Introduction = 1
About this book = 1
How this book is organized = 2
Part Ⅰ: Getting there, getting settled, and getting free = 2
Part Ⅱ: Growing pains = 3
Part Ⅲ: Comng of age = 3
Part Ⅳ: America in Adulthood = 3
Part Ⅴ: The part of tens = 4
Part Ⅵ: Appendixes = 4
Icons used in this book = 4
Where to go from here = 5
Part I: Getting There, Getting Settled, and Getting Free = 7
Chapter 1. Before the Beginning: 14,000 B.C.-A.D. 1492 = 9
Coming to America = 9
Exploring early civilizations = 11
The Anasazi = 12
The Mound builders = 12
Too many tribes, not enough indians = 13
In the northwest = 13
In the Southwest = 14
On the Great plains = 14
In the Northeast = 14
In the Southeast = 15
De-stereotyping the American Indians = 15
Discovering America the Viking way = 16
Determining who else came to America = 18
Gee, Grandpa, What else happened? = 19
Chapter 2. Columbus Discovers the Bahamas: 1492-1607 = 21
Spicing up life = 21
Christopher ccolumbus: Dream salesman = 22
Discovering a dozen other people who dropped by = 25
Getting rid of the Indians: The sword, the cross, and the Measles = 27
Indian slavery = 27
The men in the brown robes = 28
Destruction through disease = 29
Arriving late for the party = 30
France = 30
England = 31
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 32
Chapter 3. Pilgrims' Progress: The English Colonies, 1607-1700 = 33
Go west, old chap, go west = 33
Starting it all in Jamestown = 34
Early troubles = 34
Making indian friends = 35
Setting up slavery = 37
Colonizing: Pilgrims and Puritans = 38
The Mayflower compact - a Dutch pilgrimage = 38
The Massachusetts Bay colony - a pure haven = 40
Bringing religious freedom: Dissidents, Catholics, and Quakers = 41
Setting in Rhode island = 42
Beginning in Maryland = 43
Starting Pennsylvania = 43
Going Dutch treat = 44
Dealing with Indian troubles = 44
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 46
Chapter 4. Old Grudges in a New World: 1700-1763 = 47
1700 America gets a facelift = 47
Colonizing new France = 48
The first true world wars = 49
King William's war = 49
Queen Anne's war = 50
King George's war = 50
The great awakening = 52
The French and Indians: At it Again = 53
Unifying the colonies = 53
Holding back the British = 54
Outfighting the French = 54
Gee, Grandpa what else happened? = 55
Chapter 5. Revolting Developments: 1763-1775 = 57
Seeing a growth spurt = 57
Looking at the Brits' point of view = 59
England and America: Healing toward divorce = 60
The proclamation of 1763 = 61
The revenue acts(1764) = 61
The stamp acts(1765) = 61
The Townshend acts(1767) = 62
The Boston MAssacre(1770) = 63
The Boston tea party(1773) = 64
The "Intolerable" acts(1774) = 64
Congressing and Cocktails = 65
Mr. Revere, your horse is ready = 66
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 67
Chapter 6. Yankee Doodlin': 1775-1783 = 69
In this corner, the Brits = 69
In this corner, the Yanks = 70
Mr. Washington goes to war = 72
Choosing a leader = 72
Finding faults = 72
Commanding a country = 73
Declaring independence = 74
Sparking an interest = 74
Writing history = 75
French kissing -up = 76
Changing lives = 77
Loyalists = 77
Slaves = 78
Winning a war = 79
Fort Ticonderoga = 79
Bunker hill = 79
The Canada campaign = 81
New york = 81
Trenton and Princeton = 81
Saratoga = 81
Bonhomme Richard versus Serapis = 82
Charleston = 82
Guilford courthouse = 82
Yorktown = 83
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? =83
Chapter 7. Blueprints and Birth Pains: 1783-1800 = 85
Making the rules = 85
Going back to Philly = 87
Selling it = 88
Dishing up politics, American style = 89
Raising the Dough = 92
Earning repect = 93
The Whiskey rebellion = 93
Speak no evil = 93
Finding foreign friction = 94
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 95
Part II: Growing Pains = 97
Chapter 8. "Long Tom" Becomes President: 1800-1809 = 99
Jefferson gets a job = 99
Disorder in the court = 101
Growing by leaps and bounds = 102
Napoleon has a going -out-of-business sale = 103
Lewis, Clark, and the woman on the dollar coin = 105
Fighting Pirates and passing an embargo = 106
"To the shores of Tripoli..." = 107
No one likes a bloodless war = 108
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 109
Chapter 9. One Weird War: 1809-1815 = 111
Bringing Madison to term = 111
Gaining control = 112
Looking for a war = 112
Fighting the Indians-again = 112
Invading Canada = 113
Three strikes and the Brits are out = 115
Let's call it even = 116
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 117
Chapter 10. The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly: 1815-1828 = 119
Pulling together = 119
Taking it to the bank = 120
A "tariffic" idea = 121
This land is my land, but for how much? = 121
Orders from the court = 123
Increasing industry = 123
A cancer grows = 125
The cotton boom means more slaves = 125
A political issue = 127
Compromising over Missouri = 128
Mind your own hemisphere = 129
Mud wrestling to the White House = 130
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 132
Chapter 11. The Influences of Andrew Jackson: 1829-1844 = 133
Old Hickory = 133
Nullify this = 136
The speech that helped win a war = 137
A "tarrible" idea = 138
Creating inventions to improve American life = 138
Making a withdrawal = 138
Riding the train = 140
Reaping what you sow = 140
Communicating across America and Atlantic = 141
Removing the Indians = 141
Claiming independence for Texas = 143
Remembering the Alamo = 143
Becoming a state = 144
Fighting for the presidency = 144
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 146
Chapter 12. War, Gold, and a Gathering Storm: 1845-1860 = 147
Heading south of the border = 147
Starting a war = 148
Capturing California and the west = 149
Rushing for gold = 150
Going west = 151
The compromise of 1850 = 153
Coming over and spreading out = 155
Living dangerously = 155
Trailing the Mormons = 157
Wagons ho! = 157
The women's movement = 158
The beginning of the end = 159
Factoring a slave's life = 159
Shedding blood in Kansas = 160
Making a "dredful" decision = 161
Squaring off for a showdown: The Lincon-Douglas debate = 162
Spark No.1 : John Brown = 162
Spark No.2 : Lincon's election = 162
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 163
Chapter 13. A Most Uncivil War: 1861-1865 = 165
A man called Lincon = 165
What makes a president? = 166
Views on slavery state of the union = 167
North versus south: The tale of the tape = 169
Freeing the slaves = 171
Announcing the Emancipation proclamation = 172
Fighting a just fight = 172
Who won what where = 172
Meet the generals = 174
On the seas = 174
The land war = 174
Two more reasons why the north won = 178
Losing a hero = 179
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 179
Chapter 14. Putting It Back Together: 1865-1876 = 181
A southern-fried mess = 181
Starting life anew = 182
Becoming sharecroppers = 183
Finding bitter solutions = 183
Piecing the union back together = 184
Using violence to keep black together = 186
The tailor made president = 186
Taking control of congress = 187
Attempting impeachment = 188
Growing corruption in politics = 189
Taking a cue from the White House = 190
Trying to change the tides = 190
Fixing a presidency = 191
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 192
Part III: Coming of Age = 193
Chapter 15. Growing Up: 1876-1898 = 195
Spreading to the west = 195
Mining for money = 195
Ranching cattle = 196
Farming the land = 198
Ousting "Undesirable" = 199
Putting up a fight = 200
Legalizing discrimination = 201
Population the east = 203
Inventing big business = 205
Building the railroads = 206
Manufacturing steel = 207
Drilling and refining oil = 208
Producing the telephone and light bulb = 209
Creating trusts = 209
Electing a string of forgettable presidents = 210
The rise of populism = 211
Declaring war with spain = 212
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 213
Chapter 16. Growing Out: 1899-1918 = 215
Here today, Guam tomorrow = 215
Making a lot of noise and carrying a big stick = 217
Progressing toward reform = 217
Contracting labor pains = 219
Transporting America = 221
Suffering for suffrage = 222
Migrating to cities as the promised land = 223
The war to end all chapters = 225
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 227
Chapter 17. Bathtub Gin, Jazz, and Lucky Lindy: 1919-1929 = 229
Trying to keep the peace = 229
Restricting immigration and challenging the natives = 231
Closing the gate = 231
Return of the Klan = 235
Darwin versus God = 232
Keeping republicans in the White House: Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover = 233
Spending money made for good times: or did it? = 235
Helping the rich = 235
Increasing American spending habits = 236
Making if difficult on the poor = 236
Ain't we got fun? = 237
Going to the movies = 237
Listening to the radio = 238
Listening to music and writing literature = 239
Playing games = 239
Drying out America: Prohibition = 240
Changing morals = 241
Ushering in an age of heroes = 242
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 243
Chapter 18. Uncle Sam's Depressed: 1930-1940 = 245
Analyzing the causes and consequences og the great depression = 245
Even worse off = 248
Shoving aside African American, Mexicans, and native American Indians = 248
Keeping women at home - or work = 250
Developing organized labor = 250
FDR: Making alphabet soup = 251
Electing a reformer = 252
Giving hope for better lives with new deal programs = 253
Implementing court-packing tactics = 255
Critics, crooks, and crimefighters = 256
Huey long = 256
Frances E. Townsend = 257
Charles E. Coughlin = 257
Bad guys and G-men = 258
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 260
Chapter 19. The World at War: 1941-1945 = 261
Trying to avoid war - again = 261
Gearing up for war = 264
Getting industry and the economy in shape for the World War = 264
Working with labor unions during war time = 265
Employing women for theh war effort = 266
Making strides - African American help out with the work shortage = 267
Returning for work after being kicked out - latinos = 268
Treating the Japanese Americans poorly = 269
Dealing with the war in Europe = 270
Dealing with the war in the Pacific = 272
Dropping the bomb = 274
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 275
Part IV: America in Adulthood = 277
Chapter 20. The Fast Fifties: 1946-1960 = 279
Starting a cold war and hot "police action" = 279
The united nations = 280
The world as a chess board = 280
The berlin airlift = 281
The "miracle of '48" = 282
The Korean war = 282
Uncle Sam's big stick = 283
Finding commies under the bed = 284
Hiss and chambers = 284
The Rosenbergs = 285
Federal worker loyalty = 285
"Tail=Gunner Joe" = 286
Having it all = 287
A booming economy = 287
The burbs = 288
The tube = 289
Rock'n roll = 290
An American king = 290
Riding at the back of the bus = 291
Brown against the board = 291
Boycotting the bus = 292
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 293
Chapter 21. Camelot to Watergate: 1961-1974 = 295
Electing the icon = 295
The Bay of pigs = 296
The October crisis = 296
Dark day in Dallas = 297
Sending troops to Vietnam = 298
The Gulf of Tonkin = 299
The Tet offensive = 299
Increasing pressure in 'Nam and escalating fears at home = 299
Climbing the mountain to racial freedom = 301
Enforcing their rights - African Americans = 301
Challenging the system - La Raza = 303
Maintaining their culture - native Americans = 303
Entering a generation in revolt = 305
Draft dodging, drugs, and demonstrations = 305
Feminism = 305
Gay days = 306
Problems in the White House = 307
The Nixon administrations =307
Watergate = 308
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 309
Chapter 22. Hold the Malaise, or Ayatollah So: 1975-1992 = 311
Wearing someone else's shoes = 311
Doing the best he could = 312
Whipping inflation = 312
Godd intention, Bad results = 313
Measuring misery = 314
Befriending the enemy = 315
There's a first time for everything = 316
Buying into the "Reagan Revolution" = 317
Paying for "Reaganomics" = 318
Dealing with foriegn affairs = 319
Warming up after the cold war = 321
The Gulf War = 323
Back on the home front = 324
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 325
Chapter 23. The Future is Now: 1993-2000 = 327
Testing America: The Clinton Administration = 327
Presiding over a nation = 328
Pushing the "contract with America" = 329
Judging a president = 330
Terroism at home = 331
Ruby Ridge = 331
Waco = 332
Oklahoma city = 333
The unabomber = 334
Making ourselves sick = 335
Suffering from AIDS = 335
Dealing with drugs = 337
Creating a world of change = 337
Entering the E-mail revolution = 338
Trading under a global economy = 339
Getting a new look = 340
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 340
Part V: The Part of Tens = 343
Chapter 24. The 10 Best - and 10 Worst - Presidents = 345
Chapter 25. Ten Historical Events That Probably Never = 347
Happened
Chapter 26. Ten Inventions That Changed Life as We Know It = 351
Chapter 27. Ten Events That Defined American Culture = 355
Part VI: Appendixes = 359
Appendix A: Preamble to the United States Constitution = 361
Appendix B: The Bill of Rights: Amendments 1-10 of the Constitution = 363
Appendix C: The Declaration of Independence = 365
Appendix D: The Gettysburg Address = 369
Index = 371
About this book = 1
How this book is organized = 2
Part Ⅰ: Getting there, getting settled, and getting free = 2
Part Ⅱ: Growing pains = 3
Part Ⅲ: Comng of age = 3
Part Ⅳ: America in Adulthood = 3
Part Ⅴ: The part of tens = 4
Part Ⅵ: Appendixes = 4
Icons used in this book = 4
Where to go from here = 5
Part I: Getting There, Getting Settled, and Getting Free = 7
Chapter 1. Before the Beginning: 14,000 B.C.-A.D. 1492 = 9
Coming to America = 9
Exploring early civilizations = 11
The Anasazi = 12
The Mound builders = 12
Too many tribes, not enough indians = 13
In the northwest = 13
In the Southwest = 14
On the Great plains = 14
In the Northeast = 14
In the Southeast = 15
De-stereotyping the American Indians = 15
Discovering America the Viking way = 16
Determining who else came to America = 18
Gee, Grandpa, What else happened? = 19
Chapter 2. Columbus Discovers the Bahamas: 1492-1607 = 21
Spicing up life = 21
Christopher ccolumbus: Dream salesman = 22
Discovering a dozen other people who dropped by = 25
Getting rid of the Indians: The sword, the cross, and the Measles = 27
Indian slavery = 27
The men in the brown robes = 28
Destruction through disease = 29
Arriving late for the party = 30
France = 30
England = 31
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 32
Chapter 3. Pilgrims' Progress: The English Colonies, 1607-1700 = 33
Go west, old chap, go west = 33
Starting it all in Jamestown = 34
Early troubles = 34
Making indian friends = 35
Setting up slavery = 37
Colonizing: Pilgrims and Puritans = 38
The Mayflower compact - a Dutch pilgrimage = 38
The Massachusetts Bay colony - a pure haven = 40
Bringing religious freedom: Dissidents, Catholics, and Quakers = 41
Setting in Rhode island = 42
Beginning in Maryland = 43
Starting Pennsylvania = 43
Going Dutch treat = 44
Dealing with Indian troubles = 44
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 46
Chapter 4. Old Grudges in a New World: 1700-1763 = 47
1700 America gets a facelift = 47
Colonizing new France = 48
The first true world wars = 49
King William's war = 49
Queen Anne's war = 50
King George's war = 50
The great awakening = 52
The French and Indians: At it Again = 53
Unifying the colonies = 53
Holding back the British = 54
Outfighting the French = 54
Gee, Grandpa what else happened? = 55
Chapter 5. Revolting Developments: 1763-1775 = 57
Seeing a growth spurt = 57
Looking at the Brits' point of view = 59
England and America: Healing toward divorce = 60
The proclamation of 1763 = 61
The revenue acts(1764) = 61
The stamp acts(1765) = 61
The Townshend acts(1767) = 62
The Boston MAssacre(1770) = 63
The Boston tea party(1773) = 64
The "Intolerable" acts(1774) = 64
Congressing and Cocktails = 65
Mr. Revere, your horse is ready = 66
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 67
Chapter 6. Yankee Doodlin': 1775-1783 = 69
In this corner, the Brits = 69
In this corner, the Yanks = 70
Mr. Washington goes to war = 72
Choosing a leader = 72
Finding faults = 72
Commanding a country = 73
Declaring independence = 74
Sparking an interest = 74
Writing history = 75
French kissing -up = 76
Changing lives = 77
Loyalists = 77
Slaves = 78
Winning a war = 79
Fort Ticonderoga = 79
Bunker hill = 79
The Canada campaign = 81
New york = 81
Trenton and Princeton = 81
Saratoga = 81
Bonhomme Richard versus Serapis = 82
Charleston = 82
Guilford courthouse = 82
Yorktown = 83
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? =83
Chapter 7. Blueprints and Birth Pains: 1783-1800 = 85
Making the rules = 85
Going back to Philly = 87
Selling it = 88
Dishing up politics, American style = 89
Raising the Dough = 92
Earning repect = 93
The Whiskey rebellion = 93
Speak no evil = 93
Finding foreign friction = 94
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 95
Part II: Growing Pains = 97
Chapter 8. "Long Tom" Becomes President: 1800-1809 = 99
Jefferson gets a job = 99
Disorder in the court = 101
Growing by leaps and bounds = 102
Napoleon has a going -out-of-business sale = 103
Lewis, Clark, and the woman on the dollar coin = 105
Fighting Pirates and passing an embargo = 106
"To the shores of Tripoli..." = 107
No one likes a bloodless war = 108
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 109
Chapter 9. One Weird War: 1809-1815 = 111
Bringing Madison to term = 111
Gaining control = 112
Looking for a war = 112
Fighting the Indians-again = 112
Invading Canada = 113
Three strikes and the Brits are out = 115
Let's call it even = 116
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 117
Chapter 10. The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly: 1815-1828 = 119
Pulling together = 119
Taking it to the bank = 120
A "tariffic" idea = 121
This land is my land, but for how much? = 121
Orders from the court = 123
Increasing industry = 123
A cancer grows = 125
The cotton boom means more slaves = 125
A political issue = 127
Compromising over Missouri = 128
Mind your own hemisphere = 129
Mud wrestling to the White House = 130
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 132
Chapter 11. The Influences of Andrew Jackson: 1829-1844 = 133
Old Hickory = 133
Nullify this = 136
The speech that helped win a war = 137
A "tarrible" idea = 138
Creating inventions to improve American life = 138
Making a withdrawal = 138
Riding the train = 140
Reaping what you sow = 140
Communicating across America and Atlantic = 141
Removing the Indians = 141
Claiming independence for Texas = 143
Remembering the Alamo = 143
Becoming a state = 144
Fighting for the presidency = 144
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 146
Chapter 12. War, Gold, and a Gathering Storm: 1845-1860 = 147
Heading south of the border = 147
Starting a war = 148
Capturing California and the west = 149
Rushing for gold = 150
Going west = 151
The compromise of 1850 = 153
Coming over and spreading out = 155
Living dangerously = 155
Trailing the Mormons = 157
Wagons ho! = 157
The women's movement = 158
The beginning of the end = 159
Factoring a slave's life = 159
Shedding blood in Kansas = 160
Making a "dredful" decision = 161
Squaring off for a showdown: The Lincon-Douglas debate = 162
Spark No.1 : John Brown = 162
Spark No.2 : Lincon's election = 162
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 163
Chapter 13. A Most Uncivil War: 1861-1865 = 165
A man called Lincon = 165
What makes a president? = 166
Views on slavery state of the union = 167
North versus south: The tale of the tape = 169
Freeing the slaves = 171
Announcing the Emancipation proclamation = 172
Fighting a just fight = 172
Who won what where = 172
Meet the generals = 174
On the seas = 174
The land war = 174
Two more reasons why the north won = 178
Losing a hero = 179
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 179
Chapter 14. Putting It Back Together: 1865-1876 = 181
A southern-fried mess = 181
Starting life anew = 182
Becoming sharecroppers = 183
Finding bitter solutions = 183
Piecing the union back together = 184
Using violence to keep black together = 186
The tailor made president = 186
Taking control of congress = 187
Attempting impeachment = 188
Growing corruption in politics = 189
Taking a cue from the White House = 190
Trying to change the tides = 190
Fixing a presidency = 191
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 192
Part III: Coming of Age = 193
Chapter 15. Growing Up: 1876-1898 = 195
Spreading to the west = 195
Mining for money = 195
Ranching cattle = 196
Farming the land = 198
Ousting "Undesirable" = 199
Putting up a fight = 200
Legalizing discrimination = 201
Population the east = 203
Inventing big business = 205
Building the railroads = 206
Manufacturing steel = 207
Drilling and refining oil = 208
Producing the telephone and light bulb = 209
Creating trusts = 209
Electing a string of forgettable presidents = 210
The rise of populism = 211
Declaring war with spain = 212
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 213
Chapter 16. Growing Out: 1899-1918 = 215
Here today, Guam tomorrow = 215
Making a lot of noise and carrying a big stick = 217
Progressing toward reform = 217
Contracting labor pains = 219
Transporting America = 221
Suffering for suffrage = 222
Migrating to cities as the promised land = 223
The war to end all chapters = 225
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 227
Chapter 17. Bathtub Gin, Jazz, and Lucky Lindy: 1919-1929 = 229
Trying to keep the peace = 229
Restricting immigration and challenging the natives = 231
Closing the gate = 231
Return of the Klan = 235
Darwin versus God = 232
Keeping republicans in the White House: Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover = 233
Spending money made for good times: or did it? = 235
Helping the rich = 235
Increasing American spending habits = 236
Making if difficult on the poor = 236
Ain't we got fun? = 237
Going to the movies = 237
Listening to the radio = 238
Listening to music and writing literature = 239
Playing games = 239
Drying out America: Prohibition = 240
Changing morals = 241
Ushering in an age of heroes = 242
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 243
Chapter 18. Uncle Sam's Depressed: 1930-1940 = 245
Analyzing the causes and consequences og the great depression = 245
Even worse off = 248
Shoving aside African American, Mexicans, and native American Indians = 248
Keeping women at home - or work = 250
Developing organized labor = 250
FDR: Making alphabet soup = 251
Electing a reformer = 252
Giving hope for better lives with new deal programs = 253
Implementing court-packing tactics = 255
Critics, crooks, and crimefighters = 256
Huey long = 256
Frances E. Townsend = 257
Charles E. Coughlin = 257
Bad guys and G-men = 258
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 260
Chapter 19. The World at War: 1941-1945 = 261
Trying to avoid war - again = 261
Gearing up for war = 264
Getting industry and the economy in shape for the World War = 264
Working with labor unions during war time = 265
Employing women for theh war effort = 266
Making strides - African American help out with the work shortage = 267
Returning for work after being kicked out - latinos = 268
Treating the Japanese Americans poorly = 269
Dealing with the war in Europe = 270
Dealing with the war in the Pacific = 272
Dropping the bomb = 274
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 275
Part IV: America in Adulthood = 277
Chapter 20. The Fast Fifties: 1946-1960 = 279
Starting a cold war and hot "police action" = 279
The united nations = 280
The world as a chess board = 280
The berlin airlift = 281
The "miracle of '48" = 282
The Korean war = 282
Uncle Sam's big stick = 283
Finding commies under the bed = 284
Hiss and chambers = 284
The Rosenbergs = 285
Federal worker loyalty = 285
"Tail=Gunner Joe" = 286
Having it all = 287
A booming economy = 287
The burbs = 288
The tube = 289
Rock'n roll = 290
An American king = 290
Riding at the back of the bus = 291
Brown against the board = 291
Boycotting the bus = 292
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 293
Chapter 21. Camelot to Watergate: 1961-1974 = 295
Electing the icon = 295
The Bay of pigs = 296
The October crisis = 296
Dark day in Dallas = 297
Sending troops to Vietnam = 298
The Gulf of Tonkin = 299
The Tet offensive = 299
Increasing pressure in 'Nam and escalating fears at home = 299
Climbing the mountain to racial freedom = 301
Enforcing their rights - African Americans = 301
Challenging the system - La Raza = 303
Maintaining their culture - native Americans = 303
Entering a generation in revolt = 305
Draft dodging, drugs, and demonstrations = 305
Feminism = 305
Gay days = 306
Problems in the White House = 307
The Nixon administrations =307
Watergate = 308
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 309
Chapter 22. Hold the Malaise, or Ayatollah So: 1975-1992 = 311
Wearing someone else's shoes = 311
Doing the best he could = 312
Whipping inflation = 312
Godd intention, Bad results = 313
Measuring misery = 314
Befriending the enemy = 315
There's a first time for everything = 316
Buying into the "Reagan Revolution" = 317
Paying for "Reaganomics" = 318
Dealing with foriegn affairs = 319
Warming up after the cold war = 321
The Gulf War = 323
Back on the home front = 324
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 325
Chapter 23. The Future is Now: 1993-2000 = 327
Testing America: The Clinton Administration = 327
Presiding over a nation = 328
Pushing the "contract with America" = 329
Judging a president = 330
Terroism at home = 331
Ruby Ridge = 331
Waco = 332
Oklahoma city = 333
The unabomber = 334
Making ourselves sick = 335
Suffering from AIDS = 335
Dealing with drugs = 337
Creating a world of change = 337
Entering the E-mail revolution = 338
Trading under a global economy = 339
Getting a new look = 340
Gee, Grandpa, what else happened? = 340
Part V: The Part of Tens = 343
Chapter 24. The 10 Best - and 10 Worst - Presidents = 345
Chapter 25. Ten Historical Events That Probably Never = 347
Happened
Chapter 26. Ten Inventions That Changed Life as We Know It = 351
Chapter 27. Ten Events That Defined American Culture = 355
Part VI: Appendixes = 359
Appendix A: Preamble to the United States Constitution = 361
Appendix B: The Bill of Rights: Amendments 1-10 of the Constitution = 363
Appendix C: The Declaration of Independence = 365
Appendix D: The Gettysburg Address = 369
Index = 371