Name: _____________________HIS 107: 20th Century American History
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PREFACE
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CHAPTER 1: BY 1900
I. THE FAITH OF AMERICANS
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-INDUSTRIALIZATION
- CORPORATE MERGERS
-URBANIZATION
-PROSPERITY
-EDUCATION
-A WORLD POWER
-LAISSEZ FAIRE
-SOCIAL DARWINISM
II. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN
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-LIVING STANDARDS
- WORKING CONDITIONS
-THE CITIES
-AGRARIAN TURMOIL
-WOMEN
-MINORITIES
-POLITICS
III. SEEDS OF REFORM
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CHAPTER 2: PROGRESSIVISM AND THE SQUARE DEAL
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I. THE REFORM SPIRIT
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-PRAGMATISM
-THE SCHOLARLY DISCIPLINES
-RELIGION AND REFORM
-URBAN REFORMERS
-MUNICIPAL REFORM
-PROGRESSIVISM IN THE STATES
-THE PROGRESSIVE AMENDMENTS
II. THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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-TRUST BUSTING
-THE LABOR QUESTION
-THE ELECTION OF 1904
-RAILROAD REGULATION
-PURE FOOD & DRUGS
-THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
-THE PANIC OF 1907
III. ROOSEVELT AND THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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-THE PANAMA CANAL
-CARIBBEAN POLICY
-ROOSEVELT AND THE WORLD
CHAPTER 3: THE TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF PROGRESSIVISM
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-THE ELECTION OF 1908
-TROUBLED TAFT
-CANNON, ROOSEVELT, AND THE ELECTIONS OF 1910
-DOLLAR DIPLOMACY
-TAFT’S ACHIEVEMENTS
-THE REEMERGENCE OF ROOSEVELT
-THE ELECTION OF 1912
-SOCIALISM IN AMERICA
-THE BIRTH CONTROL MOVEMENT
-PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION
I. WOODROW WILSON
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-NEW FREEDOM LEGISLATION
-RETREAT AND RENEWAL
-THE TWILIGHT OF REFORM
II. MISSIONARY DIPLOMACY
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-THE FAR EAST
-THE CARIBBEAN
-MEXICO
-THE END OF AN ERA
CHAPTER 4: THE FIRST WORLD WAR
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-INITIAL REACTIONS
-ECONOMIC INVOLVEMENT
-SUBMARINE WARFARE
-NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS
-WILSON THE MEDIATOR
-THE ROAD TO WAR
I. MOBILIZATION
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-THE DRAFT
-FINANCING THE WAR
-THE WAR BONDS
-SHAPING PUBLIC OPINION
-WOMEN AND WORK DURING THE WAR
-AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND THE WAR
-THE WAR AT SEA
-THE WESTERN FRONT
II. MAKING THE PEACE
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-WILSONIAN IDEALISM
-REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION
-THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE
-THE RATIFICATION STRUGGLE
CHAPTER 5: THE TWENTIES
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-POSTWAR TENSIONS
-THE FIRST RED SCARE
-THE NEW ERA
-THE MASS-PRODUCTION-CONSUMPTION SOCIETY
-THE URBAN NATION
-THE NEW WOMAN
-EDUCATION FOR THE MASSES
-THEY BALLYHOO YEARS
-THE CULTURE OF DISENCHANTMENT
-IMMIGRATION QUOTAS
-THE KU KLUX KLAN
-PROHIBITION
-FUNDAMENTALISM
-THE POLITICS OF RETREAT
-HARDING
-COOLIDGE
-THE ELECTION OF 1928
-THE PROMISE OF PROSPERITY
CHAPTER 6: THE DEPRESSION DECADE
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-CAUSES OF THE DEPRESSION
-HOOVER’S RESPONSE
-POPULAR UNREST
-ELECTION OF 1932
-NEW DEAL THOUGHT
-THE HUNDRED DAYS
-NEW DIRECTIONS
-THE FIRST LADY
-THE ELECTION OF 1936
-THE SUPREME COURT BATTLE
-THE END OF THE NEW DEAL
-EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE 1930s
CHAPTER 7: THE WORLD AT WAR AGAIN
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-THE ELECTION OF 1940
-PRELUDE TO WAR
-PEARL HARBOR
-THE HOME FRONT
-IN THE SERVICE
-THE WAR IN EUROPE
-THE PACIFIC WAR
-THE ELECTION OF 1944
-WARTIME DIPLOMACY
-VICTORY IN EUROPE
-VICTORY IN ASIA
CHAPTER 8: POSTWAR CHALLENGES
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-PRESIDENT TRUMAN
I. THE COLD WAR
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-THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE
-THE MARSHALL PLAN
-NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO)
-THE COLD WAR AT HOME
-THE BERLIN BLOCKADE
II THE ELECTION OF 1948
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III. POSTELECTION SHOCKS
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IV. THE FAIR DEAL
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V. THE KOREAN WAR
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VI. THE SECOND RED SCARE
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VII. THE ELECTION OF 1972
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VIII. THE END OF THE RED SCARE
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CHAPTER 9: THE “BEST YEARS”
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I. GROWTH AND POWER
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II. THE FAMILY
-TELEVISION AND MOVIES
-THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN CHURCHES
III. MODERATE CONSERVATISM
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IV. CIVIL RIGHTS
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V. SCIENCE IN ACTION
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VI. EISENHOWER AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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VII. TROUBLE IN ASIA
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VIII. THE MIDDLE EAST
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IX. THE U-2 AFFAIR
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X. THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
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XI. ALIENATED
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XII. THE ELECTION OF 1960
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XIII. THE KENNEDY STYLE
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XIV. THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION
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XX. THE BERLIN CRISIS
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XXI. THE NEW FRONTIER
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XXII. THE CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS
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XXIII. INVOLVEMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
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XXIV. THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
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CHAPTER 10: ERA OF UPHEAVAL
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I. LBJ
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-THE ELECTION OF 1964
-THE GREAT SOCIETY
-THE VIETNAM WAR
-THE YOUTH REBELLION
-CIVIL RIGHTS
-WOMEN’S LIBERATION
-ETHNIC POWER
-EVERYDAY LIFE
-CHURCHES IN TURMOIL
-THE BACKLASH
-THE ELECTION OF 1968
CHAPTER 11: NIXON’S AMERICA
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-DOMESTIC REFORMS
-CIVIL RIGHTS
-RACING TO THE MOON AND BEYOND
-DÉTENTE
-CHINA
-VIETNAM
-SIXITIES CULTURE
-ELECTION OF 1972
-WINDING DOWN THE WAR
-CHILE AND THE MIDDLE EAST
-THE ENERGY CRISIS
-FEMINISM TO THE FORE
-ENVIRONMENTALISM
-WATERGATE
CHAPTER 12: YEARS OF DISILLUSIONMENT
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-FORD AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS
-THE ELECTION OF 1976
-THE CARTER STYLE
-THE ECONOMY
-MILITARY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS
-THE HOSTAGE CRISIS
-CULTURE IN THE POST-VIETNAM WAR YEARS
-POVERTY AND CRIME
-THE FAMILY
-THE ELECTION OF 1980
CHAPTER 13: DYNAMIC CONSERVATISM
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-REAGANOMICS
-SOCIAL ISSUES
-FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES
-REAGAN PROSPERITY
-ELECTION OF 1984
-GROWTH AND CHANGE
-AFRICAN AMERICAN PROGRESS
-EDUCATIONAL WARS
-TOWARD THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY
-RISING TIDE OF CRIME
-THE AIDS EPIDEMIC
-THE WAR ON TOBACCO
-THE SOARING ECONOMY
-IMMIGRATION REFORM
-THE SUPREME COURT
-THE IRAN-CONTRA SCANDAL
-ENDING THE COLD WAR
CHAPTER 14: INTO THE NINETIES
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-ELECTION OF 1988
-THE BUSH APPROACH
-SUPREME COURT APPOINTEES
-TIANANMEN SQUARE
-THE INVASION OF PANAMA
-THE WAR ON DRUGS
-THE PERSION GULF WAR
-THE SAGGING ECONOMY
-RACIAL EXPLOSION
-INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT
-DOMESTIC POLICY
-THE ELECTION OF 1992
-CLINTON CONTROVERSIES
-DOMESTIC INITIATIVES
-‘THE CONTRACT WITH AMERICA’
-INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING
-TERRORISM AT HOME
-ELECTION OF 1996
CHAPTER 15: THE CLOSE OF THE CENTURY
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-PROSPERITY
-HEALTH
-WOMEN AND THE FAMILY
-EDUCATION
-WORSHIP AND MORALITY
-MORAL ASCENDANCY?
-MINORITIES AND PROGRESS
-AFFIRMATIVE REACTION
-THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
-THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM
-THE SECOND CLINTON ADMINISTRATION
-MONICAGATE
-THE STARR REPORT
-BEYOND POLITICS
-HIGH PRIESTS
I. IMPEACHMENT
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II. KOSOVO
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III. CONCLUSION
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