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Table of Contents

UNIT 1: ORIGINS OF A NEW SOCIETY, TO 1754

Chapter 1: The Atlantic World, to 1600
Chapter 2: European Colonization of the Americas, 1492–1752
Chapter 3: Growth of the American Colonies, 1689–1754

UNIT 2: BALANCING LIBERTY AND ORDER, 1753–1820

Chapter 4: The Road to Independence, 1753–1783
Chapter 5: The Constitution of the United States, 1776–1800
Chapter 6: The Origins of American Politics, 1789–1820

UNIT 3: AN EMERGING NEW NATION, 1783–1855

Chapter 7: Life in the New Nation, 1783–1850
Chapter 8: The Growth of a National Economy, 1790–1850
Chapter 9: Religion and Reform, 1815–1855

UNIT 4: DIVISION AND UNEASY REUNION, 1846–1877

Chapter 10: The Coming of the Civil War, 1846–1861
Chapter 11: The Civil War, 1861–1865
Chapter 12: Reconstruction, 1865–1877

UNIT 5: EXPANSION: REWARDS AND COSTS, 1850–1915

Chapter 13: The Expansion of American Industry, 1850–1900
Chapter 14: Looking to the West, 1860–1900
Chapter 15: Politics, Immigration, and Urban Life, 1870–1915
Chapter 16: Life at the Turn of the Twentieth Century, 1870–1915

UNIT 6: THE UNITED STATES ON THE BRINK OF CHANGE, 1890–1920

Chapter 17: Becoming a World Power, 1890–1915
Chapter 18: The Progressive Reform Era, 1890–1920
Chapter 19: The World War I Era, 1914–1920

UNIT 7: BOOM TIMES TO HARD TIMES, 1920–1941

Chapter 20: Postwar Social Change, 1920–1929
Chapter 21: Politics and Prosperity, 1920–1929
Chapter 22: Crash and Depression, 1929–1933
Chapter 23: The New Deal, 1933–1941

UNIT 8: HOT AND COLD WAR, 1931–1960

Chapter 24: World War II: The Road to War, 1931–1941
Chapter 25: World War II: Americans at War, 1941–1945
Chapter 26: The Cold War, 1945–1960
Chapter 27: The Postwar Years at Home, 1945–1960

UNIT 9: A PERIOD OF TURMOIL AND CHANGE, 1950–1975

Chapter 28: The Civil Rights Movement, 1950–1968
Chapter 29: The Kennedy and Johnson Years, 1961–1969
Chapter 30: An Era of Activism, 1960–1975
Chapter 31: The Vietnam War, 1954–1975

UNIT 10: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE, 1969–PRESENT

Chapter 32: Nixon, Ford, and Carter, 1969–1981
Chapter 33: The Conservative Revolution, 1980–1992
Chapter 34: Entering a New Era, 1992 to the Present

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