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If you think American history can�t be entertaining, think again. THE BRIEF AMERICAN PAGEANT presents a concise and vivid chronological narrative, focusing on the central themes and great public debates that have dominated American history. Colorful anecdotes, first-person quotations, and the text�s trademark wit keep you engaged and make learning America�s history an exciting and lively experience. Focus questions, chapter outlines and summaries, and marginal glossaries ensure that you understand and retain the material.
Contents
Part I: FOUNDING THE NEW NATION ca. 33,000 B.C.E.�1783 C.E.
1. New World Beginnings 33,000 B.C.E.�1769 C.E.
2. The Planting of English America 1500�1733.
3. Settling the Northern Colonies 1619�1700.
4. American Life in the Seventeenth Century 1607�1692.
5. Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution 1700�1775.
6. The Duel for North America 1608�1763.
7. The Road to Revolution 1763�1775.
8. America Secedes from the Empire 1775�1783.
Part II: BUILDING THE NEW NATION 1776-1860.
9. The Confederation and the Constitution 1776�1790.
10. Launching the New Ship of State 1789�1800.
11. The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic 1800�1812.
12. The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism 1812�1824.
13. The Rise of a Mass Democracy 1824�1840.
14. Forging the National Economy 1790�1860.
15. The Ferment of Reform and Culture 1790�1860.
Part III: TESTING THE NEW NATION 1820�1877.
16. The South and the Slavery Controversy 1793�1860.
17. Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy 1841�1848.
18. Renewing the Sectional Struggle 1848�1854.
19. Drifting Toward Disunion 1854�1861.
20. Girding for War: The North and the South 1861�1865.
21. The Furnace of Civil War 1861�1865.
22. The Ordeal of Reconstruction 1865�1877.
Part IV: FORGING AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY 1865�1909.
23. Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age 1869�1896.
24. Industry Comes of Age 1865�1900.
25. America Moves to the City 1865�1900.
26. The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution 1865�1896.
27. Empire and Expansion 1890�1909.
Part V: STRUGGLING FOR JUSTICE AT HOME AND ABROAD 1901�1945.
28. Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt 1901�1912.
29. Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War 1913�1920.
30. American Life in the �Roaring Twenties� 1920�1929.
31. The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920�1932.
32. The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933�1939.
33. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933�1941.
34. America in World War II 1941�1945.
Part VI: MAKING MODERN AMERICA 1945 TO THE PRESENT.
35. The Cold War Begins 1945�1952.
36. American Zenith 1952�1963.
37. The Stormy Sixties 1963�1973.
38. Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973�1980.
39. The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980�1992.
40. America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era 1992�2000.
41. The American People Face a New Century 2001�2014.