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US History
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US History
/Preface/ 75% Jan 16, 2005
/Introduction/ 75% Jan 16, 2005
Colonial America (1690–1754)
Pre-Columbian Societies (Before 1492) 100% Dec 26, 2020
European History (Before 1492) 100% Dec 26, 2020
Transatlantic Encounters and Colonial Beginnings (1492–1620) 100% Dec 26, 2020
Colonial North America (1620–1754) 100% Dec 26, 2020
Colonial Religion (1690–1754) 100% Dec 26, 2020
The Early Republic (1754–1837)
Road to Revolution (1754–1775) 100% Dec 26, 2020
American Revolution (1775–1787) 100% Dec 26, 2020
The Federal Period (1787–1800) 100% Dec 26, 2020
Jeffersonian Democracy (1800–1812) 100% Dec 26, 2020
War, Nationalism, and Division (1812–1837) 100% Dec 26, 2020
Religious Movements (1754–1837) 100% Dec 26, 2020
The Crisis of the Republic (1837–1877)
Manifest Destiny and the Slavery Question (1837–1861) 100% Dec 26, 2020
A Nation Divided: The American Civil War (1861–1865) 100% Dec 26, 2020
Reconstruction (1865–1877) 100% Dec 26, 2020
Wealth, Innovation, and World Power (1877–1913)
The Age of Invention and the Gilded Age (1877–1900) 100% Dec 26, 2020
Presidency of Grover Cleveland
Racism of the era, Industrialization, Agriculture, Urbanization, American Imperialism,
The Progressive Era (1900–1914) 100% Dec 26, 2020
Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, Presidency of William Howard Taft, Early Presidency of Woodrow Wilson
Progressivism, Sufferage for Women, Labor Reform,
Advancements 75% Dec 26, 2020
The Wright Brothers and the advent of practical powered flight, Rocketry, Transit improvements, Birth of Hollywood
The Nadir of American Race Relations 25% Dec 26, 2020
Racism, Race Riots
Into the American Century (1913–1945)
The War to End All Wars (1914–1920) 100% Dec 26, 2020
World War I–"The Great War", The Spanish Flu
The Roaring Twenties (1920–1929) 100% Dec 26, 2020
Roaring Twenties, Prohibition
The Great Depression and the New Deal (1929–1939) 100% Dec 26, 2020
The Great Depression, The New Deal, Works Progress Administration
Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) 75% Dec 26, 2020
American Involvement in the Spanish Civil War
The World At War (1939–1945) 100% Dec 26, 2020
World War II, The War in Europe, The War in the Pacific, The Manhattan Project
America in the Cold War (1945–1989)
The Cold War (1945–1953) 100% Dec 26, 2020
Presidency of Harry Truman, Start of the Cold War
The Fifties (1953–1961) 100% Dec 26, 2020
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Civil Rights Movement, Rock and Roll
The Sixties (1961–1969) 100% Dec 26, 2020
Presidency of John F. Kennedy, Cuban Missile Crisis, Presidency of Lyndon Bird Johnson, The Great Society, Space Race, Martin Luther King Jr.
National and International Crises (1969–1981) 100% Dec 26, 2020
The Presidency of Richard Nixon, Vietnam War and entanglements in Indochina, Kent State, Impeachment of Richard Nixon
The Reagan Revolution (1981–1989) 100% Dec 26, 2020
The Presidency of Gerald Ford, The Presidency of Jimmy Carter, The Presidency of Ronald Reagan
Pardoning of Nixon, Inflation, Energy Crisis, Camp David Accords, Iran Hostage Crisis, Iran-Iraq War, The Reagan Revolution, SDI–"Star Wars", Iran Contra
Hope, Adversity and Challenges for the New Century (1989–2016)
Bush and Clinton presidencies 75% Dec 26, 2020
Presidency of George Bush, Rodney King, Collapse of the Soviet Union, Presidency of Bill Clinton, 1st Gulf War (1989 –2000), Monica Lewinsky Scandal
George W. Bush 100% Dec 26, 2020
Presidency of George W. Bush, September 11th, 2001, 2nd Gulf War, Terrorism, Start of the Great Recession
Election 2008 100% Dec 26, 2020
Obama Vs. John McCain, Primaries
/Obama/ 75% Dec 26, 2020
Presidency of Barack Obama, Addressing the Great Recession, Affordable Care Act, LGBTQ rights, Tea Party Movement
Recent History (2016–Present)
This section of the book should not be used for academic studies because it deals with events that may be too recent for "historical perspective".
Election 2016 50% Dec 26 2020
Donald Trump Vs. Hillary Clinton, Primary Candidates, Third Party Candidates
Trump 50% Dec 26 2020
Supreme Court, Civil Rights, Establishment of the US Space Force, Start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Events of January 6th, 2021
Biden 0% Jan 20 2021
Continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic, Withdrawal from Afghanistan, Ukraine, Middle East
Election 2024 100% May 2 2025
Donald Trump Vs. Kamala Harris, Primary Candidates, Controversies and Turning Points
Hope & Crisis: America Today and In the Future 0% June 25, 2017
Appendices
Appendix A: Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States 50% March 21, 2008
Appendix B: Supreme Court Decisions 100% March 21, 2008
Appendix C: Chief Justices 50% March 22, 2008
Appendix D: Famous Third Parties 75% March 21, 2008
Growing Crisis with Iran (2002-) 100% April 6, 2006
/Authors/ 100% Jan 16, 2005
Keywords (People, events, etc)
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Related Wikibooks
General US History
The Annotated Constitution of the United States
Outline of U.S. History
AP United States History
Specific US History
The History of the Native Peoples of the Americas
American Revolution
State History
History of Hawaii
Hawaiian Monarchs
History of Florida
History of New York State
History of Wyoming
History of Tennessee
History of Nevada
History of Alaska
Misc American History
IB History of the Americas
Confederate States Government
Related Wikipedia articles
History of the United States
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Bill of Rights
External links
USA.gov/history - US Government website with history resources.
National Museum of American History - Operated by the Smithsonian Institution
ushistory.org - by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia.
North American history
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