Unit 1: Period 1: 1491–1607

Unit 2: Period 2: 1607–1754

How Different European Colonies Developed and Expanded

Transatlantic trade

Interactions between American Indians and Europeans

Slavery in the British colonies

Colonial society and culture

Unit 3: Period 3: 1754–1800

The Seven Years’ War

The American Revolution

The Articles of Confederation

The Creation and Ratification of the Constitution

Developing an American Identity

Immigration To and Migration Within America

Unit 4: Period 4: 1800–1848

The Rise of Political Parties

American Foreign Policy

Innovations in Technology, Agriculture, and Business

Debates About Federal Power

The Second Great Awakening

Reform Movements

The Experience of African Americans

Unit 5: Period 5: 1844–1877

Manifest Destiny

The Mexican–American War

Attempts to Resolve Conflicts Over the Spread of Slavery

The Election of 1860 and Southern Secession

The Civil War

Reconstruction

Unit 6: Period 6: 1865–1898

The Settlement of The West

The "New South"

The Rise of Industrial Capitalism

Immigration and Migration

Reform Movements

Debates About the Role of Government

Unit 7: Period 7: 1890–1945

Debates Over Imperialism

The Progressive Movement

World War I

Innovations in Communications and Technology in the 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal

World War II

Postwar Diplomacy

Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980

The Cold War and the Red Scare

America as a World Power

The Vietnam War

The Great Society

The African American Civil Rights Movement

Youth Culture of the 1960s

Unit 9: Period 9: 1980–Present

Reagan and Conservatism

The End of the Cold War

Shifts in the Economy

Migration and Immigration

Challenges of the 21st century

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