By the end of this section, you will be able to:Discuss the similarities and differences in the lives of slaves and free blacksDescribe the independent culture and customs that slaves developed

Political Corruption in Postbellum AmericaKey Political Issues: Patronage, Tariffs, and GoldFarmers Revolt in the Populist EraSocial and Labor Unrest in the 1890s

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the labor-intensive processes of cotton productionDescribe the importance of cotton to the Atlantic and American antebellum economy

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Assess the distribution of wealth in the antebellum SouthDescribe the southern culture of honorIdentify the main proslavery arguments in the years prior to the Civil War

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Compare and contrast the development and character of the French and Dutch colonies in North AmericaDiscuss the economies of the French and Dutch colonies in North America

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Identify the main Spanish American colonial settlements of the 1500s and 1600sDiscuss economic, political, and demographic similarities and differences between the Spanish colonies

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Compare and contrast monarchy and republican governmentDescribe the tenets of republicanism

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the development of state constitutionsDescribe the features of the Articles of ConfederationAnalyze the causes and consequences of Shays’ Rebellion

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe the status of women in the new republicDescribe the status of nonwhites in the new republic

Common Sense: From Monarchy to an American RepublicHow Much Revolutionary Change?Debating DemocracyThe Constitutional Convention and Federal Constitution

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Identify the central issues of the 1787 Constitutional Convention and their solutionsDescribe the conflicts over the ratification of the federal constitution

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe how Europeans solved their labor problemsDescribe the theory of mercantilism and the process of commodificationAnalyze the effects of the Columbian Exchange

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the changes brought by the Protestant Reformation and how it influenced the development of the Atlantic WorldDescribe Spain’s response to the Protestant Reformation

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe the steps taken by the United States to prepare for warDescribe how the war changed employment patterns in the United StatesDiscuss the contributions of civilians on the home front, especially women, to the war effortAnalyze how the war affected race relations in the United States

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the factors in Europe that gave rise to Fascism and NazismDiscuss the events in Europe and Asia that led to the start of the warIdentify the early steps taken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to increase American aid to nations fighting totalitarianism while maintaining neutrality

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Discuss the strategy employed against the Japanese and some of the significant battles of the Pacific campaignDescribe the effects of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and NagasakiAnalyze the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan