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978-0393418262 Chapter 15
CHAPTER 15 “What is Freedom?”: Reconstruction, 1865–1877 This chapter concentrates on the history of Reconstruction. Opening with an explanation of the origins of General William T. Sherman’s Special Field Order 15, which set aside forty-acre plots for former slave families, […]
978-0393418262 Chapter 16
CHAPTER 16 America’s Gilded Age, 1870–1890 This chapter concentrates on the history of America’s Gilded Age, industrial revolution, and settlement of the West in the late nineteenth century. The chapter emphasizes that as the majority of Americans became wageworkers, the […]
978-0393418262 Chapter 17
CHAPTER 17 Freedom’s Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890–1900 This chapter concentrates on the limitations of freedom, including those affecting farmers, immigrants, blacks, women, and colonial subjects. The chapter opens with the Homestead Strike, which demonstrated that neither a powerful […]
978-0393418262 Chapter 18
CHAPTER 18 The Progressive Era, 1900–1916 This chapter concentrates on the history of the Progressive era, an age when political and economic freedoms expanded for many. The opening story of the tragic 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company highlights […]
978-0393418262 Chapter 19
CHAPTER 19 Safe for Democracy: The United States and World War I, 1916–1920 This chapter concentrates on the history of America during World War I. It opens with a definition of Woodrow Wilson’s concept of a moral foreign policy through […]
978-0393418262 Chapter 20
CHAPTER 20 From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920–1932 This chapter concentrates on the history of the 1920s. The chapter opens with the Sacco-Vanzetti case, which encapsulated divisions within the larger society. Nativists dwelled on the defendants’ immigrant […]
978-0393418262 Chapter 21
CHAPTER 21 The New Deal, 1932–1940 This chapter concentrates on the history of the New Deal era, examining legislation, protest movements, and the impact of the New Deal on minorities. The chapter opens with the story of the Grand Coulee […]
978-0393418262 Chapter 22
CHAPTER 22 Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941–1945 This chapter concentrates on the history of World War II. Attempting to give the war an ideological meaning and to convince the American public that it had to be […]
978-0393418262 Chapter 23
CHAPTER 23 The United States and the Cold War, 1945–1953 This chapter concentrates on the history of the early Cold War period and the Truman administration. The chapter opens with the national tour of the Freedom Train, which celebrated the […]
978-0393418262 Chapter 24
CHAPTER 24 An Affluent Society, 1953–1960 This chapter concentrates on the 1950s, its economic prosperity, its conformity and cultural critics, and the civil rights movement. Opening with the Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev debate in 1959, the chapter sets up […]
978-0393418262 Chapter 25
CHAPTER 25 The Sixties, 1960–1968 This chapter recounts the history of the 1960s, with emphasis on the civil rights movement, the Great Society program, and the war in Vietnam. The chapter opens with the sit-in movement of 1960, demonstrating the […]
978-0393418262 Chapter 26
CHAPTER 26 The Conservative Turn, 1969–1988 This chapter considers American history from the Nixon administration to the Reagan years, when conservatism prevailed in American politics and society. Introduced by the 1964 presidential campaign of Barry Goldwater as a reminder of […]
978-0393418262 Chapter 27
CHAPTER 27 From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989–2004 This chapter concentrates on the Clinton years. Opening with the 1999 antiglobalization demonstrations held in Seattle protesting the World Trade Organization, the chapter explores the challenges that the twenty-first century faces in balancing […]
978-0393418262 Chapter 28
CHAPTER 28 A Divided Nation This chapter concentrates on the second term of George W. Bush’s presidency, Barack Obama’s two terms in office, and the first two years of the Donald Trump presidency. The chapter opens by calling attention to […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 16 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Describe the factors that combined to make the United States a mature industrial society after the Civil War. 2. Illustrate how the economic development of the Gilded Age affected American freedom. 3. Describe how reformers […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 16 Part 2
a. Henry L. Dawes b. John Elk c. Chief Joseph d. Saum Song Bo e. Jacob Riis 68. Which of the following statements accurately describes the response of many everyday Americans to the new social order of the Gilded Age? […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 17 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Understand the origins and significance of Populism. 2. Explain how the liberty of blacks after 1877 gave way to legal segregation across the South. 3. Examine how the boundaries of American freedom grew narrower in […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 17 Part 2
63. The American Federation of Labor’s founder, Samuel Gompers, used the idea of “freedom of contract” to a. argue against interference by judges with workers’ right to organize unions. b. argue for the right of workers to form political parties […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 18 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Explain why the city was so central a place for the Progressive movement in the United States. 2. Assess the ways in which the labor and women’s movements challenged nineteenth-century notions of American freedom. 3. […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 18 Part 2
DIF: Difficult REF: Full p. 702 | Seagull p. 717 MSC: Understanding OBJ: 3. Compare and contrast the democratic and antidemocratic impulses in Progressivism. 66. Henry George introduced a slate of political changes known as the Oregon System. The system […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 19 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Discuss the ways in which Progressive presidents promoted the expansion of American power overseas. 2. Explain how the United States got involved in World War I. 3. Examine how the United States mobilized resources and […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 19 Part 2
MSC: Understanding OBJ: 4. Assess the way in which the war affected race relations in the United States. 65. Eugenics aimed to a. “improve” the quality of the population. b. justify gender equality. c. provide a scientific basis to promote […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 20 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Identify who benefited and who suffered in the new consumer society of the 1920s. 2. Summarize the ways in which the government promoted business interests in the 1920s. 3. Explain why the protection of civil […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 20 Part 2
67. Regarding public education, in 1922, Oregon became the first state to a. require students to be instructed only in English. b. ban private schools. c. formally segregate its schools. d. allow women to earn postgraduate degrees. e. allow students […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 21 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Explain the major policy initiatives of the New Deal in the Hundred Days. 2. Identify the main proponents of economic justice in the 1930s and explain the measures they advocated. 3. Examine the major initiatives […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 21 Part 2
66. What was the focus of the 1936 election? a. whether Herbert Hoover should be reelected despite the Great Depression b. the impending war and the aggression of Nazi Germany c. the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in China d. Franklin […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 22 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Explain the steps that led to American participation in World War II. 2. Examine the ways the United States mobilized economic resources and promoted popular support for the war effort. 3. Discuss the visions of […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 22 Part 2
c. Since nearly 40 percent of the population was of Japanese descent, the evacuation order would have been impractical. d. Most persons of Japanese descent in Hawaii actually served in military units. e. At the time, the federal government did […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 23 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Identify the events and ideological conflicts that prompted the Cold War. 2. Explain how the Cold War reshaped the ideas of American freedom. 3. Explain the major initiatives of Truman’s domestic policies. 4. Analyze the […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 23 Part 2
67. In the aftermath of World War II a. most women were able to retain their jobs. b. the divorce rate plummeted. c. the majority of soldiers went back to work. d. the government managed to control prices. e. Truman […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 24 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Identify the main characteristics of the affluent society of the 1950s. 2. Explain the ways in which the 1950s were a period of consensus both in domestic and foreign affairs. 3. Examine the major thrusts […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 24 Part 2
MSC: Remembering OBJ: 3. Examine the major thrusts of the civil rights movement in this period. 67. Most likely why did the U.S. Supreme Court not order the immediate implementation of its ruling in Brown v. Board of Education in […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 25 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Identify the major events in the civil rights movement in the early 1960s. 2. Explain the major crises and policy initiatives of the Kennedy presidency. 3. Examine the purposes and strategies of Johnson’s Great Society […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 25 Part 2
DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 999 | Seagull p. 1003 MSC: Understanding OBJ: 5. Analyze how the Vietnam War transformed American politics and culture. 67. Why was liberation theology so popular in Latin America in the 1960s? a. The Second […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 26 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Identify the major policies of the Nixon administration on social and economic issues. 2. Explain how Vietnam and the Watergate scandal affected popular trust in the government. 3. Examine the ways in which the opportunities […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 26 Part 2
ANS: A TOP: The Rising Tide of Conservatism DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 1036 | Seagull p. 1054 MSC: Analyzing OBJ: 4. Discuss the roots of the rise of conservatism in the 1970s. 67. What setback did the advocates of […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 27 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Identify the major international initiatives of the Clinton administration after the Cold War. 2. Explain the forces that drove the economic resurgence of the 1990s. 3. Examine the cultural conflicts that emerged in the 1990s. […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 27 Part 2
MSC: Understanding OBJ: 4. Discuss how divisive political partisanship affected the election of 2000. 73. In 1998, Congress brought impeachment charges against President Clinton because he a. had an extramarital affair with a White House staff member. b. authorized a […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 28 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Explain what events eroded support for President Bush’s policies during his second term. 2. Describe the economic practices that contributed to the crisis of 2008. 3. Understand the changes voters hoped for when they elected […]
978-0393418262 Test Bank Chapter 28 Part 2
50. Prior to the twentieth century, what was humanity’s primary economic activity? a. developing medical solutions b. acquiring food, clothing, and shelter c. printing books d. inventing time-saving technologies e. investing in stocks 51. By the early twenty-first century, what […]