America: History of Our Nation
Chapter
16: Reconstruction and the new South
Section 1: Rebuilding
the Nation
Preparing for Reunion
The Freedmen’s Bureau
Lincoln is Murdered
Section 2: The Battle Over
Reconstruction
A Growing Conflict
The Fourteenth Amendment
Radical Reconstruction
Section 3: The End of Reconstruction
Reconstruction’s Conclusion
African Americans Lose Rights
A Cycle of Poverty
Industrial Growth
Chapter
15: The Civil War 1861-1865
Section 1: The Call to Arms
Taking Sides in the War
North Against South
The Two Sides Plan Strategies
Americans Against Americans
First Battle of Bull Run
A Soldiers Life
Section 2: Early Years of the War
New Technology in the War
The War in the East
The War in the West
Section 3: The Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipating the Enslaved
African Americans Help the Union
Section 4: The Civil War and American Life
Divisions Over the War
The Draft Laws
The War and Economic Strains
Women in the Civil War
Section 5:
Decisive Battles
The Tide Turns
Closing In on the Confederacy
Peace at Last
Chapter
14: The Nation Divided 1846-1861
Section
1: Growing Tensions Over Slavery
Slavery
and the Mexican-American War
A
Bitter Debate
Section
2: Compromises Fail
The
Compromise of 1850
Uncle
Tom’s Cabin
The
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Bleeding
Kansas
Section
3: The Crisis Deepens
A
New Antislavery party
The
Dred Scott Decision
The
Lincoln-Douglass Debates
John
Brown’s Raid
Section
4: The Coming of the Civil War
The
Nation Divides
The
Civil War Begins
Chapter
13: Westward Expansion 1820-1860
Section
1: The West
What
Was “The West”?
Mexican
Settlements
Manifest
Destiny
Section
2: Trails to the West
Traders
Lead the Way
The
Oregon Trail
Life
in the West
Section
3: Conflict With Mexico
Texas
Wins Independence
Annexing
Texas and Oregon
The
Mexican-American War
Achieving
Manifest Destiny
Section
4: A Rush to the West
Mormons
Settle Utah
The
California Gold Rush
California’s
Changing Population
Chapter
10: A Changing Nation 1815-1840
Section
1: Building a National Identity
The
Era of Good Feelings
Building
the National Economy
Three
Important Supreme Court Rulings
Section
2: Dealing with Other Nations
Relations
With Spain
Spanish
Colonies Win Independence
The
Monroe Doctrine
Relations
With Canada
Section
3: The Age of Jackson
Adams
and Jackson in Conflict
A
New Era in Politics
Jackson
Becomes President
Section
4: Indian Removal
Native
Americans of the Southeast
Conflict
Over Land
On
the Trail of Tears
Section
5: States’ Rights and the Economy
The
Bank War
The
Question of States’ Rights
The
Nullification Crisis
The
End of the Jackson Era
Chapter
9 The Era of Thomas Jefferson 1800-1815
Section
1: Jefferson Takes Office
Republicans
Take Charge
Jefferson
Charts a New Course
The
Supreme Court and Judicial Review
Section
2: The Louisiana Purchase
The
Nation Looks West
Buying
Louisiana
Lewis
and Clark Explore the West
Section
3: A Time of Conflict
Defeating
the Barbary States
American
Neutrality Is Challenged
Jefferson
Responds With an Embargo
Tecumseh
and the Prophet
Section
4: The War of 1812
The
Move Toward War
Early
Days of the War
The
War in the West and the South
Final
Battles
Chapter
8 Launching a New Nation 1789-1800
Section
1: Washington Takes Office
Section
1: The First President
Section
1: The Nation’s First Economic Crisis
Section
1: Hamilton’s Financial Plan
Section
1: The Whiskey Rebellion
Section
2: The Birth of Political Parties
Section
2: Political Parties Emerge
Section
2: Republicans Against Federalists
Section
2: The Election of 1796
Section
3: Troubles at Home and Abroad
Section
3: Conflicts in the Northwest Territory
Section
3: The French Revolution
Section
3: Washington Retires from Public Life
Section
4: The Presidency of John Adams
Section
4: Troubles with France
Section
4: The Alien and Sedition Acts
Section
4: States’ Rights
Chapter
7
Chapter
7 Preview
Section
1 Government by the States
Section
1 The Articles of Confederation
Section
1 Settling the Western Lands
Section
1 Growing Problems
Section
2 Preview
Section
2 The Constitutional Convention Begins
Section
2 The Virginia Plan
Section
2 The Great Compromise
Section
2 Debates Over Slavery
Section
2 A New Constitution
Section
3 Preview
Section
3 Federalists Versus Antifederalists
Section
3 The Ratification Debate
Section
3 The Bill of Rights
Chapter
6
Section
1, Part 1
Section
1, Part 2
Section
1, Part 3
Section
1, Part 4
Section
2, Part 1
Section
2, Part 2
Section
2, Part 3
Section
2, Part 4
Section
2, Part 5
Section
2, Part 6
Section
3, Part 1
Section
3, Part 2
Section
3, Part 3
Section
3, Part 4
Section
3, Part 5
Section
4, Part 1
Section
4, Part 2
Section
4, Part 3
Section
4, Part 4
Chapter
5
Section
1, Part 1
Section
1, Part 2
Section
1, Part 3
Section
1, Part 4
Section
2, Part 1
Section
2, Part 2
Section
2, Part 3
Section
2, Part 4
Section
2, Part 5
Section
3, Part 1
Section
3, Part 2
Section
3, Part 3
Section
3, Part 4
Section
4, Part 1
Section
4, Part 2
Section
4, Part 3