by Auriana Ojeda (Editor)

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.