Lesson 1
Preface
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- Full Course
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- Rice University
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- OpenStax College
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U.S. History
Topic 1
Preface
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The Americas, Europe, and Africa Before 1492
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
The AmericasLesson 3
Europe on the Brink of Change
Topic 3
Early Globalization: The Atlantic World, 1492–1650
Topic 4
Creating New Social Orders: Colonial Societies, 1500–1700
Topic 5
Rule Britannia! The English Empire, 1660–1763
Topic 6
Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests, 1763-1774
Lesson 1
Introduction
Topic 7
America's War for Independence, 1775-1783
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 4
War in the South
Topic 8
Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790
Topic 9
Growing Pains: The New Republic, 1790–1820
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 3
The New American RepublicLesson 4
Partisan Politics
Topic 10
Industrial Transformation in the North, 1800–1850
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 3
A Vibrant Capitalist Republic
Topic 11
Jacksonian Democracy, 1820–1840
Topic 12
A Nation on the Move: Westward Expansion, 1800–1860
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
Lewis and ClarkLesson 3
The Missouri CrisisLesson 4
Independence for Texas
Topic 13
Cotton is King: The Antebellum South, 1800–1860
Topic 14
Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses, 1820–1860
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 3
Antebellum Communal ExperimentsLesson 4
Reforms to Human HealthLesson 5
Addressing SlaveryLesson 6
Women’s Rights
Topic 15
Troubled Times: the Tumultuous 1850s
Topic 16
The Civil War, 1860–1865
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 3
Early Mobilization and WarLesson 5
The Union Triumphant
Topic 17
The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1877
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
Restoring the UnionLesson 5
The Collapse of Reconstruction
Topic 18
Go West Young Man! Westward Expansion, 1840-1900
Topic 19
Industrialization and the Rise of Big Business, 1870-1900
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
Inventors of the AgeLesson 5
A New American Consumer Culture
Topic 20
The Growing Pains of Urbanization, 1870-1900
Topic 21
Politics in the Gilded Age, 1870-1900
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Leading the Way: The Progressive Movement, 1890-1920
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Age of Empire: American Foreign Policy, 1890-1914
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 6
Taft’s “Dollar Diplomacy”
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Americans and the Great War, 1914-1919
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 4
A New Home FrontLesson 5
From War to Peace
Topic 25
The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation, 1919-1929
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 3
Transformation and BacklashLesson 4
A New Generation
Topic 26
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Great Depression, 1929-1932
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
The Stock Market Crash of 1929Lesson 3
President Hoover’s Response
Topic 27
Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1941
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
The Rise of Franklin RooseveltLesson 3
The First New DealLesson 4
The Second New Deal
Topic 28
Fighting the Good Fight in World War II, 1941-1945
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 3
The Home FrontLesson 4
Victory in the European Theater
Topic 29
Post-War Prosperity and Cold War Fears, 1945-1960
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
The Challenges of PeacetimeLesson 3
The Cold WarLesson 4
The American DreamLesson 5
Popular Culture and Mass Media
Topic 30
Contesting Futures: America in the 1960s
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
The Kennedy PromiseLesson 5
Challenging the Status Quo
Topic 31
Political Storms at Home and Abroad, 1968-1980
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 3
Coming Apart, Coming TogetherLesson 4
Vietnam: The Downward Spiral
Topic 32
From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980-2000
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
The Reagan RevolutionLesson 3
Political and Cultural FusionsLesson 4
A New World OrderLesson 5
Bill Clinton and the New Economy
Topic 33
The Challenges of the Twenty-First Century
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
The War on TerrorLesson 3
The Domestic MissionLesson 4
New Century, Old DisputesLesson 5
Hope and Change
Topic 34
The Declaration of Independence
Lesson 1
The Declaration of Independence
Topic 35
The Constitution of the United States
Topic 36
Presidents of the United States of America
Topic 37
U.S. Political Map
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U.S. Political Map
Topic 38
U.S. Topographical Map
Lesson 1
U.S. Topographical Map
Topic 39
United States Population Chart
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United States Population Chart
Topic 40
Further Reading
Lesson 1
Further Reading