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1 The Collision Of Cultures
2 Britain And Its Colonies
3 Colonial Ways Of Life
4 The Imperial Perspective
5 From Empire To Independence
6 The American Revolution
7 Shaping A Federal Union
8 The Federalist Era
9 The Early Republic
10 Nationalism And Sectionalism
11 The Jacksonian Impulse
12 The Dynamics Of Growth
13 An American Renaissance: Religion, Romanticism, And Reform
14 Manifest Destiny
15 The Old South
16 The Crisis Of Union
17 The War Of The Union
18 Reconstruction: North And South
19 New Frontiers: South And West
20 Big Business And Organized Labor
21 The Emergence Of Urban America
22 Gilded-age Politics And Agrarian Revolt
23 An American Empire
24 The Progressive Era
25 America And The Great War
26 The Modern Temper
27 Republican Resurgence And Decline
28 New Deal America
29 From Isolation To Global War
30 The Second World War
31 The Fair Deal And Containment
32 Through The Picture Window: Society And Culture, 1945–1960
33 Conflict And Deadlock: The Eisenhower Years
34 New Frontiers: Politics And Social Change In The 1960s
35 Rebellion And Reaction In The 1960s And 1970s
36 A Conservative Insurgency
37 Triumph And Tragedy: America At The Turn Of The Century

  1. The Tyler years
    1. Harrison’s brief beginning
    2. Tyler’s position on issues
    3. Domestic issues
      1. The clash between Clay and Tyler
      2. Tyler left without a party
    4. Foreign affairs
      1. Conflicts between Britain and the United States
      2. Settlements in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty
  2. Westward expansion
    1. Manifest Destiny
    2. Indian cultures of the West
      1. Nomadic hunters of the plains
      2. Farmers of the Southwest
      3. Other tribes
      4. Impact of white expansion
    3. The Spanish Southwest
      1. Spanish influences
      2. Mexican revolution
        1. Events in Europe
        2. Mexican independence
    4. The Northwest
      1. The fur trade
      2. Settlement in Oregon
    5. California
      1. Spanish settlement
      2. The Franciscan missions
        1. Relations with Indians
          1. Control
          2. Conversion
        2. Labor
          1. Indians
          2. Use of force and rebellions
        3. Confiscation
      3. Shippers and agents
  3. Movement west
    1. Trails west
      1. Santa Fe Trail
      2. Overland Trail
    2. Effects of journey west
      1. Hardships, work, disease
      2. Impact on Indians
    3. Effects on ecology
      1. Grass shortage
      2. Buffalo killed
      3. Drought
    4. John C. Frémont
  4. Involvements in Texas
    1. Settlements
      1. Stephen F. Austin
      2. Cotton
    2. Growing conflict
      1. Mexican opposition
      2. Demands for representation
      3. Santa Anna takes power
      4. Rebellion in Texas
    3. War for independence
      1. Battle of the Alamo
      2. Sam Houston
      3. Declaration of Independence
      4. Capture of Santa Anna
      5. Texas Republic
    4. Attempts to join the United States
      1. Slave state
      2. Separate republic
      3. Rejection by Senate
  5. Presidency of Polk
    1. Election of 1844
      1. Positions on Texas
      2. Polk’s victory
    2. Polk’s background
    3. Polk’s program
      1. Proslavery stance
      2. Reduction in tariff
      3. Independent treasury
      4. Geographic expansion
        1. Annexation of Texas
        2. Acquisition of Oregon
  6. The Mexican War
    1. Disputes with Mexico
    2. Polk’s provocation of an attack
    3. Opposition to the war
    4. Preparation for war
      1. Military units compared
      2. Nature of the warfare
      3. Development of a plan of action
      4. Selection of a commander
      5. The character of Zachary Taylor
    5. Annexation of California
      1. Creation of the Republic of California
      2. Steps to conquest by the United States
    6. Taylor’s battles
      1. Conquest of Monterey
      2. Polk’s suspicions and intrigue
      3. Battle of Buena Vista
    7. Scott’s conquest of Mexico City
      1. Amphibious attack on Vera Cruz
      2. Maneuvering to Mexico City
    8. Terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
      1. The war’s legacy
      2. Human and financial costs
      3. Territory acquired
      4. A cluster of military firsts
      5. Impact on the nation
        1. Initial pride
        2. Transcontinental nation

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