CONTENTS
PART 1 Contact and Exploration, 1491–1607
1. The World before 1492 1
2. First Encounters, First Conquests, 1492–1607 17
PART 2 Settlements Old and New, 1607–1754
3. Settlements, Alliances, and Resistance, 1607–1718 33
4. Creating the Culture of British North America, 1689–1754 52
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PART 3 A New Birth of Freedom—Creating the United States of America,
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1754–1800
5. The Making of a Revolution, 1754–1783 66
6. Creating a Nation, 1783–1788 82
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7. Practicing Democracy, 1789–1800 97
PART 4 Crafting a Nation, People, Land, and a National Identity, 1800–1848
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8. Creating a New People, Expanding the Country, 1801–1823 112
9. New Industries, New Politics, 1815–1828 129
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10. Democracy in the Age of Andrew Jackson, 1828–1844 143
11. Manifest Destiny: Expanding the Nation, 1830–1853 158
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PART 5 Expansion, Separation, and a New Union, 1844–1877
12. Living in a Nation of Changing Lands, Changing Faces,
Changing Expectations, 1831–1854 173
13. The Politics of Separation, 1850–1861 190
14. And the War Came: The Civil War, 1861–1865 203
15. Reconstruction, 1865–1877 217
,PART 6 Becoming an Industrial World Power—Costs, Benefits, and
Responses, 1865–1914
16. Conflict in the West, 1865–1912 231
17. The Gilded Age: Building a Technological and Industrial Giant
and a New Social Order, 1876–1913 248
18. Responses to Industrialism, Responses to Change, 1877–1914 263
19. Progressive Movements, Progressive Politics, 1879–1917 279
PART 7 War, Prosperity, and Depression, 1890–1945
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20. Foreign Policy and War in a Progressive Era, 1890–1919 293
21. A Unique, Prosperous, and Discontented Time, 1919–1929 310
22. Living in Hard Times, 1929–1939 325
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23. Living in a World at War, 1939–1945 341
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PART 8 Fears, Joys, and Limits, 1945–1980
24. The World the War Created, 1945–1952 356
25. Complacency and Change, 1952–1965 373
26. Lives Changed, 1961–1968 388
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27. Rights, Reaction, and Limits, 1968–1980 402
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PART 9 Certainty, Uncertainty, and New Beginnings, 1980 to the Present
28. The Reagan Revolution, 1980–1989 419
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29. A New World Order, 1989–2001 434
30. Entering a New Time, 2001–to the Present 449
,PART 1
CONTACT AND EXPLORATION, 1491–1607
TEXT CHAPTERS
Chapter 1
The World Before 1492
Chapter 2
First Encounters, First Conquests, 1492–1607
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SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
Click on underlined text to open links to the suggested resources on the internet.
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• This interesting exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art includes beautiful artifacts of
important objects during the age of exploration and by Carl Wise and David Wheat,
“African Laborers for a New Empire: Iberia, Slavery, and the Atlantic World.”
AN
o This 2014 online exhibition examines the beginnings of Iberian expansion into the
Americas in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when political and religious leaders
in Spain, Portugal, and colonial Spanish America established arguments supporting
the use of enslaved Africans—and limiting other forms of coerced labor—in ways
that greatly influenced the development of slavery in the Atlantic World.
IE
o Have students explore either site, choosing one item that would be displayed in a
class museum illustrating the period of 1491 to 1607. Have students print out a good
picture of their artifacts and justify why their choice belongs in the museum in terms
??
of its significance and implications for the period.
o Use these pictures of artifacts as a review or preview of sections in this AP Period.
??
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, Chapter 1
THE WORLD BEFORE 1492
CHAPTER OUTLINE
Objective: On a North American continent controlled by American Indians, contact among
the peoples of Europe, the Americas, and West Africa created a new world.
I. The Peopling of North America
The Land Bridge, Clovis Culture, and Recent Discoveries
Changing Climate and Cultures—Anasazi and Cahokia
M
II. The Diverse Communities of the Americas in the 1400s
The Pueblo People of the Southwest
The Tribes of the Mississippi Valley
The Pacific Coast—From the Shasta to the California Indians
EL
The Iroquois Confederacy and the Tribes of the Atlantic Coast
The Aztec, Mayan, and Inca Empires
American Indian Cultures, Trade, and Initial Encounters with Europeans
AN
III. A Changing Europe in the 1400s
The Ottoman Empire Changes Eastern Europe
The Rise of Portuguese Exploration
England and France
The Unification and Rise of Spain
IE
IV. Africa in the 1400s
Ancient Ties between Africa and Europe
??
The Empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay
Kongo, Benin, and Central Africa
Slavery in Africa
??
V. Asia in the 1400s
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PART 1 Contact and Exploration, 1491–1607
1. The World before 1492 1
2. First Encounters, First Conquests, 1492–1607 17
PART 2 Settlements Old and New, 1607–1754
3. Settlements, Alliances, and Resistance, 1607–1718 33
4. Creating the Culture of British North America, 1689–1754 52
M
PART 3 A New Birth of Freedom—Creating the United States of America,
EL
1754–1800
5. The Making of a Revolution, 1754–1783 66
6. Creating a Nation, 1783–1788 82
AN
7. Practicing Democracy, 1789–1800 97
PART 4 Crafting a Nation, People, Land, and a National Identity, 1800–1848
IE
8. Creating a New People, Expanding the Country, 1801–1823 112
9. New Industries, New Politics, 1815–1828 129
??
10. Democracy in the Age of Andrew Jackson, 1828–1844 143
11. Manifest Destiny: Expanding the Nation, 1830–1853 158
??
PART 5 Expansion, Separation, and a New Union, 1844–1877
12. Living in a Nation of Changing Lands, Changing Faces,
Changing Expectations, 1831–1854 173
13. The Politics of Separation, 1850–1861 190
14. And the War Came: The Civil War, 1861–1865 203
15. Reconstruction, 1865–1877 217
,PART 6 Becoming an Industrial World Power—Costs, Benefits, and
Responses, 1865–1914
16. Conflict in the West, 1865–1912 231
17. The Gilded Age: Building a Technological and Industrial Giant
and a New Social Order, 1876–1913 248
18. Responses to Industrialism, Responses to Change, 1877–1914 263
19. Progressive Movements, Progressive Politics, 1879–1917 279
PART 7 War, Prosperity, and Depression, 1890–1945
M
20. Foreign Policy and War in a Progressive Era, 1890–1919 293
21. A Unique, Prosperous, and Discontented Time, 1919–1929 310
22. Living in Hard Times, 1929–1939 325
EL
23. Living in a World at War, 1939–1945 341
AN
PART 8 Fears, Joys, and Limits, 1945–1980
24. The World the War Created, 1945–1952 356
25. Complacency and Change, 1952–1965 373
26. Lives Changed, 1961–1968 388
IE
27. Rights, Reaction, and Limits, 1968–1980 402
??
PART 9 Certainty, Uncertainty, and New Beginnings, 1980 to the Present
28. The Reagan Revolution, 1980–1989 419
??
29. A New World Order, 1989–2001 434
30. Entering a New Time, 2001–to the Present 449
,PART 1
CONTACT AND EXPLORATION, 1491–1607
TEXT CHAPTERS
Chapter 1
The World Before 1492
Chapter 2
First Encounters, First Conquests, 1492–1607
M
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
Click on underlined text to open links to the suggested resources on the internet.
EL
• This interesting exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art includes beautiful artifacts of
important objects during the age of exploration and by Carl Wise and David Wheat,
“African Laborers for a New Empire: Iberia, Slavery, and the Atlantic World.”
AN
o This 2014 online exhibition examines the beginnings of Iberian expansion into the
Americas in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when political and religious leaders
in Spain, Portugal, and colonial Spanish America established arguments supporting
the use of enslaved Africans—and limiting other forms of coerced labor—in ways
that greatly influenced the development of slavery in the Atlantic World.
IE
o Have students explore either site, choosing one item that would be displayed in a
class museum illustrating the period of 1491 to 1607. Have students print out a good
picture of their artifacts and justify why their choice belongs in the museum in terms
??
of its significance and implications for the period.
o Use these pictures of artifacts as a review or preview of sections in this AP Period.
??
Copyright © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
1
, Chapter 1
THE WORLD BEFORE 1492
CHAPTER OUTLINE
Objective: On a North American continent controlled by American Indians, contact among
the peoples of Europe, the Americas, and West Africa created a new world.
I. The Peopling of North America
The Land Bridge, Clovis Culture, and Recent Discoveries
Changing Climate and Cultures—Anasazi and Cahokia
M
II. The Diverse Communities of the Americas in the 1400s
The Pueblo People of the Southwest
The Tribes of the Mississippi Valley
The Pacific Coast—From the Shasta to the California Indians
EL
The Iroquois Confederacy and the Tribes of the Atlantic Coast
The Aztec, Mayan, and Inca Empires
American Indian Cultures, Trade, and Initial Encounters with Europeans
AN
III. A Changing Europe in the 1400s
The Ottoman Empire Changes Eastern Europe
The Rise of Portuguese Exploration
England and France
The Unification and Rise of Spain
IE
IV. Africa in the 1400s
Ancient Ties between Africa and Europe
??
The Empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay
Kongo, Benin, and Central Africa
Slavery in Africa
??
V. Asia in the 1400s
Copyright © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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