U.S. History for Dummies, 5th Edition (+ Chapter Quizzes Online) (Paperback, 5)

Introduction 1?

Part 1: America’s Birth and Toddler Years 5?

Chapter 1: America: A Short Biography 7?

Chapter 2: American Indians and Explorers: 21,000 BCE (?) ?1607 21?

Chapter 3: Pilgrims’ Progress: The English Colonies, 1607?1700 37?

Chapter 4: You Say You Want a Revolution: 1700?1775 49?

Chapter 5: Yankee Doodlin’: 1775?1783 65?

Chapter 6: Blueprints and Birth Pains: 1783?1800 79?

Part 2: Growing Pains 91?

Chapter 7: “Long Tom” and One Weird War: 1800?1815 93?

Chapter 8: Pulling Together to Keep from Falling Apart: 1815?1844 109?

Chapter 9: War, Gold, and a Gathering Storm: 1845?1860 129?

Chapter 10: A Most Uncivil War: 1861?1865 143?

Chapter 11: Putting the Country Back Together: 1865?1876 157?

Part 3: Coming of Age 167?

Chapter 12: Growing Up: 1876?1898 169?

Chapter 13: Stepping Up as a World Power: 1899?1918 183?

Chapter 14: Gin, Jazz, and Lucky Lindy: 1919?1929 197?

Chapter 15: Uncle Sam’s Depressed: 1930?1940 211?

Chapter 16: The World at War: 1941?1945 225?

Part 4: America in Adulthood 241?

Chapter 17: TV, Elvis, and Reds Under the Bed: 1946?1960 243?

Chapter 18: Camelot to Watergate: 1961?1974 259?

Chapter 19: Hold the Malaise, or Ayatollah So: 1975?1992 275?

Chapter 20: No Sex, Please, I’m the President: 1993?1999 289?

Part 5: Nearing Our Semiquincentennial 301?

Chapter 21: Terror Comes Home; America Goes to War(s) 303?

Chapter 22: Recessions Can Be Really Depressing 315?

Chapter 23: Reforming Healthcare Is No Tea Party 327?

Chapter 24: America Disagrees with Itself 341?

Chapter 25: Stormy Weather 353?

Chapter 26: This New America 371?

Part 6: The Part of Tens 389?

Chapter 27: Ten Innovations That Made It Easier to Be Lazy 391?

Chapter 28: Ten Events That Helped Shape American Culture 397?

Part 7: The Appendixes 403?

Appendix A: The Bill of Rights: Amendments 1?10 of the Constitution 405?

Appendix B: The Declaration of Independence 409?

Index 413