Unit 1:Beginnings of American History

Roots of the American People (Prehistory –1500)

Section 1: The Earliest Americans

Section 2: Cultures of North America

Section 3: Trade Networks of Asia and Africa

Section 4: The European Heritage

Europe Looks Outward (1000 –1720)

Section 1: The Age of Exploration

Section 2: Spain’s Empire in the Americas

Section 3: Europeans Compete in North America

Section 4: France and the Netherlands in North America

Colonies Take Root (1587 –1752)

Section 1: The First English Settlements

Section 2: The New England Colonies

Section 3: The Middle Colonies

Section 4: The Southern Colonies

Section 5: Spanish Colonies on the Borderlands

Life in the Colonies (1650 –1750)

Section 1: Governing the Colonies

Section 2: Colonial Society

Section 3: Slavery in the Colonies

Section 4: The Spread of New Ideas

Unit 2:Forming a New Nation

The Road to Revolution (1745 –1776)

Section 1: Trouble on the Frontier

Section 2: The Colonists Resist Tighter Control

Section 3: From Protest to Rebellion

Section 4: The War Begins

The American Revolution (1776 –1783)

Section 1: A Nation Declares Independence

Section 2: A Critical Time

Section 3: The War Widens

Section 4: Winning Independence

Creating the Constitution (1776 –1790)

Section 1: Governing a New Nation

Section 2: The Constitutional Convention

Section 3: Debating the Constitution

Citizenship

Section 1: Constitution

Section 2: Branches of Government

Section 3: Amending the Constitution

Section 4: Government and Citizens

Unit 3:The New Republic

Launching a New Nation (1789 –1800)

Section 1: Washington Takes Office

Section 2: The Birth of Political Parties

Section 3: Troubles at Home and Abroad

Section 4: The Presidency of John Adams

The Era of Thomas Jefferson (1800 –1815)

Section 1: Jefferson Takes Office

Section 2: The Louisiana Purchase

Section 3: A Time of Conflict

Section 4: The War of 1812

A Changing Nation (1815 –1840)

Section 1: Building a National Identity

Section 2: Dealing With Other Nations

Section 3: The Age of Jackson

Section 4: Indian Removal

Section 5: States’ Rights and the Economy

Unit 4:The Nation Expands and Changes

North and South Take Different Paths (1800 –1845)

Section 1: The Industrial Revolution

Section 2: The North Transformed

Section 3: The Plantation South

Section 4: The Challenges of Growth

Westward Expansion (1820 –1860)

Section 1: The West

Section 2: Trails to the West

Section 3: Conflict With Mexico

Section 4: A Rush to the West

Unit 5:Civil War and Reunion

The Nation Divided (1846 –1861)

Section 1: Growing Tensions Over Slavery

Section 2: Compromises Fail

Section 3: The Crisis Deepens

Section 4: The Coming of the Civil War

The Civil War (1861 –1865)

Section 1: The Call to Arms

Section 2: Early Years of the War

Section 3: The Emancipation Proclamation

Section 4: The Civil War and American Life

Section 5: Decisive Battles

Reconstruction and the New South (1863 –1896)

Section 1: Rebuilding the Nation

Section 2: The Battle Over Reconstruction

Section 3: The End of Reconstruction

Unit 6:An Age of Industry

The West Transformed (1860 –1896)

Section 1: Mining and Railroads

Section 2: Native Americans Struggle to Survive

Section 3: The Cattle Kingdom

Section 4: Farming in the West

Industry and Urban Growth (1865 –1915)

Section 1: A New Industrial Revolution

Section 2: Big Business and Organized Labor

Section 3: Cities Grow and Change

Section 4: The New Immigrants

Section 5: Education and Culture

Unit 7:America in the 20^th Century

World War I (1914 –1919)

Section 1: The Road to War

Section 2: Supporting the War Effort

Section 3: Americans at War

Section 4: Shaping the Peace

The Great Depression and the New Deal (1929 –1941)

Section 1: Hoover and the Crash

Section 2: Roosevelt and the New Deal

Section 3: Life in the Great Depression

Section 4: Legacy of the New Deal

The World War II Era (1935 –1945)

Section 1: Aggression Leads to War

Section 2: The United States at War

Section 3: The War at Home

Section 4: Toward Victory

Unit 8:Moving Toward the Future

The Civil Rights Era (1945 –1975)

Section 1: Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement

Section 2: An Expanding Role for Government

Section 3: The Civil Rights Movement Continues

Section 4: Other Americans Seek Rights

Challenges for a New Century (1980 –Present)

Section 1: Conflict in the Middle East.

Section 2: The Threat of Terrorism

Section 3: Economy and the Environment