Lesson 1
Preface
- Subject:
- American History
- Material Type:
- Full Course
- Level:
- Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division
- Provider:
- Rice University
- Provider Set:
- OpenStax College
- Tags:
- License:
- Creative Commons Attribution
- Language:
- English
- Media Formats:
- Text/HTML
U.S. History
U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.
Senior Contributing Authors
P. Scott Corbett, Ventura College
Volker Janssen, California State University, Fullerton
John M. Lund, Keene State College
Todd Pfannestiel, Clarion University
Paul Vickery, Oral Roberts University
Sylvie Waskiewicz
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
The AmericasLesson 3
Europe on the Brink of Change
Lesson 1
Introduction
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 4
War in the South
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 3
The New American RepublicLesson 4
Partisan Politics
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 3
A Vibrant Capitalist Republic
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
Lewis and ClarkLesson 3
The Missouri CrisisLesson 4
Independence for Texas
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 3
Antebellum Communal ExperimentsLesson 4
Reforms to Human HealthLesson 5
Addressing SlaveryLesson 6
Women’s Rights
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 3
Early Mobilization and WarLesson 5
The Union Triumphant
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
Restoring the UnionLesson 5
The Collapse of Reconstruction
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
Inventors of the AgeLesson 5
A New American Consumer Culture
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 6
Taft’s “Dollar Diplomacy”
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 4
A New Home FrontLesson 5
From War to Peace
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 3
Transformation and BacklashLesson 4
A New Generation
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
The Stock Market Crash of 1929Lesson 3
President Hoover’s Response
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
The Rise of Franklin RooseveltLesson 3
The First New DealLesson 4
The Second New Deal
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 3
The Home FrontLesson 4
Victory in the European Theater
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
The Challenges of PeacetimeLesson 3
The Cold WarLesson 4
The American DreamLesson 5
Popular Culture and Mass Media
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
The Kennedy PromiseLesson 5
Challenging the Status Quo
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 3
Coming Apart, Coming TogetherLesson 4
Vietnam: The Downward Spiral
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
The Reagan RevolutionLesson 3
Political and Cultural FusionsLesson 4
A New World OrderLesson 5
Bill Clinton and the New Economy
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
The War on TerrorLesson 3
The Domestic MissionLesson 4
New Century, Old DisputesLesson 5
Hope and Change
Lesson 1
The Declaration of Independence
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U.S. Political Map
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U.S. Topographical Map
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United States Population Chart
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Further Reading