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AP United States History

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Glossary of American History

Need a quick summary of almost anyone or anything in American History? Here is a ready reference source:

Dictionary of American History (published in 2003)

Volume 1: Aachen to Butler's Order No. 28
Volume 2: Cabeza de Vaca Expeditions to Demography and Demographic Trends
Volume 3: Denominationalism to Ginseng, American
Volume 4: Girl Scouts of the United States of America to Kwanzaa
Volume 5: La Follette Civil Liberties Committee Hearings to Nationalism
Volume 6: Native American Church to Pyramid Schemes
Volume 7: Quakers to Suburbanization
Volume 8: Subversion, Communist, to Zuni
Volume 9: Archival Maps and Primary Source Documents (by chronological period)

Volume 10: Index (starts on p. 91)



Thematic Summaries:
Presidential History
Important Supreme Court Cases
Treaties, Acts & Settlements
Significant Tariffs in US History
Political Parties in US History