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order of “40 Acres and a Mule” for every freedman. A major new section in
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Reconstruction.
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AMERICA
Past and Present
VOLUME 2
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AMERICA
Past and Present
VOLUME 2
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T E N T H E D I T I O N
ROBERT A. DIVINE
University of Texas
T. H. BREEN
Northwestern University
R. HAL WILLIAMS
Southern Methodist University
ARIELA J. GROSS
University of Southern California
H. W. BRANDS
University of Texas
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America, past and present / Robert A. Divine ... [et al.].—10th ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-205-90520-1 (combined volume)—ISBN 978-0-205-90519-5 (volume 1)—ISBN 978-0-205-90547-8 (volume 2)
1. United States—History—Textbooks. I. Divine, Robert A.
E178.1.A4894 2013
973—dc23
2012018891
Combined Volume: ISBN-10: 0-205-90520-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-205-90520-1
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Brief Contents
Chapter 16 The Agony of Reconstruction
Chapter 17 The West: Exploiting an Empire
Chapter 18 The Industrial Society
Chapter 19 Toward an Urban Society, 1877–1900
Chapter 20 Political Realignments in the 1890s
Chapter 21 Toward Empire
Chapter 22 The Progressive Era
Chapter 23 From Roosevelt to Wilson in the Age of Progressivism
Chapter 24 The Nation at War
Chapter 25 Transition to Modern America
Chapter 26 Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal
Chapter 27 America and the World, 1921–1945
Chapter 28 The Onset of the Cold War
Chapter 29 Affl uence and Anxiety
Chapter 30 The Turbulent Sixties
Chapter 31 The Rise of a New Conservatism, 1969–1988
Chapter 32 Into the Twenty-fi rst Century, 1989–2012
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Maps, Figures, and Tables xxi
Features xxiii
About the Authors xxvi
Supplements xxviii
Chapter 16
THE AGONY OF RECONSTRUCTION 366
Robert Smalls and Black Politicians During Reconstruction 366
The President vs. Congress 368
Wartime Reconstruction 368
Andrew Johnson at the Helm 369
Congress Takes the Initiative 371
Congressional Reconstruction Plan Enacted 372
The Impeachment Crisis 373
Reconstructing Southern Society 374
Reorganizing Land and Labor 374
Black Codes: A New Name for Slavery? 376
Republican Rule in the South 376
Claiming Public and Private Rights 377
Retreat from Reconstruction 379
Rise of the Money Question 379
Final Efforts of Reconstruction 379
A Reign of Terror Against Blacks 380
Spoilsmen vs. Reformers 381
Reunion and the New South 382
The Compromise of 1877 382
“Redeeming” a New South 383
The Rise of Jim Crow 386
Conclusion: Henry McNeal Turner and the “Unfi nished Revolution” 387
◾ FEATURE ESSAY
“Forty Acres and a Mule” 384
Chapter 17
THE WEST: EXPLOITING AN EMPIRE 390
Lean Bear’s Changing West 390
Beyond the Frontier 391
Crushing the Native Americans 392
Life of the Plains Indians 393
“As Long as Waters Run”: Searching for an Indian Policy 394
Final Battles on the Plains 395
The End of Tribal Life 396
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