History of USA United States of America / American History
1. The French and Indian War (1754-1763)
| 1. Brief Overview Timeline People Places Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Early Battles and Fort Necessity | 4. Failure of General Braddock |
| 5. Undeclared War | 6. Declared War and French Dominance |
| 7. Massacre at Fort William Henry | 8. British Ascension (1758) |
| 9. Battle of Quebec | 10. Tenuous Peace (1760-63) |
2. Pre-Revolutionary America (1763-1776)
| 1. Brief Overview Timeline People Events & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Colonies and Mother Country at the Close of the French and Indian War | 4. British on the Frontier |
| 5. Writs of Assistance | 6. Stamp Act |
| 7. Sugar Act | 8. Colonial Opposition to the Stamp Act |
| 9. Further Impositions: Quartering Act and Townshend Duties | 10. Reaction to the Townshend Duties |
| 11. Customs Racketeering and Repeal of Townshend Duties | 12. To the Brink: Boston Massacre and Committees of Correspondence |
3. The American Revolution (1754–1781)
| 1. Brief Overview People & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. French and Indian War 1754 – 1763 | 4. Sugar and Stamp Acts 1763 – 1766 |
| 5. Boston Massacre and Tea Party 1767 – 1774 | 6. Revolution Begins 1772 – 1775 |
| 7. American Society in Revolt 1776 – 1777 | 8. Declaration of Independence 1776 |
| 9. Revolutionary War 1775 – 1783 |
4. The Declaration of Independence (1776)
| 1. Brief Overview Historical Figures & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Preamble | 4. List of Abuses and Usurpations |
| 5. Past Actions of Colonists | 6. Conclusion and Definition of a New Government |
5. Building the State (1781-1797)
| 1. Brief Overview Timeline People Events & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Beginning of Self-Government: The States | 4. Articles of Confederation as Law of the Land |
| 5. Settling the West | 6. Demise of Articles of Confederation |
| 7. Constitutional Convention | 8. Constitution and a New Government |
| 9. Ratification | 10. Defining National Government |
| 11. Alexander Hamilton and Finance in the Washington Administration | 12. Increasing Tensions & Whiskey Rebellion |
| 13. Expansion and Conflict | 14. Division into Parties & George Washington’s Farewell Address |
6. The Articles of Confederation (1781-1789)
| 1. Brief Overview Timeline People Events & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Articles 1-2 | 4. Articles 3-4 |
| 5. Article 5 | 6. Article 6 |
| 7. Articles 7-8 | 8. Article 9 |
| 9. Article 10 | 10. Article 11 |
| 11. Article 12 | 12. Article 13 and Conclusion |
7. The Constitution (1781–1815)
| 1. Brief Overview People & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Articles of Confederation 1777-1787 | 4. Creating the Constitution 1786-1787 |
| 5. Federalist Papers and Bill of Rights 1788-1791 | 6. Washington Strengthens the Nation 1789-1792 |
| 7. Washington’s Troubles at Home & Abroad 1790-1796 | 8. Adams Presidency 1797-1800 |
| 9. Jefferson’s Agrarian Republic 1800-1808 | 10. Madison & War of 1812: 1808-1815 |
8. The Federalist Papers (1787-1789)
| 1. Brief Overview Timeline People Events & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Essays No 1-5 | 4. Essays No 6-9 |
| 5. Essays No 10-17 | 6. Essays No 18-22 |
| 7. Essays No 23-29 | 8. Essay No 30-36 |
| 9. Essays No 37-40 | 10. Essays No 41-44 |
| 11. Essays No 45-46 | 12. Essays No 47-51 |
9. The First Years of the Union (1797 - 1809)
| 1. Brief Overview People Timeline People Events & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Election of 1796 and the Quasi-War | 4. Alien and Sedition Acts |
| 5. Election of 1800 | 6. Jefferson’s Early Days in Office |
| 7. Attack on the Judiciary | 8. Louisiana Purchase |
| 9. Exploring Louisiana | 8. Further Exploration & West Florida Controversy |
| 9. Coalition Begins to Fragment: The Quids & Burr Conspiracy | 10. Fighting for Neutrality: Embargo Act |
10. Westward Expansion (1807-1912)
| 1. Brief Overview Timeline People Events & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. The Surge West | 4. Land Policy & Speculation |
| 5. Western Economy: Boom & Panic | 6. Indian Removal |
| 7. Transportation Revolution & Rise of Cities | 8. Opening of Far West |
| 9. Texas | 10. Settling California, New Mexico and Oregon |
| 11. Foreign Policy in Texas and Oregon | 12. Mexican War and Political Aftermath |
| 13. Plains Indians | 14. Transcontinental Railroad & Admission of Western States |
11. The War of 1812 (1809-1815)
| 1. Brief Overview Timeline People Events & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Economic Warfare | 4. Madison |
| 5. War Hawks | 6. Attack on Canada |
| 7. War in the North (1813) | 8. Renewed British Vigor: The Invasion of New York (1814) |
| 9. Renewed British Vigor: Attack on Middle States (1814) | 10. Hartford Convention (1814) |
| 11. Treaty of Ghent (December 1814) | 12. New Orleans |
12. The Pre-Civil War Era (1815–1850)
| 1. Brief Overview People & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Monroe’s Era of Good Feelings: 1816 – 1824 | 4. Adams and Jackson: 1824 – 1833 |
| 5. Jackson and the Whigs: 1830 – 1844 | 6. Manifest Destiny: 1835 – 1850 |
| 7. Mexican War: 1844 – 1848 | 8. Market Revolution: 1793 – 1860 |
| 9. Changing Society and Culture: 1820 – 1860 | 10. Religious Revivalism: 1800 – 1850 |
| 11. Era Spirit of Reform: 1820 – 1850 |
13. The Civil War 1850–1865
| 1. Brief Overview People & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Expansion and Slavery: 1846 – 1855 | 4. Bleeding Kansas: 1854 – 1856 |
| 5. Buchanan Years: 1857 – 1858 | 6. Election of 1860 and Secession: 1859 – 1861 |
| 7. Union Side: 1861 – 1863 | 8. Confederate Side: 1861 – 1863 |
| 9. Major Battles: 1861- 1863 | 10. Final Year: 1864 – 1865 |
14. Reconstruction (1865–1877)
| 1. Brief Overview People & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Lincoln’s Ten-Percent Plan: 1863 – 1865 | 4. Presidential Reconstruction: 1865 – 1867 |
| 5. Reconstruction: 1867 – 1877 | 6. Postwar South & Black Codes: 1865 – 1877 |
| 7. Grant’s Presidency: 1869 – 1876 | 8. End of Reconstruction: 1873 – 1877 |
15. The Gilded Age & the Progressive Era (1877–1917)
| 1. Brief Overview People & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Gilded Age Politics: 1877 – 1892 | 4. Industrialization: 1869 – 1901 |
| 5. Labor Movement: 1866 – 1894 | 6. Gilded Age Society: 1870 – 1900 |
| 7. The West: 1860 – 1900 | 8. The Rise and Fall of Populism: 1892 – 1896 |
| 9. The Spanish-American War: 1898 – 1901 | 10. Roosevelt’s Big Stick Diplomacy: 1899 – 1908 |
| 11. Roosevelt & Progressives: 1901 – 1908 | 12. The Taft Presidency: 1909 – 1912 |
| 13. Wilsonian Progressivism: 1913 – 1916 |
16. The Spanish American War (1898-1901)
| 1. Brief Overview People Timeline Events & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Increasing Spanish-Cuban Tensions: Late 19th Century | 4. Yellow Journalism & Rise of American Anger: 1895 – 1897 |
| 5. The Maine Explosion: 1898 | 6. US Goes to War: 1898 |
| 7. Dewey and the Philippines: 1898 | 8. American Imperialism: 1898 |
| 9. Ground War in Cuba: 1898 | 10. Treaty of Paris: August – December 1898 |
| 11. Effects of the Treaty of Paris: 1899 | 12. Puerto Rico & Cuba After the Treaty of Paris |
17. World War I (1914–1919)
| 1. Brief Overview People & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Road to War | 4. Opening Moves |
| 5. Germany’s Assault on France | 6. The War at Sea |
| 7. War in the Air | 8. War in Near East |
| 9. War of Attrition in Europe | 10. United States Enters the War |
| 11. Russia Exits the War | 12. Endgame |
| 13. Collapse of Central Powers |
18. The Interwar Years (1919-1938)
| 1. Brief Overview Timeline Events People & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Economics During the Inter-War Years (1919-1938) | 4. League of Nations (1920-1935) |
| 5. Attempts at Reconciliation and Disarmament (1921-1930) | 6. The Soviet Union During the Inter-War Years (1924-1935) |
| 7. Eastern Europe During the Inter-War Years (1919-1938) | 8. Italian Fascism during the Inter-War Years (1919-1938) |
| 9. Britain During the Inter-War Years (1919-1938) | 10. France During the Inter-War Years (1919-1938) |
| 11. Spanish Civil War (1931-1939) | 12. Nazi Germany (1919-1938) |
19. The Great Depression (1920–1940)
| 1. Brief Overview People & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Politics of Conservatism: 1920 – 1928 | 4. Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age: 1920 – 1929 |
| 5. Conservative Backlash: 1919 – 1929 | 6. Onset of the Depression: 1928 – 1932 |
| 7. First New Deal: 1933 – 1934 | 8. Second New Deal: 1935 – 1938 |
| 9. Demise of New Deal: 1935 – 1939 |
20. World War II (1939–1945)
| 1. Brief Overview People Terms & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Invasion of France | 4. Start of the War |
| 5. Battle of Britain | 6. Italy and the Mediterranean |
| 7. Invasion of Russia | 8. Japan and Pearl Harbor |
| 9. The Nazis’ “Final Solution” | 10. Total War in the Pacific |
| 11. Strengthening Alliance | 12. Southeast Asia |
| 13. North Africa and Invasion of Italy | 14. German Retreat from Russia |
| 15. Allied Invasion of France | 16. Fall of Germany |
| 17. Fall of Japan |
21. The Cold War (1945–1963)
| 1. Brief Overview People & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Postwar World: 1945 – 1949 | 4. Start of the Cold War: 1947 – 1952 |
| 5. Korean War: 1950 – 1953 | 6. Postwar Prosperity at Home: 1945 – 1960 |
| 7. Eisenhower at Home: 1952 – 1959 | 8. Eisenhower & Cold War: 1954 – 1960 |
| 9. Kennedy and Liberalism: 1960 – 1963 |
22. The Korean War (1950-1953)
| 1. Brief Overview Timeline People Events & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Background on Korea | 4. Origins of the Korean War |
| 5. North Korea’s Surprise Attack | 6. Commitment of US Ground Troops |
| 7. Inchon Invasion | 8. Chinese Intervention |
| 9. MacArthur’s Dismissal | 10. Ridgway & end of “Accordion-War” |
| 11. Long Path of Negotiations | 12. Eisenhower, War’s End, and the Aftermath |
23. The Civil Rights Era (1865–1970)
| 1. Brief Overview People & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Failure of Reconstruction: 1877 – 1900 | 4. Twentieth-Century Roots: 1900 – 1950 |
| 5. Early Legal Victories: 1938 – 1957 | 6. Nonviolent Protest: 1960 – 1963 |
| 7. Political Action: 1963 – 1965 | 8. Black Power: 1952 – 1968 |
24. The Vietnam War (1945–1975)
| 1. Brief Overview People & Qs | 2. Overview |
| 3. Historical Background: 900 – 1900 | 4. Vietnamese Nationalism & First Indochina War: 1900 – 1954 |
| 5. U.S. Involvement & Cold War Context: 1947- 1955 | 6. Diem & Republic of Vietnam: 1955 – 1960 |
| 7. Kennedy & First U.S. Involvement: 1961 – 1963 | 8. Johnson and Escalation: 1964 – 1966 |
| 9. Quagmire & Tet Offensive: 1966 – 1968 | 10. U.S. Antiwar Movement: 1960 – 1970 |
| 11. Nixon and Vietnamization: 1969 – 1975 | 12. Aftermath of the War |
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