America and Its Sources
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People arrived in America under a variety of circumstances. Some colonists were wealthier individuals looking to invest in England’s newest territories. Many more were impoverished people looking for a better life in the New World. And thousands of people were kidnapped, enslaved, and forced to come to America.
People arrived in America under a variety of circumstances. Some colonists were wealthier individuals looking to invest in England’s newest territories. Many more were impoverished people looking for a better life in the New World. And thousands of people were kidnapped, enslaved, and forced to come to America.
- America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
- Introduction
- About the Editors
- Acknowledgments
- How to Read Primary Sources
- 1.1 Early America and the Civil War
- 2.1 Reconstruction and Redemption
- 3.1 Westward Expansion and American Identity
- 4.1 Industrialization and Social Reform
- 5.1 World War I and the Turbulent Twenties
- 6.1 The Great Depression
- 7.1 World War II and the Home Front
- 8.1 The Cold War
- 9.1 Affluence, Unrest, and Civil Rights
- 10.1 Expanding Civil Rights
- 11.1 Vietnam and Counterculture
- 12.1 The Triumph of Conservatism
- 13.1 Deindustrialization and the Booming Nineties
- 14.1 Twenty-First Century America
