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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: George Washington Puts Down the Whiskey Rebellion and Dooms the Federalist Party, 1794
Chapter 2: Thomas Jefferson Buys the Louisiana Territory and Doubles the Size of the United States, 1803
Chapter 3: James Monroe Creates the “Monroe Doctrine,” Keystone of U.S. International Policy, 1823
Chapter 4: James K. Polk Declares War against Mexico and Gains Western States and Control of Texas, 1846
Chapter 5: Millard Fillmore Opens Japanese Ports to Trade, Making the United States a Pacific Power, 1853
Chapter 6: Abraham Lincoln Signs the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863
Chapter 7: Rutherford Hayes Ends Reconstruction by Withdrawing Federal Troops from the South, 1877
Chapter 8: Chester A. Arthur: The “Spoilsman” Who Reformed the Government, 1883
Chapter 9: William McKinley Annexes the Philippines and Makes the United States an Imperial Power, 1899
Chapter 10: Theodore Roosevelt: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, 1901
Chapter 11: Theodore Roosevelt Backs a New Government in Panama and Digs the Panama Canal, 1903
Chapter 12: Theodore Roosevelt Puts the Environment on the National Agenda, Early 1900s
Chapter 13: Theodore Roosevelt Sends the Great White Fleet around the World to Dramatize the United States’ New Role as a World Power, 1907–1909
Chapter 14: Woodrow Wilson Claims an American Place at the Table of World Power, 1917
Chapter 15: Franklin Roosevelt Establishes Social Security, the First National Safety Net for People with Disabilities and Seniors, 1935
Chapter 16: Franklin Roosevelt Takes a Step Toward World War II with the Lend-Lease Program, 1941
Chapter 17: Franklin Roosevelt Signs the GI Bill of Rights and Transforms the Country Economically, Educationally, and Socially, 1944
Chapter 18: Franklin Roosevelt, The Atlantic Charter, and the Founding of the United Nations, 1945
Chapter 19: Harry Truman Opts for Armageddon, 1945
Chapter 20: Harry Truman and the Berlin Airlift: “We Stay in Berlin, Period!” 1948
Chapter 21: Harry Truman and Korea: “It’s Hell to Be President,” 1950
Chapter 22: Dwight Eisenhower and the Interstate Highway System: “Broader Ribbons Across the Land,” 1956
Chapter 23: John F. Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs: “How Could We Have Been So Stupid?” 1961
Chapter 24: John F. Kennedy Announces the United States Will Put a Man on the Moon by the End of the Decade, 1961
Chapter 25: John F. Kennedy Resolves the Cuban Missile Crisis, Averting the Threat of a Nuclear War with the Soviet Union, 1962
Chapter 26: Lyndon Johnson Pushes through the Civil Rights Act, 1964
Chapter 27: Lyndon Johnson and Medicare: “The Real Daddy of Medicare,” 1965
Chapter 28: Richard Nixon Visits China, Beginning the End of a Policy of Isolation and Launching a New Era in U.S.-China Relations, 1972
Sources
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Index
Copyright Page
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