United States History to 1877

by Locks et al.

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This textbook examines U.S. History from before European Contact through Reconstruction, while focusing on the people and their history.

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Publisher
George State Universities
Subjects
Humanities, History
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
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Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: United States History Before Columbus
  7. 1.1: Origins
  8. 1.2: The Paleo-Indian Era Through the Agricultural Revolution
  9. 1.3: The Pre-Contact Era (1000-1492 CE)
  10. 1.4: Conclusion
  11. 1.5: Critical Thinking Exercises
  12. 1.6: Key Terms
  13. 1.7: Chronology
  14. 2: The Global Context - Asia, Europe, and Africa in the Early Modern Era
  15. 2.1: Europe in the Age of Discovery - Portugal and Spain
  16. 2.2: Asia in the Age of Discovery - Chinese Expansion During the Ming Dynasty
  17. 2.3: Europe in the Age of Discovery - England and France
  18. 2.4: Africa at the Outset of the Age of Discovery and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
  19. 2.5: Conclusion
  20. 2.6: Critical Thinking Exercises
  21. 2.7: Key Terms
  22. 2.8: Chronology
  23. 2.9: Bibilography
  24. 3: Initial Contact and Conquest
  25. 3.1: The Impact of "Discovery" - The Columbian Exchange
  26. 3.2: The Iberian Countries in the New World
  27. 3.3: Control - Iberian Nations Manage their New World Territories
  28. 3.4: Alternate Modeles of Control - The French and Dutch in the Americas
  29. 3.5: Conclusion
  30. 3.6: Critical Thinking Exercises
  31. 3.7: Key Terms
  32. 3.8: Chronology
  33. 3.9: Bibiography
  34. 4: The Establishment of English Colonies Before 1642 and Their Development Through the Late Seventeenth Century
  35. 4.1: The English Background
  36. 4.2: Roanoke, Raleigh's Lost Colony
  37. 4.3: Jamestown
  38. 4.4: The Chesapeake Colonies- Maryland
  39. 4.5: The Establishment of the New England Colonies
  40. 4.6: The Puritans and the Indians
  41. 4.7: New England in the Late Seventeenth Century- Declension, Witchcraft, and the Dominion of New England
  42. 4.8: Conclusion
  43. 4.9: Critical Thinking Exercises
  44. 4.10: Key Terms
  45. 4.11: Chronology
  46. 4.12: Bibliography
  47. 5: English Colonization After 1660
  48. 5.1: The English Background (1660-1715)
  49. 5.2: The Carolinas
  50. 5.3: The Middle Colonies
  51. 5.4: Georgia - The Final Colony
  52. 5.5: Conclusion
  53. 5.6: Critical Thinking Exercises
  54. 5.7: Key Terms
  55. 5.8: Chronology
  56. 5.9: Bibliography
  57. 6: Growing Pains in the Colonies
  58. 6.1: Colonial Administration
  59. 6.2: The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening
  60. 6.3: Colonial Conflicts and Wars
  61. 6.4: Conclusion
  62. 6.5: Critical Thinking Exercises
  63. 6.6: Key Terms
  64. 6.7: Chronology
  65. 6.8: Bibliography
  66. 7: The Road to Revolution (1754-1775)
  67. 7.1: The French and Indian War (1754-63)
  68. 7.2: The End of the Seven Years War and Worsening Relations, 1763-1772
  69. 7.3: The Downward Slide to Revolution, 1772-1775
  70. 7.4: Conclusion
  71. 7.5: Critical Thinking Exercises
  72. 7.6: Key Terms
  73. 7.7: Chronology
  74. 7.8: Bibliography
  75. 8: The American Revolution
  76. 8.1: The Second Continental Congress, 1775-1781
  77. 8.2: Revolutionary War Battles
  78. 8.3: The Impact of War
  79. 8.4: The Treaty of Paris, 1783
  80. 8.5: Conclusion
  81. 8.6: Critical Thinking Exercises
  82. 8.7: Key Terms
  83. 8.8: Chronology
  84. 9: Articles of Confederation and the Constitution
  85. 9.1: The State Governments
  86. 9.2: The Articles of Confederation Government
  87. 9.3: The Need for a Stronger Government- Creating the US Constitution- Annapolis and Philadelphia
  88. 9.4: Conclusion
  89. 9.5: Critical Thinking Exercises
  90. 9.6: Key Terms
  91. 9.7: Chronology
  92. 9.8: Bibliography
  93. 10: The Federalist Era
  94. 10.1: The Washington Years - Implementing a "More Perfect Union"
  95. 10.2: The Emergence of Partisan Politics
  96. 10.3: The Adams Years - Federalists Under Fire
  97. 10.4: Conclusion
  98. 10.5: Critical Thinking Exercises
  99. 10.6: Key Terms
  100. 10.7: Chronology
  101. 10.8: Bibliography
  102. 11: The Early Republic
  103. 11.1: Jefferson
  104. 11.2: Madison
  105. 11.3: Economic and Social Changes
  106. 11.4: Conclusion
  107. 11.5: Critical Thinking Exercises
  108. 11.6: Key Terms
  109. 11.7: Chronology
  110. 11.8: Bibliography
  111. 12: Jacksonian America (1815-1840)
  112. 12.1: The Era of Good Feelings
  113. 12.2: The Age of the Common Man
  114. 12.3: The Second Party System
  115. 12.4: Conclusion
  116. 12.5: Critical Thinking Exercises
  117. 12.6: Key Terms
  118. 12.7: Chronology
  119. 12.8: Bibliography
  120. 13: Antebellum Revival and Reform
  121. 13.1: Religious Reforms in the Antebellum United States
  122. 13.2: Cultural Movements- Transcendentalism, Utopian Communities, and the Cult of Domesticity
  123. 13.3: American Antebellum Reform
  124. 13.4: Conclusion
  125. 13.5: Critical Thinking Exercises
  126. 13.6: Key Terms
  127. 13.7: Chronology
  128. 14: Westward Expansion
  129. 14.1: Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny
  130. 14.2: The Mexican-American War
  131. 14.3: Conclusion
  132. 14.4: Critical Thinking Exercises
  133. 14.5: Key Terms
  134. 14.6: Chronology
  135. 15: The Impending Crisis (1848-1861)
  136. 15.1: The Sectional Balance Begins to Unravel
  137. 15.2: The Collapse of the Second Party System
  138. 15.3: The Sectional Balance Becomes Undone
  139. 15.4: Conclusion
  140. 15.5: Critical Thinking Exercises
  141. 15.6: Key Terms
  142. 15.7: Chronology
  143. 15.8: Bibliography
  144. 16: The Civil War
  145. 16.1: The Road to War
  146. 16.2: The Military Conflict
  147. 16.3: Wartime Politics
  148. 16.4: Social Developments
  149. 16.5: Conclusion
  150. 16.6: Critical Thinking Exercises
  151. 16.7: Key Terms
  152. 16.8: Chronology
  153. 16.9: Bibliography
  154. 17: Reconstruction
  155. 17.1: Wartime Reconstruction
  156. 17.2: Reconstruction After the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
  157. 17.3: The Reconstruction Experience
  158. 17.4: Retreat from Reconstruction- The Grant Years
  159. 17.5: Conclusion
  160. 17.6: Critical Thinking Exercises
  161. 17.7: Key Terms
  162. 17.8: Chronology
  163. 17.9: Bibliography
  164. Back Matter
  165. Bibliography
  166. Index
  167. Detailed Licensing