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A sense of the past : readings in American history

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A new country in a new world. The heritage of the colonial period ; The road to revolution ; The American Revolution
The formation of the federal union. One state or thirteen ; Forging a stronger union ; The Constitution of the United States
Launching a new government. Establishing the new government ; Federalists and Republicans ; Foreign entanglements
The nation and the sections. Nationalism ; Sectionalism ; Old Hickory ; Reforms and reformers
Division and reunion. Manifest Destiny ; The gathering storm ; The war between the states ; Binding up the nation's wounds
The emergence of modern America. Industrial America ; The opening of the West ; Protest movements ; Parties and politics
The United States becomes a world power. Emerging from isolation ; Theodore Roosevelt and foreign affairs ; The progressive movement and the Square Deal ; The new freedom ; The First World War
Prosperity and depression. Normalcy ; Crash ; The New Deal ; The good neighbor and the rise of the dictators
World leadership. The Second World War ; The affluent society ; The Cold War.

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