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CHAPTER 22 America and the Great War, 1914–1920 TRUE/FALSE 1. On both sides of the Great War, many soldiers experienced “shell shock,” now known as post–traumatic stress disorder, due to the experience of trench warfare. 2. Many immigrant groups in […]

CHAPTER 23 TRUE/FALSE 1. The 1920s pitted a cosmopolitan urban America against the values of an insular rural America. 2. In the 1920s, the progressive wings of the Republican and Democratic parties grew stronger and more influential. ANS: F DIF: […]

CHAPTER 27 The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945–1952 TRUE/FALSE 1. Harry Truman was famously short-tempered and outspoken. 2. A number of historians today believe the cold war was an unavoidable consequence of ideological differences between the United States […]

CHAPTER 31 Conservative Revival, 1977–1990 TRUE/FALSE 1. In his 1977 inaugural address, President Carter admitted he had no grand vision and highlighted America’s limitations rather than its potential. 2. Jimmy Carter took measures early in his presidency to demonstrate his […]

CHAPTER 32 Twenty-First-Century America, 1993–Present TRUE/FALSE 1. By 2019, most of the country’s population was living in rural areas rather than cities or suburbs. 2. By 2019, for the first time in the nation’s history, the majority of immigrants came […]

CHAPTER 16 The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1877 This chapter covers the aftermath of the Civil War in the South. It outlines the three different plans proposed during the battle over reconstruction under Lincoln, Johnson, and Congress. The chapter explains the […]

CHAPTER 17 Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860–1900 This chapter discusses the staggering economic growth in the United States after the Civil War and how it helped change society. It outlines the technological revolution that brought inventions such […]

CHAPTER 18 The New South and the New West, 1865–1900 This chapter covers economic and agricultural developments in the New South and West after the Civil War. The chapter opens by outlining attempts to diversify the southern economy with textile […]

CHAPTER 19 Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865–1900 This chapter covers a stunning transformation in the late nineteenth century. An agricultural society long rooted in the soil and little involved in global issues had become an urban and industrialized nation […]

CHAPTER 20 Seizing an American Empire, 1865– 1913 This chapter covers American expansion and foreign policy from the Civil War through the administration of Theodore Roosevelt. Alfred Thayer Mahan’s book titled The Influence of Sea Power offered a new way […]

CHAPTER 21 The Progressive Era, 1890–1920 This chapter covers the main features of progressivism and the domestic policies of the administrations of Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson. The chapter begins by identifying the progressives and their beliefs. It outlines reasons why […]

CHAPTER 22 America and the Great War, 1914–1920 This chapter looks at the American role in the Great War. It outlines Woodrow Wilson’s foreign policies toward Europe as war grew more imminent, as well as the reasons for American neutrality. […]

CHAPTER 23 A Clash of Cultures, 1920–1929 This chapter examines the character of the nation after the Great War. It was an era full of contradiction, and consumption and growth seemed to have no bounds. A new American awareness became […]

CHAPTER 24 The Reactionary Twenties This chapter covers the defensive mood of the 1920s and the growing conservatism before the onset of the Great Depression. The Sacco and Vanzetti case, for instance, linked radicalism to immigration from Eastern Europe and […]

CHAPTER 25 The New Deal, 1933–1939 This chapter covers FDR’s First Hundred Days, opposition to the New Deal from the left and the Supreme Court, the Second Hundred Days, labor and the New Deal, the slump of 1937, economic policy […]

CHAPTER 26 The Second World War, 1933–1945 This chapter covers American foreign policy between the wars, the challenges Germany and Japan posed to international relations, the tensions between American isolationism and internationalism, and the origins and early years of the […]

CHAPTER 27 The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945– 1952 This chapter covers domestic and foreign affairs in the Truman administration. It begins by outlining the origins of the cold war and containment policy, the division of Germany, and […]

CHAPTER 28 America in the Fifties This chapter covers Eisenhower’s rise to the presidency and his domestic and foreign policies, including his response to the civil rights movement and developments in the cold war. It looks at the growth of […]

CHAPTER 29 A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960–1968 This chapter covers the 1960s, including the administrations of Kennedy and Johnson. Kennedy promised a “New Frontier” for America, although Congress thwarted many of his domestic plans, including those on […]

CHAPTER 30 Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s This chapter continues to describe the youth revolt of the late 1960s, expands that discussion to include the New Left and the counterculture, and traces the gains made by women and ethnic […]

CHAPTER 31 Conservative Revival, 1977–1990 This chapter examines the presidencies of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. It opens by looking at Carter’s early successes and increasing failures in the eyes of the public, as revealed by […]

CHAPTER 32 Twenty-First-Century America, 1993– Present This chapter describes recent demographic trends and covers the presidencies of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barak Obama, as well as the first few years of Donald Trump’s presidency. The chapter shows how […]