The United States, 1865-1920: Reuniting a Nation explores how the U.S. attempted to heal Civil War-era divisions, as well as maintain and strengthen its unity as new rifts developed in the conflictâ s aftermath.
The United States, 1865-1920: Reuniting a Nation explores how the U.S. attempted to heal Civil War-era divisions, as well as maintain and strengthen its unity as new rifts developed in the conflictâ s aftermath.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Adam Burns is a senior lecturer in History at the University of Wolverhampton. He is the author of American Imperialism (2017) and William Howard Taft and the Philippines: A Blueprint for Empire (2020).
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List of illustrations Acknowledgements Chronology Who's who PART I ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 RECONSTRUCTING A NATION Reconstruction from Lincoln to Johnson Congressional Reconstruction Grant's Reconstruction 3 THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION African American rights secured? White resistance Rebuilding a white South A New South? 4 THE COURSE OF WESTWARD EXPANSION Connecting the West Native Americans Life in the West 5 PARTY POLITICS IN THE GILDED AGE Reestablishing Republican governance Republican factionalism grows The Cleveland era 6 ROBBER BARONS AND KNIGHTS OF LABOR Technology The robber barons Agrarian reaction Urban reaction 7 THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD Relations with the European empires Relations with Latin American nations Relations with the Asia-Pacific region 8 IMMIGRATION, ETHNICITY, AND THE CHANGING FACE OF THE NATION Scientific racism Immigration and new minorities The growth of black activism 9 BRYAN, ROOSEVELT, AND THE EVOLUTION OF PARTY POLITICS Populism and the rise of William Jennings Bryan The progressive movement Theodore Roosevelt: the accidental president Taft and the Republican split of 1912 10 WILSON AND THE GREAT WAR The New Freedom: domestic affairs before the war Wilson, Latin America, and neutrality The end of neutrality and peace without victory The home front 11 CONCLUSION: THE ELECTION OF 1920 AND THE END OF AN ERA PART II DOCUMENTS 1 Abraham Lincoln - "The Gettysburg Address" (1863) 2 Frederick Douglass - "What the Black Man Wants" (1865) 3 Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1868) 4 Andrew Johnson - Veto Message Regarding Rebel State Governments (1867) 5 "Civil Rights of Freedmen in Mississippi" (1865) 6 Tom Watson - "The Negro Question in the South" (1892) 7 Booker T. Washington - "Atlanta Compromise" Speech (1895) 8 Sitting Bull - Testimony before a U.S. Senate Committee (1883) 9 Frederick Jackson Turner - "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" (1893) 10 Rutherford B. Hayes - Presidential Inaugural Address (1877) 11 "To Republicans and Independent Voters" (1884) 12 Populist Party Platform (1892) 13 Andrew Carnegie - "Wealth" (1889) 14 Samuel Gompers - Testimony before the Senate Committee on Education and Labor (1883) 15 Theodore Roosevelt - Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904) 16 John Hay - The First "Open Door" Note (1899) 17 Philippine Declaration of Independence (1898) 18 Thomas Dixon - The Leopard's Spots (1902) 19 Reports of the Dillingham Immigration Committee (1910) 20 W. E. B. Du Bois - "The Talented Tenth" (1903) 21 William Jennings Bryan - "Cross of Gold" Speech (1896) 22 Theodore Roosevelt - "The Man with the Muck-rake" (1906) 23 Woodrow Wilson - Address to Congress Leading to a War against Germany (1917) 24 Carrie Chapman Catt - Woman Suffrage by Federal Constitutional Amendment (1917) Glossary Guide to further reading References Index
List of illustrations Acknowledgements Chronology Who's who PART I ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT 1 INTRODUCTION 2 RECONSTRUCTING A NATION Reconstruction from Lincoln to Johnson Congressional Reconstruction Grant's Reconstruction 3 THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION African American rights secured? White resistance Rebuilding a white South A New South? 4 THE COURSE OF WESTWARD EXPANSION Connecting the West Native Americans Life in the West 5 PARTY POLITICS IN THE GILDED AGE Reestablishing Republican governance Republican factionalism grows The Cleveland era 6 ROBBER BARONS AND KNIGHTS OF LABOR Technology The robber barons Agrarian reaction Urban reaction 7 THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD Relations with the European empires Relations with Latin American nations Relations with the Asia-Pacific region 8 IMMIGRATION, ETHNICITY, AND THE CHANGING FACE OF THE NATION Scientific racism Immigration and new minorities The growth of black activism 9 BRYAN, ROOSEVELT, AND THE EVOLUTION OF PARTY POLITICS Populism and the rise of William Jennings Bryan The progressive movement Theodore Roosevelt: the accidental president Taft and the Republican split of 1912 10 WILSON AND THE GREAT WAR The New Freedom: domestic affairs before the war Wilson, Latin America, and neutrality The end of neutrality and peace without victory The home front 11 CONCLUSION: THE ELECTION OF 1920 AND THE END OF AN ERA PART II DOCUMENTS 1 Abraham Lincoln - "The Gettysburg Address" (1863) 2 Frederick Douglass - "What the Black Man Wants" (1865) 3 Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1868) 4 Andrew Johnson - Veto Message Regarding Rebel State Governments (1867) 5 "Civil Rights of Freedmen in Mississippi" (1865) 6 Tom Watson - "The Negro Question in the South" (1892) 7 Booker T. Washington - "Atlanta Compromise" Speech (1895) 8 Sitting Bull - Testimony before a U.S. Senate Committee (1883) 9 Frederick Jackson Turner - "The Significance of the Frontier in American History" (1893) 10 Rutherford B. Hayes - Presidential Inaugural Address (1877) 11 "To Republicans and Independent Voters" (1884) 12 Populist Party Platform (1892) 13 Andrew Carnegie - "Wealth" (1889) 14 Samuel Gompers - Testimony before the Senate Committee on Education and Labor (1883) 15 Theodore Roosevelt - Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904) 16 John Hay - The First "Open Door" Note (1899) 17 Philippine Declaration of Independence (1898) 18 Thomas Dixon - The Leopard's Spots (1902) 19 Reports of the Dillingham Immigration Committee (1910) 20 W. E. B. Du Bois - "The Talented Tenth" (1903) 21 William Jennings Bryan - "Cross of Gold" Speech (1896) 22 Theodore Roosevelt - "The Man with the Muck-rake" (1906) 23 Woodrow Wilson - Address to Congress Leading to a War against Germany (1917) 24 Carrie Chapman Catt - Woman Suffrage by Federal Constitutional Amendment (1917) Glossary Guide to further reading References Index
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