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• Cover
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Conventions Used in This Book
• What Not to Read
• Foolish Assumptions
• Beyond the Book
• Icons Used in This Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: Getting Started with U.S. History
• Chapter 1: America: A Short Biography
• They Came, They Saw, They Stayed
• Putting America on the Map
• Struggling with Greatness
• A Cold War and a Brave New World
• America in the 21st Century
• Chapter 2: Native Americans and Explorers: 14,000 BC (?)–1607
• Coming to America
• Exploring Early Civilizations
• Many Tribes, Not Many People
• De-stereotyping the Native Americans
• Visiting by the Vikings
• Spicing Up Life — and Other Reasons for Exploring
• Dropping Names of Others Who Dropped By
• The Sword, the Cross, and the Measles
• Arriving Late for the Party
• Chapter 3: Pilgrims’ Progress: The English Colonies, 1607–1700
• Seeing Potential in the New World
• Settling in Jamestown
• Instituting Slavery
• Colonizing: Pilgrims and Puritans
• Bringing Religious Freedom: Dissidents, Catholics, and Quakers
• Dealings of the Dutch
• Coping with Native American Troubles
• Chapter 4: You Say You Want a Revolution: 1700–1775
• Looking at America in 1700
• Colonizing New France
• Fighting the First True World Wars
• Awakening to Greater Religious Freedom
• The French and Indian War
• Growing like a Weed
• Heading Toward Divorce with Britain
• Congressing for the First Time
• Mr. Revere, Your Horse Is Ready
• Chapter 5: Yankee Doodlin’: 1775–1783
• In This Corner, the Brits …
• In This Corner, the Yanks …
• Mr. Washington Goes to War
• Declaring Independence
• Cozying Up to the French
• Undergoing Life Changes: The Loyalists and the Slaves
• Winning a War
• Chapter 6: Blueprints and Birth Pains: 1783–1800
• Making the Rules
• Dishing Up Politics, American Style
• Raising the Dough
• Earning Respect
• Finding Foreign Friction
• Part 2: Growing Pains
• Chapter 7: “Long Tom” and One Weird War: 1800–1815
• Jefferson Gets a Job
• Disorder in the Court
• Growing by Leaps and Bounds
• Fighting Pirates, and a “Dambargo”
• “Little Jemmy” Takes the Helm
• Why Not Invade Canada This Year?
• Three Strikes and the Brits Are Out
• Calling It Even
• Chapter 8: Pulling Together to Keep from Falling Apart: 1815–1844
• Embracing Nationalism … Sort Of
• The Slavery Cancer Grows
• Mud-Wrestling to the White House
• Nullify This
• Inventing a Better Life
• Staking Out New Land
• Chapter 9: War, Gold, and a Gathering Storm: 1845–1860
• Wrenching Land from Mexico
• Rushing for Gold
• Coming Over and Spreading Out
• The Beginning of the End
• Squaring Off for a Showdown: The Lincoln–Douglas Debate
• Chapter 10: A Most Uncivil War: 1861–1865
• Introducing Abraham Lincoln
• North versus South: Comparing Advantages and Action Plans
• Freeing the Slaves
• Reviewing the Troops, the Generals, and the Major Battles
• Two More Reasons Why the North Won
• Losing a Leader
• Chapter 11: Putting the Country Back Together: 1865–1876
• A Southern-Fried Mess: Life in the South after the Civil War
• Piecing the Union Back Together
• The Tailor-Made President: Andrew Johnson
• Growing Corruption in Politics
• Part 3: Coming of Age
• Chapter 12: Growing Up: 1876–1898
• Heading West in a Quest for Wealth
• Ousting “Undesirables”
• Cramming into Cities
• Inventing Big Business
• Electing a String of Forgettable Presidents
• The Rise of Populism
• “A Splendid Little War”
• Chapter 13: Growing into the 20th Century: 1899–1918
• Here Today, Guam Tomorrow: Colonizing Spain’s Lands
• Making a Lot of Noise and Carrying a Big Stick: Roosevelt Takes Office
• Progressing toward Political and Social Reform
• Contracting Labor Pains
• Transporting America
• Suffering for Suffrage
• Leaving the South: African Americans Migrate to Northern Cities
• The War to End All Chapters
• Chapter 14: Gin, Jazz, and Lucky Lindy: 1919–1929
• Wilson Goes Out of His League for Peace
• Restricting Immigration and Challenging the Natives
• Darwin versus God
• Warren, Cal, and Herbert: Republicans in the White House
• Good Times (or Were They?)
• Ain’t We Got Fun?
• Drying Out America: Prohibition Begins
• Changing Morals
• An Age of Heroes
• Chapter 15: Uncle Sam’s Depressed: 1930–1940
• The Great Depression: Causes and Consequences
• FDR: Making Alphabet Soup
• Shoving Aside Racial Minorities
• Keeping Women at Home — or Work
• Developing Organized Labor
• Critics, Crooks, and Crime Fighters
• Chapter 16: The World at War: 1941–1945
• Trying to Avoid War — Again
• Gearing Up for War
• Dealing with the War in Europe
• Dealing with the War in the Pacific
• Dropping the Bomb
• Part 4: America in Adulthood
• Chapter 17: TV, Elvis, and Reds under the Bed: 1946–1960
• A Cold War and a Hot “Police Action”
• Finding Commies under the Bed
• Having It All
• Moving, Slowly, to the Front of the Bus
• Chapter 18: Camelot to Watergate: 1961–1974
• Electing an Icon
• Sending Troops to Vietnam
• Increasing Pressure in ’Nam and Escalating Fears at Home
• Continuing the Fight for Civil Rights
• Entering a Generation in Revolt
• Weirdness in the White House
• Chapter 19: Hold the Malaise, or, Ayatollah So: 1975–1992
• Wearing Nixon’s Shoes
• Good Intentions, Bad Results
• There’s a First Time for Everything
• Warming Up after the Cold War
• Chapter 20: No Sex, Please, I’m the President: 1993–1999
• Bill, Newt, and Monica
• Homegrown Terrorism
• Making Ourselves Sick
• A World of Change
• Part 5: Facing the New Millennium
• Chapter 21: Terror Comes Home; America Goes to War(s)
• Whew! A Squeaker: Bush and Gore, 2000
• A Nation Stunned
• That Damn Saddam
• Meanwhile, in the Rest of the World …
• Winds and Losses
• Chapter 22: Recessions Can Be Really Depressing
• Ouch! The Economy Stubs Its Toe
• Brother, Can You Spare a Job?
• “We’re from the Government; We’re Here to Help … ”
• Unspreading the Wealth
• Chapter 23: Reforming Healthcare Is No Tea Party
• The Great Presidential Race of 2008
• Going to a Tea Party
• Lurching Toward Healthcare
• Reelecting Obama in 2012
• Meanwhile, Back at the Budget …
• Chapter 24: America Disagrees with Itself
• Trumped
• With Friends Like These …
• Guns, Drugs, and #MeToo
• Weathering the Weather
• Chapter 25: This New America
• The Techno Revolution
• Surfing the “Silver Tsunami”
• Stirring the Melting Pot
• Redefining the American Family
• Part 6: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 26: Ten Innovations That Made It Easier to Be Lazy
• The Escalator (1896)
• Sliced Bread (1928)
• Pizza Delivery (~1945)
• Drive-Through Restaurants (1948)
• TV Remote Controls (1950)
• Pop-Top Cans (1963)
• Microwave Ovens (1967)
• Microwave Popcorn (1983)
• Global Positioning System (1989)
• Amazon (1995)
• Chapter 27: Ten U.S. Presidents Who Were, Well, Average
• Bill Clinton
• William McKinley
• Grover Cleveland
• John Quincy Adams
• George H. W. Bush
• William Howard Taft
• Martin Van Buren
• Rutherford B. Hayes
• Gerald Ford
• Jimmy Carter
• Part 7: The Appendixes
• Appendix A: The Bill of Rights: Amendments 1–10 of the Constitution
• Appendix B: The Declaration of Independence
• Index
• About the Author
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement