James Axtell and Gregory Evans Dowd saved me from many mistakes, mostly about Indians. John E. Selby and Eugene R. Sheridan were particularly helpful on the Revolution. Fred Anderson and Virginia DeJohns Anderson offered acute ...
Instead , he raised new levies and marched north early in 1847 to attack Taylor's army near Monterrey . Taylor , 62 years old , was still rough but not as ready to withstand a counteroffensive as he had been a few weeks earlier .
In the most extraordinary campaign of the war , these 800 Missourians marched 3,000 miles , foraging supplies along the way ; fought and beat two much larger enemy forces ; and finally linked up with Zachary Taylor's army at Monterrey .
To oversee environmental issues, Reagan appointed James Watt, an outspoken critic of governmental regulation, as secretary of the Department of the Interior. Watt supported the so-called “sagebrush rebellion,” in which western states ...
c . prohibit the colonies from importing tea , paper , glass , red and white lead , and painter's colors . d . use the new revenues to pay the salaries of governors and judges in the colonies , thereby freeing them from dependence on ...
They turned instead to a leader from Jamaica, Marcus Garvey, who gave voice to their bitterness: “The first dying that is to be done by the black man in the future,” Garvey declared in 1918, “will be done to make himself free.
They turned instead to a leader from Jamaica,Marcus Garvey, who gave voice to their bitterness: “The first dying that is to be done by the black man in the future,” Garvey declared in 1918, “will be done to make himself free.
Democratic Party also endorsed Greeley's nomination. On a platform denouncing. Directed by D. W. Griffith; starring Lillian Gish (Elsie Stoneman), Henry B. Walthall (Ben Cameron), Ralph Lewis ...
John M. Murrin, Pekka Hämäläinen, Paul E. Johnson, Denver Brunsman, James M. McPherson ... Does the splintering of New England into multiple colonies, each with a somewhat different vision of the Puritan mission, indicate that religious ...
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The European Recovery Program , which further increased America's international role and responsibilities , was generally called the Marshall Plan because Secretary of State George C. Marshall first outlined the concept in a ...
Paul Laurence Dunbar was a regular contributor to the Century , Charles Chesnutt published several stories in the prestigious Atlantic Monthly , and Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery first appeared as a series of articles in the ...
The text integrates the best of recent social and cultural scholarship-including fun material on movies and other forms of popular culture-into a political story, offering a comprehensive and complete understanding of American history.
The text integrates the best of recent social and cultural scholarship-including fun material on movies and other forms of popular culture-into a political story, offering a comprehensive and complete understanding of American history.
History isn't about memorizing names and dates. Understanding the past can help you navigate the present and future--and LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER, Enhanced 7th Edition is the book to guide you.
The Compact Version is part of the Thomson Advantage Books, which offers our Comprehensive text in a lower-cost format. This black and white version of the text includes eight 4-page color map inserts to bring the regions to life.
The Concise Fifth Edition incorporates the work of new coauthor, Alice Fahs (University of California, Irvine), an accomplished historian of the 19th and 20th centuries, with special expertise in cultural history and the history of gender.
The Concise Fifth Edition incorporates the work of new coauthor, Alice Fahs (University of California, Irvine), an accomplished historian of the 19th and 20th centuries, with special expertise in cultural history and the history of gender.
The Concise Fifth Edition incorporates the work of new coauthor, Alice Fahs (University of California, Irvine), an accomplished historian of the 19th and 20th centuries, with special expertise in cultural history and the history of gender.
The text integrates the best of recent social and cultural scholarship -- including fun material on music and movies -- into a political story, offering students the most comprehensive and complete understanding of American history ...