THE AMERICAN JOURNEY
$ER $ER
A History of the United States
$er $er $er $er $er
$er EIGHTH EDITION $er
David Goldfield $er
University $erof $erNorth $erCarolina, $erCharlotte
Carl Abbott $er
Portland $erState $erUniversity
Virginia DeJohn Anderson
$er $er
University $erof $erColorado, $erBoulder
Jo Ann E. Argersinger
$er $er $er
Southern $erIllinois $erUniversity
Peter H. Argersinger
$er $er
Southern $erIllinois $erUniversity
William L. Barney $er $er
University $erof $erNorth $erCarolina, $erChapel $erHill
Robert M. Weir $er $er
University $erof $erSouth $erCarolina
Pearson
Boston $erColumbus $erIndianapolis $erNew $erYork $erSan
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, CONTENTS
Chapter $er1: Worlds $erApart 1
Chapter $er2: Transplantation $erand 1600–1685 15
$erAdaptation
Chapter $er3: A $erMeeting $erof $erCultures 30
Chapter $er4: English $erColonies $erin $eran $erAge $ e r of $erEmpire $ e r 1660s–1763 45
Chapter $er5: Imperial $erBreakdown $er1763–1774 59
Chapter $er6: The $erWar $erfor $erIndependence $ e r 1774–1783 73
Chapter $er7: The $erFirst $erRepublic $er1776–1789 87
Chapter $er8: A $erNew $erRepublic $erand $erthe $erRise $erof $erParties $er1789–1800 102
Chapter $er9: The $erTriumph $erand $erCollapse $erof $erJeffersonian $erRepublicanism $ e r 1800– 116
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Chapter The $erJacksonian $erEra $er1824–1845 129
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Chapter Slavery $erand $erthe $erOld $erSouth $ e r 1800–1860 143
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Chapter The $erMarket $erRevolution $erand $ e r Social $erReform $er1815–1850 158
$er12:
Chapter The $erWay $erWest $er1815–1850 173
$er13:
Chapter The $erPolitics $erof $erSectionalism $ e r 1846–1861 187
$er14:
Chapter Battle $erCries $erand $erFreedom $ e r Songs: $erThe $erCivil $erWar $er1861–1865 201
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Chapter Reconstruction $er1865–1877 215
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Chapter A $erNew $erSouth: $erEconomic $erProgress $erand $erSocial $erTradition $er1877–1900 229
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Chapter Industry, $erImmigrants, $erand $erCities $er1870–1900 243
$er18:
Chapter Transforming $erthe $erWest $er1865–1890 257
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, Chapter Politics $erand $erGovernment $er1877–1900 271
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Chapter The $erProgressive $erEra $er1900–1917 287
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Chapter $er22: Creating $eran $erEmpire $er1865–1917 302
Chapter $er23: America $erand $erthe $erGreat $erWar $ e r 1914–1920 316
Chapter $er24: Toward $era $erModern $erAmerica: $ e r The $er1920s 330
Chapter $er25: The $erGreat $erDepression $erand $ e r the $erNew $erDeal $er1929–1939 345
Chapter $er26: World $erWar $erII $er1939–1945 360
Chapter $er27: The $erCold $erWar $erat $erHome $ e r and $erAbroad $er1946–1952 374
Chapter $er28: The $erConfident $erYears $er1953–1964 388
Chapter $er29: Shaken $erto $erthe $erRoots $er1965–1980 403
Chapter $er30: The $erReagan $erRevolution $erand $ e r a $erChanging $erWorld $er1981–1992 417
Chapter $er31: Complacency, $erCrisis, $erand $erGlobal $erReengagement $er1993–2015 431
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