Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story (Young Readers Edition, Volume 2)
A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.

American History for Middle School — Grades 6-8

The SECOND book in a two-volume narrative for Young Readers studying Land of Hope 

VOLUME TWO: THE MAKING OF MODERN AMERICA, From 1877 to 2020

The Founders of the American nation would have had trouble recognizing the America that emerged after the Civil War. By century’s end we had rapidly evolved into the world’s greatest industrial power. It was a nation of large new cities populated by immigrants from all over the world. And it was a nation that was taking an increasingly active role on the world stage, even to the point of acquiring an empire of its own. Many Americans began to wonder whether this modern nation had outgrown its original Constitution. That document had been written back in the eighteenth century, after all, and one of its main goals was limiting the size and scope of government. But did that goal make sense in the dynamic new America of the twentieth century?
That became a central question. The Progressive movement and its successors believed it was time to replace the Constitution with laws permitting a larger and more powerful government. Others firmly rejected such changes and insisted on the permanent validity of the Constitution’s ideal of limited government. In addition, with the two great world wars of the twentieth century, and the Cold War that came after them, America found itself thrust into a position of overwhelming world leadership—something else that the Founders never imagined or wanted. Such leadership required the development of a large and permanent military establishment whose very existence ran up against the nation’s founding traditions. With the end of the Cold War, America faced a decision. Should it shed the world responsibilities it had taken on during the twentieth century? Or should it treat those responsibilities as a permanent obligation? That debate, which has deep roots in American history, continues to this day.

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Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story (Young Readers Edition, Volume 2)
A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.

American History for Middle School — Grades 6-8

The SECOND book in a two-volume narrative for Young Readers studying Land of Hope 

VOLUME TWO: THE MAKING OF MODERN AMERICA, From 1877 to 2020

The Founders of the American nation would have had trouble recognizing the America that emerged after the Civil War. By century’s end we had rapidly evolved into the world’s greatest industrial power. It was a nation of large new cities populated by immigrants from all over the world. And it was a nation that was taking an increasingly active role on the world stage, even to the point of acquiring an empire of its own. Many Americans began to wonder whether this modern nation had outgrown its original Constitution. That document had been written back in the eighteenth century, after all, and one of its main goals was limiting the size and scope of government. But did that goal make sense in the dynamic new America of the twentieth century?
That became a central question. The Progressive movement and its successors believed it was time to replace the Constitution with laws permitting a larger and more powerful government. Others firmly rejected such changes and insisted on the permanent validity of the Constitution’s ideal of limited government. In addition, with the two great world wars of the twentieth century, and the Cold War that came after them, America found itself thrust into a position of overwhelming world leadership—something else that the Founders never imagined or wanted. Such leadership required the development of a large and permanent military establishment whose very existence ran up against the nation’s founding traditions. With the end of the Cold War, America faced a decision. Should it shed the world responsibilities it had taken on during the twentieth century? Or should it treat those responsibilities as a permanent obligation? That debate, which has deep roots in American history, continues to this day.

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Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story (Young Readers Edition, Volume 2)

Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story (Young Readers Edition, Volume 2)

by Wilfred M. McClay
Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story (Young Readers Edition, Volume 2)

Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story (Young Readers Edition, Volume 2)

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A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.

American History for Middle School — Grades 6-8

The SECOND book in a two-volume narrative for Young Readers studying Land of Hope 

VOLUME TWO: THE MAKING OF MODERN AMERICA, From 1877 to 2020

The Founders of the American nation would have had trouble recognizing the America that emerged after the Civil War. By century’s end we had rapidly evolved into the world’s greatest industrial power. It was a nation of large new cities populated by immigrants from all over the world. And it was a nation that was taking an increasingly active role on the world stage, even to the point of acquiring an empire of its own. Many Americans began to wonder whether this modern nation had outgrown its original Constitution. That document had been written back in the eighteenth century, after all, and one of its main goals was limiting the size and scope of government. But did that goal make sense in the dynamic new America of the twentieth century?
That became a central question. The Progressive movement and its successors believed it was time to replace the Constitution with laws permitting a larger and more powerful government. Others firmly rejected such changes and insisted on the permanent validity of the Constitution’s ideal of limited government. In addition, with the two great world wars of the twentieth century, and the Cold War that came after them, America found itself thrust into a position of overwhelming world leadership—something else that the Founders never imagined or wanted. Such leadership required the development of a large and permanent military establishment whose very existence ran up against the nation’s founding traditions. With the end of the Cold War, America faced a decision. Should it shed the world responsibilities it had taken on during the twentieth century? Or should it treat those responsibilities as a permanent obligation? That debate, which has deep roots in American history, continues to this day.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781641772709
Publisher: Encounter Books
Publication date: 07/26/2022
Series: Land of Hope: Young Readers Edition , #1
Pages: 284
Sales rank: 149,896
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range: 10 - 15 Years

About the Author

Wilfred M. McClay is Professor of History and the Victor Davis Hanson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale College. 

Table of Contents

Preface xi

1 A Nation Transformed 1

2 Cities and Frontiers 10

3 Becoming a World Power 22

4 Empire and Its Dilemmas 28

5 The Progressive Era 38

6 The Progressive Presidency 46

7 A Progressive War 57

8 Wilson's Victory and His Defeat 66

9 Normalcy Plus 74

10 Boom Turns to Bust 86

11 Depression 92

12 The New Deal 103

13 On the Knife's Edge 117

14 The Finest Hour 130

15 All Thoughts and Things Were Split 147

16 America and the World, from Truman to Ike 161

17 A Torch Is Passed 173

18 Civil Rights and LBJ 182

19 The Nixon Era 196

20 The Path of Restoration 208

21 America since the Cold War 222

Epilogue: The Shape of American Patriotism 241

Acknowledgments 247

Index 249

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