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Book SynopsisDeveloped to meet the demand for a low-cost, high-quality history book, this economically priced version of MAKING AMERICA, Seventh Edition offers readers the complete narrative while limiting the number of features, photos, and maps. All volumes feature a two-color paperback format. Shaped with a clear political chronology, MAKING AMERICA reflects the variety of individual experiences and cultures that comprise American society. The book provides a clear narrative and an integrated program of learning aids that make the historical content vivid and comprehensible to readers at all levels of preparedness.
Table of Contents15. Reconstruction: High Hopes and Shattered Dreams, 1865���1877. 16. The Nation Industrializes, 1865���1900. 17. Life in the Gilded Age, 1865���1900. 18. Politics and Foreign Relations in a Rapidly Changing Nation, 1865���1902. 19. The Progressive Era, 1900���1917. 20. The United States in a World at War, 1913���1920. 21. Prosperity Decade, 1920���1928. 22. The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929���1939. 23. America's Rise to World Leadership, 1929���1945. 24. Truman and Cold War America, 1945���1952. 25. Quest for Consensus, 1952���1960. 26. Great Promises, Bitter Disappointments, 1960���1968. 27. America Under Stress, 1967���1976. 28. New Economic and Political Alignments, 1976���1992. 29. Entering a New Century, 1992���2013. Documents. Declaration of Independence. Articles of Confederation. Constitution of the United States of America and Amendments. Presidential Elections. Index.