- Title
Creating America a history of the United States.
- Imprint
Evanston, IL : McDougal Littell, ©2001.
- Description
T28, xxxii, 890, R102 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm.
- Category
Books and Serials
- Subject
United States--History.
- Note
Includes collection reproduction from Southwest Museum Collection (HT37: 1026.G.1)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Unit 1. Three worlds meet, beginnings to 1763. Ch. 1. The World in 1500 -- Ch. 2. European exploration of the Americas -- Ch. 3. The English establish 13 colonies -- Ch. 4. The colonies develop -- Ch. 5. Beginnings of an American identity -- Unit. 2. Creating a new nation, 1763-1791. Ch. 6. The road to revolution -- Ch. 7. The American Revolution -- Ch. 8. Confederation to Constitution -- Unit 3. The early republic, 1789-1844. Ch. 9. Launching a new republic -- Ch. 10. The Jefferson era -- Ch. 11. National and regional growth -- Unit 4. A Changing nation, 1810-1860. Ch. 12. The age of Jackson -- Ch. 13. Manifest destiny -- Ch. 14. A new spirit of change -- Unit 5. The nation divided and rebuilt, 1846-1877. Ch. 15. The nation breaking apart -- Ch. 16. The Civil War begins -- Ch. 17 The tide of war turns -- Ch. 18. Reconstruction -- Unit 6. America transformed, 1860-1914. Ch. 19. Growth in the West -- Ch. 20. An industrial society -- Ch. 21. Changes in American life -- Unit 7. Modern America emerges, 1880-1920. Ch. 22. The Progressive era -- Ch. 23. Becoming a world power -- Ch. 24. World War I -- Unit 8. Depression, war, and recovery, 1919-1960. Ch. 25. The Roaring twenties -- Ch. 26. The Great Depression and New Deal -- Ch. 27. The rise of dictators and World War II -- Ch. 28. The Cold War and the American dream -- Unit 9. Tensions at home and abroad, 1954-present. Ch. 29. The civil rights era -- Ch. 30. The Vietnam War years -- Ch. 31. Years of doubt -- Ch. 32. Entering a new millennium -- Reference section.
Book of overhead transparencies and user’s guide. Contains 64 transparencies including paintings, historical posters, artifacts, and political cartoons.
- Call Number
973 C91a, 2001 (OVERSIZE)