America 250 All-In-One For Dummies

Features content from the works of these expert authors: Brian Cassity and Maxine Levaren, Ann M. DeLaney, Keith D. Dickson, Jennifer Gagliardi, Dororthy Lippert, PhD and Stephen J. Spignesi, Ronda Racha Penrice, Marcus A. Stadelmann, and Steve Wiegand.

• Introduction 1Book 1: Shaping the USA 5Chapter 1: You Say You Want a Revolution 7Chapter 2: Blueprints and Birth Pains 23Chapter 3: Stepping Up as a World Power 37Chapter 4: Uncle Sam’s Depressed 53Chapter 5: This New America 65Book 2: Expanding America into Its Current Shape 81Chapter 1: War, Gold, and a Gathering Storm 83Chapter 2: Pulling Back Together after the Civil War 95Chapter 3: Growing Up in the Late 1800s 105Chapter 4: Making Public Policy 117Chapter 5: Conducting Foreign Policy 133Chapter 6: Discovering Dissent, Equality, and Diversity 155Book 3: The Wars That Influenced the Shape 183Chapter 1: A Revolutionary Story 185Chapter 2: Irreconcilable Differences: The American Civil War 201Chapter 3: The Great War and Its Aftermath 221Chapter 4: World War II: Why It Matters 235Chapter 5: Welcome to Vietnam 249Chapter 6: Terror Comes Home; America Goes to War(s) 267Book 4: The Hands That Guided the Shape 279Chapter 1: Scoping Out the Founding Fathers 281Chapter 2: Presidents and the Presidency 297Chapter 3: Presidential Rankings and Evaluations 309Chapter 4: The Changing Role of First Ladies 321Book 5: The People Who Infused the Shape. 333Chapter 1: Pilgrims’ Progress: The English Colonies 335Chapter 2: A Brief History of the American Indian 347Chapter 3: Native Americans: Today and Tomorrow 369Chapter 4: From Empires to Bondage to Freedom 385Chapter 5: I, Too, Sing America: Civil Rights 411Book 6: American Government and Politics 441Chapter 1: Designing a New Country 443Chapter 2: Elections, Political Parties, and Interest Groups 461Chapter 3: Be a Part of the Solution — Vote! 477Chapter 4: Electoral College Election Controversies 493Book 7: American Society and the Economy 503Chapter 1: Emblems of America and Civic Responsibility 505Chapter 2: Major Changes as America Grew 523Chapter 3: The Great Depression: An Economic Disaster 545Chapter 4: Recessions Can Be Really Depressing 559Chapter 5: Historic Firsts, Reforms, and Challenges 571Index 593