Richard Steins

Presents primary source materials covering postwar peace and isolationism, the growth of the fear of Communism, the Cold War, and new realizations about the atomic age.

Recounts the stories of the French, English, and Dutch in the New World, their reasons for settlement, and their relations with the native Americans.

Provides primary source materials covering life in the thirteen colonies, problems with England, the Revolution, and the creation of the new government of the United States.

Primary source materials present different aspects of the Civil War, including the debate over slavery, secession of the Confederate States, the war itself, and life for the slaves after emancipation.