American History 1: Before 1865

by Matthew T. Downey

Student text only.

Contemporary American History 1: Before 1865 covers America's story from its beginning through the end of the Civil War. 20 chapters provide information about American history from economic, geographic, political, religious, technological, social, and cultural perspectives.

Student Text features:


Engaging four-color design
Unit openers with timelines and discussion questions
Pre-reading strategies and introduction activities
Reading and vocabulary support
Small-group activities
Writing activities
Primary source documents
Chapter summaries with review questions
End of chapter skill builder

Hardcover

First published February 8, 2005

Reviews

[Rachel Aranda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of the rare times where my teacher was better than the textbook but that does not mean that this book was bad. Honestly my professor was just a man who is the ideal college professor. Anyways, this book was a very interesting read, and I learned a lot from it throughout the semester. There was a lot of information but it was not overwhelming to my mind at all. I did not mind rereading the information in the textbook because of the pictures and how everything was organized in an easy way to find. If you are assigned this textbook during your freshman year at college or university like I was then you will be quite lucky.

[Rachel Aranda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of the rare times where my teacher was better than the textbook but that does not mean that this book was bad. Honestly my professor was just a man who is the ideal college professor. Anyways, this book was a very interesting read, and I learned a lot from it throughout the semester. There was a lot of information but it was not overwhelming to my mind at all. I did not mind rereading the information in the textbook because of the pictures and how everything was organized in an easy way to find. If you are assigned this textbook during your freshman year at college or university then you will be quite lucky.