U.S. History Semester 2

Increase Your Grade and Knowledge In U.S. History

Product Information

Turn your computer into an interactive educational tool!

Just to mention a few facts featured in this collection:

• Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. The document broadened the meaning of the war, adding to the cause of preserving the Union
• To help defray the cost of troops and 
  guns, Congress passed a law  requiring citizens to pay an income tax-the first in the nation's history

You will examine momentous events that have shaped our country and gain an in-depth understand of what it means to be American. 

Product Features

1  U.S. GOVERNMENT (1783 - 1865)
Trace the changes in U.S. government through the early years of the nation's history. Study the drafting and passage of the Constitution and explore how elected leaders interpreted the document in the critical early years of the nation's history. 

• Multimedia presentation - 45min
• Images included - 550
• Interactive Q&A - 100

2  U.S. GOVERNMENT (1866 - 1977)
Chart the path of the U.S. government in the decades following the Civil War. Explore the changes that occurred in government as the nation's leaders dealt with the problems of an emerging industrial nation--massive immigration, poverty, and a devastating depression.

• Multimedia presentation - 45min
• Images included - 550
• Interactive Q&A - 100

3  FOREIGN POLICY (1788 - 1933)
Follow America's transformation from a newcomer on the international scene to a leader in world affairs. Reveals the young nation's isolationism through the mid-nineteenth century, and explains the reasons for its gradual shift to imperialism and a world leadership role around 1900.

• Multimedia presentation - 40min
• Images included - 550
• Interactive Q&A - 100

4  FOREIGN POLICY (1933 - 1963)
Chart the growing involvement of the United States in world affairs from the 1930s to the Kennedy administration. Explores the nation's retreat into isolationism during the Great Depression, and its return to a world leadership role during and after World War II. Discover why the United States pursued a new goal during the cold war: the containment of communism throughout the world.

• Multimedia presentation - 55min
• Images included - 600
• Interactive Q&A - 100

5  SOCIAL REFORM MOVEMENTS
How does a society address the need for massive social change? Survey reform movements in America, showing how they emerged from an ever changing national conscience. Explore the crusade to end slavery in the 1800s; the activism of the Progressive Era, when reformers worked to stop the abuses of big business and industry; and the welfare reforms and unionism of the 1930's.

• Multimedia presentation - 65min
• Images included - 800
• Interactive Q&A - 115

Additional Features

• Enlarge many of the over 3,000 images to full screen;  print or save to clipboard.
• Access over 500 interactive questions, with explanations, and automatic quizzes.
• Link to The American Concise Encyclopedia with over 15,000 entries.
• View large type designed for easy reading.
• Listen to the narrated feature presentations.
• Click highlighted words to link to supplemental reference materials.
• Look up key words in the customized electronic glossary.
• Play feature presentation of 250 minutes of self-running multimedia content.
• Browse indexes to locate information by subject add other relevant categories.
• Access The Merriam-Webster Dictionary with over 70,000 definitions.

Windows Requirements

• Windows 95/98/Me or XP
• 16MB of RAM
• 2x CD-ROM drive
• SVGA, 256 colors
• Mouse
• Sound Card recommended

Macintosh Requirements

• 33MHz 68030+ Macintosh
• System 7+
• 16MB of RAM
• 2x CD-ROM drive
• 640x480 color monitor, 256 colors
• Mouse
• Sound Card recommended