Taking sides : clashing views in United States history, volume 1: the colonial period to Reconstruction

Taking Sides volumes present current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with Learning Outcomes, an Issue Summary, an Introduction, and an Exploring the Issue section featuring Critical Thinking and Reflection, Is There Common Ground?, and Additional Resources. Taking Sides readers also offer a Topic Guide and an annotated listing of Internet References for further consideration of the issues. An online Instructor’s Resource Guide with testing material is available for each volume. Using Taking Sides in the Classroom is also an excellent instructor resource. Visit www.mhhe.com/takingsides for more details. Cover Page......Page 1 Half Title Page......Page 2 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Preface......Page 8 Contents in Brief......Page 10 Contents......Page 11 Correlation Guide......Page 17 Topic Guide......Page 20 Introduction......Page 22 Internet References .........Page 29 UNIT 1 Colonial Society......Page 30 Issue 1. Did the Chinese Discover America?......Page 31 Issue 2. Was the Settlement of Jamestown a Fiasco?......Page 53 Issue 3. Was Conflict Between Europeans and Native Americans Inevitable?......Page 79 Issue 4. Was the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria a Product of Women's Search for Power?......Page 101 Issue 5. Was There a Great Awakening in Mid-Eighteenth-Century America?......Page 126 UNIT 2 Revolution and the New Nation......Page 152 Issue 6. Was the American Revolution Largely a Product of Market-Driven Consumer Forces?......Page 153 Issue 7. Was the Constitution of the United States Written to Protect the Economic Interests of the Upper Classes?......Page 175 Issue 8. Did Alexander Hamilton's Policies Lay the Foundation for America's Economic Growth in the Early National Period?......Page 202 Issue 9. Did Andrew Jackson's Removal Policy Benefit Native Americans?......Page 231 Issue 10. Did the Industrial Revolution Provide More Economic Opportunities for Women in the 1830s?......Page 254 UNIT 3 Antebellum America......Page 284 Issue 11. Was Antebellum Temperance Reform Motivated Primarily by Religious Moralism?......Page 285 Issue 12. Was the Mexican War an Exercise in American Imperialism?......Page 307 Issue 13. Was John Brown an Irrational Terrorist?......Page 337 UNIT 4 Conflict and Resolution......Page 358 Issue 14. Was Slavery the Key Issue in the Sectional Confl ict Leading to the Civil War?......Page 359 Issue 15. Are Historians Wrong to Consider the War Between the States a "Total War"?......Page 381 Issue 16. Was Abraham Lincoln America's Greatest President?......Page 411 Issue 17. Did Reconstruction Fail as a Result of Racism?......Page 432