UNIT 1: The Americas - European Colonization, Origins of a New Society to 1754, Founding Values of American Culture
European Colonization
Growth of the American Colonies
UNIT 2: Emerging New Nation - The American Revolution and Constitution of the United States
The American Revolution
Constitution of the United States
UNIT 3: Life in Early Nineteenth-Century America - The Market Revolution, Westward Expansion and the Creation of an American Culture
Life in Nineteenth-century America
The Market Revolution
Westward Expansion
The Coming War
UNIT 4: Civil War
The Union and the Confederacy
President Lincoln
Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
UNIT 5: Reconstruction and Looking to the West
Reconstruction, 1865–1877
Expansion of American Industry, 1850–1900
Moving West
Conflict with Native Americans
American expansion transforms the West
UNIT 6: The Gilded Age: Industrialization, Urbanization, Imperialism and Immigration in the late 1800’s
Politics in the Gilded Age
Immigration and Urbanization
Spanish-American War New Foreign Policy Becoming a World Power
American Imperialism
UNIT 7: The Progressive Era Progressive Reform Era Suffrage Social Movements
Business and Labor Reform
Political and government Reform
African American rights
UNIT 8: World War I – 1914-1918 C.E. United States Neutrality
Americans on the European Front
UNIT 9: The Twenties
Postwar Social Change
Mass Media and the Jazz Age
UNIT 10: The Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt, and the New Deal Origins of the Depression
The Stock Market Crash
President Roosevelt's New Deal
New Federal Programs
UNIT 11: World War II and the Holocaust– 1939-1945 C.E. Rise of Dictators
Europe Goes to War
Japan Builds an Empire
Americans at War, 1941–1945
The Holocaust
UNIT 12: 1945-1963 - Cold War Politics, Prosperity at Home in the 1950s, Early 60s American Culture Origins of the Cold War
Korean War
Postwar Years at Home
UNIT 13: Civil Rights and Social Movements The Civil Rights Movement, 1950–1968
The Kennedy and Johnson Years, 1961–1969
The New Frontier
The Great Society
UNIT 14: An Era of Activism, 1960–1975
The Women's Movement
Ethnic Minorities Seek Equality
The Counterculture
Environment and Consumer Movements
UNIT 15: Vietnam War
UNIT 16: 1969 to 1981 Nixon, Ford, and Carter
The Watergate Scandal
UNIT 17: The Conservative Revolution, 1980–1992
Roots of the New Conservatism
Reagan Revolution
George H. W. Bush Presidency
UNIT 18 Entering a New Era, 1992 to the Present Politics in Recent Years
The United States in a New World
Americans in the New Millennium
European Colonization
Growth of the American Colonies
UNIT 2: Emerging New Nation - The American Revolution and Constitution of the United States
The American Revolution
Constitution of the United States
UNIT 3: Life in Early Nineteenth-Century America - The Market Revolution, Westward Expansion and the Creation of an American Culture
Life in Nineteenth-century America
The Market Revolution
Westward Expansion
The Coming War
UNIT 4: Civil War
The Union and the Confederacy
President Lincoln
Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
UNIT 5: Reconstruction and Looking to the West
Reconstruction, 1865–1877
Expansion of American Industry, 1850–1900
Moving West
Conflict with Native Americans
American expansion transforms the West
UNIT 6: The Gilded Age: Industrialization, Urbanization, Imperialism and Immigration in the late 1800’s
Politics in the Gilded Age
Immigration and Urbanization
Spanish-American War New Foreign Policy Becoming a World Power
American Imperialism
UNIT 7: The Progressive Era Progressive Reform Era Suffrage Social Movements
Business and Labor Reform
Political and government Reform
African American rights
UNIT 8: World War I – 1914-1918 C.E. United States Neutrality
Americans on the European Front
UNIT 9: The Twenties
Postwar Social Change
Mass Media and the Jazz Age
UNIT 10: The Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt, and the New Deal Origins of the Depression
The Stock Market Crash
President Roosevelt's New Deal
New Federal Programs
UNIT 11: World War II and the Holocaust– 1939-1945 C.E. Rise of Dictators
Europe Goes to War
Japan Builds an Empire
Americans at War, 1941–1945
The Holocaust
UNIT 12: 1945-1963 - Cold War Politics, Prosperity at Home in the 1950s, Early 60s American Culture Origins of the Cold War
Korean War
Postwar Years at Home
UNIT 13: Civil Rights and Social Movements The Civil Rights Movement, 1950–1968
The Kennedy and Johnson Years, 1961–1969
The New Frontier
The Great Society
UNIT 14: An Era of Activism, 1960–1975
The Women's Movement
Ethnic Minorities Seek Equality
The Counterculture
Environment and Consumer Movements
UNIT 15: Vietnam War
UNIT 16: 1969 to 1981 Nixon, Ford, and Carter
The Watergate Scandal
UNIT 17: The Conservative Revolution, 1980–1992
Roots of the New Conservatism
Reagan Revolution
George H. W. Bush Presidency
UNIT 18 Entering a New Era, 1992 to the Present Politics in Recent Years
The United States in a New World
Americans in the New Millennium