US History

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US History

 

 

 

 

US History

 

1. Preface
2. Introduction

Colonial America (1690 - 1754)

1. Pre-Columbian Societies (Before 1492)
2. European History (Before 1492)
3. Transatlantic Encounters and Colonial Beginnings (1492 - 1620)
4. Colonial North America (1620 - 1754)
5. Colonial Religion (1690 - 1754)

The Early Republic (1754 - 1837)

1. Road to Revolution (1754 - 1775)
2. American Revolution (1775 - 1787)
3. The Federal Period (1787 - 1800)
4. Jeffersonian Democracy (1800 - 1812)
5. War, Nationalism, and Division (1812 - 1837)
6. Religious Movements (1754 - 1837)

The Crisis of the Republic (1837 - 1877)

1. Manifest Destiny and the Slavery Question (1837 - 1861)
2. A Nation Divided: The American Civil War (1861 - 1865)
3. Reconstruction (1865 - 1877)

Wealth, Innovation, and World Power (1877 - 1913)

1. The Age of Invention and the Gilded Age (1877 - 1900)
2. The Progressive Era (1900 - 1914)
3. Advancements
4. The Nadir of American Race Relations

Into the American Century (1913 - 1945)

1. The War to End All Wars (1914 - 1920)
2. The Roaring Twenties (1920 - 1929)
3. The Great Depression and the New Deal (1929 - 1939)
4. Spanish Civil War(1936 - 1939)
5. The World At War (1939 - 1945)

America as a Superpower (1945 - 2001)

1. The Cold War (1945 - 1953)
2. The Fifties (1953 - 1961)
3. The Sixties (1961 - 1969)
4. National and International Crises (1969 - 1981)
5. The Reagan Revolution (1981 - 1989)
6. Bush and Clinton presidencies,1st Gulf War (1989 - 2000)

Hope, Adversity and Challenges for the New Century (2001 - 2009)

Warning: this section of the book should not be used for academic studies because it deals in events that are too recent for "historical perspective".

1. George W. Bush, September 11, 2nd Gulf War, and Terrorism
2. Growing Crisis with Iran (2002-)
3. Election 2008
4. Obama
5. Election 2016
6. Trump
7. Hope & Crisis: America Today and In the Future

Appendices

1. Appendix A: Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States
2. Appendix B: Supreme Court Decisions
3. Appendix C: Chief Justices
4. Appendix D: Famous Third Parties
5. Authors

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Related Wikibooks

• The Annotated Constitution of the United States

Related Wikipedia articles

• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• Bill of Rights

External links

• ushistory.org - by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia
• Basic U.S. History Q&A
• A website with testing information to pass a college credit equivalent test on U.S. History from Early Colonizations to 1877.
• A website with testing information to pass a college credit equivalent test on U.S. History from 1877 to Present.
• A summary of the book Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989, by By Michael Beschloss