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The diverse histories of the United States that come to life in Exploring American Histories are available at a lower price in a compact format. This two-color Value Edition includes the unabridged narrative and all maps, figures, tables, and select images from the comprehensive text.　

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A U.S. history narrative constructed from multiple perspectives helps students to appreciate the variety of ways people experienced the past. True to their plural title, Hewitt and Lawson present an inclusive view of American history that shows how events at the national level, shaped by elite political and economic leaders, directly affect the lives of ordinary people, and how actions at the local level affect decisions made at the centers of national government and commerce. By examining multiple angles of American history, students will better understand how the impact of events means different things to different people and constituent groups.

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Table of Contents

The Combined Volume includes all chapters.

Volume 1 includes Chapters 1-14.

Volume 2 includes Chapters 14-29.

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NOTE: LaunchPad material that does not appear in the print book - including guided reading exercises, primary source features and related quizzes, LearningCurve adaptive quizzes, summative quizzes, all of the documents from the companion reader Thinking through Sources for Exploring American Histories, and the activities built for projects in the reader - has been labeled on this table of contents as shown. 　Each chapter in the LaunchPad also comes with a wealth of additional documents, videos, key terms flashcards, map quizzes, timeline activities, and much more, all of which can be easily integrated and assigned.

CONTENTS

Guide to Analyzing Primary Sources

Preface 

Versions and Supplements 

Maps, Figures, and Tables 

How to Use This Book 
1 Mapping Global Frontiers

to 1590 

Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Malintzin and Martin Waldseemüller 

Native Peoples in the Americas 

Native Peoples Develop Diverse Cultures 

The Aztecs, the Maya, and the Incas 

Native Cultures to the North 

Europe Expands Its Reach 

The Mediterranean World 

Portugal Pursues Long-Distance Trade 

European Encounters with West Africa 

GUIDED ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Source 1.1 Martin Waldseemüller and Mathias Ringmann, Universalis Cosmographia, 1507 

Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad

Worlds Collide 

Europeans Cross the Atlantic 

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Who Are These Native People?

Source 1.2 Christopher Columbus, Description of His First Encounter with Indians, 1492 | Source 1.3 Antonio Pigafetta Journal, 1521 

Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad

Europeans Explore the Americas 

Mapmaking and Printing 

The Columbian Exchange 

Europeans Make Claims to North America 

Spaniards Conquer Indian Empires 

Spanish Adventurers Head North 

Europeans Compete in North America 

Spain Seeks Dominion in Europe and the Americas 

*SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Indians in the New Spanish Empire
Source 1.4 Camilla Townsend, An Indian Woman Aids in the Conquest of Mexico, 2006 　| Source 1.5 Jane E. Mangan, Indians Seek to Benefit from Spanish Conquest, 2005

Quiz for Secondary Source Analysis　LaunchPad

Conclusion: A Transformed America 

LearningCurve　LaunchPad

Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz　LaunchPad

PRIMARY SOURCE PROJECT 1 LaunchPad

Indian and Spanish Encounters in the Americas, 1519–1530 

Source 1.6 Hernán Cortés, Letter to King Charles I, 1520 | Source 1.7 Aztec Priests Respond to the Spanish, 1524 | Source 1.8 Hernán Cortés and Malintzin Meet Montezuma at Tenochtitlán, 1519 | Source 1.9 Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, La Relación, c. 1528
Quizzes for Primary Source Project 1　LaunchPad
1. Primary Source Projects for Exploring American Histories, Primary Source Project 1: Mapping America　LaunchPad

Source 1.1　Christopher and Bartolomeo Columbus, Map of Europe and North Africa, c. 1490

Quiz for Source 1.1　LaunchPad

Source 1.2　Piri Reis Map, 1513

Quiz for Source 1.2　LaunchPad

Source 1.3　Dauphin Map of Canada, c. 1543

Quiz for Source 1.3　LaunchPad

Source 1.4　Map of Cuauhtinchan, 1550

Quiz for Source 1.4　LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 1　LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 1　LaunchPad

　

2 Colonization and Conflicts

1580–1680 

Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

John Smith and Anne Hutchinson 

Religious and Imperial Transformations 

The Protestant Reformation 

Spain’s Global Empire Declines 

France Enters the Race for Empire 

GUIDED ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Source 2.1 A French Nun Reports a Huron Woman’s View of the Jesuits, 1640 

Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad

The Dutch Expand into North America 

The English Seek an Empire 

The English Establish Jamestown 

Tobacco Fuels Growth in Virginia 

Expansion, Rebellion, and the Emergence of Slavery 

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Indentured Servants In the Chesapeake

Source 2.2 Sarah Tailer Charges Captain and Mrs. Thomas Bradnox with Abuse, 1659 | *Source 2.3 Report of a Committee of the Assembly Concerning the Freedom of Elizabeth Key, 1656  

Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad

The English Compete for West Indies Possessions 

Pilgrims and Puritans Settle New England 

Pilgrims Arrive in Massachusetts 

The Puritan Migration 

The Puritan Worldview 

*SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Colonial Models of and for English Society
Source 2.4 Jack P. Greene, The Chesapeake as a Model of and For English Society , 1988 　|Source 2.5 Alan Taylor, New England Puritans Develop Anglo-American Ideals, 2001

Quiz for Secondary Source Analysis　LaunchPad

Dissenters Challenge Puritan Authority 

Wars in Old and New England 

Conclusion: European Empires in North America 

LearningCurve　LaunchPad

Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz　LaunchPad

PRIMARY SOURCE PROJECT 2 LaunchPad

Metacom’s War 

Source 2.6 William Nahaton, Petition to Free an Indian Slave, 1675 | Source 2.7 Benjamin Church, A Visit with Awashonks, Sachem of the Sakonnet,1716 | Source 2.8 John Easton, A Relation of the Indian War, | Source 2.9 Edward Randolph, Report on the War, 1676 | Source 2.10 Mary Rowlandson, Narrative of Captivity, 1682

Quizzes for Primary Source Project 2　LaunchPad

2. Primary Source Projects for Exploring American Histories, Primary Source Project 2: Comparing Virginia and Massachusetts Bay Colonies　LaunchPad

Source 2.1 John Smith, The Commodities in Virginia, c. 1612

Quiz for Source 2.1　LaunchPad

Source 2.2 Powhatan’s Viewpoint, as reported by John Smith, 1608

Quiz for Source 2.2　LaunchPad

Source 2.3 Richard Frethorne, Letter Home from Virginia, 1623

Quiz for Source 2.3　LaunchPad

Source 2.4 John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity, 1630

Quiz for Source 2.4　LaunchPad

Source 2.5 Capt. John Underhill, Attack at Mystic Connecticut, 1638

Quiz for Source 2.5　LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 2　LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 2　LaunchPad

3 Colonial America amid Global Change

1680–1754 

Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

William Moraley Jr. and Eliza Lucas 

Europeans Expand Their Claims 

English Colonies Grow and Multiply 

The Pueblo Revolt and Spain’s Fragile Empire 

France Seeks Land and Control 

European Wars and American Consequences 

Colonial Conflicts and Indian Alliances 

Indians Resist European Encroachment 

GUIDED ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Source 3.1 The Tuscarora Appeal to the Pennsylvania Government, 1710 

Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad

Conflicts on the Southern Frontier 

The Benefits and Costs of Empire 

Colonial Traders Join Global Networks 

Imperial Policies Focus on Profits 

The Atlantic Slave Trade 

Seaport Cities and Consumer Cultures

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

The Middle Passage

Source 3.2 Plan of a Slave Ship, 1794 | Source 3.3 The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, 1789 

Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad

Labor in North America 

Finding Work in the Colonies 

Coping with Economic Distress 

Rural Americans Face Changing Conditions 

*SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Individualism and Community in Colonial North America
Source 3.4 James T. Lemon, Individualism Flourishes in Pennsvylvania , 1972 　　|  Source 3.5 James A. Henretta, Ethnic and Religious Bonds Foster Community, 1978

Quiz for Secondary Source Analysis　LaunchPad

Slavery Takes Hold in the South 

Africans Resist Their Enslavement 

Conclusion: Changing Fortunes in British North America 

LearningCurve　LaunchPad

Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz　LaunchPad

PRIMARY SOURCE PROJECT 3 LaunchPad

Tobacco and Slaves 

Source 3.6 Virginia Slave Laws, 1662 and 1667 | Source 3.7 Joseph Ball Instructs His Nephew on Managing Enslaved Workers, 1743 | Source 3.8 Enslaved Blacks Working on a Tobacco Plantation, c. 1750 | Source 3.9 Richard Corbin Describes How to Become a Successful Planter, 1759 | Source 3.10 Lieutenant Governor William Gooch to the Board of Trade, London, 1729
Quizzes for Primary Source Project 3　LaunchPad

3. Primary Source Projects for Exploring American Histories, Primary Source Project 3: The Atlantic Slave Trade　LaunchPad

Source 3.1 Venture Smith, A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, 1798

Quiz for Source 3.1　LaunchPad

Source 3.2 Thomas Phillips, Voyage of the Hannibal, 1694

Quiz for Source 3.2　LaunchPad

Source 3.3 Willem Bosman, A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea, 1703

Quiz for Source 3.3　LaunchPad

Source 3.4 Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, 1789

Quiz for Source 3.4 　LaunchPad

Source 3.5 Peter Blake, An Account of the Mortality of the Slaves Aboard the Ship James, 1675-1676

Quiz for Source 3.4　LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 3　LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 3　LaunchPad

4 Religious Strife and Social Upheavals

1680–1750 

Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Gilbert Tennent and Sarah Grosvenor 

An Ungodly Society? 

The Rise of Religious Anxieties 

Cries of Witchcraft 

Family and Household Dynamics 

Women’s Changing Status 

GUIDED ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Source 4.1 Abigail Faulkner Appeals Her Conviction for Witchcraft, 1692 

Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad

Working Families 

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Elite Women’s Lives in the North American Colonies

Source 4.2 Isaac Royall and His Family, 1741 | Source 4.3 Eliza Lucas, Letter to Miss Bartlett, London, c. 1742 

Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad

Reproduction and Women’s Roles 

The Limits of Patriarchal Order 

Diversity and Competition in Colonial Society 

Population Growth and Economic Competition 

Increasing Diversity 

Expansion and Conflict 

*SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Finding a Middle Ground in New France
Source 4.4 Richard White, 　Cultural Accommodation on the Middle Ground, 1991 　| Source 4.5 Brett Rushforth, Indian Slavery and Accommodation , 2014

Quiz for Secondary Source Analysis　LaunchPad

Religious Awakenings 

The Roots of the Great Awakening 

An Outburst of Revivals 

Religious Dissension 

Political Awakenings 

Changing Political Relations 

Dissent and Protest 

Transforming Urban Politics 

Conclusion: A Divided Society 

LearningCurve　LaunchPad

Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz　LaunchPad

PRIMARY SOURCE PROJECT 4 LaunchPad

Awakening Religious Tensions 

Source 4.6 Nathan Cole, On George Whitefield Coming to Connecticut, 1740 | Source 4.7 Benjamin Franklin, On George Whitefield, the Great Revivalist, 1739 | Source 4.8 Jonathan Edwards, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, 1741 | Source 4.9 Newspaper Report on James Davenport, 1743 | Source 4.10 George Whitefield Preaching, c. 1760
Quizzes for Primary Source Project 4　LaunchPad

4. Primary Source Projects for Exploring American Histories, Primary Source Project 4: A New Commercial Culture in Boston　LaunchPad

Source 4.1 Ship Arrivals and Departures at Boston, 1707

Quiz for Source 4.1　LaunchPad

Source 4.2 Goods for Sale, 1720

Quiz for Source 4.2　LaunchPad

Source 4.3 Advertisement for Musical Instruments, 1716

Quiz for Source 4.3　LaunchPad

Source 4.4 Chest of Drawers, c. 1735–1739

Quiz for Source 4.4　LaunchPad

Source 4.5 Advertisement for Runaway Slave, 1744

Quiz for Source 4.5　LaunchPad

Source 4.6 Letter from a Boston Protester, 1737

Quiz for Source 4.6　LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 4　LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 4　LaunchPad

5 Wars and Empires

1754–1774 

Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

George Washington and Hermon Husband 

Imperial Conflicts and Indian Wars, 1754–1763 

The Opening Battles 

A Shift to Global War 

The Costs of Victory 

Battles and Boundaries on the Frontier 

Conflicts over Land and Labor Escalate 

GUIDED ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Source 5.1 Hermon Husband, Causes of Armed Resistance in North Carolina, 1770 

Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad

Postwar British Policies and Colonial Unity 

Common Grievances 

Forging Ties across the Colonies 

Great Britain Seeks Greater Control 

Resistance to Britain Intensifies 

The Stamp Act Inspires Coordinated Resistance 

The Townshend Act
The Boston Massacre 

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Protesting the Stamp Act

Source 5.2 London Merchants Petition to Repeal the Stamp Act, 1766 | Source 5.3 The Repeal, 1766 

Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad

Continuing Conflicts at Home 

Tea and Widening Resistance 

The Continental Congress and Colonial Unity 

*SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Colonial Identities in Eighteenth Century British North America
Source 5.4 Gordon Wood, Britian’s Influence on Colonial Identities, 　1993 | Source 5.5 John Butler, American Influences on Colonial Identities , 2000

Quiz for Secondary Source Analysis　LaunchPad

Conclusion: Liberty within Empire 

LearningCurve　LaunchPad

Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz　LaunchPad

PRIMARY SOURCE PROJECT 5 LaunchPad

The Boston Massacre 

Source 5.6 Deposition of William Wyatt, March 7, 1770 | Source 5.7 Account of Boston Massacre Funeral Procession, March 12, 1770 | Source 5.8 Paul Revere, Etching of the Boston Massacre, 1770 | Source 5.9 Account of Captain Thomas Preston, June 25, 1770 | Source 5.10 John Adams, Defense of the British Soldiers at Trial, October 1770

Quizzes for Primary Source Project 5　LaunchPad
5. Primary Source Projects for Exploring American Histories, Primary Source Project 5: Defining Liberty, Defining America　LaunchPad

Source 5.1 The Albany Plan of Union, 1754

Quiz for Source 5.1　LaunchPad

Source 5.2 Boycott Agreement of Women in Boston, 1770

Quiz for Source 5.2　LaunchPad

Source 5.3 Peter Bestes and Massachusetts Slaves, Letter to Local Representatives, 1773

Quiz for Source 5.3　LaunchPad

Source 5.4 Paul Revere, "The Able Doctor, or the American Swallowing the Bitter Draught," 1774

Quiz for Source 5.4　LaunchPad

Source 5.5 J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, Letters from an American Farmer, 1782

Quiz for Source 5.5　LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 5　LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 5　LaunchPad

6 The American Revolution

1775–1783 

Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Thomas Paine and Deborah Sampson 

The Question of Independence 

Armed Conflict Erupts 

Building a Continental Army

Reasons for Caution and for Action 

Declaring Independence 

GUIDED ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Source 6.1 Thomas Paine, Common Sense, January 1776 

Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad

Choosing Sides 

Recruiting Supporters 

Choosing Neutrality 

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

African Americans in New York City Amid the Upheavals of 1776

Source 6.2 Slaves Destroy Statue of King George III in New York City, 1776 | Source 6.3 A Fire Burns British-Occupied New York City, September 1776 

Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad

Committing to Independence 

*SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Americans Decide to Revolt against British Rule
Source 6.4 Bernard Bailyn, The Importance of Ideas, 1967 　| Source 6.5 Timothy H. Breen, Insurgents Mobilize, 2010

Quiz for Secondary Source Analysis　LaunchPad

Fighting for Independence, 1776–1777 

British Troops Gain Early Victories 

Patriots Prevail in New Jersey 

A Critical Year of Warfare 

Patriots Gain Critical Assistance 

Surviving on the Home Front 

Governing in Revolutionary Times 

Colonies Become States 

Patriots Divide over Slavery 

France Allies with the Patriots 

Raising Armies and Funds 

Indian Affairs and Land Claims 

Winning the War and the Peace, 1778–1781 

Fighting in the West 

War Rages in the South 

An Uncertain Peace 

A Surprising Victory 

Conclusion: Legacies of the Revolution 

LearningCurve　LaunchPad

Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz　LaunchPad

PRIMARY SOURCE PROJECT 6 LaunchPad

Women in the Revolution 

Source 6.6 Christian Barnes, Letter to Elizabeth Inman, April 29, 1775 | Source 6.7 Deborah Champion, Letter to Patience, October 2, 1775 | Source 6.8 Abigail Adams, Letter to John Adams, March 31, 1776 | Source 6.9 Esther De Berdt Reed, The Sentiments of an American Woman, 1780 | Source 6.10 Elizabeth "Mum Bett" Freeman, 1811

Quizzes for Primary Source Project 6　LaunchPad

6. Primary Source Projects for Exploring American Histories, Primary Source Project 6: Loyalists in the American Revolution　LaunchPad

Source 6.1 Joseph Galloway, Speech to Continental Congress, 1774

Quiz for Source 6.1　LaunchPad

Source 6.2 Charles Inglis, The True Interest of America, Impartially Stated, 1776

Quiz for Source 6.2　LaunchPad

Source 6.3 Hannah Griffits, Response to Thomas Paine, 1777

Quiz for Source 6.3　LaunchPad

Source 6.4 Joseph Brant (Mohawk) Expresses Loyalty to the Crown (1776)

Quiz for Source 6.4　LaunchPad

Source 6.5 Boston King, Memoirs of the Life of Boston King, 1798

Quiz for Source 6.5　LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 6　LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 6　LaunchPad

7 Forging a New Nation

1783–1800 

Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Daniel Shays and Alexander Hamilton 

Financial, Frontier, and Foreign Problems 

Continental Officers Threaten Confederation 

Indians, Land, and the Northwest Ordinance 

GUIDED ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Source 7.1 United Indian Nations Council, Message to Congress, 1786 
Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad

Depression and Debt 

On the Political Margins 

Separating Church and State 

African Americans Struggle for Rights 

Women Seek Wider Roles 

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Women and Free Blacks Claim Rights in the Nation

Source 7.2 Judith Sargent Murray, On the Equality of the Sexes, 1790 | Source 7.3 Petition from Free Blacks of Charleston, 1791 

Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad

Indebted Farmers Fuel Political Crises 

Reframing the American Government 

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 

Americans Battle over Ratification 

Organizing the Federal Government 

Hamilton Forges an Economic Agenda 

Years of Crisis, 1792–1796 

Foreign Trade and Foreign Wars 

The Whiskey Rebellion 

Further Conflicts on the Frontier 

The First Party System 

The Adams Presidency 

The Election of 1800 

*SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS LaunchPad
The Election of 1800 Initiates Partisan Campaigning
Source 7.4 Eric Burns, Federalists Attack Thomas Jefferson, 2006 | 　Source 7.5

John Ferling, Democratic-Republicans Attack John Adams, 2013

Quiz for Secondary Source Analysis　LaunchPad

Conclusion: A Young Nation Comes of Age 

LearningCurve　LaunchPad

Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz　LaunchPad

PRIMARY SOURCE PROJECT 7 LaunchPad

Debating the Constitution in New York State 

Source 7.6 James Madison, Federalist 10, The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection, November 1787 | Source 7.7 Melancton Smith, Antifederalist Argument at the New York State Convention, June 1788 | Source 7.9 Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Argument at the New York State Convention, June 1788 | Source 7.9 John Williams, Antifederalist Argument at the New York State Convention, June 1788 | Source 7.10 The Eleventh Pillar of the Great National Dome, 1788

Quizzes for Primary Source Project 7　LaunchPad

7. Primary Source Projects for Exploring American Histories, Primary Source Project 7: The Whiskey Rebellion　LaunchPad

Source 7.1 Resolution to the Pennsylvania Legislature, 1791

Quiz for Source 7.1　LaunchPad

Source 7.2 "An Exciseman," c. 1791

Quiz for Source 7.2　LaunchPad

Source 7.3 George Washington, Proclamation Against the Rebels, 1794

Quiz for Source 7.3　LaunchPad

Source 7.4 Alexander Hamilton, Letter to George Washington, August 5, 1794

Quiz for Source 7.4　LaunchPad

Source 7.5 James Madison, Letter to James Monroe, December 4, 1794

Quiz for Source 7.5　LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 6　LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 6　LaunchPad

8 The Early Republic

1790–1820 

Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Parker Cleaveland and Sacagawea 

The Dilemmas of National Identity

Education for a New Nation

Literary and Cultural Developments 

*Religious Renewal 

The Racial Limits of an American Culture

GUIDED ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Source 8.1 Samuel Jennings, Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, 1792 

Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad

A New Capital for a New Nation

Extending Federal Power

A New Administration Faces Challenges 

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

White Responses to Black Rebellion

Source 8.2 Thomas Jefferson, Letter to U.S. Minister to Great Britain Rufus King, July 1802 | Source 8.3 Leonora Sansay, Letter to Aaron Burr, November 1802 

Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad

Acquiring the Louisiana Territory 

The Supreme Court Extends Its Reach 

　　　*SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

　　　　Religion and Politics in the Early Republic

　　　Source 8.4 Nathan O. Hatch, Religion as a Democratizing Force, 1989 　|

　　　Source 8.5 Amanda Porterfield, Religion Sows Doubt and Nurtures Partisanship, 2012

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Democratic-Republicans Expand Federal Powers 

Remaking America’s Economic Character 

The U.S. Population Grows and Migrates 

Technology Reshapes Agriculture and Industry 

Transforming Household Production 

Technology, Cotton, and Slaves 

Conclusion: New Identities and New Challenges 

LearningCurve　LaunchPad

Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz　LaunchPad

PRIMARY SOURCE PROJECT 8 LaunchPad

The Corps of Discovery: Paeans to Peace and Instruments of War 

Source 8.6 William Clark, Journal, October 12, 1804 | Source 8.7 Charles McKenzie, Narrative of a Fur Trader, November 1804 | Source 8.8 William Clark, Journal, November 18, 1804 | Source 8.9 William Clark, Journal, January 28, 1805, and Meriwether Lewis, February 1, 1805 | Source 8.10 Meriwether Lewis, Journal, August 20, 1805

Quizzes for Primary Source Project 8　LaunchPad

8. Primary Source Projects for Exploring American Histories, Primary Source Project 8: Race Relations in the Early Republic　LaunchPad

Source 8.1 Andrew Jackson, Runaway Slave Advertisement, 1804

Quiz for Source 8.1　LaunchPad

Source 8.2 Robert Sutcliff, Travels in Some Parts of North America, 1812

Quiz for Source 8.2　LaunchPad

Source 8.3 Richard Allen, Excerpt from　The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen, 1833

Quiz for Source 8.3　LaunchPad

Source 8.4 Free Blacks in Philadelphia Oppose Colonization, 1817

Quiz for Source 8.4　LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 8　LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 8　LaunchPad

　

9 Defending and Redefining the Nation

1809–1832 

Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Dolley Madison and John Ross

Conflicts at Home and Abroad 

Tensions at Sea and on the Frontier 

War Erupts with Britain 

GUIDED ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Source 9.1 Tecumseh, Speech to William Henry Harrison, 1810 

Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad

National Expansion and Regional Economies 

Governments Fuel Economic Growth 

Americans Expand the Nation’s Borders 

Regional Economic Development 

Economic and Political Crises 

The Panic of 1819

Slavery in Missouri 

The Expansion and Limits of American Democracy 

Expanding Voting Rights 

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Protesting the Missouri Compromise 

Source 9.2 Timothy Claimright, Maine Not to be Coupled with the Missouri Question, 1820 | Source 9.3 Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Holmes, 1820 

Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad

Racial Restrictions and Antiblack Violence 

Political Realignments 

The Presidential Election of 1828 

Jacksonian Politics in Action 

A Democratic Spirit? 

*SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

　　　Expanding American Democracy for Whom?

　　　Source 9.4 Alexander Keyssar, Broadening the Franchise, 2000

| Source 9.5 James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton, The Limits of Democratic Expansion, 　　　1997

Quiz for Secondary Source Analysis　LaunchPad

Confrontations over Tariffs and the Bank 

Contesting Indian Removal

Conclusion: The Nation Faces New Challenges 

LearningCurve　LaunchPad

Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz　LaunchPad

PRIMARY SOURCE PROJECT 9 LaunchPad

The Election of 1828 

Source 9.6 Proceedings of the Anti-Jackson Convention in Richmond, 1828 | Source 9.7 John Binns, Monumental Inscriptions, 1828 | Source 9.8 New Jersey Pro-Jackson Convention, 1828 | Source 9.9 Resolution of the Albany County Republican Convention, 1828 | Source 9.10 President Andrew Jackson’s First Inauguration, 1829

Quizzes for Primary Source Project 9　LaunchPad

9. Primary Source Projects for Exploring American Histories, Primary Source Project 9: The Panic of 1819　LaunchPad

Source 9.1 Auction in Chatham Square Street, 1820

Quiz for Source 9.1　LaunchPad

Source 9.2 James Flint, Account of the Panic, 1820

Quiz for Source 9.2　LaunchPad

Source 9.3 Virginia Agricultural Society, Antitariff Petition, 1820

Quiz for Source 9.3　LaunchPad

Source 9.4 James Kent, Arguments against Expanding Male Voting Rights, 1821

Quiz for Source 9.4　LaunchPad

Source 9.5 Nathan Sanford, Arguments for Expanding Male Voting Rights, 1821

Quiz for Source 9.5　LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 9　　LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 9　LaunchPad

10 Social and Cultural Ferment in the North

1820–1850  　

Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Charles Grandison Finney and Amy Kirby Post 

*The Market Revolution

*Creating an Urban Landscape 

The Lure of Urban Life
Roots of Urban Disorder

The New Middle Class 

*GUIDED ANALYSIS LaunchPad

　　　Source 10.1 1850 U.S Census of the Isaac and Amy Post Household

Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad

The Rise of Industry 

Factory Towns and Women Workers 

The Decline of Craft Work and Workingmen’s Responses 

The Panic of 1837  

Saving the Nation from Sin 

The Second Great Awakening 

New Visions of Faith and Reform 

Transcendentalism 

Organizing for Change 

Varieties of Reform 

The Problem of Poverty 

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

How Can We Help the Poor?

Source 10.2 Matthew Carey, Appeal to the Wealthy of the Land, 1833 | Source 10.3 Emily G. Kempshall, Letter to Rochester Female Charitable Society, 1838 

Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad

The Temperance Movement 

Utopian Communities 

Abolitionism Expands and Divides 

The Beginnings of the Antislavery Movement 

Abolition Gains Ground and Enemies

Abolitionism and Women’s Rights 

*SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Religion, Race, and the Call to End Slavery

Source 10.4 Lawrence J. Friedman, The Religious Roots of Immediate Abolition, (1982) 　| Source 10.5 Manisha Sinha, The Black Roots of Immediate Abolition, 　(2016)

Quiz for Secondary Source Analysis　LaunchPad

The Rise of Antislavery Parties 

Conclusion: From the North to the Nation 

Learning Curve　LaunchPad

Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz 　LaunchPad

　

PRIMARY SOURCE PROJECT 10 LaunchPad

Religious Faith and Women’s Activism 

Source 10.6 Charles G. Finney, An Influential Woman Converts, 1830 | Source 10.7 Elizabeth Emery and Mary P. Abbott, Founding a Female Anti-Slavery Society, 1836 | Source 10.8 Maria Stewart, On Religion and the Pure Principles of Morality, 1831 | Source 10.9 Congregational Pastoral Letter, 1837 | Source 10.10 Sarah Grimké, Response to the Pastoral Letter, 1837

Quizzes for Primary Source Project 10　LaunchPad

10. Primary Source Projects for Exploring American Histories, Primary Source Project 10: Debating Abolition　LaunchPad

Source 10.1 William Lloyd Garrison, On the Constitution and the Union, 1832

Quiz for Source 10.1　LaunchPad

Source 10.2 Angelina Grimké, Appeal to the Christian Women of the South, 1836

Quiz for Source 10.2　LaunchPad

Source 10.3 Stephen Symonds Foster, The Brotherhood of Thieves, 1843

Quiz for Source 10.3　LaunchPad

Source 10.4 Liberty Party Platform, 1844

Quiz for Source 10.4　LaunchPad

Source 10.5 Frederick Douglass, Abolitionism and the Constitution, 1851

Quiz for Source 10.5　LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 10　LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 10　LaunchPad

11 Slavery Expands South and West

1830–1850 

Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

James Henry Hammond and Solomon Northup 

Planters Expand the Slave System 

A Plantation Society Develops in the South 

Urban Life in the Slave South 

The Consequences of Slavery’s Expansion 

Slave Society and Culture 

Slaves Fuel the Southern Economy 

GUIDED ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Source 11.1 Edward Strutt Abdy, Description of Washington D.C., Slave Pen, 1833 

Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad

Developing an African American Culture 

Resistance and Rebellion 

Planters Tighten Control

Harsher Treatment for Southern Blacks

White Southerners without Slaves 

Planters Seek to Unify Southern Whites

Democrats Face Political and Economic Crises 

The Battle for Texas

Indians Resist Removal

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Two Views on Texas Independence

Source 11.2 Colonel William Travis, Appeal for Reinforcements, March 3, 1836 | Source 11.3 Benjamin Lundy, The War in Texas, 1836 

Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad

Van Buren and the Panic of 1837 

The Whigs Win the White House 

The National Government Looks to the West 

Expanding to Oregon and Texas

Pursuing War with Mexico

Debates over Slavery Intensify

*SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

 Families in Slavery

　　　Source 11.4 Robert William Fogelman and Stanley L. Engerman, Fogel and Engerman, Planters Shape Slave Families, 　(1974 | Source 11.5 Deborah Gray White, The Roles of Enslaved Women, 　(1985)

Quiz for Secondary Source Analysis　LaunchPad

Conclusion: Geographical Expansion and Political Division

LearningCurve　LaunchPad

Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz　LaunchPad

PRIMARY SOURCE PROJECT 11 LaunchPad

Lives in Slavery 

Source 11.6 William Wells Brown, Memories of Childhood | Source 11.7 Harriet Jacobs, A Girl Threatened by Sexual Exploitation | Source 11.8 Solomon Northup, Endless Labor and Constant Fear | Source 11.9 Friedrich Shulz, The Slave Market | Source 11.10 Mary Reynolds, Recalling Work, Punishment, and Faith c. 1850s

Quizzes for Primary Source Project 11　LaunchPad

11. Primary Source Projects for Exploring American Histories, Primary Source Project 11: The Cherokee Removal　LaunchPad

Source 11.1 Andrew Jackson, Second Annual Message, 1831

Quiz for Source 11.1　LaunchPad

Source 11.2 Petition of the Women’s Councils to the Cherokee National Council, 1831

Quiz for Source 11.2　LaunchPad

Source 11.3 John Marshall, Majority Opinion, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 1831

Quiz for Source 11.3　LaunchPad

Source 11.4 Andrew Jackson as the Great Father, c. 1835

Quiz for Source 11.4　LaunchPad

Source 11.5 John Ross, On the Treaty of New Echota, 1836

Quiz for Source 11.5　LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 11

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 11　LaunchPad

12 Imperial Ambitions and Sectional Crises

1842–1861

Guided Reading Exercise　LaunchPad

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

John C. Frémont and Dred Scott 

Claiming the West 

Traveling the Overland Trail 

GUIDED ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Source 12.1 Elizabeth Smith Geer, Oregon Trail Diary, 1847 

Quiz for Guided Analysis　LaunchPad

The Gold Rush 

A Crowded Land

Expansion and the Politics of Slavery

California and the Compromise of 1850

The Fugitive Slave Act Inspires Northern Protest 

Pierce Encourages U.S. Expansion 

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

The Fugitive Slave Law Contested

Source 12.2 William C. Nell, Meeting of Colored Citizens of Boston, September 30, 1850 | Source 12.3 President Millard Fillmore, Proclamation 56 Calling on Citizens to Assist in the Recapture of a Fugitive Slave, February 18, 1851 

Quiz for Comparative Analysis　LaunchPad

Sectional Crises Intensify 

Popularizing Antislavery Sentiment

The Kansas-Nebraska Act Stirs Dissent

Bleeding Kansas and the Election of 1856

The Dred Scott Decision 

From Sectional Crisis to Southern Secession 

John Brown’s Raid 

The Election of 1860 

The Lower South Secedes 

*SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS LaunchPad
White Southerners Decide To Secede

　　　Source 12.4  Michael P. Johnson, Georgians Choose Secession, 1977 | Source 12.5

　　　J. Mills Thorton, Alabamans Move toward Secession, 1978

Quiz for Secondary Source Analysis　LaunchPad

Conclusion: A Nation Divided 

LearningCurve　LaunchPad

Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz　LaunchPad

PRIMARY SOURCE PROJECT 12 LaunchPad

Visions of John Brown 

Source 12.6 State Register (Springfield, Illinois), The Irrepressible Conflict, 1859 | Source 12.7 Henry David Thoreau, A Plea for Captain John Brown, 1859 | Source 12.8 Reverend J. Sella Martin, Day of Mourning Speech, December 2, 1859 | Source 12.9 A Southern Paper Reacts to Brown’s Execution, December 3, 1859 | Source 12.10 Currier and Ives, John Brown on His Way to Execution, 1863

Quizzes for Primary Source Project 12　LaunchPad

12. Primary Source Projects for Exploring American Histories, Primary Source Project 12: Sectional Politics and the Rise of the Republican Party　LaunchPad

Source 12.1 Abraham Lincoln, On Slavery, 1854

Quiz for Source 12.1　LaunchPad

Source 12.2 Republican Party Platform, 1856

Quiz for Source 12.2　LaunchPad

Source 12.3 Charles Sumner, The Crime against Kansas, 1856

Quiz for Source 12.3　LaunchPad

Source 12.4 Lydia Maria Child, Letter to Mrs. S.B. Shaw and Miss Lucy Osgood, 1856

Quiz for Source 12.4　LaunchPad

Source 12.5 The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858

Quiz for Source 12.5　LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 12　LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 12　LaunchPad　

　

13 Civil War

1861–1865 

Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Frederick Douglass and Rose O’Neal Greenhow 

The Nation Goes to War, 1861 

The South Embraces Secession 

Both Sides Prepare for War 

GUIDED ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Source 13.1 Robert Toombs, Supporting Secession in Georgia, 1860 

　　Quiz for Guided Analysis LaunchPad

Military Conflict and Political Strife, 1861–1862 

The Wartime Roles of African Americans and Indians 

Union Politicians Consider Emancipation 

War Transforms the North and the South 

Life and Death on the Battlefield 

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Photographers Bring the War Home

Source 13.2 Union Soldiers in Camp, c. 1863 | Source 13.3 Battlefield Dead at Antietam, 1862

　Quiz for Comparative Analysis LaunchPad

The Northern Economy Expands 

Urbanization and Industrialization in the South 

Women Aid the War Effort

Dissent and Protest in the Midst of War

The Tide of War Turns, 1863–1865 

Key Victories for the Union 

African Americans Contribute to Victory 

The Final Battles of a Hard War 

*SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS LaunchPad
Why Union Soldiers Fought the Civil War

　　　Source 13.4  Chandra Manning, The Fight Against Slavery (2007) | 　Source 13.5

　　　Gary Gallagher, The Fight to Save the Union (2011)

Quiz for Secondary Source Analysis　LaunchPad

The War Comes to an End 

Conclusion: An Uncertain Future 

LearningCurve LaunchPad

Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz LaunchPad

PRIMARY SOURCE PROJECT 13 LaunchPad

First-hand Accounts of the Civil War Letters and Journals 

Source 13.6 Frederick Spooner, Letter to His Brother Henry, April 30, 1861 | Source 13.7 John Hines, Letter to His Parents, April 22, 1862 | Source 13.8 Suzy King Taylor, Caring for the Thirty-third U.S. Colored Troops, 1863 | Source 13.9 Thomas Freeman, Letter to His Brother-in-Law, March 26, 1864 | Source 13.10 Eliza Frances Andrews, On Union Prisoners of War, 1865

Quizzes for Primary Source Project 13 LaunchPad

13. Primary Source Projects for Exploring American Histories, Primary Source Project 13: Home-Front Protest during the Civil War　LaunchPad

Source 13.1 "Sowing and Reaping," 1863

Quiz for Source 13.1　LaunchPad

Source 13.2 Testimony of New York City Draft Riot Victim Mrs. Statts, Collected by the Committee of Merchants for the Relief of Colored People, Suffering from the Late Riots, 1863

Quiz for Source 13.2　LaunchPad

Source 13.3 Clement L. Vallandigham, The Civil War in America, 1863

Quiz for Source 13.3　LaunchPad

Source 13.4 Calls for Peace in North Carolina, 1863

Quiz for Source 13.4　LaunchPad

Source 13.5 Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, Diary, 1864

Quiz for Source 13.5　LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 13　LaunchPad

Essay Questions for Thinking through Sources 13　LaunchPad

14 Emancipation and Reconstruction

1863–1877 

Guided Reading Exercise LaunchPad

COMPARING AMERICAN HISTORIES

Jefferson Long and Andrew Johnson 

Emancipation 

African Americans Embrace Freedom 

Reuniting Families Torn Apart by Slavery 

GUIDED ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Source 14.1 Freedpeople Petition for Land, 1865 

Quiz for Guided Analysis LaunchPad

Freedom to Learn 

Freedom to Worship and the Leadership Role of Black Churches 

National Reconstruction 

Abraham Lincoln Plans for Reunification

Andrew Johnson and Presidential Reconstruction

Johnson and Congressional Resistance 

Congressional Reconstruction 

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS LaunchPad

Debating the Freedmen’s Bureau

Source 14.2 Colonel Eliphalet Whittlesey, Report on the Freedman’s Bureau, 1865 | Source 14.3 Democratic Flier Opposing the Freedman’s Bureau Bill, 1866 

　Quiz for Comparative Analysis LaunchPad

　

The Struggle for Universal Suffrage 

Remaking the South 

Whites Reconstruct the South 

Black Political Participation and Economic Opportunities 

*SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS LaunchPad
Race and Reconstruction

Source 14.4  William A. Dunning, Radical Reconstruction (1907) | Source 14.5

John Hope Franklin, The South’s New Leaders (1961)

Sharecropping Agreement, 1870 

Quiz for Secondary Source Analysis　LaunchPad

White Resistance to Congressional Reconstruction 

The Unraveling of Reconstruction 

The Republican Retreat 

Congressional and Judicial Retreat 

The Presidential Compromise of 1876

Conclusion: The Legacies of Reconstruction 

LearningCurve LaunchPad

Chapter Review 

Summative Quiz LaunchPad

PRIMARY SOURCE PROJECT 14 LaunchPad

Testing and Contesting Freedom 

Source 14.6 Mississippi Black Code, 1865 | Source 14.7 Richard H. Cain, Federal Aid for Land Purchase, 1868 | *Source 14.8  Willis B. Bocock and Black Laborers, Sharecropping Agreement, 1870 　| Source 14.9 Ellen Parton, Testimony on Klan Violence, 1871 | Source 14.10 Thomas Nast, Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?) State, 1874

Quizzes for Primary Source Project 14 LaunchPad

14. Primary Source Projects for Exploring American Histories, Primary Source Project 14: Reconstruction in South Carolina　LaunchPad

Source 14.1 Colored People’s Convention of South Carolina, Memorial to Congress, 1865

Quiz for Source 14.1　LaunchPad

Source 14.2 Lottie Rollin, Address on Universal Suffrage, 1870

Quiz for Source 14.2　LaunchPad

Source 14.3 Robert Brown Elliott, In Defense of the Civil Rights Bill, 1874

Quiz for Source 14.3　LaunchPad

Source 14.4 James Shepherd Pike,　The Prostrate State, 1874

Quiz for Source 14.4　LaunchPad

Source 14.5 Harper’s Weekly, "Worse than Slavery" Political Cartoon, 1874

Quiz for Source 14.5　LaunchPad

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Draw Conclusions from the Evidence for Thinking through Sources 14　LaunchPadEssay Questions for Thinking through Sources 14　LaunchPad

Appendix

The Declaration of Independence 

The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union 

The Constitution of the United States (including six unratified amendments) 

Admission of the States to the Union 

Presidents of the United States 

Glossary of Key Terms 

Credits 

Index

Nancy A. Hewitt

Nancy A. Hewitt (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is Professor Emerita of History and of Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. Her publications include Radical Friend: Amy Kirby Post and Her Activist Worlds, for which she won the SHEAR prize in biography; Women’s Activism and Social Change: Rochester, New York, 1822–1872; Southern Discomfort: Women’s Activism in Tampa, Florida, 1880s–1920s, and the second edition of A Companion to American Women’s History, edited with Anne M. Valk.

Steven F. Lawson

Steven F. Lawson (Ph.D., Columbia University) is Professor Emeritus of History at Rutgers University. His research interests include U.S. politics since 1945 and the history of the civil rights movement, with a particular focus on black politics and the interplay between civil rights and political culture in the mid-twentieth century. He is the author of many works including Running for Freedom: Civil Rights and Black Politics in America since 1941; Debating the Civil Rights Movement; Black Ballots: Voting Rights in the South, 1944–1969; and In Pursuit of Power: Southern Blacks and Electoral Politics, 1965–1982.

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