American History

by Duran, Elva; Gusman, Jo; Shefelbine, John

• ISBN13: 9780669508949
• ISBN10: 0669508942
• Edition: Student
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Summary

- Student Book-- hardcover text with a clear, accessible design- Teacher's Edition-- step-by-step support, differentiated instruction, and teaching tips- Student Activity Journal-- content, vocabulary, and skills practice (Teacher's Edition available)- Assessment Book-- content area and vocabulary assessment and progress records- Assessment Folder-- a place to track students' ongoing language development {one sample for the teacher) - Overhead Transparencies-- for whole group instruction

Table of Contents

Introduction: Geography, a Key to History	p. 12
American's Beginnings	p. 18
The First Americans	p. 18
Beginnings
Settling the Continent	p. 22
Using Resources	p. 23
Ways of Life in the East	p. 24
Ways of Life in the West	p. 26
European Exploration	p. 30
1400s and 1500s
The Search for New Trade Routes	p. 34
Christopher Columbus	p. 36
Claiming Lands	p. 37
Bringing Hardship to Native Americans	p. 39
Thirteen Colonies	p. 42
1607 To Early 1700s
The Early Colonies	p. 46
Religious Freedom	p. 48
Growth of the Colonies	p. 50
Slavery in America	p. 51
Building a New Nation	p. 54
Steps to the American Revolution	p. 54
1765-1776
Growing Trouble with Britain	p. 58
Fighting Starts	p. 60
The Declaration of Independence	p. 62
The American Revolution	p. 66
1775-1783
Two Very Different Armies	p. 70
Help from Overseas	p. 72
Winning Independence	p. 74
Getting a Constitution	p. 78
1783-1789
A Weak Federal Government	p. 82
Debate and Compromise	p. 84
Ratification of the Constitution	p. 86
New Nation	p. 99
1789-1825
The Shape of the New Government	p. 94
The Growing Nation	p. 96
Foreign Policy	p. 98
Growing Differences	p. 102
Moving West	p. 102
1787-1840
The Nation Grows West	p. 106
New Technology Speeds Travel	p. 108
Free States and Slave States	p. 110
The Age of Jackson	p. 114
1828-1848
A President for the Common Man	p. 118
The Fight over Tariffs	p. 120
Moving the Native Americans	p. 122
A Time of Change	p. 126
Mid-1800s
The Growth of Industry	p. 130
European Immigration	p. 132
The Reformers	p. 134
New States and Civil War	p. 138
Two New States	p. 138
1821-1850
Texas	p. 142
War with Mexico	p. 145
California	p. 146
Seven Years to Civil War	p. 150
1854-1861
The Fight over Slavery	p. 154
Troubles Grow	p. 156
The South Leaves the Union	p. 158
The Civil War	p. 162
1861-1865
The North and South at War	p. 166
The Battlefield	p. 168
The Union Saved	p. 170
A Changing America	p. 174
After the Civil War	p. 174
1865-1880
Changes After the War	p. 178
African Americans After the War	p. 180
Settling the Great Plains	p. 182
Immigrants, Cities, and Reform	p. 186
1870-1920
A New Wave of Immigration	p. 190
Inventions Changed the Way People Lived	p. 192
Problems and Reform	p. 194
Becoming a World Power	p. 198
1890s-1914
Winning Land from Spain	p. 202
Annexing Hawaii	p. 204
Building and Protecting Foreign Trade	p. 205
America in Two World War	p. 210
Good Times and Bad Times	p. 210
1914-1940
World War I	p. 214
The Roaring Twenties	p. 216
The Great Depression	p. 217
President Roosevelt and the New Deal	p. 219
Fighting World War II	p. 222
1941-1945
World War II Begins	p. 226
The War in Europe	p. 228
The War in the Pacific	p. 230
The War at Home	p. 231
Struggling for Peace and Justice	p. 234
The Cold War	p. 234
1946-1992
Communism and the Soviet Union	p. 238
Wars in Asia	p. 240
Effects of the Cold War	p. 242
Getting Equality	p. 248
1950s-1980s
Racial Prejudice	p. 250
African Americans Fight for Equality	p. 251
The Struggle for Equality Expands	p. 254
Into the 21st Century	p. 258
1990s on
Threats to World Peace	p. 262
New Powers	p. 265
Facing the Future	p. 266
Civics in America	p. 270
The U.S. Constitution	p. 270
Principles of the U.S. Constitution	p. 274
Three Branches of Government	p. 276
The Bill of Rights	p. 282
First Amendment Freedoms	p. 286
Protection from the Power of Government	p. 288
Responsible Citizenship	p. 294
U.S. Citizenship	p. 298
Duties of Citizens	p. 299
Responsibilities of Citizens	p. 302
The Constitution	p. 306
The Declaration of Independence	p. 315
Glossary	p. 318
Index	p. 338
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