An Outline of American History

Acknowledgements

1. Early America
2. The Colonial Period
3. The Road to Independence
4. The Formation of a National Government
5. Westward Expansion and Regional Differences
6. Sectional Conflict
7. Growth and Transformation
8. Discontent and Reform
9. War, Prosperity and Depression
10. The New Deal and World War
11. Postwar America
12. Decades of Change
13. Toward the 21st Century
14. Brief reading list in American History

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