Creating America
Subtitle: a history of the United States.
Contributors: McDougal, Littell.
Edition: Annotated teacher's ed.
Publisher: McDougal Littell
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Evanston, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 890
Subjects: United States -- History.
Notes: Grades 7-9.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Unit 1. Three worlds meet, beginnings to 1763. Ch. 1. The World in 1500; title: Ch. 2. European exploration of the Americas; title: Ch. 3. The English establish 13 colonies; title: Ch. 4. The colonies develop; title: Ch. 5. Beginnings of an American identity; title: Unit. 2. Creating a new nation, 1763-1791. Ch. 6. The road to revolution; title: Ch. 7. The American Revolution; title: Ch. 8. Confederation to Constitution; title: Unit 3. The early republic, 1789-1844. Ch. 9. Launching a new republic; title: Ch. 10. The Jefferson era; title: Ch. 11. National and regional growth; title: Unit 4. A Changing nation, 1810-1860. Ch. 12. The age of Jackson; title: Ch. 13. Manifest destiny; title: Ch. 14. A new spirit of change; title: Unit 5. The nation divided and rebuilt, 1846-1877. Ch. 15. The nation breaking apart; title: Ch. 16. The Civil War begins; title: Ch. 17 The tide of war turns; title: Ch. 18. Reconstruction; title: Unit 6. America transformed, 1860-1914. Ch. 19. Growth in the West; title: Ch. 20. An industrial society; title: Ch. 21. Changes in American life; title: Unit 7. Modern America emerges, 1880-1920. Ch. 22. The Progressive era; title: Ch. 23. Becoming a world power; title: Ch. 24. World War I; title: Unit 8. Depression, war, and recovery, 1919-1960. Ch. 25. The Roaring twenties; title: Ch. 26. The Great Depression and New Deal; title: Ch. 27. The rise of dictators and World War II; title: Ch. 28. The Cold War and the American dream; title: Unit 9. Tensions at home and abroad, 1954-present. Ch. 29. The civil rights era; title: Ch. 30. The Vietnam War years; title: Ch. 31. Years of doubt; title: Ch. 32. Entering a new millennium; title: Reference section.