The American Vision, Modern Times © 2010

Contents:

Unit 1 Creating A Nation: Beginnings to 1877

• Chapter 1 A Nation is Born, Beginnings to 1783
  • Section 1 Converging Cultures
  • Section 2 Founding the Thirteen Colonies
  • Section 3 Colonial Ways of Life
  • Section 4 The American Revolution
  • Section 5 A New Constitution
    • The Constitution Handbook
    • The Constitution of the United States
• Chapter 2 The Young Republic, 1789-1848
  • Section 1 Federalists and Republicans
  • Section 2 The Growth of Nationalism
  • Section 3 A Growing Nation
  • Section 4 An Age of Reform
  • Section 5 Manifest Destiny
• Chapter 3 The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
  • Section 1 A Growing Crisis
  • Section 2 The Union Dissolves
  • Section 2 The Early Stages
  • Section 3 The Turning Point
  • Section 5 Reconstruction

Unit 2 The Birth of Modern America, 1865-1900

• Chapter 4 Settling the West, 1865-1890
  • Section 1 Miners and Ranchers
  • Section 2 Farming the Plains
  • Section 3 Native Americans
• Chapter 5 Industrialization, 1865-1901
  • Section 1 The Rise of Industry
  • Section 2 The Railroads
  • Section 3 Big Business
  • Section 4 Unions
    • Economics Handbook
• Chapter 6 Urban America, 1865-1896
  • Section 1 Immigration
  • Section 2 Urbanization
  • Section 3 The Gilded Age
  • Section 4 Populism
  • Section 5 The Rise of Segregation

Unit 3 Imperialism and Progressivism, 1890-1920

• Chapter 7 Becoming a World Power, 1872-1912
  • Section 1 The Imperialist Vision
  • Section 2 The Spanish-American War
  • Section 3 New American Diplomacy
• Chapter 8 The Progressive Movement, 1890-1917
  • Section 1 The Roots of Progressivism
  • Section 2 Roosevelt and Taft
  • Section 3 The Wilson Years
• Chapter 9 World War I and Its Aftermath, 1917-1919
  • Section 1 The United States Enters World War I
  • Section 2 The Home Front
  • Section 3 A Bloody Conflict
  • Section 4 The War's Impact

Unit 4 Boom and Bust

• Chapter 10 The Jazz Age, 1921-1929
  • Section 1 Presidential Politics
  • Section 2 A Growing Economy
  • Section 3 A Clash of Values
  • Section 4 Cultural Innovations
  • Section 5 African American Culture
• Chapter 11 The Great Depression Begins, 1929-1932
  • Section 1 Causes of the Depression
  • Section 2 Life During the Depression
  • Section 3 Hoover Responds
• Chapter 12 Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1933-1939
  • Section 1 The First New Deal
  • Section 2 The Second New Deal
  • Section 3 The New Deal Coalition

Unit 5 Global Struggles, 1941-1960

• Chapter 13 A World in Flames 1931-1941
  • Section 1 America and the World
  • Section 2 World War II Begins
  • Section 3 The Holocaust
  • Section 4 America Enters the War
• Chapter 14 America and World War II, 1941-1945
  • Section 1 Mobilizing for War
  • Section 2 The Early Battles
  • Section 3 Life on the Home Front
  • Section 4 Pushing the Axis Back
  • Section 5 The War Ends
• Chapter 15 The Cold War Begins, 1945-1960
  • Section 1 The Origins of the Cold War
  • Section 2 The Early Cold War Years
  • Section 3 The Cold War and American Society
  • Section 4 Eisenhower's Policies
• Chapter 16 Post-War America, 1945-1960
  • Section 1 Truman and Eisenhower
  • Section 2 The Affluent Society
  • Section 3 Popular Culture
  • Section 4 The Other Side of American Life

Unit 6 A Time of Upheaval, 1954-1975

• Chapter 17 The New Frontier and the Great Society, 1961-1968
• Section 1 The New Frontier
• Section 2 JFK and The Cold War
• Section 3 The Great Society
• Chapter 18 The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968
• Section 1 The Movement Begins
• Section 2 Challenging Segregation
• Section 3 New Issues
• Chapter 19 The Vietnam War, 1954-1975
• Section 1 Going to War in Vietnam
• Section 2 Vietnam Divides the Nation
• Section 3 The War Winds Down
• Chapter 20 The Politics of Protest, 1960-1980
• Section 1 The Student Movement and Counter Culture
• Section 2 The Feminist Movement
• Section 3 Latino Americans Organize

Unit 7 A Changing Society, 1968-present

• Chapter 21 Politics and Economics, 1968-1980
• Section 1 The Nixon Administration
• Section 2 The Watergate Scandal
• Section 3 Ford and Carter
• Section 4 New Approaches to Civil Rights
• Section 5 Environmentalism
• Chapter 22 Resurgence of Conservatism, 1980-1992
• Section 1 The New Conservatism
• Section 2 The Reagan Years
• Section 3 Life in the 1980s
• Section 4 The End of the Cold War
• Chapter 23 A Time of Change, 1980-2000
• Section 1 The Technological Revolution
• Section 2 The Clinton Years
• Section 3 A New Wave of Immigration
• Section 4 Changes in American Society
• Chapter 24 A New Century Begins, 2001-present
• Section 1 America Enters A New Century
• Section 2 The War on Terrorism Begins
• Section 3 The Invasion of Iraq
• Section 4 A Challenging Time