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Unit 1 Introduction to the Course 1

Section Ⅰ Introduction 1

Section Ⅱ Text 2

Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 5

Section Ⅳ Notes 6

Section Ⅴ Exercises 6

Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 7

1．Are You an"Average"Person? 7

2．Core Values in American Society 10

3．Traditional American Values and Beliefs 13

4．People and Culture:Diversity and Convergence 18

Unit 2 The Geography of the United States 23

Section Ⅰ Introduction 23

Section Ⅱ Text 24

Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 27

Section Ⅳ Notes 28

Section Ⅴ Exercises 29

Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 29

1．American Regionalism 29

2．Spirit of the Frontier 38

Unit 3 A Sketch of American History 40

Section Ⅰ Introduction 40

Section Ⅱ Text 41

Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 56

Section Ⅳ Notes 58

Section Ⅴ Exercises 59

Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 60

1．The Declaration of Independence 60

2．The Emancipation Proclamation 64

3．The Ambiguous American 65

4．First Inaugural Address of Franklin D.Roosevelt 71

Unit 4 Religion in the United States 76

Section Ⅰ Introduction 76

Section Ⅱ Text 77

Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 85

Section Ⅳ Notes 86

Section Ⅴ Exercises 87

Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 88

1．The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism 88

2．Creationism versus Evolution 96

3．Black Churches 97

Unit 5 Education in America 101

Section Ⅰ Introduction 101

Section Ⅱ Text 102

Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 111

Section Ⅳ Notes 112

Section Ⅴ Exercises 113

Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 113

1．Horace Mann 113

2．Morrill Act 116

3．A Brief History of The Scholastic Aptitude Test 117

4．Education and Inequality 118

5．Functional Illiteracy 124

6．Has the Time Come for Year-Round Attendance? 125

Unit 6 Science,Technology and the American Society 127

Section Ⅰ Introduction 127

Section Ⅱ Text 128

Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 136

Section Ⅳ Notes 137

Section Ⅴ Exercises 138

Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 139

1．Religion,Science,and the Human Genome Project 139

2．Technology in the Classroom:Part of the Solution?Or Part of the Problem? 140

3．From Virginia Dare to Virginia Slims:Women and Technology in American Life 142

Unit 7 Mass Media in America 153

Section Ⅰ Introduction 153

Section Ⅱ Text 154

Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 161

Section Ⅳ Notes 162

Section Ⅴ Exercises 162

Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 163

1．New York Times Co.v.United States(1971) 163

2．The Three New spaper Giants and Yellow Joumalism 168

3．Overworked Americans or Overwhelmed Americans? 170

Unit 8 The American Economy and Work 178

Section Ⅰ Introduction 178

Section Ⅱ Text 179

Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 185

Section Ⅳ Notes 186

Section Ⅴ Exercises 187

Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 188

1．Silicon Valley and Monongahela Valley:An Epitome of a Transformed U.S.Economic Structure 188

2．Welcome to the Revolution 189

3．The Downsizing of America 199

Unit 9 Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States 201

Section Ⅰ Introduction 201

Section Ⅱ Text 202

Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 208

Section Ⅳ Notes 209

Section Ⅴ Exercises 209

Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 210

1．Brown v.Board of Education(1954) 210

2．Martin Luther King 214

3．Whites'Myths about Blacks 219

4．The Browning of America 224

5．Asian Americans 226

Unit 10 The American Family 229

Section Ⅰ Introduction 229

Section Ⅱ Text 230

Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 234

Section Ⅳ Notes 235

Section Ⅴ Exercises 236

Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 237

1．The American Family 237

2．Understanding Divorce:Statistics Can Mislead 240

3．The Family in Trouble:Why We Should Worry 241

Unit 11 The American Political System 249

Section Ⅰ Introduction 249

Section Ⅱ Text 250

Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 260

Section Ⅳ Notes 262

Section Ⅴ Exercises 264

Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 264

Constitution Of The United States 264

Unit 12 American Foreign Policy 284

Section Ⅰ Introduction 284

Section Ⅱ Text 285

Section Ⅲ Vocabulary 290

Section Ⅳ Notes 292

Section Ⅴ Exercises 294

Section Ⅵ Supplementary Readings 294

1．The Truman Doctrine 294

2．The Marshall Plan 300

Comprehensive Tests ＆ Answers 303

Appendixes 320

Appendix Ⅰ:Key to the Exercises 320

Appendix Ⅱ:Map of the United States of America 325

Appendix Ⅲ:Population by State in the U.S. 326

Appendix Ⅳ:Top 50 Cities in the U.S.by Population and Rank 328

Appendix Ⅴ:The Presidents of the United States 331

References 333