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03072aam a2200361 a 4500 001 E49FBC964CD911E7A75DCED3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170609010334 008 061227s2008 iau 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780073527239 020 $a 0073527238 035 $a (OCoLC)77491032 040 $a HHO $c HHO $d BAKER $d YDXCP $d IOC $d SILO 050 00 $a E178.6 $b .T36 2007 245 00 $a Taking sides: Clashing views in United States history. $b the colonial period to reconstruction $c selected, edited, and with introductions by Larry Madaras and James M. SoRelle $n volume 1 : $p Clashing views in United States history. 246 30 $a Clashing views United States history 246 30 $a Colonial period to reconstruction 250 $a 12th ed. 260 $a Dubuque, IA $b McGraw Hill Contemporary Learning Series $c c2008 300 $a xxii, 434 p. $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series. $v U.S. history, v. 1 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Colonial society: Is history true?; Was disease the key factor in the depopulation of Native Americans in the Americas?; Was Colonial culture uniquely American?; Were the first colonists in the Chesapeake Region ignorant, lazy, and unambitious?; Did Colonial New England women enjoy significant economic autonomy? -- Revolution and the new nation: Did the American Revolution produce a Christian nation?; Were the founding fathers democratic reformers?; Was Thomas Jefferson a political compromiser?; Was James Madison an effective wartime president?; Was the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 designed to protect the Latin American countries from European intervention? Did the election of 1828 represent a democratic revolt of the people? -- Antebellum America: Did the industrial revolution provide more economic opportunites for women in the 1830s?; Did slavery destroy the black family?; Was the Mixican War an exercise in American imperialism?; Were the abolitionists "unrestrained fanatics"? -- Conflict and resolution: Was the Confederacy defeated because of it's "loss of will?"; Did Abraham Lincoln free the slaves?; Was reconstruction a "splendid failure"?. 520 $a [This book] is a debate-style reader designed to introduce students to controversies in world history. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading historians and commentators on world history, reflect a variety of viewpoints and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because of their value in a debate framework ... By requiring students to analyze opposing viewpoints and reach considered judgments, [this book] develops students' critical thinking skills. -Back cover. 651 0 $a United States $x History 651 0 $a United States $x Historiography 700 1 $a Madaras, Larry. 700 1 $a SoRelle, James M. 830 0 $a McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series. $v U.S. history, v. 1 941 $a 1 952 $l URAX314 $d 20170609022542.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E49FBC964CD911E7A75DCED3DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IOCInitiate Another SILO Locator Search