Everything You Need to Ace American History in One Big Fat Notebook : The Complete Middle School Study Guide by Workman Publishing (2016, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherWorkman Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-100761160833
ISBN-139780761160830
eBay Product ID (ePID)215314396

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Book TitleEverything You Need to Ace American History in One Big Fat Notebook : The Complete Middle School Study Guide
Number of Pages528 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicStudy Aids / General, Social Science / Politics & Government, History / United States / General
Publication Year2016
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction
AuthorWorkman Publishing
Book SeriesBig Fat Notebooks Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in

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Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN2017-304279
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromSixth Grade
Concept byEditors of Brain Quest
Grade ToNinth Grade
Dewey Decimal973/.076
Table Of ContentCONTENTS Unit 1: PREHISTORY-EARLY 1600s 1 1. The First People in America EVER! 2 2. Native Americans in North America 9 3. They Came, They Saw, They Conquered 17 Unit 2: COLONIAL AMERICA, 1607-1780s 37 4. Slavery in the Americas 38 5. Jamestown: Virginia Do-over 45 6. The Thirteen Colonies 53 7. Regional Differences 67 8. Pre- Revolutionary War 79 9. Parliament and Protests 87 10. The British Are Coming! 95 Unit 3: AMERICAN REVOLUTION and the EARLY REPUBLIC, 1776-1791 107 11. The American Revolution 108 12. A New Government 123 13. President Precedents 142 Unit 4: AMERICAN EXPANSION, 1801-1861 155 14. President Thomas Jefferson 156 15. The War of 1812 and Other Failures to Communicate 167 16. New American Borders 179 17. Westward Ho! 193 18. The Lone Star Non-State 203 19. The Mexican-American War 209 20. The More Things Change: Reform 219 Unit 5: CIVIL WAR and RECONSTRUCTION, 1850s-1870s 229 21. North versus South 230 22. The Civil War 243 23. Reconstruction 259 UNIT 6: RESHAPING the NATION, 1850-1917 269 24. Trains, Bonanzas, and Buckaroos 270 25. Native American Reservations 279 26. The Second Industrial Revolution 285 27. New Immigrants, New Cities 295 28. Progress!(ivism) 303 29. Expansionism and Imperialism 313 30. Spanish-American War 319 31. A Man and His Plan: More Progressivism 327 Unit 7: WORLD WARS and MODERN AMERICA, 1900s-1930s 337 32. The Great War 338 33. The Roaring Twenties 355 34. The Great Depression 365 Unit 8: WORLD WAR II, 1930s-1945 379 35. World War II Begins 380 36. America Enters the War in Europe 393 37. War in the Pacific 401 Unit 9: POST-WORLD WAR II ERA, 1945-1980 409 38. America After the War 410 39. The Korean War 421 40. American Affluence and the Baby Boom 429 41. The Civil Rights Movement 435 42. Civil Rights Grows 447 43. The Vietnam War 455 44. Nixon's Politics 467 45. Carter in the 1970s 475 Unit 10: AMERICAN HISTORY . . . and CURRENT-ISH EVENTS! 481 46. Ronald Reagan 482 47. To the Present Day 489
SynopsisIt's the revolutionary American history study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest . Everything You Need to Ace American History . . . covers Native Americans to the war in Iraq. There are units on Colonial America; the Revolutionary War and the founding of a new nation; Jefferson and the expansion west; the Civil War and Reconstruction; and all of the notable events of the 20th century--World Wars, the Depression, the Civil Rights movement, and much more. The BIG FAT NOTEBOOK(tm) series is built on a simple and irresistible conceit--borrowing the notes from the smartest kid in class. There are five books in all, and each is the only book you need for each main subject taught in middle school: Math, Science, American History, English Language Arts, and World History. Inside the reader will find every subject's key concepts, easily digested and summarized: Critical ideas highlighted in neon colors. Definitions explained. Doodles that illuminate tricky concepts in marker. Mnemonics for memorable shortcuts. And quizzes to recap it all. The BIG FAT NOTEBOOKS meet Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and state history standards, and are vetted by National and State Teacher of the Year Award-winning teachers. They make learning fun, and are the perfect next step for every kid who grew up on Brain Quest ., It's the revolutionary American history study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest . Everything You Need to Ace American History . . . covers Native Americans to the war in Iraq. There are units on Colonial America; the Revolutionary War and the founding of a new nation; Jefferson and the expansion west; the Civil War and Reconstruction; and all of the notable events of the 20th century--World Wars, the Depression, the Civil Rights movement, and much more. The BIG FAT NOTEBOOK(TM) series is built on a simple and irresistible conceit--borrowing the notes from the smartest kid in class. There are five books in all, and each is the only book you need for each main subject taught in middle school: Math, Science, American History, English Language Arts, and World History. Inside the reader will find every subject's key concepts, easily digested and summarized: Critical ideas highlighted in neon colors. Definitions explained. Doodles that illuminate tricky concepts in marker. Mnemonics for memorable shortcuts. And quizzes to recap it all. The BIG FAT NOTEBOOKS meet Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and state history standards, and are vetted by National and State Teacher of the Year Award-winning teachers. They make learning fun, and are the perfect next step for every kid who grew up on Brain Quest .
LC Classification NumberE178.3.R66 2016
Text byRothman, Lily

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