Making America presents history as a dynamic process shaped by human expectations, difficult choices, and surprising circumstances. The text engages students in learning about the past and emphasizes that each person has the power to make history, to make America.Each chapter-opening Individual Choices feature provides a portrait of one individual and highlights how this person' s decisions relate to an important issue raised in the chapter. This feature dramatizes the theme that historical events are not inevitable but are the result of real people making real choices.The chapter-ending Individual Voices features present primary sources in an accessible way, allowing students to explore them as a historian would. A variety of sources are used, including personal letters, poems, speeches, political statements, and newspaper articles.