Chapter One Out of the Past
Learning Objectives
1.1 The Birth of a New Nation
1.2 The Growth of the-New Republic
1.3 The Civil War and the Reconstruction
1.4 Growth and Transformation
1.5 The Progressive Thrust
1.6 War, Prosperity, and Depression
1.7 World War II and Its Impact
1.8 Decades of Change: 1960--1980
1.9 America at the Turn of the Century
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Chapter Two The American Identity
Learning Objectives
2.1 The Anglo-Saxons
2.2 White Ethnic Americans
2.3 African Americans
2.4 Latinos/Hispanies
2.5 Asian Americans
2.6 Native Americans
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Chapter Three Religion in America
Learning Objectives
3.1 Religion in America: A Brief History
3.2 "In God We Trust"
3.3 Church, State and Polities
3.4 Popular Religion
3.5 Civil Religion and Beyond
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Chapter Four American Beliefs
Learning Objectives
4.1 Primary Beliefs of American Culture
4.2 Immigrant Beliefs
4.3 Frontier Beliefs
4.4 Religious and Moral Beliefs
4.5 Social Beliefs
4.6 Political Beliefs
4.7 Beliefs on Human Nature
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Chapter Five American Values and Assumptions
Learning Objeetives
5.1 Individualism and Privacy
5.2 Equality
5.3 Informality
5.4 Achievement, Action, Work, and Materialism
5.5 Directness and Assertiveness
5.6 Cooperation and "Fair Play"
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Chapter Six Cultural Regions in America
Learning Objectives
6.1 New England
6.2 The South
6.3 The Midland
6.4 The Midwest
6.5 The Far West
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Chapter Seven Education in America
Learning Objectives
7.1 Initial Efforts in Promoting Education
7.2 Education as Philanthropy
7.3 The Birth of Public Schools
7.4 The Emergence of the Academies
7.5 Colleges: Private and Public
7.6 The Arrival of the University
7.7 Progressivism in Education
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Chapter Eight The American Family
Learning Objectives
8.1 European Origins of the American Family
8.2 Separate Spheres and the Birth of the Modern American Family
8.3 Private Lives and Paradoxes of Perfection
8.4 The Contemporary American Family
8.5 Upper, Middle, and Working-Class Families
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Chapter Nine Mass Media
Learning Objectives
9.1 Books
9.2 Newspapers
9.3 Magazines
9.4 Films
9.5 Radio and Sound Recording
9.6 Television
9.7 The Internet and the World Wide Web
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Chapter Ten Popular Culture
Learning Objectives
10.1 Comic Art
10.2 Advertising
10.3 Automobile Culture
10.4 Dance
10.5 Music
10.6 Sports
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Chapter Eleven Capitalist Economy and Business Civilization
Learning Objectives
11.1 American Capitalism
11.2 The Cult of the Businessman
11.3 The Corporate Empire
11.4 Business and Its Satellites
11.5 Capital and Labor
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Chapter Twelve Social Services
Learning Objectives
12.1 American Values in Social Welfare
12.2 Social Services: A Brief History
12.3 Public Social Services
12.4 Health Care Services
12.5 Housing
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Chapter Thirteen Law and Legal System
Learning Objectives
13.1 The Sources of the Law
13.2 The Federal Judicial System
13.3 The State Judicial System
13.4 The Criminal Court Process
13.5 The Civil Court Process
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Chapter Fourteen American Women
Learning Objectives
14.1 Founding Mothers
14.2 Women in the New Republic
14.3 Women's Rights Movement
14.4 The Cult of Domesticity and New Women
14.5 Housewifery and Domesticity
14.6 A New Wave of Feminism
14.7 Gains and Uncertainties
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Chapter Fifteen Who Is an American?
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15.1 The Puritan Thesis
15.2 The Frontier Thesis
15.3 The Melting-Pot Thesis
15.4 The Salad Bowl Thesis
15.5 Multiculturalism
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