Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Community and Diversity
CHAPTER 17 RECONSTRUCTION 1863—1877
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES Hale County, Alabama: From Slavery to Freedom in a Black Belt Community
The Politics of Reconstruction
The Meaning of Freedom
SEEING HISTORY Changing Images of Reconstruction
Southern Politics and Society
COMMUNITIES IN CONFLICT The Ku Klux Klan in Alabama
Reconstructing the North
Conclusion
Chronology
Review Questions
Recommended Readings
MyHistoryLab Connections
CHAPTER 18 CONQUEST AND SURVIVAL: The Trans-Mississippi West 1860—1900
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES The Oklahoma Land Rush
Indian Peoples Under Siege
The Internal Empire
The Open Range
SEEING HISTORY The Legendary Cowboy: Nat Love, Deadwood Dick
Farming Communities on The Plains
The World’s Breadbasket
The Western Landscape
The Transformation of Indian Societies
COMMUNITIES IN CONFLICT The Carlisle Indian Industrial School
Conclusion
Chronology
Review Questions
Recommended Readings
MyHistoryLab Connections
CHAPTER 19 PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IN THE GILDED AGE 1865—1900
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES Haymarket Square, Chicago, May 4, 1886
The Rise of Industry, the Triumph of Business
SEEING HISTORY The Standard Oil Company
Labor in the Age of Big Business
COMMUNITIES IN CONFLICT Regulating the Conditions and Limiting the Hours of Labor in the State of Illinois
The New South
The Industrial City
The Rise of Consumer Society
Cultures in Conflict, Culture in Common
Conclusion
Chronology
Review Questions
Recommended Readings
MyHistoryLab Connections
CHAPTER 20 DEMOCRACY AND EMPIRE 1870—1900
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES The Annexation of Hawai’i
Toward a National Governing Class
Farmers and Workers Organize their Communities
The Crisis of the 1890s
Politics of Reform, Politics of Order
The Path to Imperialism
SEEING HISTORY The White Man’s Burden
Onto a Global Stage
COMMUNITIES IN CONFLICT Two Sides of Anti-Imperialism
Conclusion
Chronology
Review Questions
Recommended Readings
MyHistoryLab Connections
CHAPTER 21 URBAN AMERICA AND THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900—1917
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES The Henry Street Settlement House: Women Settlement House Workers Create a Community of Reform
The Origins of Progressivism
SEEING HISTORY Photographing Poverty in the Slums of New York
Progressive Politics in Cities and States
Social Control and Its Limits
COMMUNITIES IN CONFLICT Debating Prohibition in Progressive-Era Ohio
Challenges to Progressivism
Women’s Movements and Black Activism
National Progressivism
Conclusion
Chronology
Review Questions
Recommended Readings
MyHistoryLab Connections
CHAPTER 22 A GLOBAL POWER: The United States in the Era of the Great War 1901—1920
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES The American Expeditionary Force in France
Becoming a World Power
The Great War
American Mobilization
SEEING HISTORY Selling War
Over Here
Repression and Reaction
COMMUNITIES IN CONFLICT Race Riot in Tulsa
An Uneasy Peace
Conclusion
Chronology
Review Questions
Recommended Readings
MyHistoryLab Connections
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