Cambridge International AS Level History: US History to 1877
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English
ISBN
9781036008758
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Introduction
Overview
CHAPTER 1 Indigenous Societies, European Colonization, and the Atlantic World, ca. 1400–ca. 1800
1.1 How and why did Indigenous peoples and Europeans impact each other in North America?
1.2 Why did distinct colonial societies and economies develop in North America?
1.3 How and why did the Atlantic world shape the British colonies in North America?
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CHAPTER 2 The American Revolution and the Emergence of a New Nation, ca. 1765–ca. 1815
2.1 Why did the Patriots desire independence from Great Britain?
2.2 How and why did different groups support the Patriots during the American Revolution, 1776–1783?
2.3 Why did political parties emerge in the USA after the American Revolution and how did they evolve in the early-nineteenth century?
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CHAPTER 3 A Changing New Nation, ca. 1820–50
3.1 How and why did politics in the USA change from 1820 to 1850?
3.2 Why did a wave of reform movements emerge in the antebellum period from 1820 to 1850 and how successful were they?
3.3 Why did the debate over enslavement intensify from 1820 to 1850?
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CHAPTER 4 The Impacts of Expansion, ca. 1800–77
4.1 Why and how did the Market Revolution impact the US economy and society from 1820 to 1850?
4.2 Why did westward expansion impact US politics and culture in the mid-nineteenth century?
4.3 How and why did US expansionism impact Indigenous peoples from 1815 to 1877?
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CHAPTER 5 The American Civil War and Reconstruction, 1846–77
5.1 How and why did sectional divisions widen between 1846 and 1861, resulting in the American Civil War?
5.2 How far did the Civil War transform the lives of Americans?
5.3 What were the aims of reconstruction and how successful was it?
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Further reading
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Index
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