Chapter 1: The Americas, Europe, and Africa Before 1492
Chapter 2: Early Globalization: The Atlantic World, 1492–1650
Chapter 2: Early Globalization: The Atlantic World, 1492–1650
Chapter 2: Early Globalization: The Atlantic World, 1492–1650
Chapter 3: Creating New Social Orders: Colonial Societies, 1500–1700
Chapter 3: Creating New Social Orders: Colonial Societies, 1500–1700
Chapter 4: Rule Britannia! The English Empire, 1660–1763
Chapter 4: Rule Britannia! The English Empire, 1660–1763
Chapter 5: Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests, 1763-1774
Chapter 6: America’s War for Independence, 1775-1783
Chapter 6: America’s War for Independence, 1775-1783
Chapter 6: America’s War for Independence, 1775-1783
Chapter 7: Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790
Chapter 7: Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790
Chapter 8: Growing Pains: The New Republic, 1790–1820
Chapter 9: Industrial Transformation in the North, 1800–1850
Chapter 9: Industrial Transformation in the North, 1800–1850
Chapter 9: Industrial Transformation in the North, 1800–1850
Chapter 10: Jacksonian Democracy, 1820–1840
Chapter 10: Jacksonian Democracy, 1820–1840
Chapter 11: A Nation on the Move: Westward Expansion, 1800–1860
Chapter 11: A Nation on the Move: Westward Expansion, 1800–1860
Chapter 12: Cotton is King: The Antebellum South, 1800–1860
Chapter 13: Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses, 1820–1860
Chapter 13: Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses, 1820–1860
Chapter 14: Troubled Times: the Tumultuous 1850s
Chapter 14: Troubled Times: the Tumultuous 1850s
Chapter 15: The Civil War, 1860–1865
Chapter 15: The Civil War, 1860–1865
Chapter 16: The Era of Reconstruction,1865-1877
Chapter 17: Go West Young Man! Westward Expansion, 1840-1900
Chapter 17: Go West Young Man! Westward Expansion, 1840-1900
Chapter 18: Industrialization and the Rise of Big Business, 1870-1900
Chapter 19: The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870-1900
Chapter 19: The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870-1900
Chapter 20: Politics in the Gilded Age, 1870-1900
Chapter 20: Politics in the Gilded Age, 1870-1900
Chapter 21: Leading the Way: The Progressive Movement, 1890-1920
Chapter 21: Leading the Way: The Progressive Movement, 1890-1920
Chapter 21: Leading the Way: The Progressive Movement, 1890-1920
Chapter 22: Age of Empire: American Foreign Policy, 1890-1914
Chapter 22: Age of Empire: American Foreign Policy, 1890-1914
Chapter 22: Age of Empire: American Foreign Policy, 1890-1914
Chapter 22: Age of Empire: American Foreign Policy, 1890-1914
Chapter 22: Age of Empire: American Foreign Policy, 1890-1914
Chapter 23: Americans and the Great War, 1914-1919
Chapter 23: Americans and the Great War, 1914-1919
Chapter 24: The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919-1929
Chapter 26: Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal 1932-1941
Chapter 26: Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal 1932-1941
Chapter 27: Fighting the Good Fight in World War II, 1941-1945
Chapter 28: Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
Chapter 28: Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
Chapter 28: Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
Chapter 28: Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
Chapter 28: Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
Chapter 28: Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
Chapter 29: Contesting Futures: America in the 1960s
Chapter 30: Political Storms at Home and Abroad, 1968-1980
Chapter 30: Political Storms at Home and Abroad, 1968-1980
Chapter 30: Political Storms at Home and Abroad, 1968-1980
Chapter 31: From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980-2000
Chapter 31: From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980-2000
Chapter 31: From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980-2000
Chapter 31: From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980-2000
Chapter 32: The Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Chapter 32: The Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
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Critical Thinking Questions
16. Describe the United States’ movement from isolationism to expansion-mindedness in the final decades of the nineteenth century. What ideas and philosophies underpinned this transformation?
17. What specific forces or interests transformed the relationship between the United States and the rest of the world between 1865 and 1890?
18. How did Taft’s “dollar diplomacy” differ from Roosevelt’s “big stick” policy? Was one approach more or less successful than the other? How so?
19. What economic and political conditions had to exist for Taft’s “dollar diplomacy” to be effective?
20. What factors conspired to propel the United States to emerge as a military and economic powerhouse prior to World War II?