Just to mention a couple of facts featured in this collection: Andrew Jackson received the highest popular vote, but since no candidate had a majority, the election was thrown into the House of Representatives.

Sectionalism characterized the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century. Each region was distinctive, with its own political, economic, and social interests. Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. The document broadened the meaning of the war, adding to the cause of preserving the Union. In 1803, Chief Justice John Marshall set the precedent of having the Supreme Court judge the constitutionality of a law. and much more!
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.  JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY
Survey the age of Andrew Jackson, and explore the political and social changes associated with Jacksonian democracy. The presentation traces Jackson's career from plantation owner to military hero to president of the United States.

• Multimedia presentation - 40min
• Images included - 400
• Interactive Q&A - 100

2.  THE CIVIL WAR-TWO VIEWS
Examine the philosophical and economic clashes between the North and South in the decades before the war.

• Multimedia presentation - 75min
• Images included - 800
• Interactive Q&A - 115

3.  RECONSTRUCTION
Explore the difficulties of rebuilding a nation torn apart by civil war. Learn about the efforts of freed slaves and their Republican allies to gain equality in postwar America.

• Multimedia presentation - 30min
• Images included - 400
• Interactive Q&A - 100

4.  THE AMERICAN WEST
Learn how the mythic West popularized in literature and movies differs from the West of historical fact. Examine the heavy-handed methods used by the government to acquire western lands, the failed dreams of pioneers and gold prospectors, and the brutal clashes between white settlers and Native Americans.

• Multimedia presentation - 50min
• Images included - 650
• Interactive Q&A - 110

5.  THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Explore the economic and social conditions that contributed to the Great Depression, and survey the upheavals triggered by the stock market's collapse in 1929. The excesses of the Roaring Twenties, reveals the effects of the depression on American society, and shows how President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs attempted to pull the country out of economic crisis

• Multimedia presentation - 70min
• Images included - 750
• Interactive Q&A - 100

6.  DISCOVERING AMERICAN HISTORY
See how the debates over the most important issues in our national life were largely worked out in local communities.

• Multimedia presentation - 180min
• Images included - 1,380
• Interactive Q&A - 798

Additional Features:

• Enlarge many of the over 4,300 images to full screen; print or save to clipboard.
• Access over 1,300 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 over 440 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 System Requirements

• Pentium processor
• Microsoft Windows 95/98
• 2x CD-ROM drive or faster
• 640 x 480 VGA monitor (SVGA with 256 colors recommended)
• Sound card
• Mouse

Macintosh System Requirements:

• 33 MHz 68030 or faster processor
• System 7 or later
• 2x CD-ROM drive or faster
• 8 MB RAM with 6 MB free
• 640 x 480 VGA monitor (256 colors recommended)
• Sound card
• Mouse