The United States, 1865-1920: Reuniting a Nation (Seminar Studies)

__The United States, 1865____–____1920: Reuniting a Nation__ explores how the U.S. attempted to heal Civil War-era divisions, as well as maintain and strengthen its unity as new rifts developed in the conflict’s aftermath. Taking a broadly thematic approach to the period, Adam Burns examines the development of the United States from political, social, and foreign relations perspectives. Concise and accessible, the volume uses a variety of primary source documents to help stimulate discussion and encourage the use of historical evidence as support for different interpretations of the era. By exploring controversies over issues such as citizenship, ethnicity, regionalism, and economic disparity, all of which resonate strongly in the nation’s political discourse today, the book will be an important staple for undergraduate students of American History and the period that followed the Civil War, as well as general enthusiasts. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of illustrations Acknowledgements Chronology Who’s who PART I: Analysis and assessment 1. Introduction 2. Reconstructing a nation Reconstruction from Lincoln to Johnson Congressional Reconstruction Grant’s Reconstruction 3. The road to redemption African American rights secured? White resistance Rebuilding a white South A New South? 4. The course of westward expansion Connecting the West Native Americans Life in the West 5. Party politics in the Gilded Age Reestablishing Republican governance Republican factionalism grows The Cleveland era 6. Robber barons and Knights of Labor Technology The robber barons Agrarian reaction Urban reaction 7. The United States and the world Relations with the European empires Relations with Latin American nations Relations with the Asia–Pacific region 8. Immigration, ethnicity, and the changing face of the nation Scientific racism Immigration and new minorities The growth of black activism 9. Bryan, Roosevelt, and the evolution of party politics Populism and the rise of William Jennings Bryan The progressive movement Theodore Roosevelt: the accidental president Taft and the Republican split of 1912 10. Wilson and the Great War The New Freedom: domestic affairs before the war Wilson, Latin America, and neutrality The end of neutrality and peace without victory The home front 11. Conclusion: the election of 1920 and the end of an era PART II: Documents Glossary Guide to further reading References Index "The United States, 1865-1920: Reuniting a Nation explores how the U.S. attempted to heal Civil War-era divisions, as well as maintain and strengthen its unity as new rifts developed in the conflict's aftermath. Taking a broadly thematic approach to the period, Adam Burns examines the development of the United States from political, social, and foreign relations perspectives. Concise and accessible, the volume uses a variety of primary source documents to help stimulate discussion and encourage the use of historical evidence as support for different interpretations of the era. By exploring controversies over issues such as citizenship, ethnicity, regionalism, and economic disparity, all of which resonate strongly in the nation's political discourse today, the book will be an important staple for undergraduate students of American History and the period that followed the Civil War, as well as general enthusiasts."-- Provided by publisher The United States, 1865 – 1920: Reuniting a Nation explores how the U.S. attempted to heal Civil War-era divisions, as well as maintain and strengthen its unity as new rifts developed in the conflict’s aftermath. Taking a broadly thematic approach to the period, Adam Burns examines the development of the United States from political, social, and foreign relations perspectives. Concise and accessible, the volume uses a variety of primary source documents to help stimulate discussion and encourage the use of historical evidence as support for different interpretations of the era. By exploring controversies over issues such as citizenship, ethnicity, regionalism, and economic disparity, all of which resonate strongly in the nation’s political discourse today, the book will be an important staple for undergraduate students of American History and the period that followed the Civil War, as well as general enthusiasts.