By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Explain the difference between the spoils system and civil service, and discuss the importance of this issue in the period from 1872 to 1896
Recognize the ways in which the issue of tariffs impacted different sectors of the economy in late nineteenth-century America
Explain why Americans were split on the issue of a national gold standard versus free coinage of silver
Explain why political patronage was a key issue for political parties in the late nineteenth century

The Challenges of Peacetime
The Cold War
The American Dream
Popular Culture and Mass Media
The African American Struggle for Civil Rights

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Describe Americans’ different responses to rock and roll music
Discuss the way contemporary movies and television reflected postwar American society

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Explain how Presidents Truman and Eisenhower addressed civil rights issues
Discuss efforts by African Americans to end discrimination and segregation
Describe southern whites’ response to the civil rights movement

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Describe President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s domestic and foreign policies
Discuss gender roles in the 1950s
Discuss the growth of the suburbs and the effect of suburbanization on American society

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Identify the issues that the nation faced during demobilization
Explain the goals and objectives of the Truman administration
Evaluate the actions taken by the U.S. government to address the concerns of returning veterans

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Explain how and why the Cold War emerged in the wake of World War II
Describe the steps taken by the U.S. government to oppose Communist expansion in Europe and Asia
Discuss the government’s efforts to root out Communist influences in the United States

U.S. History is designed for a two-semester American history sequence. It is traditional in coverage, following a roughly chronological outline, and using a balanced approach that includes political, economic, social, and cultural developments. At the same time, the book includes a number of innovative and interactive features designed to enhance student learning. Instructors can also customize the book, adapting it to the approach that works best in their classroom.

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Analyze the role slavery played in the history and economy of the British Empire
Explain the effects of the 1739 Stono Rebellion and the 1741 New York Conspiracy Trials
Describe the consumer revolution and its effect on the life of the colonial gentry and other settlers

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Analyze the causes and consequences of the Restoration
Identify the Restoration colonies and their role in the expansion of the Empire

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Explain the significance of the Great Awakening
Describe the genesis, central ideas, and effects of the Enlightenment in British North America

Charles II and the Restoration Colonies
The Glorious Revolution and the English Empire
An Empire of Slavery and the Consumer Revolution
Great Awakening and Enlightenment
Wars for Empire

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Identify the causes of the Glorious Revolution
Explain the outcomes of the Glorious Revolution

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Describe the wars for empire
Analyze the significance of these conflicts