Exploring America's past
By: John A. Garraty.
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Austin [Tex.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 748
Subjects: United States -- History -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Juvenile literature; United States -- History
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: "A multimedia curriculum"--Cover.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: American beginnings (Beginnings-1763): Worlds meet; Empires in the Americas; The English colonies; Colonial life and government; title: New American nation (1755-1801): Americans seek independence; Forming a new nation; Launching the United States; title: Building a strong nation (1790-1860): Expansion and war; The North and manufacturing; The South and king cotton; title: Seeking growth and change (1820-1860): Conflicts and reform; Americans expand west; title: Division and reunification (1848-1900): Breaking apart; The Civil War; Reuniting the nation; title: Rise of modern America (1850-1900): Western crossroads; Becoming an industrial nation; title: America becomes a world power (1865-1920): Progressives and reform; Involvement in world affairs; America and the Great War; title: Good times and world crises (1919-1945): A decade of change; The Great Depression; America and World War II; title: Assuming global responsibilities (1945-1969): Returning to peace; Power and prosperity; Winds of change; title: Modern America (1954-present): War in Southeast Asia; Searching for solutions; Republicans in power; The 1990s and beyond; title: Reference section.