By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Outline the British southern strategy and its results
Describe key American victories and the end of the war
Identify the main terms of the Treaty of Paris (1783)
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Identify the different approaches to reforming the institution of slavery
Describe the abolitionist movement in the early to mid-nineteenth century
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain the connection between evangelical Protestantism and the Second Great Awakening
Describe the message of the transcendentalists
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Identify similarities and differences among utopian groups of the antebellum era
Explain how religious utopian communities differed from nonreligious ones
An Awakening of Religion and Individualism
Antebellum Communal Experiments
Reforms to Human Health
Addressing Slavery
Women’s Rights
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain the different reforms aimed at improving the health of the human body
Describe the various factions and concerns within the temperance movement
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain the connections between abolition, reform, and antebellum feminism
Describe the ways antebellum women’s movements were both traditional and revolutionary
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Identify the successes and failures of Herbert Hoover’s presidency
Determine the fairness and accuracy of assessments of Hoover’s presidency
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
President Hoover’s Response
The Depths of the Great Depression
Assessing the Hoover Years on the Eve of the New Deal
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain Herbert Hoover’s responses to the Great Depression and how they reflected his political philosophy
Identify the local, city, and state efforts to combat the Great Depression
Analyze the frustration and anger that a majority of Americans directed at Herbert Hoover
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Identify the challenges that everyday Americans faced as a result of the Great Depression and analyze the government’s initial unwillingness to provide assistance
Explain the particular challenges that African Americans faced during the crisis
Identify the unique challenges that farmers in the Great Plains faced during this period
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Identify the causes of the stock market crash of 1929
Assess the underlying weaknesses in the economy that resulted in America’s spiraling from prosperity to depression so quickly
Explain how a stock market crash might contribute to a nationwide economic disaster
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Describe the goals and activities of SDS, the Free Speech Movement, and the antiwar movement
Explain the rise, goals, and activities of the women’s movement
The Kennedy Promise
Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society
The Civil Rights Movement Marches On
Challenging the Status Quo
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Describe the major accomplishments of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society
Identify the legal advances made in the area of civil rights
Explain how Lyndon Johnson deepened the American commitment in Vietnam
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Explain the strategies of the African American civil rights movement in the 1960s
Discuss the rise and philosophy of Black Power
Identify achievements of the Mexican American civil rights movement in the 1960s
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
Assess Kennedy’s Cold War strategy
Describe Kennedy’s contribution to the civil rights movement