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Title

History in the Making: A History of the People of the United States of America to 1877

Authors

Catherine Locks, Fort Valley State UniversityFollow
Sarah Mergel, Dalton State UniversityFollow
Pamela Roseman, Georgia Perimeter CollegeFollow
Tamara Spike, University of North GeorgiaFollow
Marie Lasseter, University System of GeorgiaFollow

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Description

History in the Making: A History of the People of the United States of America to 1877 is a downloadable, free-to-use textbook licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

This textbook examines U.S. History from before European Contact through Reconstruction, while focusing on the people and their history.

Prior to its publication, History in the Making underwent a rigorous double blind peer review, a process that involved over thirty scholars who reviewed the materially carefully, objectively, and candidly in order to ensure not only its scholarly integrity but also its high standard of quality.

This book provides a strong emphasis on critical thinking about US History by providing several key features in each chapter. Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter help students to understand what they will learn in each chapter. Before You Move On sections at the end of each main section are designed to encourage students to reflect on important concepts and test their knowledge as they read. In addition, each chapter includes Critical Thinking Exercises that ask the student to deeply explore chapter content, Key Terms, and a Chronology of events.

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Course Title

Survey of U.S. History I

Course Number

HIST 2110, HIST 2111

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

Publication Date

Fall 2013

Publisher

University System of Georgia, University Press of North Georgia

Keywords

history, united states history, american revolution, civil war

Disciplines

History | United States History

Comments

This text is also available through the University of North Georgia Press with a print option: http://ung.edu/university-press/books/history-in-the-making.php

Recommended Citation

Locks, Catherine; Mergel, Sarah; Roseman, Pamela; Spike, Tamara; and Lasseter, Marie, "History in the Making: A History of the People of the United States of America to 1877" (2013). History Open Textbooks. 1.
https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/history-textbooks/1