Wilson, a Republican, chaired and participated in numerous White House task forces and commissions, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by president George W. Bush in 2003.

The book is roughly 780 pages and includes the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Bill of Rights, outcomes of various elections throughout U.S. history, and famous court cases.

Matthew LaClair, a New Jersey high school senior, expressed concerns to the think tank Center for Inquiry regarding what he felt was conservative[1] bias in the textbook and inaccuracies about its coverage of global warming.

The publisher, Houghton Mifflin, announced that it would review the book,[5] as did the College Board, which oversees college-level Advanced Placement courses used in high schools.

[2] Wilson responded to the complaint in an editorial,[1] arguing both that the text is not unduly biased and falsely claiming that dispute with regard to global warming is considerable.