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Everyday American History by Irwin Unger Through the civil war & reconstruction
Everyday American History by Irwin Unger
Through the civil war and reconstruction (prevously published as Instant American History)
Hard Cover
240 pages
Copyright 1994 First edition August 1994
CONTENTS
LIST OF MAPSviii
INTRODUCTIONix
CHAPTER 1 THE NEW WORLD3
The Americas Before the Europeans Came4
Europe Expands11
Why the English Left Home19
The Early English Settlements21
Africa and America 25
Religion and Settlement27
CHAPTER 2 INDEPENDENCE37
The Imperial Economy41
British-American Triumph- and the Seeds of British Defeat46
Independence54
Revolution and War59
Victory65
Peace 67
CHAPTER 3 THE CONSTITUTION AND THE PARTY SYSTEM 69
Hard Times and War Bucks71
The Northwest76
We the People77
The "First Party" System85
The Hamiltonian Program87
The Jeffersonians89
Francophiles vs. Anglophiles91
The Adams Administration94
CHAPTER 4 EXPANSION AND WAR: THE NEW NATION'S BAPTISM OF FIRE101
The Attack on Federalism102
The Jeffersonians and Foreign Affairs105
The Road to War107
Madison as President109
The War of 1812110
CHAPTER 5 SEA TO SHINING SEA: THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS 115
The Era of Good Feelings116
The New West119
The Missouri Compromise121
Iron Horses and a Mule Named Sal123
The Industrial Revolution 125
Foreign Policy in the Era of Good Feelings128
The Monroe Doctrine130
The "Second Party" System131
The Jacksonian Revolution132
The Whigs Attain Power135
CHAPTER 6 MANIFEST DESTINY: SECTIONALISM AND WESTWARD EXPANSION 137
The North138
The South148
Expansionism152
The Mexican War157
CHAPTER 7 FREE STATES AND SLAVE: A HOUSE DIVIDING162
California163
Sectional Resentments165
The Compromise of 1850 169
"Slave Power" Expansionism172
Kansas-Nebraska173
The Republican Party175
Bleeding Kansas176
The Election of 1856 and Kansas Again178
Dred Scott179
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates180
The 1860 Election182
Steps to Secession184
The Sumter Crisis185
CHAPTER 8 THE CIVIL WAR: ONE NATION DIVISIBLE187
Mobilization 188
Internal Divisions, North and South191
Manpower Problems193
The Early Fighting195
Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief197
Campaigns East and West197
Slavery and the War200
The Home Fronts202
Diplomacy205
Confederate Defeat206
After Gettysburg207
CHAPTER 9 RECONSTRUCTION: REUNITING A NATION 211
The Great War of Brothers Was Over. Now What?212
Andrew Johnson Assumes the Helm213
The General Becomes President223
The End of Reconstruction230
INDEX234
LIST OF MAPS
North America during Colonial Wars 1689-174838
Gulf of Mexico Campaigns 1813-15113
Indian Removal and Reservations 1820-40121
Taylor's Campaign 184647158
Slaves and the Underground Railroad 1840-60166
Reconstruction of the South 1865-77212
INTRODUCTION
It's Friday night and you're in the mood for a real book. Your soul is crying out for a work of substance. You've always enjoyed American history, but lately that interest has chiefly been exercised in the area of Amy Fisher and The World War II channel on cable. So you head down to the local book store and scan the history section. What should you buy? To make sure you cover all the bases, you pick out an armload of titles on topics you dimly recall from an old college syllabus. Two months later the books remain where you left them, unread. The dust on the stack is pretty impressive. Time passes. A lot of time. You know it's all over when you buy a group biography about the cast of "Gilligan's Island." You feel cheap in the morning.
Now you can put aside those high-cholesterol tomes, and put the celebrity trash out with the garbage. It's time for Everyday American History, a readable survey of American history from the early European settlements to the aftermath of the Civil War.
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