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Describes how the United States developed from the first contact between extremely different cultures to its role as a superpower and explores how a country based on diversity seeks the sometimes contradictory goals of freedom and equality.

A textbook history of the United States from prehistoric times to the present.

This module invites students to investigate the complex story behind the myth of Abraham Lincoln's emancipation of the slaves. The historiography and primary documents will reveal a more diverse cast of individuals, movements, armies, and social groups all of whom played important roles in emancipation, not least among them enslaved African Americans.

This two-volume illustrated history of the United States covers the first civilizations in North America to the twenty-first century and includes Backstory features on lesser known corners of history, Opinion debates on historical topics, Point of View historians' insights on key issues, and Then and Now comparisons of cultural artifacts from past and present.

Accompanying CD-ROM, entitled Primary source investigator, in pocket at end of vol. 2, contains ... "mini-documentaries and hundreds of primary sources, such as documents, images, maps and charts."--Page 4 of cover.