National Geographic Almanac of American History
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Featuring National Geographic's hallmark combination of stunning images, superb maps, authoritative narrative, and concise, penetrating analysis, the Almanac of American History has been carefully designed to offer its readers not just a wider and deeper understanding of our country's development, but also an inviting mix of fascinating facts and colorful graphics that make it a browser's delight.After the Introduction by respected historian Hugh Ambrose and a special feature on how to use the Almanac's features most efficiently, the book is divided into four major parts, each exploring a different aspect of America's history. The first explores the continent's geology and geography to answer the fundamental question of how the vast, rich landscape shaped both our expanding society and our sense of ourselves. In Section 2, Milestones, twelve essays discuss how America evolved from a sparsely settled wilderness into the global leader it is today. Section 3 covers the major eras in America's history, beginning with the earliest Native Americans and closing with the first decade of a new millennium. Finally, a thematically organized section discusses such important topics as Leaders, Wars, Religion and Beliefs, and Presidents. An appendix features Milestone Documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, and more. A bibliography and a comprehensive index complete this indispensable reference.
Foreword9About This Book10The LandIn the Beginning14MilestonesImmigration20Religion in America22The Rise of Democracy24Language26Legal System28Slavery30Industry32Social Reform34Conservation & Environment36Civil Rights38Space Race40Global Mission42Major ErasEarly Americans: Prehistory-A.D. 170046Paleolithic and Archaic Indians 18,000-1000 B.C.48Beringia Challenged51Woodland Era 1000 B.C.-A.D. 140052Complex Societies A.D. 1000-154054Alaska's Indigenous People57At Contact 1492-170060Indian Dwellings63World Survey Prehistory-A.D. 170066Europe Discovers America: 1000-177568Vikings 793-104270Spain in North America 1492-180072Christopher Columbus75France 1534-176378Northern Europe 1621-186780England 1584-173282John Smith85Colonial Life 1612-175286Witches in Salem89Slave Trade 1619-177590Colonial Wars 1675-177592World Survey 1000-177594The Revolution Era: 1765-180196The Revolution Begins 1765-177598Paul Revere101George III103Revolutionary War 1775-1781104Benjamin Franklin107The New Nation 1782-1801110The Stars and Stripes112World Survey 1765-1801116Continental Expansion: 1803-1853118Moving West 1803-1819120War of 1812 1812-1815124Transportation Revolution 1794-1855126Robert Fulton129The Jacksonian Period 1829-1837130Alexis de Tocqueville133Texas Joins the Union 1836-1848134The Alamo137Indian Removals 1830-1850138Westward Expansion 1821-1853140The Donner Party144World Survey 1803-1853146A Divided Nation: 1817-1877148Missouri Compromise 1817-1821150Road to War 1822-1860152Uncle Tom's Cabin155Lincoln-Douglas Debates156Civil War 1861-1865158Sherman's March to the Sea162The Cost of War165Lee and Grant at Appomattox167Reconstruction 1865-1877168Reconstruction Legislatures170World Survey 1817-1877172From Sea to Shining Sea: 1867-1896174Tracks Across the Continent 1865-1890176"Seward's Ice Box"178The Last Indian Wars 1862-1900180Carlisle School182The Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee184Closing the Frontier 1865-1896186The Great Land Rush189Gilded Age Politics 1873-1896190World Survey 1867-1896192Modern America Rises: 1870-1917194The Birth of Industrial America 1859-1911196Coal-Oil Johnny199Booms, Busts, and Labor Struggles 1869-1912200"Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor..."203The New South 1865-1909204Urban Growth in the North 1870-1917206Progressivism 1887-1916208A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight210The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire213America Builds an Empire 1889-1917214Anti-Imperialists and Imperialists216World Survey 1870-1917218Becoming a Great Power: 1914-1933220Into the Great War 1914-1918222A World "Safe for Democracy" 1918-1920224Harlem Hellfighters227Normalcy and Cultural Conflict 1921-1929228The Scopes Trial231The Stresses of Modernization 1920-1930234The House That Ruth Built236The Jazz Age 1920-1929238World Survey 1914-1933240Remaking America: 1929-1945242The Great Depression 1929-1933244Henry Ford-Revolutionary and Reactionary247The New Deal 1933-1940248HUAC Investigates Un-American Activities, 1938251Culture and Life in the Depression 1933-1939252The Road to World War II 1931-1941254At War 1941-1945256Japanese-American Internment259The Navajo Code Talkers262World Survey 1929-1945264Cold War America: 1945-1989266The Atomic Age 1945-1960268The Rosenbergs271Korea and McCarthyism 1950-1957272Fifties Society, Faith, and Science 1946-1964274Kennedy and the Space Race 1960-1972276Civil Rights Revolution 1954-1963278Jackie Robinson Desegragates Baseball281The Vietnam War 1963-1968282Great Society and Great Unrest 1962-1976286The New Left288Personal Freedom 1956-1981290A Post-Imperial Presidency 1972-1984292Looking Out for the Environment 1962-1992294World Survey 1945-1989296Global Hegemony: 1985-Present298The Cold War Ends 1981-1991300The Gulf War302Politics of Culture War 1991-2001304O.J. Simpson307Oklahoma City Bombing309Gay Marriage310Globalization Since 1945312Biomedicine314The Hubble Space Telescope317Perils of the New Millennium Since 20013189/11321World Survey 1985-Present324At a GlanceNative Americans Today328Notable Accomplishments336Leaders and People of Note338Sports342Scientists and Inventors344Artists348Explorers352Periods and Movements354Religious Groups356Appendix360Recommended Reading371Index372Illustrations Credits383
