Reading Essentials and Study Guide - Student Workbook

Reading Essentials

and Study Guide

Student Workbook

To the Student

The American Republic Since 1877 Reading Essentials and Study Guide is designed to help you

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knowledge, organize your thoughts with a graphic organizer, and then follow a process to

read and understand the text. The Reading Essentials and Study Guide was prepared to help

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Converging Cultures

Section 1: The Migration to America.......................................................................1

Section 2: Europe and Africa...................................................................................5

Section 3: Europe Encounters America ..................................................................11

Section 4: Spain and France Build Empires ...........................................................15

Chapter 2: The English Arrive in America

Section 1: England¡¯s First Colonies........................................................................20

Section 2: The New England Colonies ...................................................................24

Section 3: The Middle and Southern Colonies.......................................................29

Section 4: Colonial Ways of Life............................................................................33

Section 5: A Diverse Society..................................................................................40

Chapter 3: The American Revolution

Section 1: The Colonies Fight for Their Rights ......................................................45

Section 2: The Revolution Begins ..........................................................................50

Section 3: The War for Independence ...................................................................55

Section 4: The Confederation ................................................................................59

Section 5: A New Constitution ..............................................................................64

Chapter 4: Federalists and Republicans

Section 1: The Federalist Era .................................................................................70

Section 2: The Republicans Take Power ................................................................76

Section 3: The Growth of American Nationalism ..................................................81

Chapter 5: The Young Republic

Section 1: A Growing Nation.................................................................................85

Section 2: The Age of Jackson ...............................................................................90

Section 3: The Reform Spirit .................................................................................96

Section 4: Manifest Destiny.................................................................................101

Chapter 6: Sectional Conflict Intensifies

Section 1: Slavery and Western Expansion..........................................................107

Section 2: The Crisis Deepens..............................................................................111

Section 3: The Union Dissolves............................................................................115

Chapter 7: The Civil War and Reconstruction

Section 1: The Opposing Sides ............................................................................119

Section 2: The Early Stages .................................................................................124

Section 3: The Turning Point ...............................................................................129

Section 4: Reconstruction Begins ........................................................................134

Section 5: Reconstruction and Republican Rule ..................................................139

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Chapter 8: Settling the West

Section 1: Miners and Ranchers ..........................................................................144

Section 2: Farming the Plains..............................................................................148

Section 3: Native Americans................................................................................151

Chapter 9: Industrialization

Section 1: The Rise of Industry ...........................................................................156

Section 2: The Railroads......................................................................................160

Section 3: Big Business .......................................................................................164

Section 4: Unions ................................................................................................168

Chapter 10: Urban America

Section 1: Immigration ........................................................................................173

Section 2: Urbanization .......................................................................................176

Section 3: The Gilded Age ...................................................................................179

Section 4: The Rebirth of Reform........................................................................182

Chapter 11: Politics and Reform

Section 1: Stalemate in Washington....................................................................186

Section 2: Populism.............................................................................................191

Section 3: The Rise of Segregation ......................................................................196

Chapter 12: Becoming a World Power

Section 1: The Imperialist Vision.........................................................................200

Section 2: The Spanish-American War ................................................................204

Section 3: New American Diplomacy ..................................................................209

Chapter 13: The Progressive Movement

Section 1: The Roots of Progressivism ................................................................213

Section 2: Roosevelt in Office..............................................................................220

Section 3: The Taft Administration ......................................................................224

Section 4: The Wilson Years................................................................................227

Chapter 14: World War I and Its Aftermath

Section 1: The United States Enters World War I ................................................231

Section 2: The Home Front..................................................................................237

Section 3: A Bloody Conflict................................................................................242

Section 4: The War¡¯s Impact................................................................................246

Chapter 15: The Jazz Age

Section 1: A Clash of Values................................................................................250

Section 2: Cultural Innovations ...........................................................................255

Section 3: African American Culture ...................................................................258

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Chapter 16: Normalcy and Good Times

Section 1: Presidential Politics ............................................................................261

Section 2: A Growing Economy ...........................................................................264

Section 3: The Policies of Prosperity ...................................................................268

Chapter 17: The Great Depression Begins

Section 1: Causes of the Depression....................................................................272

Section 2: Life During the Depression .................................................................276

Section 3: Hoover Responds................................................................................279

Chapter 18: Roosevelt and the New Deal

Section 1: Roosevelt Takes Office........................................................................283

Section 2: The First New Deal .............................................................................286

Section 3: The Second New Deal.........................................................................291

Section 4: The New Deal Coalition ......................................................................296

Chapter 19: A World in Flames

Section 1: America and the World ......................................................................300

Section 2: World War II Begins ...........................................................................304

Section 3: The Holocaust .....................................................................................308

Section 4: America Enters the War......................................................................311

Chapter 20: America and World War II

Section 1: Mobilizing for War .............................................................................315

Section 2: The Early Battles.................................................................................319

Section 3: Life on the Home Front.......................................................................323

Section 4: Pushing the Axis Back ........................................................................327

Section 5: The War Ends .....................................................................................331

Chapter 21: The Cold War Begins

Section 1: Origins of the Cold War......................................................................336

Section 2: The Early Cold War Years ...................................................................340

Section 3: The Cold War and American Society ..................................................345

Section 4: Eisenhower¡¯s Policies..........................................................................349

Chapter 22: Postwar America

Section 1: Truman and Eisenhower .....................................................................354

Section 2: The Affluent Society ...........................................................................358

Section 3: Popular Culture of the 1950s ..............................................................362

Section 4: The Other Side of American Life ........................................................365

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