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American History volume 1 surveys the broad sweep of American history from the first Native American societies to the end of the Reconstruction period, following the Civil War. Drawing on a deep range of research and years of classroom teaching experience, Thomas S. Kidd offers students an engaging overview of the first half of American history. The volume features illuminating stories of people from well-known presidents and generals, to lesser-known men and women who struggled under slavery and other forms of oppression to make their place in American life. The role of Christianity in America is central in this book. Americans' faith sometimes inspired awakenings and the search for an equitable society, but at other times it justified violence and inequality. Students will come away from American History v olume 1 better prepared to grapple with the challenges presented by the history of America's founding, the problem of slavery, and our nation's political tradition.
Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Early American Encounters Chapter 2 England and Its Colonies Chapter 3 A Maturing Colonial Society Chapter 4 The Coming of Independence Chapter 5 The American Revolution and the Constitution Chapter 6 The Early National Period Chapter 7 A Growing Republic Chapter 8 The Age of Andrew Jackson Chapter 9 The American West Chapter 10 Learning and Belief in Antebellum America Chapter 11 The Crisis of the 1850s Chapter 12 Secession and the Coming of the Civil War Chapter 13 The Civil War Begins Chapter 14 To Appomattox Courthouse Chapter 15 Reconstruction Illustration Credits Index
