PORTRAIT OF AMERICA,V.TWO:FROM 1865 [Paperback]

PORTRAIT OF AMERICA is an anthology of essays written by some of Americas most eminent historians. The collection maintains a loose biographical focus. The essays in this secondary-source reader humanize American history by portraying it as a story of real people with whom students can easily identify. More than 25 percent of the essays in the Tenth Edition are new, many from books that have been nationally and internationally recognized for their insight, accuracy, and timeliness, ensuring that the readings continue to be provocative and trustworthy. Each selection is preceded by an introduction for context, and a helpful glossary identifies important individuals, events, and concepts. Study questions follow each selection, prompting students to make comparisons between the readings.I. A TROUBLED PEACE. 1. James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton, Call Me Mister. 2. Eric Foner, The Checkered History of the Great Fourteenth Amendment. II. CONQUEST OF THE WEST. 3. Robert M. Utley, Sitting Bull and the Sioux Resistance. 4. David Laskin, Death on the Prairies: The Murderous Blizzard of 1888. III. THE NEW INDUSTRIAL ORDER. 5. Robert L. Heilbroner, The Master of Steel: Andrew Carnegie. 6. David McCullough, The Brooklyn Bridge: A Monument to American Ingenuity and Daring. IV. REFORM AND EXPANSION. 7. Paula A. Treckel, The Lady Versus Goliath: Ida Tarbell Takes on Standard Oil Co. 8. David R. Kohler and James W. Wensyel, Americas First Southeast Asian War: The Philippine Insurrection. V. CURRENTS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA. 9. Edmund Morris, Theodore Roosevelt, President. 10. Sean Dennis Cashman, African Americans and the Quest for Civil Rights. VI. THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE AT HOME AND ABROAD (19141920). 11. William Lavender and Mary Lavender, Suffragists Storm Over Washington. 12. Margaret MacMillan, A Tragedy of Disappointment: Woodrow Wilson and the Treaty of Versailles. VII. THE TWENTIES. 13. Peter Carlson, The Roaring and Repressive Twenties. 14. James West Davidson andlÃÈ