US History 1: Vol 4 - Dallas Learning Solutions

US History 1: Vol 4

By Dallas Learning Solutions

  • Release Date: 2014-09-02
  • Genre: U.S. History

Book Synopsis

U.S. History Volume 4: 1848 to1877 features a series of eight lessons covering America in crisis.  This highly interactive learning enhancement tool integrates video, text, interactive activities, and self-assessments to offer a visual representation of this time in American history.  
Titles include:

Crisis and Compromise covers the state of the nation in 1850, why a crisis faced the union at that time, and how that crisis was addressed by political compromise.  

Irrepressible Conflicts examines how and why the conflicts surrounding the Fugitive Slave Act, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Dred Scott decision threatened the national unity of the United States of America.

The Union Collapses explains how Abraham Lincoln emerged as a national politician and how and why his election to the presidency in 1860 led to the collapse of the Union in 1861.

And the War Came examines the significant political, economic, social, and military developments during the early stages of the Civil War.

Home Fronts focuses on how and why decisions made and actions taken on the home fronts affected the Civil War and how the war affected the home fronts.  

Union Preserved, Freedom Secured  describes why the Union won the Civil War and what that victory meant to the nation.

Reconstructing the Nation examines how and why the choices made and the actions taken during the era of Reconstruction helped shape America.

Looking Backward, Looking Forward uses the U.S. Centennial as an occasion for reflection in assessing the state of the nation in 1876 , what America and its people had become by 1876–77 and what that teaches us.   


Also available;  U.S. History Volume 1: Colonial America to 1760, U.S. History Volume 2: 1754 to 1801, U.S. History Volume 3: 1801 to 1848.  Collectively, U.S. History Volumes 1 – 4 are designed as a college-level U.S. History course.

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