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U.S. History to 1850
- Native Americans and European Contact
- Colonial and Early American Life
- The American Revolution
- Creating a Constitutional Government
- A Growing Nation and the World
- American Slavery
- Westward Expansion
- Antebellum: Culture and Society
Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
- Causes of the Civil War
- The Course of the Civil War
- Civil War and the American People
- Reconstruction
- Culture and Society
The Development of the Industrial U.S. (1860-1910)
The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
- Progressivism
- Turn of the Century Foreign Policy
- World War I
- Post-World War I Era
- Social and Cultural Issues
The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
- The Crash of 1929 & the Great Depression
- The New Deal
- World War II
- The U.S. and World Affairs
- Social and Cultural Issues
Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)
- Economy & Society in the Postwar Era
- Postwar Domestic Policies
- The Cold War
- The Korean War
- The War in Vietnam
- The "New Frontier" and "Great Society"
- The Struggle for Civil Rights and Equality
- Culture and Counterculture
Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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