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9780321317278

AMERICAN PEOPLE: CREATING A NATION AND A SOCIETY, VOLUME 1 (CHAPTERS 1-16), S.O.S EDITION 1/e

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  • ISBN13:

    9780321317278

  • ISBN10:

    0321317270

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-09-01
  • Publisher: PEARSON EDUCATION
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Study! Organize! Succeed! Our S.O.S Editions for The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, 6/e, Volumes I and II offers a personalized study and review system that helps students examine the creation and development of the American nation and American society, save time studying, and perform better on exams. Our well-rounded program includes a paperback text with built-in, perforated Practice Tests, live tutoring assistance from our Tutor Center service, and access to our diagnostic testing and review system. Designed specifically to help enhance performance, this S.O.S. Editions diagnostic testing system gauges students prior knowledge of content and creates a unique customized study plan to help each student pinpoint exactly where additional study and review is needed. Students can follow the plan as a guide to focus their efforts and improve upon their areas of weakness with one-on-one assistance from our qualified tutors and/or by utilizing the printed Practice Tests. Additional testing features in this program help students assess their progress with the textbook material to reach their ultimate goal of success in your course. Written by an outstanding team of scholars and teachers, The American People seamlessly weaves together the rich and complex story of the creation and development of the American nation and American society. With the addition of the S.O.S. Edition tools, its a powerful combination to help your students test with confidence and complete your course with greater comprehension and higher grades.

Table of Contents

A Colonizing People, 1492-1776
Ancient America and Africa
Europeans and Africans Reach the Americas
Colonizing a Continent in the Seventeenth Century
The Maturing of Colonial Society
The Strains of Empire
A Revolutionary People, 1775-1828
A People in Revolution
Consolidating the Revolution
Creating a Nation
Society and Politics in the Early Republic
An Expanding People, 1820-1877
Economic Transformations in the Northeast and the Old Northwest
Slavery and the Old South
Shaping America in the Antebellum Age
Moving West
The Union in Peril
The Union Severed
The Union Reconstructed
Appendix
Index
S.O.S. Practice Tests
The Union Reconstructed
An Industrializing People, 1865-1900
Rural America: The West and the New South
The Rise of Smokestack America
Politics and Reform
Becoming a World Power
A Modernizing People, 1900-1945
The Progressives Confront Industrial Capitalism
The Great War
Affluence and Anxiety
The Great Depression and the New Deal
World War II
A Resilient People, 1945-2002
Postwar Growth at Home, 1945 - 1960
Chills and Fever During the Cold War, 1945 - 1960
Reform and Rebellion in the Turbulent Sixties, 1960 - 1969
Disorder and Discontent, 1969 - 1980
The Revival of Conservatism, 1980 - 1992
The Post-Cold War World
Appendix
Index
S.O.S. Practice Tests
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