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America's History offers a thematic approach and skills-oriented pedagogy that helps students succeed in the redesigned AP® U.S. History course. Known for its attention to AP® themes and content, the new edition features a new nine part structure closely aligned with the chronology of the new AP® U....
America's History offers a thematic approach and skills-oriented pedagogy that helps students succeed in the redesigned AP® U.S. History course. Known for its attention to AP® themes and content, the new edition features a new nine part structure closely aligned with the chronology of the new AP® U.S. History course, an expanded documents program, and a wealth of supporting resources that give teachers and students the tools they need to master the course and the new exam. The eighth edition also rolls out Bedford/St. Martin's new digital history tools, including LearningCurve, an adaptive quizzing engine that garners over a 90% student satisfaction rate, and LaunchPad, the all new interactive e-book and course space that puts high quality easy-to-use assessment at your fingertips. Featuring video, additional primary sources, a wealth of adaptive and summative quizzing, and more, LaunchPad cements student understanding of the text while helping them make progress toward learning outcomes. It's the best content joined up with the best technology.

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Updated for the 2015 AP® US History Redesigned Course revisions.

America's History offers a thematic approach and skills-oriented pedagogy that helps students succeed in the redesigned AP® U.S. History course. Known for its attention to AP® themes and content, the new edition features a new nine part structure closely aligned with the chronology of the new AP® U.S. History course, an expanded documents program, and a wealth of supporting resources that give teachers and students the tools they need to master the course and the new exam. The eighth edition also rolls out Bedford/St. Martin's new digital history tools, including LearningCurve, an adaptive quizzing engine that garners over a 90% student satisfaction rate, and LaunchPad, the all new interactive e-book and course space that puts high quality easy-to-use assessment at your fingertips. Featuring video, additional primary sources, a wealth of adaptive and summative quizzing, and more, LaunchPad cements student understanding of the text while helping them make progress toward learning outcomes. It's the best content joined up with the best technology.

*AP is a trademark registered and/or owned by the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.

Features

A big picture, analytical focus helps students to understand not just what happened, but why. With its hallmark interpretive voice and thoughtful analysis, America's History helps students make sense of the contextual and causal relationships between events. A variety of learning tools from the beginning to the end of each chapter support this "Big Idea" focus, which is in line with the new AP® exam’s emphasis on learning objectives.

A unique nine-part framework highlights key developments. America's History periodizes history into nine distinct eras, each characterized by major developments and an overarching theme. Each part features a Thematic Timeline that helps students identify the important forces shaping each period, make connections between chapters, and understand continuity and change over time.

A comprehensive document program offers students practice in document analysis. Three types of primary source features offer many opportunities for working with historical evidence and prepare students for the rigor of the DBQ: "American Voices," "America Compared," and "Thinking Like a Historian." At a low price when packaged, the all-new companion reader, Sources for America’s History, offers a wealth of additional documents.

New to This Edition

Emphasis on developing historical thinking skills. Students will gain proficiency in AP historical thinking skills via marginal review questions that ask students to:

  • Identify Causes
  • Explain Consequences
  • Trace Change over Time
  • Understand Points of View
  • Compare and Contrast
  • Place Events in ContextNew "Making Connections" and "Key Turning Point" questions ask students to consider broader historical developments and periodization. 

    New nine-part structure makes the transition to the redesigned exam seamless. Closely aligned with the new course, each part opener features three AP® key concepts, a unique timeline organized by AP® themes, and a "Thematic Understanding" question that prompts students to consider continuities and change over time.

    New document features prepare students for the rigor of the DBQ. "Thinking Like a Historian" offers AP® skill-building in a DBQ-like environment. Each feature asks students to analyze 5-8 brief sources and then synthesize the evidence to create an argument. Also new, "America Compared" features situate U.S. history in its global context, while giving students practice in comparison, analyzing evidence, and data analysis.

    Now integrated with LearningCurve, an assignable adaptive learning tool. LearningCurve allows you to check that students have read the chapter and rehearsed the content before class. Available with every book, game-like activities adapt to what students already know and help them practice what they need to learn. Each activity includes some source-based prompts that model the types of questions that students will encounter on the new exam.

    An expanded suite of AP® supplements, rethought for the AP® redesign. See what support looks like with the best AP® supplements package available. Written by AP® workshop leaders and veteran teachers who have first-hand familiarity with the redesign, all of the book’s supplements have been designed to make your transition to the new course as smooth as possible. Resources include an Annotated Teacher’s Edition, Strive for a 5 student test prep guide, an AP® Test Bank with source-based questions, and more.

    Digital options save you time and help students learn. America’s History is available in several formats, including LaunchPad for America’s History, which includes an interactive e-book that fully integrates the companion reader, LearningCurve adaptive quizzing, author videos on the "Big Idea" of each chapter, reading guides, and assessment tools that can be auto-graded to measure student comprehension.
  • "Our teachers were very concerned about getting a new book for AP(r) US History, especially considering all of the changes to the test for the 2014-2015 school year. But as soon as our teachers began receiving their teacher's editions in the mail, the Henretta book has completely blown them away. Between the thematic approach in America's History, 8th edition and the intuitive LearningCurve software, our teachers can't wait for the new school year to begin. The book and program have been designed from the ground up with the new AP(r) US History curriculum framework in mind and it shows. This will be their survival guide for the new exam."

    —Tim Johnson, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, MD

    “I’ve been looking at textbooks and supplemental materials since the intent to update the course was announced in 2001.  I can definitely say that you folks are a whole year ahead of other publishers and what you have done with this textbook—always a great one to begin with—is genuinely remarkable.”

    —Keith Wood, Murray High School, UT
     
    "Compared to other textbooks for the AP course, America’s History has a strong set of ancillary materials, a well written test bank, and comprehensive digital tools. It is one of the best textbooks available, and I would encourage potential adopters to strongly consider it."
     
    —Matthew J. Ellington, Ruben S. Ayala Senior High School, CA

    "The strengths of America’s History include its thematic organization, very much in line with the goals of the AP redesign; its mixture of social, political, and economic history; and its excellent use of documents and visuals. Its readable narrative contains enough detail and context for students, even those who struggle with history, and its strong analytical and thematic framework challenges the best students."

    —Jason George, Bryn Mawr High School, MD

    "America’s History offers teachers well-organized units, a document set that is full of variety, and thematic introductions that provide the "big picture." Its thematic approach helps students see change and continuity over time."

    —Caren Saunders, Kent County High School, MD

    “America’s History is a good that focuses on the big picture, rather than lots of minute details, and that is the direction the new test is taking.”

    —Geri Hastings, Catonsville High, MD

    "America’s History is a college level textbook that does a really thorough job of covering U.S. history as it will be addressed on the new AP exam. This is an excellent textbook for students with real AP level skills.” .

    —Louisa Bond Moffitt, Marist School, GA

    “LearningCurve is a great resource for students to practice or learn new material. Students can work at their own pace and get immediate feedback either in class or at home, making it very flexible.”

    —Eric Reichert, Milford High School, OH

    “America’s History is a well-conceived text that follows the deep cause-and-effect logic of events and is a great source for teaching historical thinking.”

    —Timothy R. Mahoney, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

    "America’s History is the best text I have found in my nineteen years of teaching. The narrative is fair and balanced, and addresses social, political, economic history, and provides lots of additional materials—maps, documents, chapter assessments. This makes it very approachable for students and very useful for me.”

    —Thomas Ratliff, Central Connecticut State University

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    Eighth Edition| ©2014

    James A. Henretta; Eric Hinderaker; Rebecca Edwards; Robert O. Self

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    America's History, For the AP® Course

    Eighth Edition| 2014

    James A. Henretta; Eric Hinderaker; Rebecca Edwards; Robert O. Self

    Table of Contents

    Brief Contents

    Historical Thinking, Reading, and Writing Skills for AP® U.S. History

    Part 1: Transformations of North America, 1450-1700

    Chapter 1: Colliding Worlds, 1450–1600

    Chapter 2: American Experiments, 1521-1700

    Part 2: British North America and the Atlantic World, 1660-1763

    Chapter 3: The British Atlantic World, 1660-1750

    Chapter 4: Growth, Diversity, and Conflict, 1720-1763

    Part 3: Revolution and Republican Culture, 1763-1820

    Chapter 5: The Problem of Empire, 1763-1776

    Chapter 6: Making War and Republican Governments, 1776–1789

    Chapter 7: Hammering Out a Federal Republic, 1787-1820

    Chapter 8: Creating a Republican Culture, 1790–1820

    Part 4: Overlapping Revolutions, 1800–1860

    Chapter 9: Transforming the Economy, 1800–1860

    Chapter 10: A Democratic Revolution, 1800–1844

    Chapter 11: Religion and Reform, 1800–1860

    Chapter 12: The South Expands: Slavery and Society, 1800–1860

    Part 5: Creating and Preserving a Continental Nation, 1844-1877

    Chapter 13: Expansion, War, and Sectional Crisis, 1844–1860

    Chapter 14: Two Societies at War, 1861–1865

    Chapter 15: Reconstruction, 1865–1877

    Chapter 16: Conquering a Continent, 1854-1890

    Part 6: Industrializing America: Upheavals and Experiments, 1877-1917

    Chapter 17: Industrial America: Corporations and Conflicts, 1877–1911

    Chapter 18: The Victorians Make the Modern, 1880–1916

    Chapter 19: "Civilization’s Inferno:" The Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities, 1880–1917

    Chapter 20: Whose Government? Politics, Populists, and Progressives, 1880–1917

    Part 7: Domestic and Global Challenges, 1890-1945

    Chapter 21: An Emerging World Power, 1890–1918

    Chapter 22: Cultural Conflict, Bubble, and Bust, 1919–1932

    Chapter 23: Managing the Great Depression, Forging the New Deal, 1929–1939

    Chapter 24: The World at War, 1937–1945

    Part 8: The Modern State and the Age of Liberalism, 1945-1980

    Chapter 25: Cold War America, 1945–1963

    Chapter 26: Triumph of the Middle Class, 1945–1963

    Chapter 27: Walking into Freedom Land: The Civil Rights Movement, 1941–1973

    Chapter 28: Uncivil Wars: Liberal Crisis and Conservative Rebirth, 1961–1972

    Chapter 29: The Search for Order in an Era of Limits, 1973–1980

    Part 9: Global Capitalism and the End of the American Century, 1980 to the Present

    Chapter 30: Conservative America in the Ascent, 1980–1991

    Chapter 31: Confronting Global and National Dilemmas, 1989 to the Present
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    America's History, For the AP® Course

    Eighth Edition| 2014

    James A. Henretta; Eric Hinderaker; Rebecca Edwards; Robert O. Self

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    James A. Henretta

    James A. Henretta is Professor Emeritus of American History at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he taught Early American History and Legal History. His publications include “Salutary Neglect”: Colonial Administration under the Duke of Newcastle; Evolution and Revolution: American Society, 1600-1820; and The Origins of American Capitalism. His most recent publication is a long article, “Magistrates, Lawyers, Legislators: The Three Legal Systems of Early America,” in The Cambridge History of American Law.


    Eric Hinderaker

    Eric Hinderaker is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Utah. His research explores early modern imperialism, relations between Europeans and Native Americans, military-civilian relations in the Atlantic world, and comparative colonization. His most recent book, Boston’s Massacre, was awarded the Cox Book Prize from the Society of the Cincinnati and was a finalist for the George Washington Prize. His other publications include Elusive Empires: Constructing Colonialism in the Ohio Valley, 1673–1800; The Two Hendricks: Unraveling a Mohawk Mystery, which won the Herbert H. Lehman Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in New York History from the New York Academy of History; and, with Peter C. Mancall, At the Edge of Empire: The Backcountry in British North America.


    Rebecca Edwards

    Rebecca Edwards is Eloise Ellery Professor of History at Vassar College, where she teaches courses on nineteenth-century politics, the Civil War, the frontier West, and women, gender, and sexuality. She is the author of, among other publications, Angels in the Machinery: Gender in American Party Politics from the Civil War to the Progressive Era; New Spirits: Americans in the “Gilded Age,” 1865–1905; and the essay “Women’s and Gender History” in The New American History. She is currently working on a book about the role of childbearing in the expansion of America’s nineteenth-century empire.


    Robert O. Self

    Robert O. Self is Mary Ann Lippitt Professor of American History at Brown University. His research focuses on urban history, American politics, and the post-1945 United States. He is the author of American Babylon: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland, which won four professional prizes, including the James A. Rawley Prize from the Organization of American Historians, and All in the Family: The Realignment of American Democracy Since the 1960s. He is currently at work on a book about the centrality of houses, cars, and children to family consumption in the twentieth-century United States.

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    Eighth Edition| 2014

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