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Currents in American History: A Brief History of the United States, Volume II: From 1861
A Brief History of the United States, Volume II: From 1861
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Currents in American History: A Brief History of the United States, Volume II: From 1861
A Brief History of the United States, Volume II: From 1861
About this book
This book focuses on the historic ramifications of a handful of essential events that shaped the American past. It describes the causes of a select number of epoch-making events and examines the short- and long-term consequences of these critical turning point moments.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- About the Authors
- Dedication Page
- Brief Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Illustrations and Maps
- Acknowledgments
- The M.E. Sharpe Student Learning Center
- Introduction: The Genesis of America
- 7. A Nation Divides, April 12, 1861: Fort Sumter and the Era of the American Civil War
- 8. Presidential Bargaining, February 26, 1877: The Compromise of 1877 and the Price of National Unity
- 9. The Sinking of the Maine , February 15, 1898: The Spanish-American War and the Emergence of America as a World Power
- 10. The Silencing of Woodrow Wilson, September 25, 1919: Peace, Normalcy, and the Rise of American Isolationism
- 11. The Day of Infamy, December 7, 1941: Pearl Harbor and the Transformation of the Modern World
- 12. A Nation Mourns, November 22, 1963: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy and the End of American Innocence
- 13. America Taken Hostage, November 4, 1979: The Iranian Hostage Crisis and the Restructuring of the World Order
- 14. Terrorists Stun America, September 11, 2001: Negotiating Security and Liberty in the Twenty-first Century
- Appendix I: Map of the United States
- Appendix II: The Declaration of Independence
- Appendix III: The Constitution of the United States
- Appendix IV: Admission of States
- Appendix V: Area and Population of the United States: 1790–2006
- Appendix VI: Presidential Elections
- Appendix VII: Party Affiliations in Congress, 1789–PresentA-35 Appendix VIII: Statistics of Major U.S. Wars
- Bibliography
- Index