US History

Presentation

US History

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  US History

  The History of the United States of America

Table of Contents

1. Preface
2. Introduction

Colonial America (1690–1754)

1. Pre-Columbian Societies (Before 1492)
2. European History (Before 1492)
3. Transatlantic Encounters and Colonial Beginnings (1492–1620)
4. Colonial North America (1620–1754)
5. Colonial Religion (1690–1754)

The Early Republic (1754–1837)

1. Road to Revolution (1754–1775)
2. American Revolution (1775–1787)
3. The Federal Period (1787–1800)
4. Jeffersonian Democracy (1800–1812)
5. War, Nationalism, and Division (1812–1837)
6. Religious Movements (1754–1837)

The Crisis of the Republic (1837–1877)

1. Manifest Destiny and the Slavery Question (1837–1861)
2. A Nation Divided: The American Civil War (1861–1865)
3. Reconstruction (1865–1877)

Wealth, Innovation, and World Power (1877–1913)

The Age of Invention and the Gilded Age (1877–1900)

Presidency of Grover Cleveland

Racism of the era, Industrialization, Agriculture, Urbanization, American Imperialism,

The Progressive Era (1900–1914)

Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, Presidency of William Howard Taft, Early Presidency of Woodrow Wilson

Progressivism, Sufferage for Women, Labor Reform,

Advancements

The Wright Brothers and the advent of practical powered flight, Rocketry, Transit improvements, Birth of Hollywood

The Nadir of American Race Relations

Racism, Race Riots

Into the American Century (1913–1945)

The War to End All Wars (1914–1920)

World War I–"The Great War", The Spanish Flu

The Roaring Twenties (1920–1929)

Roaring Twenties, Prohibition

The Great Depression and the New Deal (1929–1939)

The Great Depression, The New Deal, Works Progress Administration

Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)

American Involvement in the Spanish Civil War

The World At War (1939–1945)

World War II, The War in Europe, The War in the Pacific, The Manhattan Project

America in the Cold War (1945–1989)

The Cold War (1945–1953)

Presidency of Harry Truman, Start of the Cold War

The Fifties (1953–1961)

President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Civil Rights Movement, Rock and Roll

The Sixties (1961–1969)

Presidency of John F. Kennedy, Cuban Missile Crisis, Presidency of Lyndon Bird Johnson, The Great Society, Space Race, Martin Luther King Jr.

National and International Crises (1969–1981)

The Presidency of Richard Nixon, Vietnam War and entanglements in Indochina, Kent State, Impeachment of Richard Nixon

The Reagan Revolution (1981–1989)

The Presidency of Gerald Ford, The Presidency of Jimmy Carter, The Presidency of Ronald Reagan

Pardoning of Nixon, Inflation, Energy Crisis, Camp David Accords, Iran Hostage Crisis, Iran-Iraq War, The Reagan Revolution, SDI–"Star Wars", Iran Contra

Hope, Adversity and Challenges for the New Century (1989–2016)

Bush and Clinton presidencies

Presidency of George Bush, Rodney King, Collapse of the Soviet Union, Presidency of Bill Clinton, 1st Gulf War (1989 –2000), Monica Lewinsky Scandal

George W. Bush

Presidency of George W. Bush, September 11th, 2001, 2nd Gulf War, Terrorism, Start of the Great Recession

Election 2008

Obama Vs. John McCain, Primaries

Obama

Presidency of Barack Obama, Addressing the Great Recession, Affordable Care Act, LGBTQ rights, Tea Party Movement

Recent History (2016–Present)

Election 2016

Donald Trump Vs. Hillary Clinton, Primary Candidates, Third Party Candidates

Trump

Supreme Court, Civil Rights, Establishment of the US Space Force, Start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Events of January 6th, 2021

Biden

Continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic, Withdrawal from Afghanistan, Ukraine

Hope & Crisis: America Today and In the Future

Appendices

1. Appendix A: Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States
2. Appendix B: Supreme Court Decisions
3. Appendix C: Chief Justices
4. Appendix D: Famous Third Parties
5. Growing Crisis with Iran (2002-)
6. Authors

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Related Wikibooks

General US History

• The Annotated Constitution of the United States
• Outline of U.S. History
• AP United States History

Specific US History

• The History of the Native Peoples of the Americas
• American Revolution

State History

• History of Hawaii
  • Hawaiian Monarchs
• History of Florida
• History of New York State
• History of Wyoming
• History of Tennessee
• History of Nevada
• History of Alaska

Misc American History

• IB History of the Americas
• American Ghost Towns
• Confederate States Government

Related Wikipedia articles

• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• Bill of Rights

External links

• USA.gov/history - US Government website with history resources.
• National Museum of American History - Operated by the Smithsonian Institution
• ushistory.org - by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia.