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# [[/Preface/]] {{stage short|75%|Jan 16, 2005}}
| {{Print version}}
# [[/Introduction/]] {{stage short|75%|Jan 16, 2005}}
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== Colonial America (1690 - 1754)==
{{subject|western history}}
# [[/Pre-Columbian|Pre-Columbian Societies (Before 1492)]] {{stage short|50%|Feb 3, 2005}}
{{alphabetical|U}}
# [[/Exploration|Transatlantic Encounters and Colonial Beginnings(1492 - 1690)]]{{stage short|25%|Jan 23, 2007}}
[[fr:Histoire des États-Unis d'Amérique]]
# [[/English Colonies|Colonial North America (1690 - 1754)]] {{stage short|75%|Oct 20, 2006}}
[[pt:History da república americana]]

[[nl:De Geschiedenis van Verenigde Staten]]
== The Early Republic (1754 -1815)==
# [[/Road to Revolution|The American Revolutionary Era (1754 - 1789)]] {{stage short|75%|Jan 16, 2005}}
# [[/Constitution Early Years|The Early Republic (1787 - 1810)]] {{stage short|75%|Jan 16, 2005}}

== Antebellum America ==
<sub>America before, and leading up to the Civil War</sub>
# [[/Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny|Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny (1824 - 1849)]] {{stage short|75%|October 4, 2005}}
#[[/Indian Tribes|The Indian Tribes of America]] {{stage short|75%|October 4, 2005}}
# [[/Friction Between States|Friction Between the States (1849 - 1860)]] {{stage short|75%|Jan 16, 2005}}
# [[/States Rights|States' Rights]] {{stage short|25%|Apr 12, 2006}}
# [[/Secession|Secession]] {{stage short|25%|April 13, 2006}}
# [[/Civil War|The Civil War (1860 - 1865)]] {{stage short|75%|Jan 16, 2005}}
# [[/Reconstruction|Reconstruction (1865 - 1877)]] {{stage short|75%|Jan 16, 2005}}

== The Republic from 1877 to 1989 ==
# [[/Age of Invention and Gilded_Age|The Age of Invention and the Gilded Age (1877 - 1900)]] {{stage short|75%|Jan 16, 2005}}
# [[/Progressive Era|The Progressive Era (1900 - 1914)]] {{stage short|75%|Feb 3, 2005}}
# [[/Advancements|Advancements]]{{stage short|75%|Oct 29, 2008}}
# [[/World War I|World War I and the Treaty of Versailles (1914 - 1920)]] {{stage short|75%|Jan 16, 2005}}
# [[/Roaring Twenties and Prohibition|The Roaring Twenties and Prohibition (1920 - 1929)]] {{stage short|75%|Jan 16, 2005}}
# [[/Great Depression and New Deal|The Great Depression and the New Deal (1929 - 1939)]] {{stage short|75%|Jan 16, 2005}}
# [[/Spanish Civil War|Spanish Civil War(1936-1939)]] {{stage short|75%|Apr 13, 2006}}
# [[/World War II and Rise of Atomic Age|World War II and the Rise of the Atomic Age (1939 - 1945)]] {{stage short|75%|Jan 16, 2005}}
# [[/Truman and Cold War|Truman and the Cold War (1945 - 1953)]] {{stage short|75%|Feb 3, 2005}}
# [[/Eisenhower Civil Rights Fifties|Eisenhower, Civil Rights, and the Fifties (1953 - 1961)]] {{stage short|75%|Jan 31, 2005}}
# [[/Kennedy and Johnson|Kennedy and Johnson (1961 - 1969)]] {{stage short|75%|Feb 3, 2005}}
# [[/Nixon and Indochina|Nixon presidency and Indochina (1969 - 1974)]] {{stage short|75%|April 3, 2005}}
# [[/Ford Carter Reagan|Ford, Carter and Reagan presidencies (1974 - 1989)]] {{stage short|50%|April 8, 2005}}

== 1989 to 2008 ==

'''Warning: this section of the book should not be used for academic studies because it deals in events that are too recent for "historical perspective"'''.

# [[/Bush Clinton|Bush and Clinton presidencies,1st Gulf War (1989 - 2000)]] {{stage short|75%|April 6, 2005}}
# [[/W Bush|George W. Bush, September 11, 2nd Gulf War, and Terrorism]] {{stage short|100%|April 22, 2005}}
# [[/Iran|Growing Crisis with Iran (2002-)]] {{stage short|100%|April 6, 2006}}
# [[/South Ossetia war|South Ossetia War]]{{stage short|100%|October 8, 2008}}
# [[/2008 Vote|Election 2008]] {{Stage short|100%|April 17, 2006}}
# [[/Obama|Obama]] {{Stage short|100%|3 Oct 2008}}

== Appendices ==
# [[/Presidents|Appendix A: Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States]] {{stage short|50%|March 21, 2008}}
# [[/Supreme Court Cases|Appendix B: Supreme Court Decisions]] {{stage short|100%|March 21, 2008}}
# [[/Chief Justices|Appendix C: Chief Justices]] {{stage short|50%|March 22, 2008}}
# [[/Third Parties|Appendix D: Famous Third Parties]] {{stage short|75%|March 21, 2008}}
# [[/Authors|Authors]] {{stage short|100%|Jan 16, 2005}}

== Keywords (People, events, etc) ==
# [[/Keywords/]]
# [[/Keywords1/]]
# [[/Keywords2/]]
# [[/Keywords3/]]
# [[/Keywords4/]]
# [[/Keywords5/]]
# [[/Keywords6/]]
# [[/Keywords7/]]

== Related Wikibooks ==
* [[United States Government/The Annotated Constitution of the United States|The Annotated Constitution of the United States]]

== Related Wikipedia articles ==
* [[w:United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]
* [[w:United States Constitution|Constitution]]
* [[w:United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.top50states.com/homework-answer.html Basic U.S. History Q&A]
*[http://www.wepapers.com/navigate/106/History_of_North_America Basic U.S. History Notes, courses and presentations]
* [http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/ex_us1.html A website with testing information to pass a college credit equivalent test on U.S. History from Early Colonizations to 1877.]
* [http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/ex_us2.html A website with testing information to pass a college credit equivalent test on U.S. History from 1877 to Present.]



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Revision as of 20:41, 7 January 2009


  1. Preface 75% developed  as of Jan 16, 2005
  2. Introduction 75% developed  as of Jan 16, 2005

Colonial America (1690 - 1754)

  1. Pre-Columbian Societies (Before 1492) 50% developed  as of Feb 3, 2005
  2. Transatlantic Encounters and Colonial Beginnings(1492 - 1690)25% developed  as of Jan 23, 2007
  3. Colonial North America (1690 - 1754) 75% developed  as of Oct 20, 2006

The Early Republic (1754 -1815)

  1. The American Revolutionary Era (1754 - 1789) 75% developed  as of Jan 16, 2005
  2. The Early Republic (1787 - 1810) 75% developed  as of Jan 16, 2005

Antebellum America

America before, and leading up to the Civil War

  1. Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny (1824 - 1849) 75% developed  as of October 4, 2005
  2. The Indian Tribes of America 75% developed  as of October 4, 2005
  3. Friction Between the States (1849 - 1860) 75% developed  as of Jan 16, 2005
  4. States' Rights 25% developed  as of Apr 12, 2006
  5. Secession 25% developed  as of April 13, 2006
  6. The Civil War (1860 - 1865) 75% developed  as of Jan 16, 2005
  7. Reconstruction (1865 - 1877) 75% developed  as of Jan 16, 2005

The Republic from 1877 to 1989

  1. The Age of Invention and the Gilded Age (1877 - 1900) 75% developed  as of Jan 16, 2005
  2. The Progressive Era (1900 - 1914) 75% developed  as of Feb 3, 2005
  3. Advancements75% developed  as of Oct 29, 2008
  4. World War I and the Treaty of Versailles (1914 - 1920) 75% developed  as of Jan 16, 2005
  5. The Roaring Twenties and Prohibition (1920 - 1929) 75% developed  as of Jan 16, 2005
  6. The Great Depression and the New Deal (1929 - 1939) 75% developed  as of Jan 16, 2005
  7. Spanish Civil War(1936-1939) 75% developed  as of Apr 13, 2006
  8. World War II and the Rise of the Atomic Age (1939 - 1945) 75% developed  as of Jan 16, 2005
  9. Truman and the Cold War (1945 - 1953) 75% developed  as of Feb 3, 2005
  10. Eisenhower, Civil Rights, and the Fifties (1953 - 1961) 75% developed  as of Jan 31, 2005
  11. Kennedy and Johnson (1961 - 1969) 75% developed  as of Feb 3, 2005
  12. Nixon presidency and Indochina (1969 - 1974) 75% developed  as of April 3, 2005
  13. Ford, Carter and Reagan presidencies (1974 - 1989) 50% developed  as of April 8, 2005

1989 to 2008

Warning: this section of the book should not be used for academic studies because it deals in events that are too recent for "historical perspective".

  1. Bush and Clinton presidencies,1st Gulf War (1989 - 2000) 75% developed  as of April 6, 2005
  2. George W. Bush, September 11, 2nd Gulf War, and Terrorism 100% developed  as of April 22, 2005
  3. Growing Crisis with Iran (2002-) 100% developed  as of April 6, 2006
  4. South Ossetia War100% developed  as of October 8, 2008
  5. Election 2008 100% developed  as of April 17, 2006
  6. Obama 100% developed  as of 3 Oct 2008

Appendices

  1. Appendix A: Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States 50% developed  as of March 21, 2008
  2. Appendix B: Supreme Court Decisions 100% developed  as of March 21, 2008
  3. Appendix C: Chief Justices 50% developed  as of March 22, 2008
  4. Appendix D: Famous Third Parties 75% developed  as of March 21, 2008
  5. Authors 100% developed  as of Jan 16, 2005

Keywords (People, events, etc)

  1. Keywords
  2. Keywords1
  3. Keywords2
  4. Keywords3
  5. Keywords4
  6. Keywords5
  7. Keywords6
  8. Keywords7
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