Let's Review: U. S. History and Government (Barron's Review Course)
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(back cover) An ideal companion to high school U.S. History and Government courses, this book presents summaries of hundreds of key topics, maps, charts, illustrations, review exercises, a 13-page chronology of major events in American history, thumbnail biographies of notable Americans, a glossary of terms, and an extensive index. For Students: Easy-to-follow review sections covering all exam topics Practice and review questions with answer keys In-depth Regents exam preparation, including an actual Regents exam with answers For Teachers A valuable classroom supplement to the main textbook and a class-planning aid A helpful source of essay topics, exam questions, and scoring guides
Acknowledgments iiSupreme Court Cases viiUnited States History Documents ixPreface xiiConstitutional Foundations of the United States 1The Constitution: The Foundation of American Society 3Foundations, Revolution, and Confederation 3Constitutional Convention, Ratification, and a Bill of Rights 40Constitutional Structure, Function, and Thirteen Enduring Issues 55Launching a New Government 72The Constitution Tested: Nationalism and Sectionalism 95Constitutional Stress and Crisis 95The Constitution in Jeopardy: The American Civil War 108Industrialization of the United States 121The Reconstructed Nation 123Reconstruction and the Nationalization of Civil Rights 123Post-Civil War Economics 129Emancipation: An Unsettled Issue 134The End of Reconstruction 139The Rise of American Business, Industry, and Labor (1865-1920) 150Technology and World Industrialism 150Pre-Civil War Industrial Growth 154Business Organization: Size and Structure 157Transportation, Communication, and Resources 160Representative Entrepreneurs 164Business and Government 167Labor Organization and Struggle 173Adjusting Society to Industrialism: American People and Places 188Impact of Industrialism 188Nation of Immigrants 197The Last Frontier 206American Society at the Turn of the Century 216The Progressive Movement 227Reform in America 229The Reform Tradition 229Pressure for Reform 232Progressivism and Government Action 238The Rise of American Power 258The Industrial-Colonial Connection 258An Emerging Global Involvement 262Restraint and Involvement (1914-1920) 274The Constitution and World War I 279The Search for Peace and Arms Control (1914-1930) 284At Home and Abroad: Prosperity and Depression 299War and Prosperity (1917-1929) 301The First World War at Home 301The Twenties: Business Boom or False Prosperity? 307Optimism and Materialism 314The Great Depression and the New Deal (1933-1940) 335Failure of the Old Order: Hoover and the Crash 335Franklin D. Roosevelt: Relief, Recovery, and Reform 339Constitutional Issues and the New Deal 347The Human Factor 352The United States in an Age of Global Crisis: Responsibility and Cooperation 367Peace in Peril (1933-1950) 369Isolation and Neutrality 369Failure of Peace: Triumph of Aggression 374Home Front: The Human Dimensions of the War 380The United States in World War II 386Aftermath of World War II 391Peace with Problems (1945-1960) 406International Peace Efforts 406Communist Expansion and Containment in Europe and Asia 410Internal Security and Constitutionalism 419A World in Uncertain Times 435Toward a Post-Industrial World: Living in a Global Age 437United States and Post-Industrialism 437The World and Post-Industrialism 442Containment and Consensus (1945-1960) 451Eisenhower Policies: Foreign Affairs 451Eisenhower Domestic Developments 458The Warren Court and Civil Rights 461The Affluent Society 465Decade of Change (the 1960s) 477The Kennedy Years: The New Frontier 477Action in Foreign Policies 482Movement for the Rights of the Disabled 488Johnson and the Great Society 494The Movement for Equal Rights 500The Limits of Power: Turmoil at Home and Abroad (1965-1972) 514The Vietnam War 514Protest and the Counterculture 524The Trend Toward Conservatism (1972-1992) 540Nixon and the Imperial Presidency (1969-1974) 540The Ford and Carter Presidencies (August 1974-January 1981) 551The Reagan Era (1981-1989) 562President George Bush (1989-1993) 576The Clinton Administrations 593The Election of 1992 593President Bill Clinton (1993-2001) 595The Election of 1996 604The Election of 2000 609The New Millennium 613George W. Bush and Neoconservatism 615The Election of 2000: Aftermath 6159/11 and Its Aftermath 620Domestic and World Events in the Months Before 9/11 620Attack on America 622American Society Entering the 21st Century 628Operation Iraqi Freedom 637United Nations and the Iraqi War 639Conservatism and One Party Rule 645Chronology of Major Events in American History 666Notable Americans 680Quotations 689Answer Key 704Glossary of Terms 713August 2006 Regents Exam and Answers 736Index 766
