Don't Know Much About History

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1、AlsobyKennethC.DavisTwo-BitCulture:ThePaperbackingofAmericaDon’tKnowMuchAbout®GeographyDon’tKnowMuchAbout®theCivilWarDon’tKnowMuchAbout®theBibleDon’tKnowMuchAbout®theUniverseDON’TKNOWMUCHABOUT®HISTORYEVERYTHINGYOUNEEDTOKNOWABOUTAMERICANHISTORYBUTNEVERLEARNEDKENNETHC.DAVISTomychildren,JennyandCol

2、inCONTENTSPREFACETOTHEREVISEDEDITIONixINTRODUCTIONxiAUTHOR’SNOTExxiiiCHAPTER1BraveNewWorld1CHAPTER2SayYouWantaRevolution47CHAPTER3GrowthofaNation:FromtheCreationoftheConstitutiontoManifestDestiny107CHAPTER4ApocalypseThen:ToCivilWarandReconstruction183CHAPTER5WhenMonopolyWasn’taGame:TheGrowingEmp

3、irefromWildWesttoWorldWarI253CHAPTER6BoomtoBusttoBigBoom:FromtheJazzAgeandtheGreatDepressiontoHiroshima319viiiContentsCHAPTER7Commies,Containment,andColdWar:AmericaintheFifties397CHAPTER8TheTorchIsPassed:FromCamelottoHollywoodonthePotomac437CHAPTER9FromtheEvilEmpiretotheAxisofEvil533AFTERWORD589

4、APPENDIX1TheBillofRightsandOtherConstitutionalAmendments595APPENDIX2IstheElectoralCollegeaPartySchool?APresidentialElectionPrimer618APPENDIX3U.S.PresidentsandTheirAdministrations624SelectedReadings631Acknowledgments657SearchableTerms659AbouttheAuthorAlsobyKennethC.DavisCreditsCoverCopyrightAbout

5、thePublisherChapterTitletoComeixPREFACETOTHEREVISEDEDITIONhenDon’tKnowMuchAbout®Historyfirstappearedin1990,itWwassimplymeanttoserveasafreshnewtakeonAmericanhis-tory.Bustingmythswithadoseofhumorandrealstoriesaboutrealpeople,thebookwasconceivedasanantidotetothedull,drearytext-bookswesufferedthrough

6、inhighschoolorcollege.NobodywasmoresurprisedthanIwaswhenthebookspent35weeksontheNewYorkTimesBest-sellerlistandbecamean“antitextbook”thathassold1.3millioncopies.Ifnothingelse,thislittlebookprovedthatAmeri-cansdon’thatehistory—theyjusthatethedullversiontheygotwhentheyweregrowingup.Withthesamequest

7、ion-and-answerstyle,thisupdated,revised,andgreatlyexpandededitionbringshistoryrightuptoBillClinton’simpeachmentandthebizarre2000election.Incorporatingnewdis-coveries,revelations,andtheoriesaboutAmerica’spast,thisrevisededi-t