By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Describe the key points of the election of 1828
Explain the scandals of Andrew Jackson’s first term in office
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain Alexis de Tocqueville’s analysis of American democracy
Describe the election of 1840 and its outcome
The Origins of the Progressive Spirit in America
Progressivism at the Grassroots Level
New Voices for Women and African Americans
Progressivism in the White House
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Understand the origins and growth of the women’s rights movement
Identify the different strands of the early African American civil rights movement
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Identify specific examples of grassroots Progressivism relating to the spread of democracy, efficiency in government, and social justice
Describe the more radical movements associated with the Progressive Era
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain the key features of Theodore Roosevelt’s “Square Deal”
Explain the key features of William Howard Taft’s Progressive agenda
Identify the main pieces of legislation that Woodrow Wilson’s “New Freedom” agenda comprised
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Describe the role that muckrakers played in catalyzing the Progressive Era
Explain the main features of Progressivism
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain the factors responsible for Richard Nixon’s election in 1968
Describe the splintering of the Democratic Party in 1968
Discuss Richard Nixon’s economic policies
Discuss the major successes of Richard Nixon’s foreign policy
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Describe the counterculture of the 1960s
Explain the origins of the American Indian Movement and its major activities
Assess the significance of the gay rights and women’s liberation movements
Identity Politics in a Fractured Society
Coming Apart, Coming Together
Vietnam: The Downward Spiral
Watergate: Nixon’s Domestic Nightmare
Jimmy Carter in the Aftermath of the Storm
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain why Gerald Ford lost the election of 1976
Describe Jimmy Carter’s domestic and foreign policy achievements
Discuss how the Iranian hostage crisis affected the Carter presidency
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Describe the events that fueled antiwar sentiment in the Vietnam era
Explain Nixon’s steps to withdraw the United States from the conflict in South Vietnam
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Describe the actions that Nixon and his confederates took to ensure his reelection in 1972
Explain the significance of the Watergate crisis
Describe Gerald Ford’s domestic policies and achievements in foreign affairs
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Understand how the economic and political climate of the day promoted the formation of the farmers’ protest movement in the latter half of the nineteenth century
Explain how the farmers’ revolt moved from protest to politics
Political Corruption in Postbellum America
Key Political Issues: Patronage, Tariffs, and Gold
Farmers Revolt in the Populist Era
Social and Labor Unrest in the 1890s
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Discuss the national political scene during the Gilded Age
Analyze why many critics considered the Gilded Age a period of ineffective national leadership
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain how the Depression of 1893 helped the Populist Party to grow in popularity in the 1890s
Understand the forces that contributed to the Populist Party’s decline following the 1896 presidential election