●ChapterOneOutofthePast
LearningObjectives
1.1TheBirthofaNewNation
1.2TheGrowthofthe-NewRepublic
1.3TheCivilWarandtheReconstruction
1.4GrowthandTransformation
1.5TheProgressiveThrust
1.6War,Prosperity,andDepression
1.7WorldWarIIandItsImpact
1.8DecadesofChange:1960-1980
1.9AmericaattheTurnoftheCentury
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ChapterTwoTheAmericanIdentity
LearningObjectives
2.1TheAnglo-Saxons
2.2WhiteEthnicAmericans
2.3AfricanAmericans
2.4Latinos/Hispanies
2.5AsianAmericans
2.6NativeAmericans
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ChapterThreeReligioninAmerica
LearningObjectives
3.1ReligioninAmerica:ABriefHistory
3.2"InGodWeTrust"
3.3Church,StateandPolities
3.4PopularReligion
3.5CivilReligionandBeyond
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ChapterFourAmericanBeliefs
LearningObjectives
4.1PrimaryBeliefsofAmericanCulture
4.2ImmigrantBeliefs
4.3FrontierBeliefs
4.4ReligiousandMoralBeliefs
4.5SocialBeliefs
4.6PoliticalBeliefs
4.7BeliefsonHumanNature
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ChapterFiveAmericanValuesandAssumptions
LearningObjeetives
5.1IndividualismandPrivacy
5.2Equality
5.3Informality
5.4Achievement,Action,Work,andMaterialism
5.5DirectnessandAssertiveness
5.6Cooperationand"FairPlay"
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ChapterSixCulturalRegionsinAmerica
LearningObjectives
6.1NewEngland
6.2TheSouth
6.3TheMidland
6.4TheMidwest
6.5TheFarWest
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ChapterSevenEducationinAmerica
LearningObjectives
7.1InitialEffortsinPromotingEducation
7.2EducationasPhilanthropy
7.3TheBirthofPublicSchools
7.4TheEmergenceoftheAcademies
7.5Colleges:PrivateandPublic
7.6TheArrivaloftheUniversity
7.7ProgressivisminEducation
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ChapterEightTheAmericanFamily
LearningObjectives
8.1EuropeanOriginsoftheAmericanFamily
8.2SeparateSpheresandtheBirthoftheModernAmericanFamily
8.3PrivateLivesandParadoxesofPerfection
8.4TheContemporaryAmericanFamily
8.5Upper,Middle,andWorking-ClassFamilies
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ChapterNineMassMedia
LearningObjectives
9.1Books
9.2Newspapers
9.3Magazines
9.4Films
9.5RadioandSoundRecording
9.6Television
9.7TheInternetandtheWorldWideWeb
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ChapterTenPopularCulture
LearningObjectives
10.1ComicArt
10.2Advertising
10.3AutomobileCulture
10.4Dance
10.5 sic
10.6Sports
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ChapterElevenCapitalistEconomyandBusinessCivilization
LearningObjectives
11.1AmericanCapitalism
11.2TheCultoftheBusinessman
11.3TheCorporateEmpire
11.4BusinessandItsSatellites
11.5CapitalandLabor
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ChapterTwelveSocialServices
LearningObjectives
12.1AmericanValuesinSocialWelfare
12.2SocialServices:ABriefHistory
12.3PublicSocialServices
12.4HealthCareServices
12.5Housing
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ChapterThirteenLawandLegalSystem
LearningObjectives
13.1TheSourcesoftheLaw
13.2TheFederalJudicialSystem
13.3TheStateJudicialSystem
13.4TheCriminalCourtProcess
13.5TheCivilCourtProcess
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ChapterFourteenAmericanWomen
LearningObjectives
14.1FoundingMothers
14.2WomenintheNewRepublic
14.3Women'sRightsMovement
14.4TheCultofDomesticityandNewWomen
14.5HousewiferyandDomesticity
14.6ANewWaveofFeminism
14.7GainsandUncertainties
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ChapterFifteenWhoIsanAmerican?
LearningObjectives
15.1ThePuritanThesis
15.2TheFrontierThesis
15.3TheMelting-PotThesis
15.4TheSaladBowlThesis
15.5 lticulturalism
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