The American Republic
Subtitle: student text
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: BJU Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Greenville, SC
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 599
ISBN-13: 9781606828571
Copyright date: 2016
Description: The American Republic Student Text (4th ed.) leads students on a tour of our nation's history starting with the first interactions between Native Americans and European explorers and ending with present day America. Students are encouraged to interpret the present based on knowledge of our nation's past, using text, illustrations, art, and photographs. - Publisher.
Table of contents: title: Features of the book; title: Pronunciation guide; title: Introduction; title: Unit 1 : Settling a wilderness.; title: Discovery of a new world; title: Settling the thirteen colonies; title: Expansion and establishment; title: Daily life in the colonies; title: American colonies in the British Empire; title: Unit 2 : Establishing a nation.; title: Independence for the colonies; title: Confederation and constitution; title: Establishment of the new government; title: Unit 3 : Spanning a continent.; title: Growth of a nation; title: Jacksonian America; title: Changing American life; title: Westward expansion; title: Unit 4 : Facing a crisis.; title: Storm clouds over the nation; title: The states at war; title: Reconstruction; title: Unit 5 : Growing to meet the challenges.; title: Industrialism; title: The last frontier; title: America and the world; title: Progressivism; title: Unit 6 : Taking the lead.; title: World War I; title: The 1920s : a decade of change; title: The Great Depression and the New Deal; title: World War II; title: Unit 7 : Preparing for the future.; title: Cold War tensions; title: A nation in crisis; title: The political pendulum; title: Into the new millennium; title: Map of the United States; title: The presidents of the United States; title: The Declaration of Independence