Table of Contents
Unit 1: The Forging of the Union
Chapter 1 | Roots of the Republic
1.1 | Colonial Origins
1.2 | Dissolving the Bands
1.3 | The First Experiment
1.4 | A More Perfect Union
Chapter 2 | The Early Republic
2.1 | The Rise of Parties
2.2 | Nationalism & Expansion
2.3 | Jacksonian Democracy
Chapter 3 | The Great Divide
3.1 | The North
3.2 | The South
3.3 | The West
3.4 | The Crisis
Chapter 4 | The Civil War
4.1 | The Hard Hand of War
4.2 | The Eagle on the Button
4.3 | The Breaking Point
4.4 | The Republic of Suffering
Unit 2: Expansion and Exclusion
Chapter 5 | The Broken South
5.1 | The Battle Over Plans
5.2 | The Meaning of Freedom
5.3 | Constitutional Revolution
5.4 | Collapse of Reconstruction
Chapter 6 | The Contested West
6.1 | Steel, Steam, & Closing Range
6.2 | The Wars for the Plains
6.3 | The Fractured Frontier
Chapter 7 | Separate and Unequal
7.1 | The Rise of Jim Crow
7.2 | The Shadow of Slavery
7.3 | The Soul of Black America
Unit 3: Industrialization & Reform
Chapter 8 | The Rise of Industry
8.1 | Rail, Steel, & Modern America
8.2 | Titans who Reshaped America
8.3 | Blood, Bread, & Bargaining
Chapter 9 | Immigration & Urbanization
9.1 | A Changing Nation
9.2 | The Urban Explosion
9.3 | The Gilded City
Chapter 10 | The Progressive Era
10.1 | The Populist Revolt
10.2 | The Progressive Impulse
10.3 | The Progressive Presidents
Unit 4: The Projection of Power
Chapter 11 | The American Empire
11.1 | Beyond the Water’s Edge
11.2 | The Imperial Itch
11.3 | The Spanish-American War
11.4 | Open Doors & Guerilla Wars
11.5 | The Colossus of the North
Chapter 12 | The Great War
12.1 | Neutrality Under Fire
12.2 | Forging Victory
12.3 | Breaking the Stalemate
12.4 | The Failed Peace
Unit 5: Boom, Bust, & War
Chapter 13 | A Culture on Edge
13.1 | The Post-War Shock
13.2 | Normalcy & Culture Restored
13.3 | Modern Consumer Culture
13.4 | Clash | Culture at War
13.5 | Harlem Renaissance
Chapter 14 | Great Depression & New Deal
14.1 | The Big Crash
14.2 | Politics of Despair & Hope
14.3 | The Alphabet Soup
14.4 | A Changed Republic
Chapter 15 | World War II Abroad
15.1 | The Rise of Dictators
15.2 | From Isolation to War
15.3 | The European Theater
15.4 | The Pacific Theater
15.5 | The Holocaust
Chapter 16 | World War II at Home
16.1 | The Arsenal of Democracy
16.2 | Opportunity and Inequality
16.3 | Prisoners in Their Own Land
16.4 | The World America Made
Unit 6: Postwar Order & Protest
Chapter 17 | Cold War & Affluent Society
17.1 | Iron Curtain & Containment
17.2 | The Cold War Turns Hot
17.3 | Fear at Home
17.4 | American Dream & Suburbia
17.5 | Mass Media & Rock 'n' Roll
Chapter 18 | Breaking Jim Crow
18.1 | Undoing Plessy’s Legacy
18.2 | Taking Struggle to Streets
18.3 | Winning Battle in Washington
18.4 | Civil Rights to Black Power
Chapter 19 | Cultural Revolution
19.1 | Great Society & Vietnam
19.2 | The Counterculture
19.3 | Women's Liberation
19.4 | Power to the People
Unit 7: Age of Limits & Global Era
Chapter 20 | An Age of Limits
20.1 | Limits of Presidential Power
20.2 | America Runs on Empty
20.3 | The Ford & Carter Years
20.4 | Culture of the Me Decade
Chapter 21 | Morning in America
21.1 | The Reagan Revolution
21.2 | Tax Cuts & Trickle Down
21.3 | Peace through Strength
21.4 | The MTV Generation
Chapter 22 | Bridge to 21st Century
22.1 | The Clinton Presidency
22.2 | A New World Order
22.3 | The Information Economy
22.4 | Popular Culture of the 1990s
Chapter 23 | A New Century
23.1 | The War on Terror
23.2 | Crisis and Change
23.3 | Polarization and Society
23.4 | Pop Culture in the 21st Century
