PART Ⅰ.THE COLONIAL PERIOD 1
1 THE GREAT MIGRATION TO AMERICA 1
The Agencies of American Colonization 1
The Colonial Peoples 5
The Process of Colonization 9
2 COLONIAL AGRICULTURE,INDUSTRY,AND COMMERCE 14
The Land and the Westward Movement 14
Industrial and Commercial Development 19
3 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROGRESS 26
The Leadership of the Churches 26
Schools and Colleges 30
The Colonial Press 32
The Evolution in Political Institutions 34
4 THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLONLAL NATIONALISM 39
Relations with the Indians and the French 39
The Effects of Warfare on the Colonies 43
Colonial Relations with the British Govemment 45
Summary of the Colonial Period 51
PART Ⅱ．CONFLICT AND INDEPENDENCE 54
5 THE NEW COURSE IN BRITISH IMPERIAL POLICY 54
George III and His System 54
George III's Ministers and Their Colonial Policies 55
Colonial Resistance Forces Repeal 58
Resumption of British Revenue and Commercial Policies 62
Renewed Resistance in America 63
Retaliation by the British Government 66
From Reform to Revolution in America 67
6 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 70
Resistance and Retaliation 70
American Independence 72
The Establishment of Government and the New Allegiance 76
Military Affairs 81
The Finances of the Revolution 89
The Diplomacy of the Revolution 91
Peace at Last 94
Summary of the Revolutionary Period 96
PART Ⅲ．FOUNDATIONS OF THE UNION AND NATIONAL POLITICS 99
7 THE FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTION 99
The Promise and the Difficulties of America 99
The Calling of a Constitutional Convention 102
The Framing of the Constitution 104
The Struggle over Ratification 112
8 THE CLASH OF POLITICAL PARTIES 115
The Men and Measures of the New Government 115
The Rise of Political Parties 119
Foreign Influences and Domestic Politics 122
9 THE JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANS IN POWER 132
Republican Principles and Policies 132
The Republicans and the Great West 134
The Republican War for Commercial Independence 138
The Republicans Nationalized 144
The National Decisions of Chief Justice Marshall 149
Summary of the Union and National Politics 152
PART Ⅳ．THE WEST AND JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 155
10 THE FARMERS BEYOND THE APPALACHIANS 155
Preparation for Western Settlement 155
The Western Migration and New States 158
The Spirit of the Frontier 164
The West and the East Meet 165
11 JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 170
The Democratic Movement in the East 170
The New Democracy Enters the Arena 174
The New Democracy at Washington 179
The Rise of the Whigs 186
The Interaction of American and European Opinion 190
12 THE MIDDLE BORDER AND THE GREAT WEST 194
TheAdvance of the Middle Border 194
On to the Pacific—Texas and the Mexican War 197
The Pacific Coast and Utah 203
Summary of Western Development and National Politics 209
PART Ⅴ．SECTIONAL CONFLICT AND RECONSTRUCTION 211
13 THE RISE OF THE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM 211
The Industrial Revolution 211
The Industrial Revolution and National Politics 219
14 THE PLANTING SYSTEM AND NATIONAL POLITICS 226
Slavery—North and South 226
Slavery in National Politics 231
The Drift of Events toward the Irrepressible Conflict 237
15 THE CIVIL WAR A ND RECONSTRUCTION 245
The Southem Confederacy 245
The War Measures of the Federal Govemment 250
The Results of the Civil War 260
Reconstruction in the South 264
Summary of the Sectional Conflict 267
PART Ⅵ．NATIONAL GROWTH AND WORLD POLITICS 270
16 THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTH 270
The South at the Close of the War 270
The Restoration of White Supremacy 272
The Economic Advance of the South 277
17 BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY 285
Railways and Industry 285
The Supremacy of the Republican Party(1861-85) 293
The Growth of Opposition to Republican Rule 297
18 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREAT WEST 302
The Railways As Trail Blazers 302
The Evolution of Grazing and Agriculture 306
Mining and Manufacturing in the West 310
The Admission of New States 313
The Influence ofthe Far West on National Life 316
19 DOMESTIC ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNTRY(1865-1897) 322
The Currency Question 323
The Protective Tariff and Taxation 327
The Railways and Trusts 329
The Minor Parties and Unrest 330
The Sound Money Battle of 1896 333
Republican Measures and Results 337
20 AMERICA A WORLD POWER(1865-1900) 340
American Foreign Relations(1865-98） 340
Cuba and the Spanish War 346
American Policies in the Philippines and the Orient 355
Summary of National Growth and World Politics 360
PART Ⅶ．PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY AND THE WORLD WAR 362
21 THE EVOLUTION OF REPUBLICAN POLICIES(1901-1913) 362
Foreign Affairs 363
Colonial Administration 367
The Roosevelt Domestic Policies 369
Legislative and Executive Activities 372
The Administration of President Taft 376
Progressive Insurgency and the Election of 1912 378
22 THE SPIRIT OF REFORM IN AMERICA 382
An Age of Criticism 382
Political Reforms 384
Measures of Economic Reform 389
23 THE NEW POLITICAL DEMOCRACY 395
The Rise of the Woman Movement 396
The National Struggle for Woman Suffrage 401
24 INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY 406
Cooperation between Employers and Employees 407
The Rise and Growth of Organized Labor 408
The Wider Relations of Organized Labor 411
Immigration and Americanization 414
25 PRESIDENT WILSON AND THE WORLD WAR 418
Domestic Legislation 418
Colonial and Foreign Policies 421
The United States and the European War 424
The United States at War 430
The Settlement at Paris 436
Summary of Democracy and the World War 442