TY  - BOOK
AU  - Henry,Mike
TI  - What They Didn't Teach You in American History Class: The Second Encounter
SN  - 9781475815481
AV  - E179 -- .H467 2016eb 
U1  - 973 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Blue Ridge Summit
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
KW  - United States - History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - What They Didn't Teach You In American History Class -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Let's Try This Again-They Were Looking for China and Japan but Ended Up in America? -- Chapter 2 Remember, One If by Land, Two If by Sea? No, This Is Not a Math Question! -- Chapter 3 George Washington . . . Some Say That It Was Because of His Teeth, but If You Had His Problems, You Wouldn't Be Smiling Either -- Chapter 4 If the British Set Fire to the White House, Why Didn't the Smoke Detectors Go Off? -- Chapter 5 Americans Won Their Freedom on Battles Fought in the East. So When It Was Over, They Moved West. Sure, That Makes Sense. -- Chapter 6 The Civil War: America's Real Family Feud -- Chapter 7 Following the War, America Lived Happily Ever After for the Next Few Years -- Chapter 8 The Inventors: If You Build It, Someone Will Probably Show Up -- Chapter 9 If It Was the Twentieth Century, Then Why Was It in the 1900s? -- Chapter 10 You Mean John Wayne Didn't Win the War for Our Side? -- Chapter 11 Hey Grandpa . . . Were You a Hippie? -- Chapter 12 The 1980s and 1990s, or, as We Call It, The Days When Machines Took Over the Country -- Chapter 13 Y2K . . . Was That Like the First Cell Phone? -- Chapter 14 Internal Briefings: The Presidency -- Chapter 15 One More Time! As History Repeats -- Chapter 16 Unfinished Business -- Bibliography -- About the Author
N2  - Even though in most cases, the names and events in the book will be recognizable, most of the stories about them will be new to the reader. If you're a young teacher, perhaps you'll find some material to help you get through those less-than-exciting areas of your textbook. If you hated history as a student, maybe you'll find some of these tales entertaining. For those of you who are history buffs, hopefully you'll come across a few things that are new to you
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