What happened? : an encyclopedia of events that changed America forever
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What happened? : an encyclopedia of events that changed America forever
ABC-CLIO, c2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Vol. 1. Through the seventeenth century -- v. 2. The eighteenth century -- v. 3. The nineteenth century -- v. 4. The twentieth century
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This comprehensive and highly readable collection of essays highlights 50 important events that changed the course of American history.
What Happened? An Encyclopedia of Events That Changed America Forever is designed to introduce beginning U.S. history students and lay readers to the most significant events in the nation's history. More than that, it also will give readers insight into why a particular event is important.
This book consists of 50 chapters in four volumes, each dealing with a critically important event in American history from the 17th century to the present. Each chapter includes a factual essay on the subject prepared by John Findling or Frank Thackeray. The factual material is augmented with an interpretive essay on the same subject, written by a specialist in the field. Through this juxtaposition, readers can learn not only about the who, what, and where of an event, but also why it is important in the sweep of American history.
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
1. Progressivism, 1901–1914
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Laura Hague
Robert La Follette (1855–1925)
Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)
Settlement House Movement
Upton Sinclair (1878–1968)
2. World War I, 1914–1918
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Jacob Vander Meulen
Committee on Public Information (CPI)
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
League of Nations
John J. Pershing (1860–1948)
Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
Document: Zimmermann Note, 1917
Document: President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points Speech, 1918
3. The Harlem Renaissance, 1917–1935
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by James M. Beeby
Duke Ellington (1899–1974)
Harlem
Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
Zora Neale Hurston (ca. 1903–1960)
James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)
Claude McKay (1889–1948)
4. The Great Depression, 1929–ca. 1939
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Anders Greenspan
First Hundred Days
Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)
Huey Long (1893–1935)
New Deal
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
Stock Market Crash of 1929
5. World War II, 1939–1945
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Larry Thornton
Battle of the Bulge (1944)
Omar Bradley (1893–1981)
Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)
Navajo Code Talkers
Pearl Harbor Attack (1941)
Zoot Suit Riots (1943)
Document: Executive Order 9066 (Japanese Internment Order), 1942
6. Suburbanization and Consumerism, 1945–1990
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Karen Dunak
Levittown
Ralph Nader (1934–)
Joe Thompson Jr. (1901–1961)
7. The Development of Atomic Energy, 1945–1995
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by James W. Kunetka
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
Nuclear Freeze Movement
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967)
Three Mile Island Incident (1979)
8. The Cold War, ca. 1946–1991
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by David Mayers
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969)
Korean War (1950–1953)
Harry Truman (1884–1972)
U-2 Incident (1960)
9. The Rise of Television, ca. 1948–2010
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by James E. St. Clair
Milton Berle (1908–2002)
Walter Cronkite (1916–2009)
A. C. Nielsen (1897–1980)
10. The Vietnam War, ca. 1950–1975
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Alan Abbott
Antiwar Movement
Cambodian Incursion (1970)
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973)
Tet Offensive (1968)
11. The Civil Rights Movement, ca. 1954–Present
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Thomas Clarkin
Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956)
Greensboro (North Carolina) Sit-Ins (1960)
Freedom Summer (1964)
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968)
Los Angeles Riots of 1992
12. The Women's Rights Movement, 1961–1991
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Catherine A. Fosl
Feminist Majority
Betty Friedan (1921–2006)
President's Commission on the Status of Women
Document: Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
13. The Reagan Revolution, 1981–1989
Introduction
Interpretive Essay by Cliff Staten
George H. W. Bush (1924–)
Iran-Contra Scandal (1986)
Sandra Day O'Connor (1930–)
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004)
Appendix A: Glossary of Terms and People
Appendix B: Timeline
Appendix C: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Secretaries of State, 1901–2010
About the Editors and Contributors
Thematic Index
Index
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