U. S. History
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U. S. History

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U. S. History

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Publisher
Openstax
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9781947172081
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1. The Americas, Europe, and Africa Before 1492
  3. Chapter 2. Early Globalization: The Atlantic World, 1492–1650
  4. Chapter 3. Creating New Social Orders: Colonial Societies, 1500–1700
  5. Chapter 4. Rule Britannia! The English Empire, 1660–1763
  6. Chapter 5. Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests, 1763-1774
  7. Chapter 6. America's War for Independence, 1775-1783
  8. Chapter 7. Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790
  9. Chapter 8. Growing Pains: The New Republic, 1790–1820
  10. Chapter 9. Industrial Transformation in the North, 1800–1850
  11. Chapter 10. Jacksonian Democracy, 1820–1840
  12. Chapter 11. A Nation on the Move: Westward Expansion, 1800–1860
  13. Chapter 12. Cotton is King: The Antebellum South, 1800–1860
  14. Chapter 13. Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses, 1820–1860
  15. Chapter 14. Troubled Times: the Tumultuous 1850s
  16. Chapter 15. The Civil War, 1860–1865
  17. Chapter 16. The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1877
  18. Chapter 17. Go West Young Man! Westward Expansion, 1840-1900
  19. Chapter 18. Industrialization and the Rise of Big Business, 1870-1900
  20. Chapter 19. The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870-1900
  21. Chapter 20. Politics in the Gilded Age, 1870-1900
  22. Chapter 21. Leading the Way: The Progressive Movement, 1890-1920
  23. Chapter 22. Age of Empire: American Foreign Policy, 1890-1914
  24. Chapter 23. Americans and the Great War, 1914-1919
  25. Chapter 24. The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919-1929
  26. Chapter 25. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932
  27. Chapter 26. Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
  28. Chapter 27. Fighting the Good Fight in World War II, 1941-1945
  29. Chapter 28. Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
  30. Chapter 29. Contesting Futures: America in the 1960s
  31. Chapter 30. Political Storms at Home and Abroad, 1968-1980
  32. Chapter 31. From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980-2000
  33. Chapter 32. The Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
  34. Appendix A. The Declaration of Independence*
  35. Appendix B. The Constitution of the United States*
  36. Appendix C. Presidents of the United States of America*
  37. Appendix D. U.S. Political Map*
  38. Appendix E. U.S. Topographical Map*
  39. Appendix F. United States Population Chart*
  40. Appendix G. Further Reading*
  41. Solutions