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 How do you ensure that your students have a solid understanding of key events and concepts?

• Introductory overview for each chapter prepares students for reading each chapter with greater comprehension.
• Chronology of important events concludes each chapter, helping students put events into context, and provides a quick source for review.
• Well-organized chapters identify specific time segment and examine the important topics that define that era, giving students a sense of context for the facts they learn, enabling them to understand what happened and the significance of each event.

• NEW- Study questions have been added to the end of each chapter.

• NEW- A short list of selected websites for further study have been added to the end of each chapter.

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Is recent scholarship and coverage of recent events important in your course?

•  Incorporation of recent scholarship on important topics provides students with everything they need to know about the 20th century, allowing a solid understanding of its events.
  • NEW- Chapter 5 has been thoroughly revised and restructured to clearly explain the stock market crash and how that catalyzed a series of events that plunged the U.S. economy into a lengthy depression
  • NEW- Chapter 11 has been created by combining what had previously been Chapters 11 and 12. This new chapter has been reorganized to present a coherent view of the 1960's as an era focusing on the experiences of ordinary American citizens.
  • NEW- Chapter 15 presents a fuller picture of the presidencies of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
  • NEW- Coverage of the 21st century in the new chapter 16 has been updated to reflect recent events, including:
    • Immigration issues
    • Foreign policy as it relates to the the events of 9/11.
    • The U.S. occupation of Iraq
    • The 2006 mid-term elections.
  • NEW- Chapters 13 - 16 have been updated new reflect the rise of international terrorism and America's response to it.

 How do you ensure that your students have a solid understanding of key events and concepts?

• NEW- Study questions have been added to the end of each chapter.

• NEW- A short list of selected websites for further study have been added to the end of each chapter.

Table of Contents

Each chapter includes Study Questions, Important Events, Bibliography Essay, and Internet Resources

Chapter 1.      A Society in Transition

Chapter 2.      The Progressive Era

Chapter 3.      The United States Engages the World

Chapter 4.      The Twenties

Chapter 5.      The Great Depression

Chapter 6.      The New Deal

Chapter 7.      Diplomacy Between Wars

Chapter 8.      World War II

Chapter 9.      The Cold War

Chapter 10.    The Age Consensus

Chapter 11.    The Sixties

Chapter 12.    Calming Down

Chapter 13.    An Era of Limits

Chapter 14.    America Revived

Chapter 15.    Going Global

Chapter 16.    The New Millennium

Appendices A through G

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20th Century America (1900 - 2000)  (U.S. History)

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  Written to provide a strong understanding of America since the beginning of the 20th century, this comprehensive survey covers topics and personalities from the late 19th through the beginning of the 21st century.  Broad in scope and written in a lively narrative style,  American Since 1900 emphasizes social history and multicultural experiences of the American people in addition to political, diplomatic and military history.

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