U.S.A. HISTORy - State

1 In HISTORyThe Learner english Seriesfor students of english as a Second DEPARTMENT OF State BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION HISTORyLe a r n e r en gL i s h se r i e HISTORy in BriefLearner english EditionPublished in 2010 by: Bureau of International Information Programs United States Department of State ..Daniel SreebnyExecutive Editor: ..Jonathan MargolisPublications Office Director: .Michael Jay FriedmanEditor in Chief: ..Lynne D. ScheibManaging Editor: ..Sonya WeakleyArt Director/Design: ..David HamillWriter: ..Susan WallachPhoto researcher: ..Maggie SlikerThe text of this book was adapted from USA HISTORy in Brief, (GPS Catalog No.)

2 V0441-E; also available in Arabic, No. V0441-A; French, No. V-0441-F; and Spanish, No. V-0441-S) by Susan Wallach. Ms. Wallach is the author of six young adult books and has been an editor for thirty years. She is currently working on another young adult & Back Covers: Illustration by Min-Chih Yao / photos from: Robert Llewellyn (Independence Hall). AP Images (Mt. Rush-more; Jackie Robinson; Henry Ford; Golden Gate Bridge; immigrants; Iwo Jima Memorial). Interior Department/ National Park Service (Liberty Bell). National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (space shuttle). Mario Tama/AFP/Getty Images (fireworks).

3 Library of Congress (Stanton and Anthony; Sitting Bull). PhotoSpin, Inc. (Arlington Cemetery; Statue of Liberty). Dick Halstead/ Time Life Pictures/Getty Images (Reagan-Gorbachev). Painting by Don Troiani, (American Revolution). Steve Krongard (children with computer). Courtesy MTV (MTV screen shot).Other photo credits: Credits from left to right are separated by semicolons, from top to bottom by dashes. Photos are from the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, with the fol-lowing exceptions: Pages iv-v: Illustration by Jane viii: RF/ Getty Images. 2: Cartesia with map overlay by David Hamill 3: Russ Finley/Finley-Holiday Films.

4 4: Mark C. Burnett/Photo Researchers, Inc. (top). 6: Chuck Place (bottom). 7: Miles Ertman/Masterfile (top). 9: Courtesy The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Phildelphia. Gift of Mrs. Sarah Harrison (The Joseph Harri-son, Jr. Collection) 11: Bridgeman Art Library/Superstock (top). 17: Painting by Don Troiani, 18: Reunion des Musees Nationaux/Art Resource, NY. 19: AP Images. 22: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). 23: Michael Ventura. 24: Robert Llewellyn. 26: AP Images Interior Department/National Park Service. 27: AP Postal Service (top). 34: Courtesy Cincinnati Art Museum (bottom).

5 43: Culver. 44: Edison Birthday Committee AP Images. 53: AP Images. 54: Bettmann/CORBIS Hulton Archive/Getty Images. 55: AP Images/Ford Motor Company. 56: NY Daily News. 57: AP Images. 58: American HISTORy Slide Collection Lockheed. 59: NARA. 60: Army(top). 62: Getty Images/Superstock. 63: Bettmann/CORBIS. 64: Army. 66: Michael Ochs Archives/CORBIS. 68-69: AP Images (3). 70: Culver Arthur Schatz/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images. 72: Courtesy Silverstein Properties. 73: AP Images. 74: J. Scott Applewhite/AP Images Andrew Parsons/AP Images. 75: Matt Rourke/AP Images. 76: AP ivA Pronunciation Guide for the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Symbols viIntroduction 1 Early America 3 By 12,000 years ago, humans lived throughout much of what is now the Period 9 By 1690, 250,000 people lived in the New World.

6 By 1790, there were million Road to Independence 13 The ideas of liberalism and democracy are the basis of the political 17 The American Revolution and the war for independence from Britain began with a small fight between British troops and colonists on April 19, a National Government 23 In 1783, the 13 colonies became the United Years, Westward Expansion, and Regional Differences 29 George Washington became the first president of the United States on April 30, within the United States 33 In 1850, the United States was a large country, full of War and Post-War Reconstruction 37 The American Civil War started in April and Transformation 43 The United States changed after the Civil and Reform 49 By 1900, the United States had seen growth, civil war, economic prosperity, ane economic hard War I, 1920s Prosperity, and the Great Depression 53 In 1914, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey fought Britain, France, Italy, and New Deal and World War II 57 President Roosevelt believed that democracy had failed in other countries because of unemployment and Cold War, Korean Conflict.

7 And Vietnam 63 After World War II, the United States and Great Britain had long-term disagreements with the Soviet Union over the future of Europe, most of which had been freed from Nazi rule by their joint Change 1950 1980 67 At home, some Americans began to have easier of the 20th Century 73 The United States always has been a place where different ideas and views compete to influence law and social 77 The United States has dramatically changed from its beginnings as 13 little-known 78Ta b l e o f Co n T e n T siiiAbove: Cummod esequat, vullamc onsequat, core tate minisi ea feugue dignim iriliquat.

8 Atio eGait am vel ip exerosto elis nisit adigna feugait ex eliqui euguer adigna amet luptatue feugait, quat aliquis digna commo-lenim il irit lorerae ssequat ipsusci llutpat. Right: Iquat euipissequam vulpute mod magna faccum inibh eu facincilit wis augiati smolore dolessed modiamet ullaortis atio del ute feugue dolor incin ute digniscilit erosto commodolor dionsen dignit am zzriusc illaortisl ut vent nos ametue dolut ut nonullummy nisim exeros alit lor sum dunt prat, r e w o r divThis book is the learner s edition of our HISTORy in Brief. It will teach you about important events in the HISTORy of the United States.

9 You also will find many beautiful pictures of the events and people who shaped that is the first in a series of books to help people learn the english language . Each of our Learner english books will have a different topic that teach-es readers about the United States and helps them understand new words. Some words will appear in boldface type. You will find their meanings, or definitions, in a brightly colored box on the same page, along with examples of how to use the in other languages, english has many words that may have two, three, or more meanings. In this book, only the meaning of a word as it is used on that page is listed.

10 If you want to learn other meanings or ways the words in this book can be used, and if you have access to the Internet, free dictionaries are avail-able. All the definitions in this book come from Merriam-Webster s Learner s english Dictionary, at vtheir website There you will find every form and meaning of each word and many examples in , along with this book you may have received a CD. On it is a person reading the entire book. If you listen while you read, you can hear exactly how each word is pronounced when you see it. In addi-tion, the International Phonetic Alphabet spelling is provided to help you say the you are an english teacher, you can use this book as another tool to help your students learn new words and the different ways they are used.