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MindTapV2.0 for Kennedy's The Brief American Pageant: A History of the Republic, 1 term Instant Access, 9th Edition

David M. Kennedy

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MindTapV2.0 for The Brief American Pageant is the digital learning solution that powers students from memorization to mastery. It gives you complete control of your course--to provide engaging content, to challenge every individual and to build their confidence. Empower students to accelerate their progress with MindTap. MindTap: Powered by You.\n\nWith attention to building critical thinking, writing, and visual analysis skills, MindTap History was built to provide students with skills they will take with them beyond your course. Its interactive ebook is surrounded by vast opportunities for assessment, including scores of auto-graded assessments based on primary sources. Writing activities featuring interaction with primary sources are prominently featured, as are Visual Literacy and Primary Source Tutorials that help students get a handle on all-important concepts from the start.

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David M. Kennedy

David M. Kennedy is Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus and founding Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University. He also serves as General Editor of the OXFORD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES series. His volume in the series, FREEDOM FROM FEAR: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN DEPRESSION AND WAR, 1929–1945, won the Pulitzer Prize for History, the Francis Parkman Prize, the Ambassador's Prize and the California Gold Medal for Literature. He is also the author of OVER HERE: THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND AMERICAN SOCIETY, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and BIRTH CONTROL IN AMERICA: THE CAREER OF MARGARET SANGER, which won the Bancroft and John Gilmary Shea Prizes. He is also editor of THE MODERN AMERICAN MILITARY, and co-editor of WORLD WAR II AND THE WEST IT WROUGHT. He lives in Stanford, California.

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  • Focus on vital course concepts! New Visual Literacy and Primary Source Tutorials – accompanied by assignable assessments - help students get a handle on all-important concepts from the start.
  • Writing activities featuring interaction with primary sources are prominently featured, providing students with plenty of opportunity to continuously improve this essential skill.
  • New Analyzing Recent Events Activity! Auto-graded assessments include a discussion of several important themes in contemporary US History – healthcare legislation, immigration, presidential election data, and more – while providing historical context and relevance that helps students stay engaged.
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Table of Contents

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Part I: FOUNDING THE NEW NATION ca. 33,000 B.C.E.–1783 C.E.
1. New World Beginnings 33,000 B.C.E.–1769 C.E.
2. The Planting of English America 1500–1733.
3. Settling the Northern Colonies 1619–1700.
4. American Life in the Seventeenth Century 1607–1692.
5. Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution 1700–1775.
6. The Duel for North America 1608–1763.
7. The Road to Revolution 1763–1775.
8. America Secedes from the Empire 1775–1783.
Part II: BUILDING THE NEW NATION 1776-1860.
9. The Confederation and the Constitution 1776–1790.
10. Launching the New Ship of State 1789–1800.
11. The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic 1800–1812.
12. The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism 1812–1824.
13. The Rise of a Mass Democracy 1824–1840.
14. Forging the National Economy 1790–1860.
15. The Ferment of Reform and Culture 1790–1860.
Part III: TESTING THE NEW NATION 1820–1877.
16. The South and the Slavery Controversy 1793–1860.
17. Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy 1841–1848.
18. Renewing the Sectional Struggle 1848–1854.
19. Drifting Toward Disunion 1854–1861.
20. Girding for War: The North and the South 1861–1865.
21. The Furnace of Civil War 1861–1865.
22. The Ordeal of Reconstruction 1865–1877.
Part IV: FORGING AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY 1865–1909.
23. Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age 1869–1896.
24. Industry Comes of Age 1865–1900.
25. America Moves to the City 1865–1900.
26. The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution 1865–1896.
27. Empire and Expansion 1890–1909.
Part V: STRUGGLING FOR JUSTICE AT HOME AND ABROAD 1901–1945.
28. Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt 1901–1912.
29. Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War 1913–1920.
30. American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929.
31. The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920–1932.
32. The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933–1939.
33. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933–1941.
34. America in World War II 1941–1945.
Part VI: MAKING MODERN AMERICA 1945 TO THE PRESENT.
35. The Cold War Begins 1945–1952.
36. American Zenith 1952–1963.
37. The Stormy Sixties 1963–1973.
38. Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973–1980.
39. The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980–1992.
40. America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era 1992–2000.
41. The American People Face a New Century 2001–2014.

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MindTapV2.0 for Kennedy's The Brief American Pageant: A History of the Republic, 2 terms Instant Access

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MindTapV2.0 for The Brief American Pageant is the digital learning solution that powers students from memorization to mastery. It gives you complete control of your course--to provide engaging content, to challenge every individual and to build their confidence. Empower students to accelerate their progress with MindTap. MindTap: Powered by You.\n\nWith attention to building critical thinking, writing, and visual analysis skills, MindTap History was built to provide students with skills they will take with them beyond your course. Its interactive ebook is surrounded by vast opportunities for assessment, including scores of auto-graded assessments based on primary sources. Writing activities featuring interaction with primary sources are prominently featured, as are Visual Literacy and Primary Source Tutorials that help students get a handle on all-important concepts from the start.