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Acknowledgments xi
Editor's Note xiii
Introduction xvii
Exploration and Colonization
Native American Relations with the New Settlers 3
The Vikings 19
Columbus's Landing in the New World 26
St. Augustine: America's First City 30
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas 37
The Pilgrims Land in the New World 46
New Sweden 53
Anne Hutchinson 58
Witchcraft in the Colonies 64
The American Revolution
George Washington and Fort Duquesne 73
The Boston Massacre 83
Lexington and Concord 91
Massacre at Wyoming 99
Women in the Revolutionary War 103
The New Nation
Andrew Jackson and the Battle of Horseshoe Bend 111
The Monroe Doctrine 116
The Caroline Affair 125
The Trail of Tears 134
The Mormons 140
The Alamo 146
The Start of the Mexican-American War 152
The Civil War Era
Slavery in America 161
Abraham Lincoln's Character 173
John Brown at Harpers Ferry 178
The Dakota Conflict of 1862 185
Sherman's March to the Sea 188
African Americans and Reconstruction 196
Birth of the Ku Klux Klan 207
Industrialization, Imperialism, and War
Eugene V. Debs and the Pullman Strike 217
Immigration 224
Women's Suffrage 235
The Sinking of the USS Maine 241
The Philippine-American War 246
The Espionage Act 253
The League of Nations 257
The Great Depression and World War II
Causes of the Stock Market Crash 269
Social Security Act 275
The Bataan Death March 279
Japanese Internment 282
Rosie the Riveter 285
The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 289
The Cold War and Postwar America
The Marshall Plan 295
Truman Fires MacArthur 298
McCarthyism 301
Desegregation and the Civil Rights Movement 306
The Bay of Pigs 309
The Laotian Crisis 312
The Vietnam Era
The Gulf of Tonkin 317
The Countercultre 321
Nixon in China 326
The Modern Feminist Movement 329
The Camp David Accords 333
The Reagan Revolution 336
Notes 341
Bibliography 353
Permissions 359
Index 361
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Kenneth Greer
reviewed History in the Making: An Absorbing Look at How American History Has Changed in the Telling Over the Last 200 Years on May 28, 2013
History in the Making: An Absorbing Look at How American History Has Changed in the Telling Over the Last 200 Years
The author presents excerpts from history books through the years. He highlights instances of changing emphasis and consistency. It was an interesting read. It is clear that history has long been used to make political points.
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