Four Resources
  41. 4.7.01: Key Terms
  42. 4.7.02: Chapter Section Summaries
  43. 4.7.03: Review Questions
  44. 4.7.04: Critical Thinking Questions
  45. 05: Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests 1763-1774
  46. 5.01: Introduction
  47. 5.02: Confronting the National Debt- The Aftermath of the French and Indian War
  48. 5.03: The Stamp Act and the Sons and Daughters of Liberty
  49. 5.04: The Townshend Acts and Colonial Protest
  50. 5.05: The Destruction of the Tea and the Coercive Acts
  51. 5.06: Disaffection- The First Continental Congress and American Identity
  52. 5.07: Chapter Five Resources
  53. 5.7.01: Key Terms
  54. 5.7.02: Chapter Section Summaries
  55. 5.7.03: Review Questions
  56. 5.7.04: Critical Thinking Questions
  57. 06: America's War for Independence 1775-1783
  58. 6.01: Introduction
  59. 6.02: Britains Law-and-Order Strategy and Its Consequences
  60. 6.03: The Early Years of the Revolution
  61. 6.04: War in the South
  62. 6.05: Identity during the American Revolution
  63. 6.06: Chapter Six Resources
  64. 6.6.01: Key Terms
  65. 6.6.02: Chapter Section Summaries
  66. 6.6.03: Review Questions
  67. 6.6.04: Critical Thinking Questions
  68. 07: Creating Republican Governments 17761790
  69. 7.01: Introduction
  70. 7.02: From Monarchy to an American Republic
  71. 7.03: How Much Revolutionary Change
  72. 7.04: Debating Democracy
  73. 7.05: The Constitutional Convention and Federal Constitution
  74. 7.06: Chapter Seven Resources
  75. 7.6.01: Key Terms
  76. 7.6.02: Chapter Section Summaries
  77. 7.6.03: Review Questions
  78. 7.6.04: Critical Thinking Questions
  79. 08: Growing Pains- The New Republic 17901820
  80. 8.01: Introduction
  81. 8.02: Competing Visions- Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
  82. 8.03: The New American Republic
  83. 8.04: Partisan Politics
  84. 8.05: The United States Goes Back to War
  85. 8.06: Chapter Eight Resources
  86. 8.6.01: Key Terms
  87. 8.6.02: Chapter Section Summaries
  88. 8.6.03: Review Questions
  89. 8.6.04: Critical Thinking Questions
  90. 09: Industrial Transformation in the North 18001850
  91. 9.01: Introduction
  92. 9.02: Early Industrialization in the Northeast
  93. 9.03: A Vibrant Capitalist Republic
  94. 9.04: On the Move- The Transportation Revolution
  95. 9.05: A New Social Order- Class Divisions
  96. 9.06: Chapter Nine Resources
  97. 9.6.01: Key Terms
  98. 9.6.02: Chapter Section Summaries
  99. 9.6.03: Review Questions
  100. 9.6.04: Critical Thinking Questions
  101. 10: Jacksonian Democracy 18201840
  102. 10.01: Introduction
  103. 10.02: A New Political Style- From John Quincy Adams to Andrew Jackson
  104. 10.03: The Rise of American Democracy
  105. 10.04: The Nullification Crisis and the Bank War
  106. 10.05: Indian Removal
  107. 10.06: The Tyranny and Triumph of the Majority
  108. 10.07: Chapter Ten Resources
  109. 10.7.01: Key Terms
  110. 10.7.02: Chapter Section Summaries
  111. 10.7.03: Review Questions
  112. 10.7.04: Critical Thinking Questions
  113. 11: A Nation on the Move- Westward Expansion 18001860
  114. 11.01: Introduction
  115. 11.02: Lewis and Clark
  116. 11.03: The Missouri Crisis
  117. 11.04: Independence for Texas
  118. 11.05: The Mexican-American War 18461848
  119. 11.06: Free Soil or Slave The Dilemma of the West
  120. 11.07: Chapter Eleven Resources
  121. 11.7.01: Key Terms
  122. 11.7.02: Chapter Section Summaries
  123. 11.7.03: Review Questions
  124. 11.7.04: Critical Thinking Questions
  125. 12: Cotton is King- The Antebellum South 18201860
  126. 12.01: Introduction
  127. 12.02: The Economics of Cotton
  128. 12.03: African Americans in the Antebellum United States
  129. 12.04: Wealth and Culture in the South
  130. 12.05: The Filibuster and the Quest for New Slave States
  131. 12.06: Chapter Twelve Resources
  132. 12.6.01: Key Terms
  133. 12.6.02: Chapter Section Summaries
  134. 12.6.03: Review Questions
  135. 12.6.04: Critical Thinking Questions
  136. 13: Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses 18201860
  137. 13.01: Introduction
  138. 13.02: An Awakening of Religion and Individualism
  139. 13.03: Antebellum Communal Experiments
  140. 13.04: Reforms to Human Health
  141. 13.05: Addressing Slavery
  142. 13.06: Womens Rights
  143. 13.07: Chapter Thirteen Resources
  144. 13.7.01: Key Terms
  145. 13.7.02: Chapter Section Summaries
  146. 13.7.03: Review Questions
  147. 13.7.04: Critical Thinking Questions
  148. 14. Troubled Times: the Tumultuous 1850s
  149. 14.01: Introduction
  150. 14.02: The Compromise of 1850
  151. 14.03: The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Republican Party
  152. 14.04: The Dred Scott Decision and Sectional Strife
  153. 14.05: John Brown and the Election of 1860
  154. 14.06: Chapter Fourteen Resources
  155. 14.6.01: Key Terms
  156. 14.6.02: Chapter Section Summaries
  157. 14.6.03: Review Questions
  158. 14.6.04: Critical Thinking Questions
  159. 15: The Civil War 18601865
  160. 15.01: Introduction
  161. 15.02: The Origins and Outbreak of the Civil War
  162. 15.03: Early Mobilization and War
  163. 15.04: 1863- The Changing Nature of the War
  164. 15.05: The Union Triumphant
  165. 15.06: Chapter Fifteen Resources
  166. 15.6.01: Key Terms
  167. 15.6.02: Chapter Section Summaries
  168. 15.6.03: Review Questions
  169. 15.6.04: Critical Thinking Questions
  170. 16: The Era of Reconstruction 18651877
  171. 16.01: Introduction
  172. 16.02: Restoring the Union
  173. 16.03: Congress and the Remaking of the South 18651866
  174. 16.04: Radical Reconstruction 18671872
  175. 16.05: The Collapse of Reconstruction
  176. 16.06: Chapter Sixteen Resources
  177. 16.6.01: Key Terms
  178. 16.6.02: Chapter Section Summaries
  179. 16.6.03: Review Questions
  180. 16.6.04: Critical Thinking Questions