Different worlds meet: the first Americans; Exploring the Americas Colonial settlement: Colonial America; The colonies grow Creating a nation : Road to Independence; The American Revolution; A more perfect union New republic: a new nation; The Jeffersin era; Growth and expansion Growing nation; The Jackson era; Manifest destiny; North and south; The age of reform Civil War and Reconstruction: Road to Civil War; The Civil War; Reconstruction and its aftermath Reshaping the nation : The Western frontier; The growth of industry; Toward an urban America
Reform, expansion, and war: progressive reforms; Overseas expansion; World War I
Turbulent decades: the Jazz Age
Turning points: The Cold War era; America in the fifities; The civil rights era; the Vietnam War years
Modern America: Search for stability; New challenges
