The Everything American History Book

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ISBN: 9781598692617 | 1598692615
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Copyright: 6/1/2007

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Starting with the first Viking explorations and continuing to the present day, The Everything American History Book, 2nd Edition takes you on a thrilling tour through history. It's packed with facts and vivid details of events that shaped the United States, including:

Wars, battles, and famous generals
Outstanding American inventions--from the cotton gin to the Internet
Key political figures--presidents, peacekeepers, visionaries
And much, much more!

The Everything American History Book, 2nd Edition covers all the major incidents and key players--from the Boston Tea Party to 9/11, and Lewis and Clark to Martin Luther King, Jr. This extraordinary retelling makes learning history fun for the whole family.

Top Ten Fun Facts about America	p. x
Introduction	p. xi
The Pre-Columbian Americas	p. 1
Forensic Evidence	p. 2
Early European Contacts	p. 2
A Thriving Population	p. 3
The Legacy of the Great Civilizations	p. 4
The Original North Americans	p. 6
Unpremeditated Biological Warfare?	p. 6
Uncovering the Existence of the New World	p. 9
A "New" World	p. 10
Columbus Had a Hunch	p. 11
The First Colony	p. 13
Columbus Returns	p. 14
Poor Management	p. 14
The Final Voyages	p. 16
English, French, and Dutch Influences	p. 17
The Roanoke Colony	p. 18
Jamestown Settlement	p. 19
The Top Crop	p. 21
The Dutch Arrive	p. 22
A New England	p. 23
Massachusetts Bay Colony	p. 26
Salem Witch Trials	p. 28
Life in New England	p. 29
Struggles with France	p. 30
Foundations of Freedom	p. 35
The British Position	p. 36
Rebels among Us	p. 38
First Continental Congress	p. 40
The Battle of Bunker Hill	p. 44
The Declaration of Independence	p. 45
Revolution Reigns	p. 47
The Continental Army	p. 48
The War Up North	p. 52
Attack on Philadelphia	p. 53
French Aid	p. 53
The War in the West and South	p. 54
The War at Sea	p. 55
The Battle of Yorktown	p. 56
Peace Negotiations Proceed	p. 57
Farewell to Arms	p. 58
Shaping a New Nation and Government	p. 61
Building a New System of Government	p. 62
The Constitutional Convention	p. 63
Federalists Versus Antifederalists	p. 67
George Washington after the War	p. 68
The Federal Government Expands	p. 70
Washington's Second Term	p. 71
Early Separation of Church and State	p. 72
The Country's Economy	p. 73
President Adams and President Jefferson	p. 73
Early American Struggles	p. 75
Prelude to War	p. 76
The War of 1812	p. 77
The Creation of Washington, D.C.	p. 79
Native American Tensions	p. 80
The Monroe Doctrine	p. 81
Other Early Presidents	p. 81
Mexico and Manifest Destiny	p. 82
Go West, Young Man	p. 85
The Wave of Immigrants	p. 87
A Country Unraveling	p. 91
The Issue of Slavery	p. 92
Farming the Land	p. 93
The Cry for States' Rights	p. 94
The Underground Railroad	p. 95
The Rise of Abraham Lincoln	p. 96
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates	p. 99
The Civil War	p. 103
Creation of the Confederacy	p. 104
Fire on Fort Sumter	p. 106
Four Years at War	p. 107
Famous Battles in the South	p. 108
Northern Fighting	p. 112
A Chance Meeting at Gettysburg	p. 113
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address	p. 114
The Political Climate	p. 115
More Fighting in the South	p. 119
The South Surrenders	p. 120
Amendments and Aftermath	p. 121
Mending America	p. 125
Reconstruction	p. 126
The Wild West	p. 128
Post-Civil War Presidents	p. 129
Transportation Evolves	p. 131
A Heritage of Crafts	p. 133
Famous American Architects	p. 135
The Age of Industry, Invention, and Discovery	p. 139
Teddy Roosevelt, the Trustbuster	p. 140
The Rise of Organized Labor	p. 140
Inventions and Engineering Marvels	p. 142
Early Medical Pioneers	p. 144
Thomas Edison, Inventor Extraordinaire	p. 146
The Election of 1904 and Beyond	p. 146
The Nation's Economy	p. 148
Men of Vision and Wealth	p. 149
The Power of Publishing	p. 150
The World War I Era	p. 153
The First World War Begins	p. 154
Submarines Let Loose	p. 155
U.S. Entry into World War I	p. 156
The End of the War	p. 159
The 1920s: Life in These United States	p. 161
Women's Suffrage and the Advancement of Women's Causes	p. 164
With Pen in Hand	p. 165
The Boom That Went Bust	p. 168
The Great Depression	p. 169
After the Crash	p. 170
The New Deal	p. 172
The Newsworthy and Notable	p. 175
Entertainment as Escapism	p. 177
Emerging Skyscrapers	p. 178
The World War II Era	p. 181
German and Italian Discontent	p. 182
The World Makes Concessions	p. 183
The United States Enters the War	p. 186
Major WWII Battles in the South Pacific	p. 188
Major WWII Battles in Africa and Europe	p. 190
Hitler's Demise	p. 193
Life on the Home Front	p. 194
Building the Bomb	p. 196
The Nuremberg Trials	p. 198
Germany Divided	p. 199
The Marshall Plan	p. 199
The Fifties	p. 201
Prelude to the Cold War	p. 202
McCarthyism	p. 204
The Korean War	p. 205
Everyone Liked Ike	p. 207
Civil Rights Strides	p. 208
Music That Changed America	p. 209
The Turbulent Sixties	p. 211
The 1960 Election	p. 212
The Space Race	p. 213
The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis	p. 214
Shots Heard Worldwide	p. 215
Voices of Civil Rights Activists	p. 217
Seeds of the Vietnam War	p. 219
The 1968 Elections	p. 222
The Counterculture of the 1960s	p. 223
Events of the 1970s	p. 225
Foreign Relations	p. 226
Domestic Turmoil	p. 226
Watergate Rocks the Nation	p. 228
Single-Term Presidents	p. 231
Women's Rights	p. 233
Other Activism and Social Change	p. 234
Outstanding Athletes of the 1970s	p. 235
New Conservatism	p. 237
The Great Communicator	p. 238
The Iran-Contra Affair	p. 242
End of the Reagan Era	p. 243
No Beating Around the Bush	p. 244
Tensions in the Persian Gulf	p. 245
Headline News	p. 248
The Computer Age	p. 250
The End of the Millennium	p. 253
It's the Economy, Stupid	p. 254
Terrorism Strikes	p. 258
The 1996 Election	p. 259
What Was America Coming To?	p. 261
Millennium Madness	p. 262
The 2000 Elections	p. 263
The Twenty-First Century	p. 265
The New Administration and Tax Cuts	p. 266
The Bush-Cheney Energy Plan	p. 266
The Attacks of September 11	p. 267
Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda	p. 268
America's Reaction	p. 271
The 2002 State of the Union and the Axis of Evil	p. 274
A Call for Regime Change in Iraq	p. 275
United Nations and the Iraqi War	p. 276
Headline News 2000-2003	p. 277
Presidential Elections and Other News in 2004	p. 281
Bush Begins a Second Term and Other News in 2005	p. 283
The Middle East in Turmoil	p. 285
2006 Midterm Elections and Other News	p. 288
Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States	p. 292
Major Supreme Court Decisions in United States History	p. 293
First Ladies and Official White House Hostesses	p. 294
Presidential Libraries	p. 311
Index	p. 316
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