Many pieces of important legislation are passed because of compromises and deals struck between lawmakers. The U.S. Constitution was created through a complex system of compromises, and this process continues in American government today. Readers get an inside look at this part of the political system as they discover historical and modern examples of influential compromises and deal.
Supreme Court decisions have impacted many parts of American life throughout the country's history, and understanding these decisions helps readers become more informed citizens.
Through accessible language and relevant examples and photographs, readers discover the history of political action committees and how they continue to influence American politics.
An overview of the Revolutionary War, featuring time lines that chronicle significant events from the beginning through its conclusion in 1783, and discussing the causes of the conflict, military tactics and technology, and the political consequences of the war.
Explores how Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power in Germany and how their expansionist policies in eastern Europe led inexorably to conflict with major European powers. Follows the fortunes of the German military machine as its initial successes were first halted and then reversed on both the Western and Eastern fronts, until the Reich lay in ruins.
Describes many of the innovative inventions that were used in ancient North, South, and Central America to help with farming, building, transportation, and medicine.
