This guide is based on the College Entrance Examination Board test in Advanced Placement United States History. The guide covers what most U.S. history students study in high school and college. Audience. Intended for everyone interested in U.S. History, particularly high school and college students. Fully illustrated. Add Bookmarks. Text annotation and mark-up. Access the guide anytime, anywhere – at home, on the train, in the subway. Use your down time to prepare for an exam. Always have the guide available for a quick reference. Table of Contents. Colonial America:. Brief overview of European history (before 1492). Pre-Columbian America (before 1492). Early Colonial Period (1492 – 1607). The English Colonies (1607 – 1754). Road to Revolution (1754 – 1774). The Republic until 1877:. The American Revolution (1774 – 1783). A New Nation is Formed (1783 – 1787). US Presidents before George Washington. The Early Years of the Constitutional Republic (1787 – 1800). Jeffersonian Republicanism (1800 – 1824). Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny (1824 – 1849). Friction Between the States (1849 – 1860). State''s Rights (1787-1865). Intro to Secession. Farewell to the Star-Spangled Banner (1860 – 1861). The Civil War (1860 – 1865). Reconstruction (1865 – 1877). The Republic 1877 to 2000:. The Age of Invention and the Gilded Age (1877 – 1900). The Progressive Era (1900 – 1914). World War I and the Treaty of Versailles (1914 – 1920). The Roaring Twenties and Prohibition (1920 – 1929). The Great Depression and the New Deal (1929 – 1939). Spanish Civil War(1936-1939). World War II and the Rise of the Atomic Age (1939 – 1945). Truman and the Cold War (1945 – 1953). Eisenhower, Civil Rights, and the Fifties (1953 – 1961). Kennedy and Johnson (1961 – 1969). Nixon presidency and Indochina (1969 – 1974). Ford, Carter and Reagan presidencies (1974 – 1989). Bush presidency, 1st Gulf War (1989 – 2001). Clinton presidency. 2000 to present : George W. Bush, September 11, 2nd Gulf War, and Terrorism. 2005 and Beyond. Growing
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