Publisher's Synopsis
In this volume, authors and primary documents relate important events of the Civil War era and describe the relevance of these events to United States history. Chapters include: Tension Mounts Between the North and the South; The Civil War; The Reconstruction Era; The United States and the Native Americans Battle Over Land Rights; The Gilded Age. The timeline acts as a terrific resource for visual learners, allowing them to summarize important events and view them in context.
