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, CONTENTS
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Chapter 1: Worlds Apart 1
Chapter 2: Transplantation and Adaptation 1600–1685 15
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Chapter 3: A Meeting of Cultures 30
Chapter 4: English Colonies in an Age of Empire 1660s–1763 45
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Chapter 5: Imperial Breakdown 1763–1774 59
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Chapter 6: The War for Independence 1774–1783 73
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Chapter 7: The First Republic 1776–1789 87
Chapter 8: A New Republic and the Rise of Parties 1789–1800 102
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Chapter 9: The Triumph and Collapse of Jeffersonian Republicanism 1800–1824 116
Chapter 10: The Jacksonian Era 1824–1845 129
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Chapter 11: Slavery and the Old South 1800–1860 143
Chapter 12: The Market Revolution and Social Reform 1815–1850 158
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Chapter 13: The Way West 1815–1850 173
Chapter 14: The Politics of Sectionalism 1846–1861 187
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Chapter 15: Battle Cries and Freedom Songs: The Civil War 1861–1865 201
Chapter 16: Reconstruction 1865–1877 215
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Chapter 17: A New South: Economic Progress and Social Tradition 1877–1900 229
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Chapter 18: Industry, Immigrants, and Cities 1870–1900 243
Chapter 19: Transforming the West 1865–1890 257
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Chapter 20: Politics and Government 1877–1900 271
Chapter 21: The Progressive Era 1900–1917 287
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, Chapter 22: Creating an Empire 1865–1917 302
Chapter 23: America and the Great War 1914–1920 316
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Chapter 24: Toward a Modern America: The 1920s 330
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Chapter 25: The Great Depression and the New Deal 1929–1939 345
Chapter 26: World War II 1939–1945 360
Chapter 27: The Cold War at Home and Abroad 1946–1952 374
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Chapter 28: The Confident Years 1953–1964 388
Chapter 29: Shaken to the Roots 1965–1980 403
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Chapter 30: The Reagan Revolution and a Changing World 1981–1992 417
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Chapter 31: Complacency, Crisis, and Global Reengagement 1993–2015 431
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Multiple Choice
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1. In 1492, how many people lived on the continents of North and South America?
A) 50 million
B) 70 million
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C) 80 million
D) 100 million
Answer: B
Learning Objective: How did the precontact histories of Native Americans, especially in the centuries just
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before 1492, shape their encounters with Europeans?
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Topic: 1.1 Native American Societies before 1492
Difficulty Level: Easy
Skill Level: Remember the Facts
2. In 1500, the overall state of relations among Native American groups was __________.
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A) isolated
B) peaceful
C) unstable
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D) cooperative
Answer: C
Learning Objective: How did the precontact histories of Native Americans, especially in the centuries just
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before 1492, shape their encounters with Europeans?
Topic: 1.1 Native American Societies before 1492
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Connections
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3. What allowed early Americans to start permanent villages?
A) better building techniques
B) trade
C) farming
D) better hunting practices
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Answer: C
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Topic: 1.1.2 The Development of Agriculture
Difficulty Level: Moderate
Skill Level: Understand the Connections
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4. Which of the following was among the foods that sustained the Inuit and Aleut tribes?
A) quinoa
B) deer
C) olives
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D) seals
Answer: D
Learning Objective: How did the precontact histories of Native Americans, especially in the centuries just
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