About This Database

Place Students and Researchers at the Center of the Great Debates in American History

With Issues and Controversies in American History, history comes to life as a series of turning points where the future hung in the balance and opinions raged on all sides. This educational database builds understanding of how historical events have shapes the U.S. by exploring the issues as the key players say them using handpicked primary source documents. The dynamic, concise, and balanced coverage explores the major topics in every American history curriculum.

Highlights:

• Extensive Coverage: from colonial America to the present, as seen in their times and our own
• Arguments For and Against: building understand of each issue
• Rich Related Resources: primary source documents, timelines, background articles, and biographies
• "Need a Research Topic?"
• Special Features: essays on all U.S. presidential elections, historical cartoons with discussion questions, and more
• Curriculum Tools: including a section on historical documents.

Features:

• Bibliographies and Web sites
• Save-to-folder capability
• Persistent record links
• Citation display.